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by jazzyk 11y ago
I was not re-interpreting the A.R. story - the facts were what they were. EVERY STORY about harassment (or threats or otherwise troubling behavior) should be reported/heard, but putting the two stories we are talking about in the same
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Please do not bring the Adria story again - she made a fuss because of an adolescent joke she overheard two rows behind her in a private conversation, which was NOT DIRECTED AT HER, and was not about females or sexual or any other interacti
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by jazzyk 11y ago
He used the word "shower", but I think he meant the time it takes to look respectable - so please add drying after shower, shaving, toilet trip(s), dressing, etc.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Yes, because their reps bring pork from D.C. back to their district. Who does not like a new school built/paid for by Fed money? Voters don't realize that the money is actually the tax money that they themselves paid into the syst
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by jazzyk 11y ago
"20% downpayment for a $750K home (modest here) would be $150k which could take you a few years to save during which you're watching your dream home's price pull away from you" No, the price would not pull away from you.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
Many MBAs have less business acumen than that old lady as well. Having an MBA is not a guarantee of providing value.
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by jazzyk 11y ago
I have been a subscriber to the Economist for over 25 years. In recent years, I have noticed a subtle, but noticeable, change from the small-business-friendly to the statist, big-business-friedly tone . A look at the ownership structure may
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by jazzyk 12y ago
It is very nice to be a developer when everything's going well. Absolute hell when it isn't.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
"She is willing to work.." What the heck are you talking about? She needs to pay her rent and eat. Once you get into a hamster wheel of minimum-wage supposed-to-be-only-temporary job, it is VERY hard to look for a better job. It
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Germany was a strong exporter even in the past, with the strong Deutsche Mark. And they save money for the rainy day, so they can invest in R&D and infrastructure as needed. “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six,
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Education may never be fully automated - it is still (over-simplifying it a bit) one prof talking to a bunch of students a couple of times a week. On-line courses are fantastic, but young people still need coaching and inspiration coming fr
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Then they will complain about "lack of skilled people to fill jobs"...
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Both the average and the median listed for the US seem way too low in this Bloomberg stat.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
She is delusional, because most women do not feel _unsafe_ being at a conference. Even where most attendees are men. Fearing for your physical safety, when the joke the guy made was not addressed at her, was not about females, is delusional
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by jazzyk 12y ago
If Adria feels unsafe at a day-time conference attended by professionals, in her own country, she should seek professional help.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Does not make it right. It is time to clean the house.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
This. A hundred times!
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Because he did not waste time on Vogue fashion spreads?
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Richest != Best to Work For
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by jazzyk 12y ago
One problem, though. You are confusing current valuations based on what price investors are willing to provide additional funding at, with the liquidity/exit valuation (IPO, acquisition, bankruptcy) which in many cases may be 0 or clos
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by jazzyk 12y ago
This. A hundred times.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Your stock options? The whole 0.01%? Unless you own > 3% (and there is little dilution), or the company is the next Google, then you may be in for a surprise...
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by jazzyk 12y ago
My daughter is a student at a top-20 college in the country and shares the bathroom with 3 other girls. They are all as messy (if not more) than my son's male roommates (also in college). Another note, I remember reading somewhere that
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by jazzyk 12y ago
You are apparently not a long-time subscriber. The Economist can be a hoot - not in the front-page articles, but there are many well written, funny stories (and they often use innuendo)
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by jazzyk 12y ago
What about females telling other females that they are "bossy", mothers discouraging their daughters from being "such a tomboy", the need to look pretty, etc. These insults work both ways - males use them to encourage ot
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Define "often" - rape rates have declined dramatically in recent years in the US, but you would not know it, judging by media-driven hysteria. Let's go by the numbers, not by emotions: The decline in rape since 1993: 60% [ ht
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Some were, some were not (I grew up there). Also, while some spies are money-motivated, most spies from Eastern Europe were simply fed-up with the system. We will never know for sure, but did you watch "Citizen4"? A closer look at
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by jazzyk 12y ago
You are using the exact "reasoning"/propaganda that communist regimes used in Eastern Europe in the past. EVERY dissident who fled to a Western country was automatically labeled a spy.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Immigration is not only still possible, but booming. The number of immigrants living in the US is 12.9% - which is close to an all-time high from about a hundred years ago (14% or so). Source: http://cis.org/2012-profile-of
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Why do CEO jobs deserve protection and {...} do not? Why do physician jobs deserve protection and {...} do not? Either we make the US job market open for all types of jobs, or have the same rules applied to all professions. Right now, there

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