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"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hop
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> So what a Sr. DBA did before would go to a regular DBA or even a Jr. DBA. GP was asserting that it is cheaper to hire H1Bs than entry-level grads, which isn't the same thing as what you're describing. > I think the best wa
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> For starters, H1Bs are cheaper to hire Citation needed, because this is a sweepingly broad statement. To hire an H1B you need to pay the prevailing wage, usually at least $60k, which is more than an entry-level non-STEM college grad is
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It's really hard, and the choices are limited, but it's possible. Insignia, has some non-smart TV options. I've had the 55-inch for a little over a year. It's pretty good, and was cheaper than smart TVs. https:/&#x
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How much of that can be accounted for by increased population and demand? Has the number of people employed scaled linearly with production and demand?
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> half of chicks are useless males. That may soon be a thing of the past.[1][2] 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/30/chick-culling-germany-makes-... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment
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> I think these products belong in a grocery or convenience store, not a dining establishment I heard somewhere that the fake burger companies sold to restaurants first because the parameters for cooking it well are much narrower than a
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> Only once you actually go outside your bubble can you understand that humans can do so much worse I'm well aware of that. I grew up in India. I'm just asking you to place this behavior in the context of the prosperity and lev
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Wax-coated paper is probably far safer to dispose by burning than plastic.
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> People just don't get how callous same cultures are about the environment; it cannot be believed until it's been experienced since it's so far outside of the wealthy Westerner's experience If Mad Men [0] is to be b
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I saw orcas swimming in Vancouver harbor a few weeks ago.
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You can fund a traditional IRA and 401k up to a certain MAGI.[2] If your spouse doesn't work, or their work doesn't offer a 401k, you can fund a traditional IRA for them as well. Roth IRA is $5.5k/year.[0] If your 401k plan a
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Whatsapp is used by 81% of messaging app users in Germany[1] and almost 70% of Britons[2]. It hasn't caught on as much in the US. 1. https://www.messengerpeople.com/global-messenger-usage-stati... 2. https:/&#x2F
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Whatsapp is used by 81% of messaging app users in Germany[1] and almost 70% of Britons[2]. 1. https://www.messengerpeople.com/global-messenger-usage-stati... 2. https://www.messengerpeople.com/global-messeng
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That is surprising. Whatsapp is used by 81% of messaging app users in Germany[1] and almost 70% of Britons[2]. 1. https://www.messengerpeople.com/global-messenger-usage-stati... 2. https://www.messengerpeople.c
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> I would've thought that some level of liquid savings would (on average) come before locking up money in a 401k This is correct. But most personal finance wisdom advises keeping no more than 6 months - 1 year of expenses in liquid
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Or they might start living denser, walking and biking more, using and supporting public transport, like the rest of the world's lower-earning people. People adapt to the circumstances in front of them.
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It does, but it's more likely if you're in one of the large cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai. People move for jobs and economic opportunity. Smaller cities have fewer opportunities and thus fewer reasons for out
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Foreign students get loans from their home country not the US. No US institution will lend to a foreign student without a domestic co-signer, for precisely this reason.
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> We live in a country where the government rolls out schemes for daily labor occupation, to keep them busy by helping them dig with shovels You mean like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Cor
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> Shareholders sued and won because Ford owed and violated his duty to shareholders. [1] I didn't know about this case so I read about it. It doesn't tell the whole story. "In the 1950s and 1960s, states rejected Dodge rep
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> We replicate and resell things, we kind of have to, You clearly missed what I said here. > Most countries don't produce that much valuable IP in this stage of their growth. Seriously read that again. Every developed country h
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What the GP actually means is the "Arabic" numeral system was invented in India[1]. The "zero" is an essential part of this system. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_s...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore
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> India is all about reselling things we don't make Boy, you are a downer! Things are not the best, but they're not all bad either. Here are some important things India makes: 1. Movies - it has the largest (by number of produc
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Climate change reinforces economic inequality as well. Developing nations are going to be the hardest hit by it.
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> Btw, I was kind of impressed, when visiting India and speaking to a few locals, that they don't see climate change to be a real thing, or at least to be such a big problem, and much overrated. The claim was basically that it was a
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> effectively everyone lives in a city in the modern world, and while their housing might not be air conditioned most of the major buildings are. The states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh lag the rest of the nation in ec
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> I don't think $1500 is what it now costs to live in the middle of some cool city, but basically that's what it costs to live deep in suburbia in any city with a lot of jobs. It's not just SF or NYC, but pretty much all m
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> you dont think a human being with a full time job in the first world country deserves basic privacy of 1br apartment? That's an entirely different question, and I don't know the answer to it. I do know $18/hr isn't

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