kaboomman

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by kaboomman 5y ago
Yes, I personally think so. It's a difficult comparison because the effects of Facebook are not obvious physically, like e.g. tobacco is. That makes it even more dangerous because it seems safe. But the negative effects of mental healt
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by kaboomman 5y ago
I will never work for Facebook. I think it's the most evil product and company that exists and that it has hurt humanity significantly more than it has helped. That doesn't mean each individual part of FB is evil. I'm sure th
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by kaboomman 5y ago
As someone living in Japan, none of this has been true for for me. Except for the driving license part, I can't comment on that since I never tried to get one. Perhaps it was like this 10 years ago or may be the case in rural areas, bu
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by kaboomman 5y ago
Maybe unpopular opinion: Either do the same or leave if you cannot handle it. What you're running into is mismatched incentives. Why would they even care about making the code nicer? It has mostly downsides. So the company can move fas
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by kaboomman 5y ago
I recommend Thailand. I don't live there anymore but I used to. It's very doable to live on $1000/mo if you don't live in the center of Bangkok (try Chiang Mai) and eat local food. You have the added bonus of a huge expa
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by kaboomman 5y ago
This. Living (even partially) overseas as someone who was born in the U.S. has so many disadvantages. The U.S. is the only country in the world that imposes global tax. Not only that, taxes are really complex and cost a fortune to file if y