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by klbarry 15y ago
This fellow has been heavily downvoted (at 1:32 EST, anyway), but he has a point. For conveying information, pie charts are definitely not the best. To make an audience happy with your presentation, sometimes it is just best to give them th
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by klbarry 15y ago
It seems to me that for most jobs it isn't true that it's being done by slave labor. I know in China, factory jobs pay much more than the average job (2x-3x more). In India, call center workers are considered one of the upper rungs of socie
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by klbarry 15y ago
Also see: http://visualizingeconomics.com/2007/11/04/has-middle-americ... . Incredibly stable since 1960.
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by klbarry 15y ago
Either way, it shows the growth as steady, since inflation has not been particularly high in the last 20 years.
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by klbarry 15y ago
That is not true. They vastly overstate the decline in wages, due to the rise of more single person households. See: http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=a7jenngfc4um7_&#... Individual wages have risen steadily since 1910, with no
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by klbarry 15y ago
I've seen this exact thing happen in the Bronx High School of Science (A specialized high school, supposedly one of the best in the U.S.)
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by klbarry 15y ago
Thank you for succinctly expressing my own thoughts and anger on the matter.
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by klbarry 15y ago
However, Reddit users are notoriously cheap and anti-commercial.
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by klbarry 15y ago
Grandmother on my Dad's side came from Ireland. Some of my direct ancestors came over from Scotland in the 1600's, though.
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by klbarry 15y ago
My school is a city college in NYC, pretty great, and costs roughly $5000 yearly. So yeah, I'm pretty happy with it.
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by klbarry 15y ago
I would need paper for all but the first, and could not solve the 4th without a calculator. Not sure what the norm is, here's my data point.
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by klbarry 15y ago
According to Wikipedia, you're right, but for a man the individual median is still pretty close: 45,000 for full time work.
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by klbarry 15y ago
Average polish wages, according to his post, are about 12k a year. Average american is around 50k, he would have to multiply his salary times 4 here to match cost of living increase, roughly.
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by klbarry 15y ago
https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Barry/wishlist/EA95T62BSIYJ/ref...
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Ask HN: Let's compare Amazon wishlists to look for new books
3 points by klbarry 15y ago|1 comments
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by klbarry 15y ago
This is interesting.
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by klbarry 15y ago
It seems to me quite difficult to follow the philosophy described in this essay. It also seems to me an undesirable life, though I can see why a person would want it. Much satisfaction in my life comes from seeing myself as a "good" x, and
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by klbarry 15y ago
When you visit a factory, it is easy to see that this is not the case. Yeah, the work sucks, but workers are happy to have the chance in general - they save money to build businesses, give to their families, etc. Factory work is better than
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by klbarry 15y ago
I've always thought that it was the challenge that caused society to work towards a common goal. Violence is one part of that, but the space race worked effectively (though that was closely related to the cold war).
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by klbarry 15y ago
Company: reco jeans www.recojeans.com Location: New York City Relocate?: No What we do: We make eco-friendly denim jeans for the contemporary market. Our holding company also does other projects too with different markets of denim, includin
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by klbarry 15y ago
IF you're making an infographic to help your average consumer facing business, the purpose is to get links and traffic, not to share information. The average person doesn't care how accurate information is or how it is projected - but they
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by klbarry 15y ago
Thank you for the second link - I will have to try again later though, the error unfortunately persisted.
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by klbarry 15y ago
Just applied, I hope I can attend. I got an error message when submitting the resume text, though. Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
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by klbarry 15y ago
Thank you - I will take a look.
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Ask HN: How do I add store credit to an online shop?
1 points by klbarry 15y ago|2 comments
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by klbarry 15y ago
Truthfully, I think the problems with Monsanto are more hype than real. They deal with the most important issues in the world, almost - making food available.
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by klbarry 15y ago
At least in NYC, you can easily, easily, easily live on 60k yearly, quite comfortably (your own one bedroom, eating out often, etc.) You can't live in Manhattan, but that is a pretty small sacrifice. I can't imagine SF is so much more expen
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by klbarry 15y ago
Be grateful! Thanks to improvements like these, Google + might be able to survive amongst the common folk long enough to make the features you desire.
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by klbarry 15y ago
My favorite thing about A Song of Ice and Fire is that the author could literally do anything. In Harry Potter, you know the main three won't die. Forget about what GRRM does in books 2-5...
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by klbarry 15y ago
These movies are the general public's largest source of information on the idea of robotic exoskeletons, that is just a fact.

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