lapsedacademic

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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> that's not a contradiction that's like just your opinion man. it's also the no true scotsman fallacy on your part. I don't follow. Useless work gets cited all the time. I'm not suggesting that there should be
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Because they're making money off of the property, not the service. Accepting lower rents impacts valuations.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Exactly. That's clearly not sustainable. Either new car prices will keep going up or used car prices will plummet. I think the latter is much more likely.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
In that case, cash out your 401(K) and buy a shitload of used cars. I've got one I'll sell you for $15K over its 2020 purchase price. Perfect condition at only 20K miles.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> not sticky I guess I should've clarified. Vehicle prices for equivalent vehicles probably aren't sticky, but the statistic reported here is sticky. Electrification will increase average sale price. But the amortization sche
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
The good news is that the used vehicle market will almost certainly crash around 2022/2023 as new vehicle production catches up with demand. Currently, my 2020 used car with 30K miles can be sold for more than the MSRP for the 2022 mod
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
50% of discretionary and 18% of mandatory. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Income Security are better thought of as insurance and pension systems that happen to be run by the government. This is why they're ear-marked in feder
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
That's all reasonable, but a bit utopian. There are tons of serious pragmatic issues with your suggestions, as well as serious political questions about how to convince people to implement them.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> one with severe medical condition... bought a rolling chair and likes to roll around his apartment [all hours during the night]... denies he rides the chair and then uses his medical condition as an excuse I mean... is his medical co
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> whole conferences devoted to areas... pick any nsf grant... and look at the number of citations Do you see the contradiction here? I don't think bibliometrics are useful for measuring utility. > I don't understand your
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Experience with maggots is an important control variable, especially given the tiny sample size (13 people ground maggots). I suspect that people who have experience dealing with a maggot infestation -- or any infestation -- will have a ver
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Penal colonies and other forms of exile are cruel and unusual. It's hard to conceive because this form of punishment has been disused in the west for nearly as long as drawing and quartering, but historical use of exile gives a sense f
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> confiscating books Deb Alderson's Global Tel*Link is replacing libraries with locked down tablets that have e-reader apps. Inmates are charged a couple bucks an hour for access to the tablet and are limited to 90 minutes of read
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Forced labor in a fixed geographic region with strict security requirements is fundamentally incongruent with pricing power. I think prisoners should have the option to work and that they should be subject to all of the normal worker protec
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
I'm sure; I didn't mean to imply otherwise. The appreciation in RSUs can have a staggering effect on total comp even to those of us who should know better :) Regarding IP: Yup. It's true. If you're willing and able to do
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> coverage of health, dental, etc That's not at all the same. I'm not talking about "a few RSUs" or a "small signing bonus". At all of the largest software employers, salary is at best half of total comp.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Also up in places that haven't been actively curbing their police forces...
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
1. There is a clear causal link between leaving your keys in the ignition and having your car stolen. There is not a even a clearly established correlation between dress and rape, much less causal evidence. 2. There is an obvious difference
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Car thefts really are up across the country. This is unsurprising given the surging price of used cars & car parts.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
BLS data is not super useful for Software because bonuses and stock aren't included in their salary data.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
There's a big and important difference between caring about something and feeling/being responsible for something. I care about an aircraft being flown safely. But for the love of God, don't put me in the cockpit and make me
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Very uncommon. I've never seen it. 3x-5x is more reasonable. But those numbers are before RSU appreciation, which I suspect you're massively underestimating. FB granted 5 years ago went from 128 to 326. AMZN 800 to 3200. AAPL
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
Thank you for your substantive suggestion re: how to change these rules without risking re-introducing the pathology they were designed to address. Truly insightful stuff.
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
To be fair, no. (People do switch between "low key pure-R" jobs and "higher stress r&D" jobs. Perhaps similar.) But... perhaps this is because after you've made $industry_money for 10 years and hit your late 30s
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> Pretty sure the airlines would love to not burn money holding a spot. I'm absolutely certain they would. Monopolies are incredibly profitable, after all, and a repeatable strategy for killing off all newcomers is step zero. I.e
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
1. It would have to be much higher than 80%. Airlines aren't software companies; their margins are horrible ;-) 2. "whatever it costs to actually operate the flight" is... well, good luck negotiating that bill :) NB: they are
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by lapsedacademic 5y ago
> It's hard to pass up making my 2x or more in industry. Austin's salary is public data, and I have a really good sample of what people like him make in industry. Try 5x. Before RSU appreciation. Maybe 3x. But 3x would imply