malozite

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   by malozite 5y ago

   I find the FIRE movement fascinating but also slightly depressing. Among the actually old (my parents' generation - in their 60s and 70s) retirees I know, around half of those retiring from decent 'knowledge worker' jobs have
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   by malozite 5y ago

   The only places I have known who would care much about 'CV gaps' have been toxic workplaces who also discriminated against other groups for spurious reasons unrelated to their competence or likelihood of succeeding in the job. You
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   by malozite 5y ago

   The situation with the 5 hour drive which would be a 45 minute flight + 4-5 hours of flight overhead is completely orthogonal to whether or not the car is self-driving. If you like to drive, you are fine with or without autonomous cars. If
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   by malozite 5y ago

   I honestly don't understand this. I enjoy driving, especially long distance. The benefit of being able to read a book or look at my phone rather than listen to music or an audio book is not worth anything like $8.50 an hour to me. The
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   by malozite 5y ago

   I think the data advantage is limited. I used to work in high-frequency equity trading. We would run simulations against tick-by-tick data from real markets. The simulations were of very questionable value. As soon as you trade once in your