mech4bg

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by mech4bg 13y ago
I mentioned this in another comment, but I've set off the explosives detector before and had a very similar experience as the original link (taken to a side room, questioned, etc). This is as a white male, although it was in Australia
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by mech4bg 13y ago
I've had this happen to me before as well, but in Australia, and the similarities and differences are interesting. I set off the explosive scanner for TNT when flying to see my family at Christmas (and was told straight away what I was
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by mech4bg 13y ago
Not much has been made of the fact that skips count as plays... I wonder what proportion of plays are skips. Does anyone have information on what a radio station pays for one play of a song, when they have an audience of, say, 100,000? Edit
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by mech4bg 13y ago
There's a difference between asking an interviewee to implement an obscure data structure and knowing your basic algorithms and knowing how much complexity is added by using certain data structures. i.e. I'd expect any coder to u
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by mech4bg 13y ago
Do you mean Australian super or 401(k)? Would love to get some more detail on this.
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by mech4bg 13y ago
Good points, but regarding moving states - that doesn't address large federal taxes, or taxes on things that aren't taxed in other countries (death tax, gift tax).
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by mech4bg 13y ago
Fair enough point - but they do mention some specific examples of people that obviously have a high net worth and have a _lot_ to lose by these tax laws. I assume that anyone giving up their citizenship has enough to lose to make that wort
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by mech4bg 13y ago
It's not as simple as saying it's a 'low-tax country compared to Australia'. Perhaps in some states, but not all. The tax I pay in California is very comparable to the tax I paid in Australia. Meanwhile, living in Australia I had to file
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by mech4bg 13y ago
Where do you get the 0.002% figure from? The number of people divided by the population of the US? If so, that's not a meaningful figure - you should be examining the tax they would pay compared to the tax base, which could be many times
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Ah of course, I thought it was truncated. Using my German to translate Dutch, not always successful :) Love the similarities, "Kammer" means "compartment" or "small room" in German.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
The bedroom one is labeled "Sleep Camera" in dutch... I wonder if it's on purpose?
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by mech4bg 14y ago
These stories always seem to fit a very nice narrative, using anecdotal evidence to back up what we think sounds right... I would love to see some actual scientific study on this. I've no doubt that we're not sleeping optimally at the momen
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Anyone from middle-management up escaped the changes, which didn't help morale.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Having worked at a company where the culture changed over time to the point where work began to completely drown out having a personal life, the attitude at SurveyMonkey is incredibly refreshing. There's a lot to be said for a great work et
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by mech4bg 14y ago
5, 5:30 seems to be the norm.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Aha, thanks for the clarification.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Hey, no fair taking away this part of my comment! "(or it's not very common at least)" But when you say "40% of all land is lease hold" - are you talking all land now? I was talking about residential housing, and should have made it cleare
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by mech4bg 14y ago
The property market underwent a huge decade plus long boom in Australia, with land prices rising astronomically. There are all sorts of rules for land development in place, and limited availability for development in the major cities. It'
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by mech4bg 14y ago
We don't have yearly property taxes in Australia, just council rates which are usually around 0.2% of the house valuation (which is much lower than in the US AFAIK). However we don't have the split land/house purchasing like in the UK (or
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by mech4bg 14y ago
If you're going to do this (and a _lot_ of startups seem to do this now), then it's critical to actually respond to people when they react to your email. I've had a number of startups (OrderAhead, Instacart) email me shortly after I've sign
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by mech4bg 14y ago
I don't think he's denying her experience. I read it as advice on how to deal with how things currently are. The problem is change in the industry takes time, and so without changing how she personally deals with things currently, she is g
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Out of genuine interest (it's hard to convey tone via comments sometimes), can you expand on this comment a bit? What do you consider mental illness to be? And what is therapy in your view? The term 'mentally ill' in my view has been stigm
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by mech4bg 14y ago
But it's not as clear cut that this is a 'negative' aspect of human nature, and I would strongly argue that infidelity is NOT necessarily human nature, at least not as fundamentally as gift giving / signaling. And you're moving the argument
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by mech4bg 14y ago
That's the implication when you say they need therapy.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Absolutely. I'm not saying it applies to everyone, in fact I'm completely on your side - disagreeing with (and demonizing) giving a diamond because it's not how you operate is silly.
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by mech4bg 14y ago
On the list of things that could be wrong in a relationship, wanting a diamond engagement ring is probably pretty low on the things to worry about. They're not marrying the ring, they're marrying you, but the ring is a signal about your rel
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by mech4bg 14y ago
A diamond ring is a signal that is _always_ showing, unlike something like a house. It's a signal to the world that displays someone's wealth, commitment, etc. This doesn't make it right, but there are numerous human psychology reasons why
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by mech4bg 14y ago
It's easy to say that but that's not how human nature works. When you buy things for other people, it is generally a positive for your relationship with them. In general, they are happier and think better of you. Getting upset about it an
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by mech4bg 14y ago
Yeah I was completely baffled by this until I looked in Google Image Search. I ran this on my Windows box and sure enough it looks crazy with little 'springs' going everywhere. Under Chrome, Firefox and Safari on OS X it looks normal thou
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by mech4bg 14y ago
The bit he was actually focusing on seemed to me to be that they started using his name to sell the books. If _the artist_ is the product being sold, don't you think the right thing to do would have been to work out a new agreement? I thoug

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