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by mgolawala 7y ago
These types of things used to infuriate me. To stop them from ruining my mood on vacations I just account for them as "various other charges". It is sort of like tipping now. For example, When you book a cruise, the price they giv
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by mgolawala 7y ago
While I agree with you and felt the same way as you, I found that it wasn't as big an issue once I bought a case for the phone. Once you put a case on the phone the camera bump completely disappears. I dont know what percentage of iPho
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by mgolawala 7y ago
I am seriously hoping for a 4K panel so that you get a 2x resolution of 1920x1080 .. If they did that, they would instantly have my money.
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by mgolawala 7y ago
I have wanted to get into an EV and it is the long distance travel issue (for that 1% of the time) that has been keeping me (and I imagine a lot of people) from making the switch. Tesla is the only model to have come close to solving that i
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by mgolawala 7y ago
The best feeling for me is when I come across old code and then re-write it to make it [simpler | faster | clearer | better] .. It is tangible proof to me that I have improved in my craft.
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by mgolawala 7y ago
Perhaps humans wont end up being inferior instead we will just end up being part of the system that creates the next level of life. When I was a kid, and learned about the billions of cells and bacteria making up my body, and how they commu
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by mgolawala 7y ago
Actually one of the things my wife and I often discuss is how with our current society even what we consider our "nuclear family" is at most just a part time family. For most of humanity a family group stayed together for the majo
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by mgolawala 7y ago
There are plenty of things in existence that took more than 15 tries to get right. It is silly to dismiss something because it has failed the last 15 times. If wealth taxes are beneficial and a good goal to work towards for a society, then
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by mgolawala 7y ago
Perhaps we don’t anymore? Not for most of us anyway. In a sense we too are domesticated and brought up in captivity. Even if we knew how to survive. Between private property, most wildlife being eradicated, the rest being protected, loss of
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by mgolawala 8y ago
In the same boat over here. I have ~$3K budgeted and ready for a new laptop but I am holding on to my 2013 MBP because of the current generation's keyboard. I have my fingers crossed that they will redesign the MBP and fix the keyboard
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by mgolawala 8y ago
Having two nuclear powers shooting each other's planes out of the sky should make the whole world nervous. In a perverse way, it is probably a good thing that they are both nuclear powers. The stakes are too high for them NOT to call a
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by mgolawala 8y ago
Not to mention that in Norway the VAT is included in the price, whereas in the U.S. the Sales Tax needs to be added on top. For a fairer comparison, you would actually need to add the appropriate sales tax for your state. That wont make up
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by mgolawala 8y ago
That line of thinking can also be quite demotivating. For instance, it could also be used to argue that since none of what I do matters anyway, I might as well spend it doing something else such as watching TV, playing video games, hiking i
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by mgolawala 8y ago
I use this exact method to get myself to workout when I am not feeling like it. I tell myself I will slack off and not really go hard today. ie. It's better to do a workout at 75% effort than skip it altogether. Inevitably, once I star
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by mgolawala 8y ago
To cover that scenario you could grant copyright to the creator/artist for "life or 20 years whichever is greater".
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by mgolawala 8y ago
>> There are plenty of scarce assets defined by no utility except for their scarcity; we call those assets money. Money doesn't hold value because of its scarcity. Money holds value because of the faith and credit of the entity t
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by mgolawala 8y ago
That is not a problem of population density, that problem is inadequate peak capacity in transportation infrastructure. For example if you stack subway lines one under the other simalar to those described by Elon Musk, or increase the capac
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by mgolawala 9y ago
I agree completely. Who will take his place? Who will be the Stephen Hawking of my children's generation? As a society we should work hard to find, celebrate and give a platform to the Stephen Hawking-s and the Carl Sagan-s of tomorrow
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by mgolawala 9y ago
I agree, but there are good reasons why it is often good to combine both types. Considering this is only a side project, you have a high likelihood of abandoning it out of boredom, lack of traction or simply burn out. However, if your side
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by mgolawala 10y ago
The value of the shares goes up because, even if the business and profitability stays exactly the same, with fewer out standing shares, the earnings per share goes up.
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by mgolawala 10y ago
I totally agree, I was just yanking your chain. :) I made a similar decision to yours last year and am currently on a 5K 27" + 4K 27" setup myself.
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by mgolawala 10y ago
Nice! Sounds like all that compromised there, was the wallet. ;)
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by mgolawala 10y ago
9 Mid 30s, Senior, Independent consultant, Generalist. Take on projects I find fun. Took 1 point off simply because income isn't steady and predictable.
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by mgolawala 10y ago
While no one can predict the future, I tend to agree with your hypothesis. The advantage of a 401K over the Roth is that since both can be raided, at least with the 401K your money is being taxed only on the way out. With the Roth you are b
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by mgolawala 10y ago
Congratulations on the new release. I have been waiting a long while for this. :) Love the improved GUI.
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by mgolawala 10y ago
The problem has a lot to do with acceptable risk. Not of the passengers.. I mean of the politicians. As a politician, if anyone argued for lowered screening at airports, we all know what would happen when eventually a hijacking or airplane
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by mgolawala 10y ago
Robotics and AI have improved significantly and will continue to improve into the future. How much have humans improved over the last 30 years? People simply cannot compete, and this is a trend that cannot be reversed, or shouldn't be
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by mgolawala 11y ago
Another thing to keep in mind when considering what makes us happy is cultures. I have had the good fortune of being born into one culture, raised in a country with a second slightly different culture, and spending my adult life in a third,
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by mgolawala 11y ago
Very insightful, and very well said. I hadn't thought of it that way, but I think you have probably hit the nail on the head. I should add though, that I think it works the other way too. You could also have the problem that the 35+ y
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by mgolawala 11y ago
You hit the nail on the head. Yes it is a price hike.. At the amount of money software developers make annually, $240 annually is peanuts. Especially since it will be pretax for the company (or the self employed individual). Jet brains offe

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