morgante

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by morgante 10y ago
The smart kids have better things to do than bully each other.
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by morgante 10y ago
I've never tried, since when I'm traveling internationally I always have data and just use the Hangouts app. The important part is it's totally seamless: contacts don't need to know I'm traveling and I avoid any hug
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by morgante 10y ago
You're making the mistake of assuming people designing self-driving cars are idiots. Being able to detect scenarios where overwhelming signage makes driving impossible would be a basic problem. Even I could do it today.
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by morgante 10y ago
I think you missed my point. I'm not saying that China and India will never have self-driving cars. There's obviously tremendous profits to be made in bringing cars to those markets. My point is that a self-driving car doesn'
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by morgante 10y ago
Nice selective quoting. Millions of cars spend their entire existence confined to US highways, cities, and suburbs. In what way is a car not self-driving if it can successfully drive you on you everywhere you go in your daily life? You do
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by morgante 10y ago
Sure, but population is far from the most important metric when it comes to developing new technologies. The iPhone was out of reach of most of the world when it launched (from a financial perspective), and it was only available in the US.
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by morgante 10y ago
Why is the situation in Peru at all relevant? I too have been to lots of places where self-driving cars would have a ridiculously hard time. Those places are also very far from the cutting edge of technology. Even if self-driving cars are
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by morgante 10y ago
I'm really happy they're showing Google Voice some love. It's certainly been neglected over the years, but despite that I've stuck with it (all the way since the GrandCentral days) because the alternative is so much wors
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by morgante 10y ago
You might have only worked with students from top CS programs.
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by morgante 10y ago
I agree that's what they aim for, but in my experience far too many CS grads (especially from non-top universities) have absolutely no understanding of the core paradigms. Instead, they've basically memorized "this is how I
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by morgante 10y ago
For self-driving cars, viable includes safe. That's why it's taking a long time to develop.
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by morgante 10y ago
And Facebook is now a huge and profitable company... So they all made a smart move.
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by morgante 10y ago
NYC, this is my insurance: https://www.hioscar.com/ I have the Market Secure plan. I'm not pretending it's terrific insurance, but it'll cover me if disaster strikes and avoids the penalty.
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by morgante 10y ago
Oscar. I'm a young non-smoking male though, so I have the cheapest possible plan (with a high deductible).
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by morgante 10y ago
Planning isn't just for people who have a hard time finding work. It's not even just for people who are unsatisfied in their work. My entire professional life I've never had trouble finding, often very fulfilling work with gr
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by morgante 10y ago
I know some serial entrepreneurs who do decide to just "start" a company. They usually start with fairly broad research, looking into a lot of different industries, and then when they hear the whiff of an interesting problem dive
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by morgante 10y ago
Sure, if by "most of us" you mean most Americans I agree. If you mean most developers, I disagree. I think most developers can make $200k/yr if they want.
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by morgante 10y ago
This entire discussion is scoped to engineering salaries, I'm not trying to make arguments about everyone regardless of career. For any given engineer, they are definitely financially worse off in the EU. I'm sympathetic to QOL
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by morgante 10y ago
Eh, it's just a matter of having and maintaining insurance. Obviously that's important to get right, but it's not like most engineers are walking around without insurance. That being said, if Republicans actually follow throu
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by morgante 10y ago
That sounds like a plan for other people's lives, not a plan for my own. I don't care what you want to do, even if that's working as an underpaid developer in France. My life plan is to continue building my startup mostly rem
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by morgante 10y ago
$200k is closer to 4-5%, not 1%. More importantly, I'm not making some grand proclamation on morality of French governance vs American governances. I'm just affirming that as a developer, you are much better off in the US (parti
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by morgante 10y ago
That's true, but on the other hand I don't get any free vacation and have to pay for my own insurance. Whether employed or self-employed, you're still financially much better off in the US.
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by morgante 10y ago
Plus there's already a precedent in Uber Pool for something that's in between a bus and a taxi. They even will ask you to walk a short distance sometimes.
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by morgante 10y ago
So like Airbnb. Different people have different boundaries and I respect that. I have no problem with renting my room/house out while I'm away, and I'd have no problem with renting my car out without me in it.
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by morgante 10y ago
I'm not doing all my savings in tax-advantaged accounts, but I get a fair bit through backdoor Roth, solo 401k, and HSA savings. Plus, as a small business owner I can deduct a lot of my expenses.
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by morgante 10y ago
> Arguing why "people trot out" socialism from a purely individual financials POV is in large part a normative judgement. You don't seem to understand what a normative judgement is. I'm not saying whether socialism is
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by morgante 10y ago
Sure, it was a lot worse pre-ACA. Thankfully, it's quite easy to purchase individual insurance these days (I pay $160/m for mine). We'll see what happens with the Republicans. More importantly, health insurances do not at a
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by morgante 10y ago
I'd say $200k is very typical (if not on the low end) of salary + stock for big companies. Not including other things like insurance or retirement plans which are hard to attach a quantifiable dollar amount to. In terms of straight dol
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by morgante 10y ago
> Are you sure you're counting it as 200k and not a higher number? Yes, I'm quite sure. This is based on my personal life. The trick is to do your saving it tax-advantage accounts and to take any deductions you can. Still, the
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by morgante 10y ago
Uh, I do understand how socialism works. The point is that, from an individual financial perspective, you're much worse off in the EU. I'm not making a normative judgement, just a financial one.

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