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by nilkn 9y ago
I really agree with this. Your exact example -- every detail -- happened to me a few years ago. I was offered a ~50% raise without really seeking it out. I went to my boss (with whom I had an excellent relationship) and explained the situat
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by nilkn 9y ago
> I've seen too many people suffer from the false economy of used cars Just get a 1-2 year old low-mileage CPO vehicle. It should still have the original warranty active. Ideally you should also target brands with great warranties l
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by nilkn 9y ago
Sure, but that changes the topic a fair bit. Part of the allure of MMM is telling people they can retire at age 30 to 40 with a relatively small amount of money if only they can keep their expenses under control and live frugally. The reali
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by nilkn 9y ago
Assuming you only live to be 80, you'll have to stretch out that $375k nest egg for a whopping 43 years of inflation, rising healthcare costs, and unpredictable market conditions. And God forbid you reach 80, run out of money, and then
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by nilkn 9y ago
To be completely honest, what you just wrote is far more disruptive to the conversation than what I wrote. The analogy you made was a pretty central part of your post, and it's really disingenuous to compare abortions to vasectomies. T
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by nilkn 9y ago
A vasectomy should not be compared directly to an abortion. It should be compared to tubal ligation.
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by nilkn 9y ago
Just to be clear, it's far less safe to eat ground beef rare than a steak. With a steak, potentially harmful bacteria are all on the outside, which you sear. So the interior can be practically raw and the steak will be safe to consume.
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by nilkn 9y ago
Their job is to sell. They want everyone watching to understand exactly what they mean. For what it's worth, I would say that Face ID isn't quite a username either. Once known, anyone can reproduce a username. I can't easily
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by nilkn 9y ago
Out of curiosity, which electric vehicle do you drive?
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by nilkn 9y ago
It's the same as the difference between a Model S and a Model 3. Both Mercedes and BMW offer cars starting at the $35k mark (C class, 3 series). Given how anticipated the Model 3 is, evidently there are quite a lot of people who feel o
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by nilkn 9y ago
Why is Zuckerberg infinitely more qualified than Trump? Both came from wealthy families. Both are billionaires. Both are only capable of running due to their billionaire status. Neither has any experience of any kind in politics. Folks were
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by nilkn 9y ago
Full dynamic LED headlights are actually a pretty cool innovation. They're brighter, they can illuminate corners, and they can avoid blinding opposing traffic by selectively deactivating or dimming parts of the light field. (I don&#x27
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by nilkn 9y ago
I think the difference between 100 and 150 is that at 100 people, as long as the organizational structure is right, you can still play fast and loose with corporate culture. While it'll be a stretch, each person may be able to know eve
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by nilkn 9y ago
> There's no way that the people heads-down in their cell phones are going to do this less once they realize they don't really need to pay attention. The counter-argument is that they do this without Autopilot anyway. Given tha
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by nilkn 9y ago
Humans are bad at driving because they can get distracted and can only look in one direction at a time. A computer system based on visual processing shouldn't have either of those issues. I agree fundamentally though that it's a w
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by nilkn 9y ago
I think there's real-world evidence that this is not the case. There have already been deaths due to Autopilot, and the reaction you're describing here didn't happen.
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by nilkn 9y ago
Overusing and misusing the word "Nazi" in response to Charlottesville is going to do your stance a lot more harm than good in the long run.
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by nilkn 9y ago
I think this is more a failure of documentation than anything else. The definition provided there is correct and useful for a certain subset of people, but there are ways of grokking comonads and cofree comonads that don't require so m
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by nilkn 9y ago
This is definitely true in my (limited) experience. The company I'm at has some very talented remote developers, but it's impossible to make it into management without being onsite.
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by nilkn 9y ago
I think the folks discussing whether or not 10x developers exist are missing the more basic point here. In most companies, a manager's status is determined almost entirely by how many people he or she manages. It's absolutely in t
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by nilkn 9y ago
I find it interesting how much the memo is misinterpreted even by folks who have read it multiple times and have been pretty engaged in discussions about it. Example: "He claimed that Google’s diversity efforts represent a lowering of
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by nilkn 9y ago
I don't think Google is capable of doing meaningful research on this, because I don't get the sense that they'd accept any results that don't refute the memo. Google would have a vested interest in the research having a
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by nilkn 9y ago
I agree with you, but at some point you're going to have turnover if you don't provide employees with internal flexibility and mobility. That means you're doing to be dealing with the painful process of retraining new folks f
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by nilkn 9y ago
A few other reasons (all that I've seen in some form in the real world): * Insufficient raises. This is by far the most common reason, but it's been discussed in this thread well already so there's no need for me to dive into
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by nilkn 9y ago
> Also, a GP, whose salary is bringing down that $202k average (it's not specifically for thoracic surgeons), only has to do a 1-year residency This is false in the US from what I can tell. I have several friends who are GPs and eve
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by nilkn 9y ago
The infographic in question specifically referenced thoracic surgeons, who are considerably more likely to experience on-call rotations or emergencies than, say, a family physician. I honestly don't know what your second sentence is re
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by nilkn 9y ago
My SO is a high school teacher and it's actually pretty close to reality for her. She has had the entire summer off and still has over two weeks left before she goes back to work. During the school year, she probably does average more
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by nilkn 9y ago
This phenomenon is just starting to happen at the company I work at. It's a great company in almost every dimension, but this particular problem is especially insidious and almost impossible to stop once it happens. Every manager is en
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by nilkn 9y ago
I think you're probably following too many people. 1k is workable but it requires a lot of investment to make sure you're consistently only following quality posters. Also, as you suggest, even many high-quality posters also tend
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by nilkn 9y ago
The only point I was trying to make is that these general median statistics across the entire state or even Boston aren't controlling for enough factors. Programmers are generally well educated and the work is technical in nature. This

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