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811.
by notJim 6y ago
What does this have to do with my comment? I'm not saying the president flagged the thread, I'm saying HN users did. I don't think the president browses HN.
812.
by notJim 6y ago
His remarks are open to interpretation. Note however that he said that "They're not sending their best". One could interpret that to mean that he believes Mexicans as a whole are a fine group of people, but that those who imm
813.
by notJim 6y ago
People in this thread claim to be concerned about others not feeling comfortable expressing their political views. And yet, a sibling to my comment which was simply expressing a political view is flagged/dead. https://i.imgu
814.
by notJim 6y ago
Donald Trump said Mexican immigrants are rapists. If my coworker supports Trump, do they agree with this? I'm Mexican, do they think I'm a rapist? I know a friend who is a DREAMer, i.e., they are undocumented. Are they a rapist? H
815.
by notJim 6y ago
IMO that's a big open question. Anecdotally, I've heard of a lot of people moving away from these cities, but most of them say they intend to move back. Since the appeal of both cities is largely in activities that are unavailable
816.
by notJim 6y ago
Well ironically, the great grandparent also lacks nuance. I think your comment is the one the brings it forward, and is more valuable than the great grandparent for that reason. > You could also be apolitical because you find all availab
817.
by notJim 6y ago
That's true, but if now there is central space freeing up in major cultural hubs like NYC and SF, maybe it could be cool. These places might, although to a lesser extent, have the customer base of affluent people to support new cultura
818.
by notJim 6y ago
> I for one am even more in the no-remote-only-gigs camp given recent events. I don't understand this, why? Regarding the rest of your comment, I totally agree. My mom and sister both work for a large, old-fashioned company, and the
819.
by notJim 6y ago
The big surprise for me with the non-Tesla electric cars is that they're not even that much cheaper, if at all than a Tesla. The e-golf is apparently around $30k, when for $5k more you could get a TM3 with 100 miles more of range. The
820.
by notJim 6y ago
Not if you have 2 cars (or are willing to rent) and a short commute (covid? why buy a car at all?). I rarely drive more than like 25 miles in a day. Even most of the close hikes I do are within about 30 miles of my house.
821.
by notJim 6y ago
I really need to get better at getting into these asset bubbles. I'm too late for Tesla, and it doesn't look like BTC has been going anywhere lately. Anyone got any tips for me?
822.
by notJim 6y ago
How much would it cost to operate the USPS without bulk mail, i.e., with next to no revenue? I'm not even necessarily against it, but it has to be astronomical.
823.
by notJim 6y ago
These people feel the same way about schools. There has been a massive effort underway for many years to privatize schools. It has been most successful in New Orleans, where Katrina provided the "shock" necessary to make it politi
824.
by notJim 6y ago
I actually tend to agree with you about the USPS. The thing is, it seems like a lot more could be done by the USPS. An obvious example would be postal banking, where they could serve as a bank that would provide services to all, especially
825.
by notJim 6y ago
I agree with what I think your point is, that having mail for all is a requirement of a civilization. (Sorry if this was not your point.) However, elections alone are obviously not enough to sustain a mail operation. [Edit: I had a double-n
826.
by notJim 6y ago
The financial calculus behind this is unbeatable though. When you're spending a significant portion of your house's value on a reno, alarm bells start going off. If I'm spending $75k on a $500k house, you better believe I sta
827.
by notJim 6y ago
It seems like essentially confirmation bias in action—the author notices crappy modern houses, but ignores great ones, and vice versa for old houses. Many of their complaints about modern houses do resonate for me, but for cheap suburban tr
828.
by notJim 6y ago
> Why should I think this man has special insight into the state of the world? You shouldn't, you should read it for yourself and make up your own mind. If a lot of people say something is interesting or good, it's probably wor
829.
by notJim 6y ago
I kinda disagree, I think people are more pessimistic about fracturing than is warranted. For greenfield work, it seems like people have mostly converged on React and Vue, which are conceptually fairly similar. State libs have changed, but
830.
by notJim 6y ago
Can't wait for 2–5 years from now when most of these have failed, and the One True Way emerges.
831.
by notJim 6y ago
> This is a more general and larger problem where society is constantly bending over backwards to cater to the 2% lowest performers. As your parent said, it's not 2%, it's more like everyone. No one is perfect all the time. Mor
832.
by notJim 6y ago
Wait, so you're suggesting we should think more about what happens to them, rather than ridiculing the question?
833.
by notJim 6y ago
Well, what did happen to them? The implication of your statement was that they were obviously totally fine, but is that a given? It's possible they were miserable and then died. Switching careers is not always easy and smooth.
834.
by notJim 6y ago
The FAQ also contains this, and more nuanced discussion about what the map means. Why are we recognizing more than one Nation on this territory? Indigenous history stretches back thousands and thousands of years. Some Indigenous nations wer
835.
by notJim 6y ago
These histrionics are ridiculous. There has never been an era in software engineering where people didn't write bugs. There has never been an era where people didn't miss bugs. You can scream and moan at the top of your lungs all
836.
by notJim 6y ago
Just a bit of wry humor :)
837.
by notJim 6y ago
In fact, you don't need to go to all this trouble if you don't want to. Someone has made a web-based version of paint you can use right from your browser, even if you don't have Windows installed. Link: https://cho
838.
by notJim 6y ago
GDPR adds an interesting wrinkle in all this. GDPR requires both the right of removal (removing @-mentions) and the right of rectification (updating them.) So if I change my name from notJim to notJohn, GDPR requires* services to update pre
839.
by notJim 6y ago
I honestly kind of like getting instagram ads relevant to my interests. Right now I'm getting a lot of solar charge controllers.
840.
by notJim 6y ago
How does this compare to sheet 2 site? Just wondering.

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