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by pie420 3y ago
another important point, typhoons are very big, so wind blows against a building in one direction. Tornadoes are very small, and would push on a skyscraper in multiple directions in the rare event that it hits a skyscraper and doesnt immedi
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by pie420 3y ago
it has everything to do with it. the current issues are a symptom of shortcuts and cost cutting at the expense of long-term growth and continued success. 737 MAX MCAS was the result of MBAs cutting costs when the right thing was to spend mo
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by pie420 3y ago
that's ridiculous. it's like saying i separate myself the employee from the private individual receiving the salary. the two are the same. Just because the catholic church can get away with separating the same entity into multiple
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by pie420 3y ago
There is an entire universe to fill, overpopulation is just as worthy of worrying about as is running out of numbers.
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by pie420 3y ago
This is so incorrect it's laughable. If you look at the data, public opinion in america has changed almost exactly in step with new generations emerging and old generations dying. People almost never change their opinion on political i
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by pie420 3y ago
There's tons of lazy freeloaders, dead-end projects, products that need to be cancelled, toxic underperformers, etc. All of these lead to layoffs, because firing individual people is harder, and it's nicer to just let people go in
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by pie420 3y ago
best i can do is more intrusive ads
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by pie420 3y ago
Or maybe this is how you keep a company alive and producing good work. Sure Disney is more profitable, but it's become a soulless corporate machine, and will falter and die in the next 30 years. Nintendo will stay profitable and will c
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by pie420 3y ago
Layoffs could also mean trimming the dead weight at the company that is sitting around and collecting paychecks, which in my experience is super common in california tech. Hit L4/L5, attend that weekly standups, and rest and vest till
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by pie420 3y ago
oh god, how will SF SWEs survive with more expensive potatoe chips and soda. Maybe stop drinking poison and processed foods and you'll be fine. A whole rotisserie chicken is only $8.99 at whole foods
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by pie420 3y ago
boo hoo, how will SWE survive on a paltry $150k per year for adjusting drop down menu fonts. The salaries in tech were ridiculous and an insult to other professionals that actually improved the world. Now that 0% interest rates are gone and
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by pie420 3y ago
that's how companies become walking zombies with entire departments that don't do anything, and eventually go under
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by pie420 3y ago
Because engineers in america earn way, way more than european ones. Would you rather have a union or an extra $100k in salary?
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by pie420 3y ago
"lower salaries or where one person would be expected to do the work of 2-5 previously laid off folks" so only $300k total comp and 20 hrs of work per week?
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by pie420 3y ago
Good thing that all airports follow similar standards and are all standardized in terms of lighting, signage, etc.
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by pie420 3y ago
Becuase the AI cycle is still in the hype phase, and VCs and private capital is getting in right now before unloading onto retail investors to hold the bags. And also, like every major tech invention in the past 40 years (smartphones, searc
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by pie420 3y ago
Actually, those million dollar cars aren't really cars, they're collectibles. the real top of the line cars today are probably either a Porsche GT2 RS, an Aventador SVJ, or Cullinan if you only want comfort. And all of those only
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by pie420 3y ago
And then a year later most websites died, and then it was 10-15 years until most of the tech companies like Cisco reached their 2001 stock valuations?
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by pie420 3y ago
Assuming you are German, then: The US liberated your country from fascism, saved half of your country from 50 years of soviet occupation, rebuilt your country with the Marshall Plan after your country started two world wars that killed 100
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by pie420 3y ago
Western Automakers already control their respective markets and are seeking to break into china, so they design towards chinese consumers. Chinese automakers already control their respective markets and are seeking to break into the western
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by pie420 3y ago
"minority market saturation" let's stop repeating this nonsense. You wouldn't say LVMH has minority market saturation in the clothing industry, because it doesn't compete in the global clothing industry. It competes
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by pie420 3y ago
This is categorically false. The VAST majority of automobile accidents that result in deaths, even though drivers were at fault do not result in jail time. Even a large part of DUIs that result in deaths only result in community service and
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by pie420 3y ago
Bill of Materials should really only be used for things that require a list of items/labor, and aren't sold individually such as a datacenter, a building, a hardware integration project, a wedding, etc. For things that are sold in
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by pie420 3y ago
Yeah, let's burn through $500 worth of glassware for every single freshmen's weekly lab class. We occasionally used flasks worth $300. Let's also make computers single use as well.
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by pie420 3y ago
Ponzi Scheme
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by pie420 3y ago
Everyone I know who has changed jobs has gotten 30%+ raises in my circle. Very few people I know still work where they worked in 2019. The few that do are either very poor, or very wealthy. In the modern economy, you don't get raises a
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by pie420 3y ago
Spotify is also a de facto monopoly.
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by pie420 3y ago
That's every monopoly in history. Any smart monopoly allows just enough competition to tread water to show regulators that "hey, look, there's competition, we're just dominant".
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typical google mismanagement
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by pie420 3y ago
doubtful. Imagine if instead of everyone owning a car, we had bullet trains everywhere, and amazing public transport. Almost no traffic, much quicker intra- and inner-city commuting. Ugh. Cars, from an engineering and city planning perspect

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