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by pjmorris 4y ago
> compensation is a result of cost of living, inflation, rising cost of everything etc etc. so what you are saying makes no sense. reply If that were true, everyone's compensation would've doubled or so in the last decade, but
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> There’s no rule that you should be able to afford a house on a middle class income. This isn't really an ownership issue, it is an occupancy issue. Monthly rent needs to cover the expenses of a property including any mortgage, pro
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> This under estimates appreciation due to the housing stock itself becoming more luxurious. How so? Large, luxurious, houses get counted just the same way as small houses. If you mean that new houses that have not been resold aren'
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The specific chart I picture was originally in a 2005 article in the NYT, but it is reproduced as the second chart on the Wikipedia page [0] for the Case-Shiller index. Note also that page's section on 'Key events and episodes.&#x
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I think there's a more concrete measure of value: house prices related to income. Historically (Robert Shiller has a chart for the US going back to 1890) house prices (and mortgages and rents) have maintained a stable relationship with
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> They went to community college while still living at home. After a year or two of that, they did leave home to go to college. However, they were at a state school with people studying various things and having various interests. There
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"As I went walking I saw a sign there, And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me." - 'This Land Is Your Land', Woody Guthrie
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I appreciate the sentiment that 'it's always been like this.' That said, I am of the view that the mindset of optimizing for efficiency and the tools we've acquired over the last 50-100 years for doing so may, in additio
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I'm inclined to agree. Are you aware of the Poor People's Campaign? https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ My sense is that it'll take action on the part of people who aren't activists to really shake thin
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> a 900 page freshman neuroscience textbook Which one, and would you recommend it? 59 here, and with an autistic 16 year old who has great difficulty with communication. We're trying speech therapy, ABA therapy, but it seems to be b
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Or South Florida. A looong time ago, after the business part of a phone interview, I was chatting with a recruiter who'd moved from Boston to South Florida and he asked me 'Is traffic ...different... here?' I gave him Dave Ba
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I had a day of interviews (~7 people) at my first job out of college in 1986, but my hiring manager had also been the person I first talked with at a career fair. I had a day of interviews (~7 people) in early 2000 at an internet consulting
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by pjmorris 5y ago
Relevant Dilbert: https://dilbert.com/strip/1993-03-20 I felt busted the first time I saw this.
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I've been on a number of teams like that, and miss them. There's a phrase 'the song of friends at work' that I can't find the source of, but it serves as a kind of navigation point for me as I try to steer my career
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Fascinating book, full of interesting ideas. I bought my copy in the 1980's. I had a roommate then who I reconnected with lately. He remembered the book and asked about it. I dropped in on him a couple weeks ago and left my copy on loa
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by pjmorris 5y ago
Try 'The Quiet Coup', Simon Johnson [0]. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/05/the-qui...
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Spitballing here, 'Single Decision Principle?' How about 'Don't Ask Me How?'
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> A taste or smell can unlock a memory you thought you lost forever. Here for a related personal anecdote and a movie reference. On a conference trip to Chicago I managed to snag a reservation for a Michelin-starred restaurant (Alinea.)
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by pjmorris 5y ago
Despite high interest in learning to program, I was confused and bored in my first (FORTRAN) programming course. Browsing at the local bookstore I found 'The FORTRAN Coloring Book' and took it home. Kaufman's approach unlocke
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by pjmorris 5y ago
Twenty years later, the halfbakery [0] still stands out to me. [0] https://www.halfbakery.com/
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As a non-athletic native Floridian who made some adventurous friends, I started skiing at 38 by tagging along when some went on a ski trip (Utah.) Knowing my deficits, I signed up for lessons all six days of the trip, and could hockey stop
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“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.” - Brian O'Driscoll Michael Ruhlman, the author of the linked tomato article has written a number of terrific books [0]. 'Ratio: The
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I'd note that assembly, C, and Python didn't replace 'programming' but were expected to do so. I'd wager that what you now call 'detailed documentation/specs' will still be called programming in 10 or
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I've long joked that Excel will be the downfall of western civilization, but it's less funny every year.
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OK, here's an even older instance of the same thing, probably not advocated for by the industry incumbents... 229 If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and ki
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If you had asked the same question about airlines 100 years ago... [0] "At the urging of the aviation industry, that believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potential without federal action to improve and maintain saf
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Toyota should introduce the brand new 1999 Corolla.
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Hear, hear. My story is similar, and different. The first time a girl paid attention to me other than to mock or tease was in community college when Dina bought me lunch in gratitude after I helped her reason about how to solve a FORTRAN ho
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I second the recommendation for reading 'Dignity.' For a taste, here's an old interview with Arnade, [0] [0] https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mcdonalds-as-america-a-c...
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Not Kindle-friendly, but I suspect you're aware of 'Advanced Data Analysis from an Elementary Point of View', Cosma Shalizi [0], PDF available, which seems to parallel the topics here. Have you had a look, and, if so, what d

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