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Coincidence, it is the same group trying to sell "AI" startup/services. Modern AI is not an intelligence. Wonder what crap they are calling AGI.
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>> Buying a house: Is this the best return I can get on a downpayment. (Spoiler: It is not). It may be the best return. You never know the future, what direction asset prices are going.
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Usually the interviewer has particular definition in mind and you need to guess it to pass to the next stages.
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And a state-of-the-art AI-powered app for this!
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Median also doubled, though the value is a bit lower. But median 50 years ago was also lower than average. >>not-new houses If you zoom out for 50y it does not matter. New house built 20y ago is an old house now, but still much bigger
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Homelessness is not related to the housing prices. With any job one can afford to rent a room. Homelessness is a complex issue, but a healthcare is the main cause. Lack of proper treatment of addictions and mental illness is the main cause
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Average amount of living space per person in a new house has nearly doubled in just the last 50 years. Price per square foot is pretty much the same as decades before (adjusted for inflation). Isn't it the abundance of housing? >>
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250M is not that much to solve a global problem, just take a look at bill gates fund. Still huge amount of money which can improve life of millions.
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>> If extreme wealth was taxed, the debt would be zero With current level of debt it does not matter. Taxes should be rised for everyone if huge cuts in expenses are not done.
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Hard to follow this rules unless you are living in a low cost of living area. Remote people from India/Afrika will be happy to work for a fraction of western salary.
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Nowadays it's the same poor interview when they are hiring for 20k pure salary overseas.
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Like $3700 average annual tuition fee isn't affordable?
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I've heard about shared tips between people who work around the tables, but not with dishwasher/cleaner.
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Also a tip goes to the pretty face who bring you plates. However, the whole restaurant experience is made by many people: dishwasher boy, prep boy, shef, cleaning lady, etc. They should tip to cleaning lady as dirty toilet can ruin whole &q
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Falling prices are bad for economy. Lending brokers, construction companies, material suppliers - all will be hurt if price falls. The best solution in my perspective is to have stagnant housing prices so eventually general inflation will m
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Community college is affordable. Small 2bd apartment is affordable. Old small car is affordable.
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Daycare and basically all child non-entertainment services (health and education) should be heavily subsidized. It's a new taxpayer, all money will be repaid tenfold.
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And Iran is giving bombs to Hamas and ruzzia. That is a tragedy what happened to Gaza. Even friendly Arab nations don't want them to come as refuges, I'm curious why.
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I'm quite sure if you spend money on the same goods like during that day - you can sustain a family. Small house with asbestos, little amount of home appliances, basic small car, no food delivery, no AC etc.
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Those are good rules, but are loosely enforced. Usual Uber eats bike courier has one of that overpowered ebikea and are the worse users of bike lanes.
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> For years, companies like Google, Facebook/Meta, and Amazon hired too many developers. They knew they were hiring too many developers, but they did it anyway because of corporate greed. They wanted to control the talent pool I als
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Ruzzia is bombing Ukrainian cities to the ground. No countries are actively trying to stop them, just minor help to Ukraine to keep them afloat.
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Do you want to be a part of those troops sent to control Hamas? Truth is no one wants to fight overseas anymore.
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Right. To help an ally to defend against unprovoked invasion. Punish the bully, keep global peace.
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What if they don't want to move to Ireland?
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>> in the space industry in Europe I bet they are not willing to take a huge paycut. Also the language barrier may be an issue.
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Precision ammo is expensive. Ruzzians launched 10000+ missiles. Some estimate they are spending roughly $900m per day on the war. 1250+ days. Can only imagine how they could enhance their old underdeveloped infrastructure with all that mone
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If numbers are unknown, how can you claim half of them are children? Ps: Ukrainian army has better use for ammo than Israel. Should have sent there
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>> if the damage from data breaches exceeds the cost of eliminating it. Definitely not. Damage is done to customers but costs to eliminate are on the company. Why should company invest more if there are no meaningful consequences for
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Should be a raw juice or polish beetroot soup (barszcz) does the job?
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