projectazorian

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by projectazorian 1y ago
> Mortgage will only ever go down, both in absolute terms (due to opportunistic refinancing) If you bought a home during ZIRP, this doesn't apply. Even now, you're looking at cutting your rate by what, 2-3% max? And if rates dr
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Any good realtor will look into the maintenance history of the building and let you know if a special assessment is likely soon, and any good condo board will be transparent with you about this as well.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
If you live in a non-rent-stabilized apartment in a market where annual rent increases are the norm, then by renting you condemn yourself to permanent downward mobility unless your income increases by more than your rent every year. 8-10% a
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Correct, Chicago. The city's even already bored the station downtown as part of another project, so there's a massive underground cavern in the middle of downtown currently going unused. The last time I took the Blue Line to the a
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> Price index do not capture the reality of most people cost of living. They don't capture the family that have to buy margarine instead of butter, because butter became too expensive, while margarine became cheaper, Weight both ite
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by projectazorian 1y ago
The problem the admin has is that economists at the BLS by and large aren't scared of getting fired. That work experience is gold in the private sector - most of them can easily get a job in finance and 3x-4x their comp.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
They're already doing this so that the feds can slap terrorism charges on people who vandalize Teslas.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Yep. My city did a deal with Hyperloop to build an express airport train instead of contracting with a European or Japanese company. Hyperloop pulled out and now there is no train, what a surprise. You might ask "why don't they ju
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by projectazorian 1y ago
You completely skipped over the defense and biotech industries, I notice. Not to mention DC being the HQ of the US military-industrial complex and the intelligence community. Like I said, there's a lot of bloat in the defense industry,
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> Were I to travel to D.C. for leisure, I would expect to see unhoused people because it’s a city. I was just there for a week, mainly in the downtown area, and honestly don't recall seeing a single homeless person.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> a place that has no industry other than politics, administration, and lobbying. Uh, I'd expect someone posting here to know better, given that Amazon HQ2 is in Arlington and us-east-1 is in Northern VA. There's also a videoga
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> if AI is so good why aren't people just doing 15 PRs a day on open source projects like Node.js, React, Kubernetes, Linux, Ansible, etc? Because those projects are mature and have a very high bar for contributions, so aren't
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> It just seems like it's always been used as a mildly derogatory term by people who really dislike sports and sports fans. Yeah, actually saying 'sportsball' in conversation in a non-ironic way is an excellent way to sign
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by projectazorian 1y ago
I've been known to drop this one in conversation to see if people pick up on it. Have no idea if it's still true, but it certainly was in Wenger's time.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> Society only really works if we know we have each other's backs when the chips are down I'd disagree with this - capitalism tends to reward defection from this norm, and it's been a stable equilibrium for centuries at th
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by projectazorian 1y ago
To be fair, plenty of boundary setting is legitimate. I find that hypocrisy is an excellent tell for when someone is misusing the principle. Eg. when someone says "I don't like it when you talk about this subject" and then pr
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> And I also have the experience of people really appreciating it if you actually speak and read Japanese. 100%. You don't even need to know that much. Even if you have to switch to English, showing respect by demonstrating some eff
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by projectazorian 1y ago
I never got this, but at busy times it was not uncommon to get a super apologetic "we're full" when there were clearly a few seats available. Honestly I get it, foreigners are higher effort to deal with and if you're alr
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Interestingly, Apple Maps is integrated with Tabelog. So using Apple Maps to search for restaurants in Japan can be an effective strategy.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> But even in Kyoto, go off the beaten path a little, and you will find much to delight you! Extremely true. I just got back from Japan and I was very pleased by how little effort it took to get off the tourist trail, even in Kyoto. Of c
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> I'm of mixed minds. I really miss the days when it was possible to be welcomed pretty much anywhere as a foreigner and have almost universal expectations of high quality, scam-free experiences, but those days are pretty much gone
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by projectazorian 1y ago
He said "worked with" not "worked at." Likely as a contractor. And if so it's not uncommon for some projects to be very short while others might take 10-20% of your time for 2-3 years. Plenty of time to gather domai
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by projectazorian 1y ago
1992 riots weren't perpetrated by migrants, to the extent they were involved it was as victims. Neither was any of the looting in 2020 to my knowledge. Btw, nothing significant was "burned down" in 2020 either. Some shops hit
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Nobody is incentivized to fix those things, so they don't get fixed. Nobody ever got promoted for making small UI tweaks. Much better to spend years on an expensive redesign that somehow makes the user experience worse. Now that's
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Let me guess, New York City?
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Many people only look at LinkedIn when they're on the job market themselves. Or do so infrequently enough that they only see the message weeks/months later, at which point it feels awkward to respond.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
That's when you give feedback that they should spend, say, 30 mins trying to sort the problem out for themselves before asking for help. And that they should take notes or ask over Slack so they can refer back to the answer.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
It frequently doesn't work, but even when it doesn't you may still win yourself some unexpected allies who feel the same way. Sometimes those allies are in high places.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> We need labor, there aren't enough spa management and pet groomer positions to build an economy upon. Is it your impression that spa management and pet care are the only working-class service jobs available? Most of the trades are
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by projectazorian 1y ago
You can get a Toto Washlet attachment for ~$300 (who knows what it costs now after tariffs) that as far as I can tell is almost exactly the same model used in Japan. Heated seat, remote control, dryer, etc.

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