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631.
by qaq 4y ago
Don't just read docs try things -- make a POC. The amount of time we hit something that "should work" according to the docs but doesn't is very high.
632.
by qaq 4y ago
Not all jobs in US are in SV, Also in tech hubs like Dublin the prices are getting there
633.
by qaq 4y ago
Very true there is no free lunch
634.
by qaq 4y ago
"Are all places like this?" Well most of EU is not like this...
635.
by qaq 4y ago
It's not just about UX. This might be Kodak moment for Google if OpenAI makes a business that makes 5 billion a year and is valued at 100B it's a big win for them. But if google has to cannibalise 50 Billion a year profit cash cow
636.
by qaq 4y ago
Well by making weakness a virtue you get a populace that is much easier to control
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by qaq 4y ago
The team is top notch (of CDK fame) found a non-trivial bug was assigned and fixed in 30 min. In general joy to interact with. Very strong focus on dev. experience. After a very subpar experience of building a very large enterprise project
638.
by qaq 4y ago
Well you are discussing it
639.
by qaq 4y ago
He has a certain type of followers though, and he is not the only person making this move.
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by qaq 4y ago
Would be cool if there was low resource mastodon server to run for a single user.
641.
by qaq 4y ago
How is it even remotley like communism in USSR? Russian empire had the same governance structure since the time of the Golden Horde to present day e.g. very hierarchal top down ...
642.
by qaq 4y ago
Here's from June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XdwlyWgSs recent enough for you? He compares himself to Peter the Great and says it's our destiny to reclaim Russian lands
643.
by qaq 4y ago
He literally said he wants to reclaim all lands of Russian empire not just USSR.
644.
by qaq 4y ago
Keep watching Russian TV.
645.
by qaq 4y ago
But it does in a small way and it adds up when a lot of people do it. Being from Ukraine I see first hand how a lot of people volunteering/donating are making very sizeable impact on the problem even though each individuals contributio
646.
by qaq 4y ago
Nope they are a reflection of their voters e.g. "us". As long as majority regardless of side continues to vote for amorphous virtue signalling unprincipled politicians the things will stay as they are.
647.
by qaq 4y ago
I grew up poor having any extra money makes a meaningful difference. 3X bump would mean the person is now making like 20% extra it's very meaningful difference pretending otherwise is very disingenuous.
648.
by qaq 4y ago
It does not have to be about "them" you have a path available to you to make a person that you supposedly feel bad about better off.
649.
by qaq 4y ago
No it's not. Crocodile tears about how unfair it is for her to make so little instead of paying her more is virtue signaling. Dems have being in power in CA forever voting for them is not going to change maids wage.
650.
by qaq 4y ago
Sure you can if people take individual action based on their honest believes a lot can change. If people simply virtue signal without taking basic actions that are available to them then there is 0 chance something will change.
651.
by qaq 4y ago
"I'll be okay with a pay cut if it means a more equitable, more fair society" hmm you could make it more equitable by raising your maids comp by your own description it would have 0 adverse effect on you.
652.
by qaq 4y ago
It's more you have to realise that the way things were structured there was never an honest count. As an anecdotal example my father in-law was chief eng. at Kharkov factory that was producing Nuclear Missile guidance systems and other
653.
by qaq 4y ago
USSR spent most of it's GDP on military plus central planing is unworkable system especially with all the idiotic soviet KPI's on top of it.
654.
by qaq 4y ago
That's pretty bold statement considering USSR collapse was caused by economic weakness. It never was "second biggest industrial power " outside of it's own propaganda.
655.
by qaq 4y ago
Most high end Soviet Nuclear weapons were designed by KB Yuzhnoye and built by Yuzhmash in Dnepr(Dnepropetrovsk).
656.
by qaq 4y ago
Thank you for the explanation, I guess time to be concerned.
657.
by qaq 4y ago
Is this actual thing or notional value of swaps? Cause scary numbers are good for clicks but might be fairly meaningless.
658.
by qaq 4y ago
It would depend on wines you like. I am fine drinking $12 new zealand sauvignon blanc but can't say I've had anything in $40 range that I liked as much as Montrachet.
659.
by qaq 4y ago
Only if you sell and are not using a structure that will shield you from taxes until an actual withdrawal is made. You can also take out a loan using the stock as collateral to avoid being taxed.
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by qaq 4y ago
one thing crypto is pretty decent for is hiding a bunch of money from authorities

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