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by rb808 7y ago
I used to pure online banks were the future, but no I wouldn't touch a bank that doesn't have a physical branch somewhere close.
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by rb808 7y ago
Sure but using diesel saved carbon emissions as its more efficient than petrol. Surely that makes it worth it?
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by rb808 7y ago
Agreed. If you can do a project on 10 hrs/mo that can fit.
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by rb808 7y ago
Yes I agree it is possible. Yes many people will be able to do it well. There is a risk though that after ten years you could be a great programmer with a great portfolio, but with a failing body and unhappy social life.
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by rb808 7y ago
I really think with a proper full time job working long hours its unrealistic to spend much time on any side project. Its much healthier to try to spend time with friends and family, or hobbies. If you have young children there is little ch
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by rb808 7y ago
Eastern Europe in the 80s. Everything seemed mostly normal, everyone "supported the government", no social media, the economy went bad, people grumbled then suddenly in a year or two everything was upended.
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by rb808 7y ago
I'm genuinely surprised you can take a Chinese state-owned corporation to court. Does China really have environmental laws which regular people can sue over?
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by rb808 7y ago
To me its crazy that parking in Manhattan is so cheap that a family on the Train would cost more than parking (in cheap buildings). On Sunday street parking is free!
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by rb808 7y ago
Maybe that works in Software Engineering because of the current boom there is a huge shortage. Law, Finance, Medicine is not like this. Nor will SREs in the next downturn.
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by rb808 7y ago
One problem with that is a well rounded candidates who dont get the best scores wont get entry into the best universities so will always be disadvantaged.
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by rb808 7y ago
Yeah Virtu's market cap is about the same as Groupon. I hardly doubt they're emptying the pockets of every American here.
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by rb808 7y ago
Damn that is an ugly street. Makes me appreciate subways.
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by rb808 7y ago
The problem is any accident at that speed everyone on the train or near vicinity is toast. Even a plane coming in to land is around 300km/h.
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by rb808 7y ago
Its also a great time to replay the Contact Opening Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwhQB3TKXA which has to be one of the greatest scenes in history.
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by rb808 7y ago
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue
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by rb808 7y ago
Absolutely its cultural. There is a huge difference in attitudes to success and wealth. In America everyone is working hard and the more money you make you more "successful" you are. In Europe people would rather be a well educate
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by rb808 7y ago
Harvard is not as a charity designed just to produce the brightest minds. Its a private club for the rich and powerful. Yes they invite a lot of very smart and ambitious people, but educating smart people only part of its core mission. If y
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by rb808 7y ago
4. A couple of years later you want to stop an obsolete interface but you can't because a handful of systems use it and they dont have budget to change.
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by rb808 7y ago
I have a friend who works at a big Corporation (100k employees) where everyone has a thin dumb client and windows desktop running on a server. It works great, except video stutters if not small sized. Way of the future? Its an efficient way
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by rb808 7y ago
To me athletes should be able to go pro (NBA, NFL) straight when they're in high school. College is a waste of time for these guys. Problem solved.
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by rb808 7y ago
its disappointing that medical education is reserved for the best and brightest that unsurprisingly want to live in nice places. I have a friend that would love to be a rural doctor but didn't have the grades. They would have probably
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by rb808 7y ago
Honestly I dont understand what College Sports is there for. If they're going to get paid its really stupid to have the athletes paid more than the professors. I've heard the justification that the sports brings in money to the sc
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by rb808 7y ago
Agreed. The reason people want to go to the big famous universities is largely because Wealthy people have donated a lot of money so it has a lot of resources. If you stop them donating, it would just be another school and you probably woul
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by rb808 7y ago
You need a reason if you're going to say that.
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by rb808 7y ago
He didnt say that. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human...
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by rb808 7y ago
Golden gate bridge is like this as well. Except I got the time wrong. Congrats to Sixt who I think only charged me $8 for a fee.
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by rb808 7y ago
I looked up synonyms for opponents and my favorite is "fellow contestant"
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Cleared post-earthquake suburbs reverting to nature(interactives.stuff.co.nz)
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by rb808 7y ago
The website is American and in America 10-15 days is pretty typical for regular people. In my apartment building the staff have to work public holidays and get 10 days vacation. So yes 28 (+ public holidays!) is very generous.
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by rb808 7y ago
Yeah if its a bar/restaurant and you have a table its just like a meal.

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