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by rmah 5y ago
They're not, the author's assumptions are out of date. $30k is what a mid-level software engineer at a major firm in India will make.
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by rmah 5y ago
It's not about the nation, it's about the group psychology of parents in a local region. In NYC, nearly a million kids of all ages walk, skate, bike, whatever to school every day. Many take the bus or subways. While younger chi
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by rmah 5y ago
That still happens in Germany?!?!? Why don't the polizei scoop them up? Seems like an easy way to boost your arrest #'s.
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by rmah 5y ago
Silicon chip production costs are based on three factors: area, layers and resolution. That's pretty much it. The complexity of the chip's design (on a single layer) is not really that major a factor. So.. Cost = Area * Num_Lay
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by rmah 5y ago
One of the more sane elevated rights police officers have long enjoyed is the right to extreme privacy - their phone numbers and addresses are unlisted by default and sharing the private information of an officer with malicious intent carr
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by rmah 5y ago
Vast quantities? LOL, their plant in hawaii does only 128 tons a day. Americans use 3 tons a day. Each. Even relatively thrifty nations use over a 1 ton a day per person. Hardly "vast quantities". And it's not cheap, the
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by rmah 5y ago
China is also the world's leading producer of solar cells (over 70%) and the world's leading user of solar power (about 33% of global solar power). China is also, by far, the leading producer and user of electric cars with almos
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by rmah 5y ago
How is 2%-4% inflation "elevated"? If anything, this is a return to normalcy.
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by rmah 5y ago
When I was younger, for some odd reason I thought it was important to convince people that hard work was important. But today, the more people I see commenting that "hard work" is essentially a scam -- or something to that effect
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by rmah 5y ago
Selling is mostly about communications. So, in the context of sales, it requires you: 1) Understand what you're trying to communicate. What are you selling, what are the benefits? Why should the audience care? 2) Understand who you&
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by rmah 5y ago
It was invented around 150 years ago. During the early age of steam, when engines were much less efficient than today and re-coaling/re-fueling infrastructure much less widespread, sail + engine arrangements were common. My understand
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by rmah 5y ago
Pretty cool, but isn't that more a gardening robot than a farm robot? I wonder how it handles weeding chores...
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by rmah 5y ago
Note, that doesn't say that 55% of submissions from Chinese authors were retracted. It says that 55% of retractions were from Chinese authors. If 60% of all submissions were from Chinese authors, then actual rate of retraction would
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by rmah 5y ago
I see, thanks for the clarification
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by rmah 5y ago
It turns out there is evidence... plank_time wrote: In the UK prisons, transgender women sexually assault women 5x more than cis women sexually assault women. https://archive.is/iYD5T Haven't dug into it to see how s
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by rmah 5y ago
Um... this actually makes no sense to me. Could you clarify or elaborate?
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by rmah 5y ago
I really fail to see the point of such articles. Sure luck plays a part, everyone is aware of this. As does who you know. And where you born. And how good looking you are. And a myriad of other factors outside your control. But you can
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by rmah 5y ago
Then I'd say you that while it's nice that you seem to care deeply and are empathetic, your highlighting only the problems is not constructive in aiding the very people you care about. I'd say that you need to educate yourse
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by rmah 5y ago
No offense kiddo, but that's just sugar. I was passing function pointers and arrays 30 years ago. <old man grumbling ensues>
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by rmah 5y ago
Well, I certainly didn't expect to still be coding for loops by hand in a text editor after 30 years. Guess it could be worse, at least I (mostly) don't have to worry about memory leaks anymore. So that's something I guess.
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by rmah 5y ago
Very little? In my town's school district, something like 30% of the school's budget is allocated to these "difficult kids". Who make up less than 5% of the student body. They get a LOT of attention and extra help. A
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by rmah 5y ago
In 2014, american corporations paid apx $600B in income taxes and $600B in wage taxes (the company's portion of social security). In addition, they pay another $100B in excise taxes and $400B in sales tax to state governments.
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by rmah 5y ago
First, I'm so sorry you're going through this illness and hope that you make a full recovery. But I think that, to some degree, your feelings about the medical profession is a reflection of just how good medicine is these days. P
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by rmah 5y ago
In NYC, over a million kids of all ages walk, skateboard, bike, kick-scooter, or take the bus and subway to school every day. Little kids as young as 10 take the subway alone to/from school. Well, really they travel in packs, but sti
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Grumpy Economist on Meritocracy(johnhcochrane.blogspot.com)
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by rmah 5y ago
The idea that real estate speculation being the baseline goal of universities is funny but doubtful. Instead, consider that survival is almost always one of the main goals of any larger organization. That happens for a variety of personal,
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by rmah 5y ago
Professional gamblers don't play pure random games (like craps or roulette) for a living. They play games where they feel that knowledge/skill have some influence (poker, horse racing). To take poker, bet sizing is an important f
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by rmah 5y ago
Remember, in the 1950s a new build home would cost about 1 years salary I'm afraid that is mostly a myth. This source ( https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-inco... ) shows that the home price to me
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by rmah 5y ago
How can anyone read and conclude that the US is anything other than dying and on life support? Perhaps by looking outside the window? By walking around your town/city? By driving to nearby locations? By talking to people and askin
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by rmah 5y ago
It doesn't make sense because the headline and linked tweets misrepresented the facts of the WSJ article it sourced its info from. I quote "Blackrock is buying every single family house they can find, paying 20-50% above asking p

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