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by rmk 4y ago
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you a refugee? Why do you say you will be on the streets? I hope you can figure out a temporary work situation to keep you housed, clothed and fed while you figure out what's next. I hope you can conser
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by rmk 4y ago
> I’ve been writing for a while but I feel like I’ve stagnated for a while. You could rewrite this to say "I have been writing for a while, but feel like I have stagnated for some time now." Be a ruthless editor of your own wri
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by rmk 4y ago
Hardly surprising, considering that the state has failed massively to tackle homelessness and is perpetually on the edge of ecological ruin. Massive, long-lasting drought that may turn the most fertile soil in perhaps the entire world into
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by rmk 4y ago
I wonder if one could employ a legal strategy to 'taint' as many judges as possible by retaining spouses etc. to get a favorable judge. Brings to mind an episode of The Sopranos where Tony Soprano is advised to consult all the lea
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by rmk 4y ago
That's called taxation, and the billionaires you are referring to pay all the taxes that are due. None are behind on any tax bills AFAIK. Of course it is easy to say 'put money back into workers creating it'. But the labor ma
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by rmk 4y ago
The US Budget was $1.65 Trillion. If a couple billion fed every hungry child in the country (and yes, it would), childhood hunger would be a solved problem. And in the US, it mostly is a solved problem because of a combination of state and
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by rmk 4y ago
It often doesn't (and I'm also questioning what these 'resources' are, as well). It simply dissipates them.
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by rmk 4y ago
Wrong on that score too. To 'hoard' capital is to take it and put it in the equivalent of a mattress. I assure you, the family offices of these billionaires are doing anything but hoarding capital: huge chunks of it are invested i
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by rmk 4y ago
It's not a luxury car, never has been. I'm not sure it's even portrayed as a luxury car, perhaps it was perceived as a bit of a luxury car before it came out with the Model 3 (buying a Model S was the first thing someone comi
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by rmk 4y ago
What resources are the rich hoarding? Does Elon Musk own 500 pairs of pants that could otherwise have clothed other poor men? Is he hoarding 500 tons of grain that should be released to starving country? He burns tons of jet fuel, literally
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by rmk 4y ago
Getting some sort of employment should be the first step. Work fills a large part of one's waking hours and is beneficial insofar as having some structure in life is concerned. Even if it is somewhat beneath your ability, having a job
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by rmk 4y ago
Seems to me it's perfectly in line with Elon's 'freedom of speech, not reach' comments. Can't say about suspending the account, but as a private company with whatever TOS (I have never read any ToS of any software o
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by rmk 4y ago
No, this is just one scenario. There could be other scenarios, for example, 300m being born but 100m losing their lives because of British policy, and the rest dying because of high infant mortality, epidemics, and so on. The point is, 100m
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by rmk 4y ago
Why? If 169m were born during that period and 100m lost their lives because of British policy, then it still means that 100m lives were lost unnecessarily.
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by rmk 4y ago
That is a fair point. However, my point is not that the CEO should face consequences, but voluntarily take responsibility in some meaningful way. "That's on me" in a corporate email != taking actual responsibility. The empty
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by rmk 4y ago
Why not? Is it very difficult to countenance a founder who has 'got his' leaving to make way for someone who has a little more ethics? Every single one of these CEOs hired an untold number of people full-time during the pandemic,
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by rmk 4y ago
It's a slap in the face of legal immigrants. This, along with quotas that restrict permanent residency based on place of birth, are inhumane policies that signal to legal immigrants that they are not wanted here. Apparently, the fact t
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by rmk 4y ago
It’s great that they have set a March 1 termination date for those on visas. And the severance and stock vesting are also reasonable. Not to mention the fact that health insurance continues for quite a bit longer and then goes into Cobra. T
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by rmk 4y ago
You can, but on the assumption that your spouse also works (and earns enough to can handle the mortgage payment on her own and provide for the family on her income alone until you raise your first round). It's not sustainable indefinit
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by rmk 4y ago
The complexity is not recent and isn't accidental. And even a person who is as smart as Musk can not comprehend the true complexity of legacy systems that have resulted from many layers of acquisitions, technology cycles and just plain
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by rmk 4y ago
Companies rarely give honest feedback, if ever. This is partly out of risk aversion but mainly because they can't admit they are dysfunctional. As far as they are concerned, if you leave with a neutral or positive impression overall, i
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by rmk 4y ago
It may just be the timing. We are in the midst of what may be a recession: tech stocks have taken a beating because of tightening monetary policy, and companies are loth to increase investments, including hiring employees. It may also be th
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by rmk 4y ago
That is true. It is pointed out prominently in the article that this is a rare instance of a baby boom in an economic downturn.
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by rmk 4y ago
Work from Anywhere may be a nightmare in terms of tax compliance and labor laws for smaller companies. That's one reason smaller companies have location restrictions. Larger companies have well-established processes and payroll systems
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by rmk 4y ago
Learn how to write. That's more important than learning how to program. This can be done, for example, by engaging with the articles here and taking part in the discussions. Maybe you will be ignored, downvoted, or ridiculed, but if yo
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by rmk 4y ago
Yes, the difference is visible. I use AWS day in and day out with nary a complaint, whereas the GCP and other Google stuff that I have to interact with, as someone whose enterprise relies on Google, is just a f*cking nightmare. For enterpri
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by rmk 4y ago
Life changes. People can often grow in their careers, and also grow apart. And even if you work in FAANG, self-respecting spouses will demur or reevaluate the relationship if you go asking for a prenup. This kind of thing is almost unheard
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by rmk 4y ago
We need this because we are a nation of laws and punishing legal immigrants who scrupulously adhere to the law is an affront to our notions of fair play. H-1B holders are among the most educated and highest paid people in the country, and a
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by rmk 4y ago
America has consciously busted monopolies in the past. Not so much nowadays, so some skepticism is definitely warranted. It seems that huge swathes of the economy are dominated by outright monopolies or comfortable oligopolies.
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by rmk 4y ago
New York City being a 'nice' place is a laughable idea. Freezing weather with rude people is the very antithesis of nice. Contrast that with weather that rarely goes lower than 45F in the daytime, relatively easygoing people and u

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