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811.
by savanaly 10y ago
Not as interesting an explanation as I was hoping for. Someone accidentally typed "delete 100 nodes" instead of "delete 10 nodes" or something. It sounds like the weakness in the process is that the tool they were using
812.
by savanaly 10y ago
I think the answer is that as long as both sides agree to it then we let the trade go through (if uber can find someone who would exchange their time for money at the going rate, and you likewise). If the driver is frustrated that uber sets
813.
by savanaly 10y ago
I think we should give it a few months to see if the fact that it doesn't look good is inherent to the color or just because we've become accustomed to it looking one way for so long. I can't count the number of interface red
814.
by savanaly 10y ago
For another case of a great writer who is an awful human being, check out V.S. Naipaul. A beast to his wife, and not in the least ashamed of it. Here is his wife: "Last night I spoke of him letting me know the morning, nay the afternoo
815.
by savanaly 10y ago
I read Decline and Fall by Waugh, and it was delightful. It recounts the continuous comic misfortunes of the main character throughout his life, and ends with an extremely memorable metaphor. I assume if you're reading this comment thr
816.
by savanaly 10y ago
I think when a human does something it's usually not because they reasoned that it was the best thing to do, but because they asked themselves the question (subconsciously, more often than not) "is this the sort of thing I would d
817.
by savanaly 10y ago
>It's almost unfathomable from a Western perspective that this could cover someone's basic living expenses for a year. While the lifestyles of people in those countries probably are unfathomable to wealthy westerners, don'
818.
by savanaly 10y ago
It conveys more than "don't judge a book by its cover." It is making the stronger point that not only are people who are unkempt in their appearance just as likely to be good at their job, they're more likely to be good
819.
by savanaly 10y ago
I agree with everything you said. I use the purposefully archaic word "tribe" to remind myself that this feeling of tribal competition is based on our biology and was evolved in the distant past to solve problems that we no longer
820.
by savanaly 10y ago
This was a fascinating read. I myself go back and forth daily between the two positions: a) compromise and appeasement of evil is wrong, if trump and his supporters act like nazis then call them that, and b) it's totally unproductive a
821.
by savanaly 10y ago
I tried to do something like this but ran into two problems: 1. it's not always clear what the domain is. Sometimes a company has more than one portal to enter a login. Now I have to remember which one I was using when I created the ac
822.
by savanaly 10y ago
There's a lot of parking on public streets, isn't there? That's a big subsidy for car owners that comes at a cost to non-car owners.
823.
by savanaly 10y ago
You might find this interesting: http://web.archive.org/web/20160227122619/http://www.structu...
824.
by savanaly 10y ago
>I am pretty sure a lot of people will just reduce other expenses to compensate. At least for as long as they can. We don't have to idly speculate this, the phenomenon is called elasticity of demand in economics, and not only are th
825.
by savanaly 10y ago
Think of it rather like this: if a goal is hard to achieve then there won't exist a surefire solution (otherwise how is it hard to achieve?). Instead, you must work your way towards it consistently and diligently, in order to improve t
826.
by savanaly 10y ago
Not suggesting this as a perfect alternative, but you could use Stylish to change the header color. Since I already have stylish installed on my chrome it only took about five seconds to open it and add a style rule like .components_h
827.
by savanaly 10y ago
I would interpret that economically in the following way: the cost to that particular producer is lower than other producers because their time spent producing is partly leisure if they enjoy it. To the extent that they have a lower relativ
828.
by savanaly 10y ago
Keep in mind cost of living is lower.
829.
by savanaly 10y ago
Same reason economists have such a hard time making robust theories.
830.
by savanaly 10y ago
I have used a Vive and a Rift for games for about five hours each and that was enough time for me to get bored with it. Not sure if it's that the games being developed for it are extremely lackluster compared to "real" games
831.
by savanaly 10y ago
Having consensual sex with someone isn't the same as giving up both your kidneys and retinas.
832.
by savanaly 10y ago
>This is called a "relative return" strategy. Suppose the benchmark falls 70% and the hedge fund loses 50%. Your hedge fund manager has lost half your money, but has beat the benchmark by 20% (i.e. "positive alpha").
833.
by savanaly 10y ago
Of that I have no doubt, but I think on average the perception is that you are giving up your quality of life for money by going to finance.
834.
by savanaly 10y ago
That's true if the goal is purely money. I think, though, that if you're just looking to make six figures and don't quite care if it's 150k or 500k then working at a Google or Facebook will be the far better alternative
835.
by savanaly 10y ago
Dunno if you're joking but one wouldn't refer to a group of women that way nowadays. Sort of has negative connotations.
836.
by savanaly 10y ago
When they spend the money, the goods they're consuming or moving around are displaced from where they would have been. Spending the money doesn't create goods out of thin air. So unless they are making an investment that is a good
837.
by savanaly 10y ago
I think focusing on the trust fund kid worth 200 million is also a red herring though. The focus should be on consumption inequality, not total amount of wealth. If someone is just sitting on a lot of cash then they're not hurting anyo
838.
by savanaly 10y ago
"Buyer's market" seems like it doesn't apply to this. Both sides in the market have ample selection and competition. I'd have a hard time saying which side you even mean is favored if you said it was imbalanced. Sof
839.
by savanaly 10y ago
I think the article was supposed to be informational, and from the perspective of the average software developer (who will almost certainly never have any contact with Fog Creek), rather than promotional and from the perspective of a tech C
840.
by savanaly 10y ago
For all that, it loads really fast and looks nice.

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