schnevets

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by schnevets 5y ago
+1. America has two different labor pools: those who are willing to compromise on their lifestyles and those who will only accept a living wage. One side of America has been celebrating a reduction of migrants entering the country for four
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by schnevets 5y ago
I would argue a competitive salary at 18 can make the world of difference for a graduate who doesn't have the resources to attend college (as long as they were taught financial literacy by a parent or school)
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by schnevets 5y ago
I grew up when cash was more essential, and my mom would use my piggy bank as an ATM. If there were a situation where she needed a dollar (or a twenty), she would let me know and then pry into my jar full of cash. If she did so, she knew to
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by schnevets 5y ago
I Patreon a podcast that has a private Discord for subscribers, and it is a great community. It seems like folks who like this particular podcast have a lot of things in common, and the paywall prevents toxic behavior. I also know a profess
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by schnevets 5y ago
As miserable as public transit is for us in the US, I could actually see this kind of deal succeeding in New York (and neighboring areas of Connecticut and New Jersey). Those in the city are constantly perplexed by the various county-run tr
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by schnevets 5y ago
I love my backyard garden (even though my Brussels Sprout experiment this year proved to be a huge waste of time). I also love the aesthetic that cottagecore is revitalizing. I love drinking at local wineries, buying stuff at my local farme
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by schnevets 5y ago
I can understand programmers romanticizing "the trades", where effort is more justly rewarded. All of us have had sleepless all-nighters where that bug just didn't get resolved (or, worse, the solution didn't end up bein
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by schnevets 5y ago
The article describes gains made by "superstars", who can be seen as self-motivated and capable of making a big impact. I am extremely concerned about how we cultivate superstars in the remote work world. I have been working remot
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by schnevets 5y ago
Specifically to reinvent the timeshare while celebrating the purchase of a Lake Tahoe vacation home. I know it takes a certain level of delusion to become an entrepreneur, but things just seem to get more and more absurd.
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by schnevets 5y ago
Years ago, I dismissed photography as a pretentious hobby that would be rendered obsolete as smartphone cameras and digital improvements became more ubiquitous, but I have since learned to appreciate the talent behind a good photo. I only b
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by schnevets 5y ago
I really like this analogy, especially while WSB-style "YOLO" has become a life philosophy over the last 5 years. That said, I wonder if the "fantasy financial league" game can become a lesson by selectively choosing a h
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by schnevets 5y ago
I liked the idea of NBA Top Shot, but it is clearly a victim of its own success. I wasn't a card collector growing up, but I knew baseball cards would become more in demand if a player broke out, won an award, or became famous by some
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by schnevets 5y ago
I'm confident this will be effective in the short run, but I'm certain the human interest story about one deserving lottery recipient will be more good vaccine publicity in a few months.
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by schnevets 5y ago
It boggles me that ServiceNow succeeds even though their most ubiquitous product, IT Service Management, is also their worst. There are less half-baked products besides the ticketing system. For example, the IT Operations Management suite i
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by schnevets 5y ago
I don't. But neither do those friends who speak about sexual incompatibility with the people that they love. Children are a completely new factor that this thread hasn't introduced, and I'm impressed by anyone who can make it
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by schnevets 5y ago
I'm curious about what data suggests this, since getting honest answers about sexual activity from the public is a famously difficult challenge. As an entertaining example, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's big data book Everybody Lies m
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by schnevets 5y ago
It was a trend that began in my mid 20s as well. I have also noticed women are more inclined to voice frustrations than my male friends. I guess I became more approachable after proposing to my now-wife (and the things I hear are G-rated co
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by schnevets 5y ago
I am frequently surprised by the number of "dead bedrooms" I know about among friends, and I sincerely believe the problem is the western world's secretly coy perception of sex. There is a superficial surface level that is ex
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by schnevets 5y ago
I am much further removed from the "startup frenzy" of the early 2010s, but does it seem like this model has trended downward since the start of lockdown? As optimism about the pandemic rises, it seems like the innovation that you
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by schnevets 5y ago
I'm sure there's some accounting wizardry that helps make this viable, but it could just be the optimal strategy if a Big Tech company has a warchest of cash, but knows some of it could be hemorrhaged by taxes (or the costs relate
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by schnevets 5y ago
I wonder if it would be a conflict of interest for a brokerage that focuses on retail investors like TD Ameritrade to buy the platform. Robinhood and the other upstarts are eating their lunch with UI improvements, but anyone who can type in
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by schnevets 5y ago
My guess is a slew of "closely monitored" Facebook groups eagerly shared the article the moment it was posted and some machine intelligence auto-moderator immediately added it to a blacklist without any human oversight. The articl
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by schnevets 6y ago
In the past year, I realized that any routine meeting, no matter how informal or "agile", needs predictability, even if it's just starting the "serious time" 5 minutes after the hour by stating the date and ending t
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by schnevets 6y ago
+1. It is absurd to simplify intellectual energy to a measurable quantity as if our brains are batteries hooked up to one giant electric motor. Brilliance is a mysterious thing, but we know it comes from unexpected places. An intellectual j
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by schnevets 6y ago
I never realized it, but Red Bull spends money similarly to Google's early days. They have their "cash cow" revenue stream and a bunch of seemingly unrelated explorations that may burn capital or prove to diversify the portfo
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by schnevets 6y ago
Even from a perspective where morality and empathy don't apply, why side with a monopoly whose quality has hit a noticeable ceiling? The unionization efforts seem like events that could disrupt Amazon outside of anti-monopoly legislati
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by schnevets 6y ago
This. Amazon became a ripe unionization target because they get noticeable productivity per worker. Its rates are closer to manufacturing compared to typical retail and the other prevalent, low-income jobs. With Amazon's massive invest
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by schnevets 6y ago
Yeah, when I had a commute I would devour Economist magazine, and I still consider it an even-keeled international news source for English-speaking readers. I can tell it has a neoliberal, "we have everything under control" underp
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by schnevets 6y ago
I frequently have similar fantasies and have to consciously remind myself that I can get the same happiness in my current role. When I think of opening a bar/restaurant, I'm actually just hoping for more quality time with friends.
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by schnevets 6y ago
There is a possibility that software engineers 50 years from now will continue to appreciate "shrinkwrapped" products from the late 20th century. There are less hacks and tricks these days because codebases are perpetually changin

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