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by screye 4y ago
Car owners often give Google maps estimates, which ignores last minute traffic changes, finding parking and the walk from parking. On the other hand, biking estimates on maps are often too conservative and the biker goes door to door with n
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by screye 4y ago
Every profession in the US is paid more in absolute dollar amounts than equivalent professions in other countries. Teachers in California are especially well paid. The problem arises when the biggest expense (housing) is bottlenecked by nim
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by screye 4y ago
The worst thing is that enjoyment and consumerism of all sorts is relative. Once you get access to food, shelter and clothing (and healthcare) ....everything else only feels necessary because someone else on Instagram had it. 3 things have
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by screye 4y ago
Airbnb and uber for all their benefits have taken away a lot of urban planning capabilities of local govts. At the same time, they expose the general unwillingness of local govts to accomodate the need of the population or those who bring i
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by screye 4y ago
> is rarely made through convincing people to fundamentally change, but generational shifts Yes, but that implies a certain 'conflict theory' approach to cultural development. It is an 'all is fair in love and war' fr
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by screye 4y ago
Yes, and I will stand by it. Europeans love to use ethnic subgroups of white as markers for diversity, but the distinctions are much smaller. Culture and religion(or the manner of its rejection) on the other hand seem to be greatly homogeno
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by screye 4y ago
To add to your point, there is a kernel of truth in the 'the left keeps moving goalposts' meme [1]. In present internet discourse, 5-percentile radical leftist opinions are peddled as if they represent any significant group of peo
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by screye 4y ago
> Joe can do no wrong and if people dislike him it's because they don't "get it" and they are just being soft. I find that this is a reaction to a reaction. I have frequently heard women (and some elitist men) make fu
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by screye 4y ago
Sometimes being an expert is not as hard as you think. If by expert, you mean competent enough to contribute then it is doable. It is hard to get acclaim in multiple fields. Building that status is a life long endeavor. But doing something
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by screye 4y ago
The closest has been the book I'm reading (and should have finished by now) - "Why the west rules for now". No book drives the 'geography is destiny' point home as well as this book. It is one of the rare textbooks
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by screye 4y ago
Imo, 99.9% books aren't worth reading. If a book's value can be captured within its cliff notes, then it should have been a long form blog to begin with. Of the 0.1% worth reading, a majority are hard to actually finish. IE. Text
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by screye 4y ago
I don't know of a single tech worker who could get an O-1 without a top PhD.
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by screye 4y ago
I don't think this matches standard wisdoms. Culturally, 'Western Europe + USA' are more similar to each other than Indian sub-cultures among themselves. In most cases you are interacting with other white people coming from c
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by screye 4y ago
Yeah sure, let's go ahead and facilitate the 2nd biggest decision of your life (country you work in) by compromising on the biggest decision (marriage) of your life. While dating across cultural groups to find the one, is rewarding in
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by screye 4y ago
> San Francisco's District Attorney Predictable outcome of voting Chesa Boudin into power. > refusal to convict criminals I know that something similar happened with Pete Holmes in Seattle as district attorney. The attorney'
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by screye 4y ago
Q2 of 2020 was one of the weirdest quarters in American history. From covid lockdowns to race riots, to heightened police-civilian tensions; there was nothing normal about it. I would love to see these exact same graphs juxtaposed against a
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by screye 4y ago
Genuine question, why do buttons take so long when keyboards are so standardized ? Mechanical keyboards have mastered haptics, replaceability and reliability over high repetitions. They could easily iterate over a mechanical keyboard housin
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by screye 4y ago
I love and hate this. I like it because it is an objectively good thing. Caste is still a major issue in non-urban lower-middle class communities in India. While you're unlikely to see people from that economic starta at FANG companies
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by screye 4y ago
I've found that the easiest way to work out is to make it entirely incidental to your everyday life in a manner that exploits your weaknesses. My distracted mind loves fidgeting with a doorway pullup bar or living room dumbbells as I g
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by screye 4y ago
Thanks for the correction I thought the scaling was squared, but you are right ! It is polynomial to the order of 4. It is 16X ! the road wear. That is very significant, given that base numbers for a heavy truck run 24x7 already quite high.
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by screye 4y ago
The significantly higher battery requirements for trucks means that the environmental impact of mineral extraction HAS to be taken into account when putting together these numbers. > Fuel ends up being about $4.99. Using all-time-high an
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by screye 4y ago
The anti-semitism (presumably sourced in hatred for left-media-funding) among Indian right-wing internet trolls is so weird. Historically, India has been one of the few safe-havens for multiple waves of Jews (Bene Israel, Cochin Jews, Port
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by screye 4y ago
This is golden. It's nice to see people add context to Indian politics on HN. All too often, even the most well-read American has a naïve understanding of Indian politics. You're doing God's work giving folks glimpses into th
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by screye 4y ago
Caveats: The Indian center is very different from the American center. Economically, the Indian center is closer to Bernie-Sanders than it is to Biden. The Indian left (academic and on the ground) is actually communist and the Indian right
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by screye 4y ago
> J Kenji Lopez-Alt and Chef John The 2 of them are true OGs of food media education on the internet.
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by screye 4y ago
The word "We" is of critical importance here. It implies that the one asking the question is by definition an outsider, and they should know their place. It also implies : "You do not need to know the answer because y
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by screye 4y ago
The biggest problem with Bike Theft is that it simply isn't prosecuted. They are easy to steal, easy to pawn off and easy to not be held liable for. Shifter has a great video bike crime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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by screye 4y ago
What's up with those million dollar benefits ? What could they possibly be spending those on ?
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by screye 4y ago
Is American life expectancy lower after controlling for obesity and malnutrition ? The 2 most affected communities are also the 2 most obese.
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by screye 4y ago
It is a shakedown tactic. Tech bro culture at its worst, is still orders of magnitude more socially acceptable than culture are frats, finance bros, law firms, hollywood, sports teams or worst.of.them all : politicians.

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