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by skt5 5y ago
I had mentioned it previously on HN. If money doesn't buy you happiness, you're probably spending it in suboptimal places.
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by skt5 5y ago
It depends on why you want to get a MBA. If it's for credibility - go to a top 10 school. If it's to learn - you might be better off learning on the job than taking weekend courses.
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by skt5 5y ago
My intuition is on the money vs happiness curve, the first derivative is always positive unless “your spending it wrong”. The second derivative might be positive for lower values of money but probably has negative values that might highlig
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by skt5 5y ago
What’s the difference between having a little bit more money and making a little bit more money? My guess is it’s how it is spent.
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by skt5 5y ago
> Money can't buy happiness Usually when someone says this to me, I respond with "then you're spending your money poorly". What I mean to say is that more money buys more flexibility and options, which should lead to
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by skt5 5y ago
I don’t think they are as bimodal like lawyer salaries. I have no quantitative data to back that assertion though.
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by skt5 5y ago
Doesn’t the LSAT have a significant logic portion which IIRC was fairly challenging? I guess you could figure out a way to do well on the LSAT with a distaste for math.
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by skt5 5y ago
Aren't property taxes a form of a land value tax? You could argue that property taxes aren't high enough - or priced below market value - to incentivize efficient resource allocation.
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by skt5 5y ago
I think we agree that when rent exceeds the cost of a mortgage one of the possible root causes is the cost of capital is high for the renter. Whether the cost of capital should be the same across different populations (in this example - th
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by skt5 5y ago
In cases where rent exceeds the mortgage, I think the reasons would be to cover the cost of capital, risk, and operational expenses. In this case, the long term expected value of the property might be flat or growing at a lower than averag
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by skt5 5y ago
Parking in a strategic location (ex: on a hill, etc.) that makes it harder to get under the vehicle or jack it up might help too.
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by skt5 5y ago
What's is considered a permanent part of a vehicle? It seems like there are some people etching the VIN on the heat shield but I don't see any evidence of that deterring thefts.
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by skt5 5y ago
Yeah - the shell / heat shield would be discarded but I wonder if having the VIN on the actual converter somewhere would deter theft.
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by skt5 5y ago
> Thankfully I kept comprehensive insurance on my vehicle so the out of pocket expense was $50. Hopefully the claim doesn't cause your premiums to increase in a meaningful way at renewal time.
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by skt5 5y ago
Do catalytic converters have the VIN etched on it like other vehicle parts do?
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by skt5 5y ago
L3 to L6 in 7 years is very impressive. Even L4 to L6 in 7 years is impressive. I would expect a talented engineer would be able to go from L3 to L6 in 10 years.
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by skt5 5y ago
>sounds like discrimination discrimination can either be legal or illegal. google legally discriminates by giving offers to those who get the hiring committee's approval. i think getting the hiring committee's approval is a fo
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by skt5 6y ago
This reminds me of something I read in college that's similar to this essay: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/151544657.pdf
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by skt5 6y ago
It's most likely an 56 volt Ego 7.5 Ah battery. I bought mine a few years ago on eBay for $200.
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by skt5 8y ago
I don't think that this matters as much unless you've shared it & Microsoft got some sort of DMCA notice. By any chance, did you have child nudity (ex: photo of child bathing, etc.) on your OneDrive? If so, I wonder if PhotoD
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by skt5 9y ago
> "in any way benefit from their presence" how did you reach that conclusion?
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by skt5 10y ago
pay top dollar