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by slumdev 7y ago
Only sort of. John Q. Public has no reason to buy an EV. Today's gas prices don't put the same dent in his pocket that $5/gallon* gas did. And there's good reason to believe that $5/gallon gas is probably never co
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by slumdev 7y ago
What did these people do before Uber?
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by slumdev 7y ago
On AA, for example, you can improve your odds of getting an Airbus aircraft if you route through a former US Airways hub (e.g. CLT). You might find similar patterns for other carriers if you search by city pairs. Equipment swaps are pretty
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by slumdev 7y ago
If it's not Airbus, I'm not going.
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by slumdev 7y ago
This is not the way the parent comment was using the word "simple". This is obvious from context.
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by slumdev 7y ago
All of the positions are hourly, not salaried. They require per-minute accounting of your work. Most people who "succeed" in those positions wind up working overtime that is consistent and excessive, just to hit their 40.
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by slumdev 7y ago
> simple services like abortion This is dishonest. Philosophers call it "begging the question." For someone who considers a fetus to be a human life, distinct from the mother's, with all its own dignity, this is not a &qu
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by slumdev 7y ago
> mounted a stairwell to the roof Is that a new line-of-sight networking device?
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by slumdev 7y ago
Try Fiddler if you're on Windows.
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by slumdev 7y ago
If you drink enough to affect your hypothalamus and raise your body temperature, you're affecting other parts of the brain as well, and in ways that might not be apparent until they become permanent. You should get off of it before it
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by slumdev 7y ago
Sounds an awful lot like Crossover for Work--those $300k+ remote VP postings that get spammed on LinkedIn constantly.
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by slumdev 7y ago
> progress made by academically untrained researchers will, in the end, be what melts the snow, because of how "out-of-the-current-AI-box" they are in their theories This is an unnecessarily uncharitable view of academia. &quot
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by slumdev 7y ago
Is this comment performance art?
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by slumdev 7y ago
The rat race mentality keeps employers honest. For every person who negotiates top-decile compensation, there are nine people who don't. There are too many employers offering $100k for a senior dev with 10+ years of everything, leaders
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by slumdev 7y ago
An EMT-Basic's scope of practice is so small, there isn't an analogy applicable to software. If a doctor is equivalent to a software engineer, than an EMT is equivalent to a business analyst who can only work on 3% of your project
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by slumdev 7y ago
Self-promoters start early. You'll see a similar pattern emerge regarding the presenters at smaller conferences. It works, though, in terms of advancing the writer's/speaker's career.
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by slumdev 7y ago
I work at a place where most people don't look at each other (much less smile) when they pass in the hallway, instead looking at the floor and flattening themselves against the wall as they pass. You're worth all the bonuses you g
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by slumdev 7y ago
Parts of the medical field are done in a similar manner. We call them nurses, PAs, and paramedics. And every single one of them has a training program already more rigorous than most bootcamps.
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by slumdev 7y ago
Just get out. Six years at the same place with only one promotion means that you're not really advancing. Fake it 'til you make it. If you do stay in place, get yourself promoted again and complete a graduate degree.
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by slumdev 7y ago
Just making sure. Waiting a few days to see a GP isn't that weird. If it's emergent (like a severe allergic reaction), there's the ER. If it isn't emergent but needs resolving sooner (like an ear infection), there are U
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by slumdev 7y ago
> About the long wait time - I waited from 11pm until 8:30am (discharge) in the morning in ER of Strong Memorial hospital one day for falling and bleeding from my nose (I thought I broke my nose, but luckily, I didn't). This is how
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by slumdev 7y ago
Is this sarcasm?
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by slumdev 7y ago
No, they don't. Income and wealth inequality prevent this from ever being a reality. HBU analyses work on real estate and businesses. Doing one on a staple good with inelastic demand is complete insanity.
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by slumdev 7y ago
1. Climate feedback loops will intensify. 2. No actions of any great consequence re: #1 will be taken. 3. Scientists will rename the planet "Uranus".
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by slumdev 7y ago
I think there are usually two reasons. 1 - A significant portion of our economy is healthcare middlemen . With single payer or nationalized care, all of our Blue Crosses and Cignas (and the jobs associated) would evaporate overnight. I&#x
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by slumdev 7y ago
I've cracked a screen exactly once. I was at a beer festival. I bought a new phone and a Spigen case the following day.
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by slumdev 7y ago
> At Pivotal, I learned that having sprints is silly. They have the concept of one week iterations instead. So you're doing Scrum with a 1-week sprint?
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by slumdev 7y ago
Without turning this into a No True Scotsman, I don't think the problem is Agile. I think the problem is that most companies have no idea what Agile is, and they just implement a subset of its ceremonies in a highly malignant way and
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by slumdev 7y ago
> One thing that leads to those faulty promises, IME, is that we often conflate estimates with commitments. I want to meet the person who went around convincing PMs and scrum masters to abandon the word "estimate" in favor of &
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by slumdev 7y ago
> sleep 4 hours a night This is not healthy or impressive, and it may be the first sign of dementia for many people.

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