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by smugma 4y ago
I saw this happen in front of my last week. A new coworker said he was vegetarian and the other asked if he was always vegetarian (Brahmin’s are usually vegetarian). Then he asks “oh Bangalore? What part? I used to live there, I know it wel
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by smugma 4y ago
Physical outsells Digital downloads. The switch happened two years ago, largely due to the growth of vinyl and streaming replacing downloads.
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by smugma 4y ago
Discrimination against protected classes is illegal. For example, until somewhat recently it was legal to discriminate based on someone’s sexual orientation (don’t ask, don’t tell). Case law matters, and caste seems to not have clear answer
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by smugma 4y ago
The article gets the technical details wrong. It mentions two parties sharing private keys.
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by smugma 4y ago
AAPL still up 10%+ YoY. Msft not technically FANG (MAGA?) and also up YoY.
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by smugma 4y ago
SF anecdotes: My old house cleaner used Zelle, new one Venmo. I recently prepaid for a camping trip and needed 40 parents from kids’ school to pay me back. Most used Venmo, a few used Zelle, one sent to my wife’s PayPal. Most of my friends
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by smugma 4y ago
Math is not science. Arithmetic and geometry were two of the original liberal arts (defined by Plato). Math doesn’t follow the scientific method. Math is a foundation for much of science and social science, but it is distinct from them.
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by smugma 4y ago
I live close (enough) to Davis. How can I get magic seeds from them that will give me flavorable fruit?
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by smugma 4y ago
Golf R
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by smugma 4y ago
This is a largely a U.S. specific thing. In Europe, manual transmission is still commonly available. If you want a high-end-ish car with a manual in the US, there’s the Golf R.
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by smugma 4y ago
https://stablegains.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402680705... Article is from July 2021 (according to Google), updated 7 days ago
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by smugma 4y ago
“There is a non-zero risk that the peg does not recover to 100%.”
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by smugma 4y ago
“Simplifying the bull” is taught at “Apple University” https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/technology/-inside-apples...
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by smugma 4y ago
I agree with all of this. Re#2 it’s even worse than pretty generic. It looks like a generic/unbranded OJ, and for some reason it looks like a low quality OJ to boot. I’m guessing it’s a picture of their actual juice, but it looks very
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by smugma 4y ago
The Wikipedia page the post's author linked to has weather by month. I confirmed that SF had the coldest average temp in June and July. Mark Twain's apocryphal quote is backed by data. I live in SF, and agree, it's quite rare
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by smugma 4y ago
I've never done cocaine but have cut sugar into lines for fun (but not at work, and definitely not in an interview)
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by smugma 4y ago
That’s weird, but like you say, it seemed like a sort of nervous habit. Not during interviews, but sometimes I close my eyes when I want to focus intently on what the speaker is saying. I used to twirl my pencil. I try and give both intervi
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by smugma 4y ago
https://archive.ph/ZnFdZ
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‘It’s a head office for tinkering’: Jony Ive and Marc Newson talk tools(ft.com)
2 points by smugma 4y ago|2 comments
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by smugma 4y ago
I’m not disputing that. They claim to be need-blind, and explicitly acknowledge they have a bunch of other fuzzy criteria. While they could discriminate against poor people who put crappy jobs in their applications, it goes against their
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by smugma 4y ago
They don’t do number two, that is not need blind (blind means admissions doesn’t look at financial need, and this makes sense because the applications are due before financial aid is filled out). But here’s what they do do: https:/&#x
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How to Spend it (the Jony Ive issue)(ft.com)
1 points by smugma 4y ago|0 comments
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by smugma 4y ago
At Apple, Director is an executive. It’s sort of equivalent to making partner at a law or consulting firm. Your pay may double or triple as a result, and your annual comp is likely ~$1M+.
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by smugma 4y ago
That’s a good point (and I think it’s true), but that’s not shown here. If he wanted to work remote, they probably would have let him. Maybe he’d be an ICT7 rather than a Director, but same pay scale. His reason for quitting was he felt a
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by smugma 4y ago
I wouldn’t say he has FYM yet. Enough to maybe FIRE but more than cash, he’s in a position where almost any tech or related company would hire him, pay him a ton, and let him work on what he wants to do. Essentially, tenure at a university
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by smugma 4y ago
Companies fail all the time when large companies start to compete with them. Microsoft was famous for this in the 90s. The biggest example that comes to mind is Netscape.
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by smugma 4y ago
If you’re a clerk working for Alito, this is the opinion of a lifetime.
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by smugma 5y ago
In the US, the music subscription services get blanket licenses (from the MLC for mechanical rights and from the PRO’s for performing rights). It’s different but similar around the world, but there is no long term rights securitization goin
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by smugma 5y ago
Music streaming could have gone the fragmented route. The major services were doing all sorts of exclusives. Two things stopped it (the first being it was bad business, the second being the mail in the coffin): 1. Exclusives were very expen
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by smugma 5y ago
Most places in the US, a mortgage from 5-10+ years ago will be less than renting an equivalent place, but a recent mortgage will be higher because prices have gone up so much. This is generally true because prices generally go up. My brothe

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