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by sologoub 5y ago
If companies are truly serious about inclusion and diversity, then embracing remote is a must! In just a few weeks of the initial pandemic lockdowns, I was really taken aback by how meeting dynamics changed - people less comfortable speakin
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by sologoub 5y ago
Sellers will prefer cash or a stronger borrower in all markets when given the choice - that’s very relational to seek to reduce risk. There are other ways to help craft an offer that could be stronger, including offering better other terms
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by sologoub 5y ago
EDIT: forgot the link: https://www.hud.gov/buying/loans FHA loans can be 3.5% down ($14k on a $400k loan) and closing costs can often be financed (most of them, but usually not all). There are also first-time buyer pro
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by sologoub 5y ago
> And going to work with COVID symptoms because they can't live without payment. That’s a very grotesque illustration of perverse incentives. Ask anyone, I doubt they’ll tell you that it’s worth having a sick person show up to work
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by sologoub 5y ago
I didn’t miss that point, just don’t agree with it. The two outcomes are not mutually exclusive and the availability of entertainment isn’t a good reason to claim people cannot (will not?) be productive if their survival no longer depends o
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by sologoub 5y ago
Yeah it’s what happens, but I’m of strong opinion that this part needs to change. Unfortunately, some of the hardest jobs don’t come with enough dignity, let a long pay.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Some, no doubt, will choose a less creative path, but we also have evidence in history that people, who have the privilege of not worrying about their daily bread, also choose to spend their time in pursuit of sciences, arts, etc and many t
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by sologoub 5y ago
> Most people in the US are not remote workers that get to work 7 hours a day. They are expected to be physically present doing things like retail service work, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, etc. This is not entirely accurate
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by sologoub 5y ago
Oakland is still SF Bay Area, that’s really not “the rest of California”. In fact, yes things are pricier in the every part of CA, but not even close to the extent.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Chrysler 300s have been on the road for a long time. Just because new one is in the $35k range doesn’t mean that one from 10-15 years ago is that expensive. Chryslers also generally depreciate faster than say a Toyota Camry or Corolla.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Sorry to hear that! Haven’t made it to Ostrava yet, but traveled a fair bit around Czechia - amazing country and people.
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by sologoub 5y ago
A bit off-topic, but how did the city cope with the mine closure and loss of so many jobs?
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by sologoub 5y ago
Happy B-Day! Looking for external sources of happiness is likely a losing battle. Keep your eyes open and you will likely see somewhere to be useful/maybe even create something that both helps others and makes something for yourself to
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Meet Skimpflation: A Reason Inflation Is Worse Than the Government Says It Is(npr.org)
4 points by sologoub 5y ago|1 comments
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by sologoub 5y ago
Reading these always makes me a bit sad. There is a lot in here and people have their reasons, but levels are not everything and various “cuts” aren’t that meaningful when you consider TC of faang. Where else are you going to have a chance
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by sologoub 5y ago
> When asked by a reporter if he would ever replicate the stunt, Cook replied: “Next time I feel in the mood to fly endurance, I’m going to lock myself in a garbage can with the vacuum cleaner running, and have Bob serve me T-bone steaks
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by sologoub 5y ago
The shortages of pretty much everything and stasi terror tactics of the 1980s would resemble a “collapsed” state in most western views. It was not as bad as USSR or what we normally think of as a collapsed state (e.g. Haiti of today), but i
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by sologoub 5y ago
Our collective memory is short. It is within our lifetimes that Germany was split between West Germany (BRD) and East Germany (DDR). The article describes the collapse of DDR, and while it was a softer landing than the rest of the soviet bl
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by sologoub 5y ago
It’s pretty common all around CA. Not really sure what’s so groundbreaking.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Pandemic of course messed with much of the social infra the world over, BUT no real social option for child care in a developed country is a very USA problem. Good family leave policy (1 year+) and wide availability of kindergarten-type fac
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by sologoub 5y ago
Pretty incredible for 10 year old to make such projects and to then apply to the world around her! You must be so proud :)
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by sologoub 5y ago
> California is facing a drought so devastating, some publications call it “biblical”. California is in a great place to address most (all?) of the ills plaguing it through sustainable infrastructure investments, such as mass solar (we a
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Plans for $400B new city in the American desert unveiled(edition.cnn.com)
12 points by sologoub 5y ago|20 comments
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by sologoub 5y ago
That’s just stunningly beautiful - Czech countryside is something else! I’d gladly buy a self-driving car that require some additional input on such a road and had additional aids to spot oncoming traffic I can’t see behind the tractor that
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by sologoub 5y ago
For regular work visas, the idea is to attract labor force that will be able to work a full career. In many places retirement terms are fairly generous and I’m guessing a lower level foreign employee who only worked the minimum years could
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by sologoub 5y ago
That sounds pretty awesome actually! It also probably makes it a bit harder to prepare the materials, since you need to make sure it’s reasonably computable by hand.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Like most things there probably is more than one cause, and I suspect a pretty big one is around compound effect of instructors having poor instruction themselves and then having to admit that they themselves don’t really know the subject.
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by sologoub 5y ago
Sorry you had such an experience! There really is a lot to unpack here. As the article describes, memorization of “formulas” doesn’t actually work for my students and leaves those that it “worked” disadvantaged in future learning. My person
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by sologoub 5y ago
That’s very insightful - when I switched to US high school, the approach to math was baffling - everyone had programmable graphing calculators, whereas I wasn’t allowed any calculator at all, and took a lot longer to solve the most basic pr
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by sologoub 5y ago
Can confirm - we lucked in to some lightly used commercial dishwashers. No issues for years (unlike a high-end home dishwasher we recently bought). No discernible difference on the electric or water bill.

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