southphillyman

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by southphillyman 8y ago
The time commitment is not as bad as people make it seem. You don't have two hours to yourself every night? How about 1 hour during the week and doing 2-3 on weekends? You just have to sacrifice other leisures like tv and video games
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by southphillyman 8y ago
After reading about solitary confinement I wanted to test myself by staying in the bathroom in my finished basement for a weekend. I'd have sunlight through a small window, a toilet, sink, and would have my wife bring me meals 2-3 time
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Same. I remember reading somewhere that it can trigger latent mental illness in some individuals.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
I've never worked with another black engineer and have only worked closely with another black person on a team (PM) over 10 yrs. That being said I wouldn't say the industry sucks, especially compared to other industries. The major
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by southphillyman 8y ago
This is interesting since I know of an initiative at FB that aggressively pursued talented AA engineers. The compensation packages they were willing to offer as part of the initiative were impressive even for FAANG. Why put that effort fort
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Yea, the bit about a mixed master race was kind of a give away there.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
The whole value add of this company vs Ebay is that they are supposed to have "experts" verifying the authenticity of the shoes. I recently read an account where they pretty much hired someone off the street and had him verifying
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by southphillyman 8y ago
>Can you point to anything from the left even approaching that kind of level of insanity? Unfortunately their go to right now, and probably for the next x number of years, is the guy who shot up the Republican baseball game. No doubt th
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Are you referring to the GI Bills that allowed flight to new suburban developments or something else?
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Not to rationalize the environment there but I feel like Netflix is pretty transparent about being a difficult place to work and compensates for the potential stress with above average pay. I feel like most people who can get hired there ar
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Perhaps this explains why Italian Americans don't really look like the Italians I see on Italian television shows? Seems most of them migrated from southern Italy/Sicily.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Interesting, I'm in my mid 30s and removed the dates of graduation when I was looking 3-4 yrs ago. The person I had reviewing my resume said removing the dates was a dead give away and they may assume I'm even older than I am so I
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by southphillyman 8y ago
This was my impression when I went to Santa Monica/Venice last December and I had to step over an unused Bird scooter every 3rd step. But recently I was in Atlanta and they are hugely popular there. Everyone from little kids to office
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by southphillyman 8y ago
I have been doing IF for a month or two now. Hard to really quantify it's effects since I've been eating much better and going to the gym during that same time period. Either way I think it's useful if only as a way to make e
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by southphillyman 8y ago
I questioned the high conviction rates, but I think that is a sensitive topic for him as he often says U.S news of what's going on in China is misleading.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
re: American Justice System. I recently had to explain to a Chinese coworker of mine how in the U.S you can be held in jail for years pending trial because you can't afford to post bail. He was legit blown away and had no idea how that
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by southphillyman 8y ago
That's what scholarships are for, no?
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by southphillyman 8y ago
I noticed this yesterday at dinner. The lowest suggested tip on the receipt was 20%! So psychologically I kind of felt bad for "only" giving 15%.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Jordan was a below avg 3 pt shooter. He may have gotten to the line frequently today but he'd also be relying on the his classic mid range shot which is the most inefficient in today's NBA.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
He didn't have a 2011 finals perhaps because at the same age that Lebron was in 2011 (26) Jordan was getting his behind handed to him by the pistons and not even making the finals. That's the fallacy with the "6-0" argum
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by southphillyman 8y ago
This happened to me as well, they processed every transaction as pure profit. I don't see how this disproves that they had the data though. They literally had every transaction I made that year as reported by the brokerage, they just d
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Give positive references for developers who I know are crap because they are nice guys and I feel sorry for them.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
In the early 2000s I spent $1800 on a set of 18in chrome rims for an early 90s Accord, the wheels were almost half the value of the car. I use to do the calculations for if I had spent that money on AAPL instead of something so incredibly w
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by southphillyman 8y ago
More money, better title, double the vacation, cheaper health care, and better retirement contributions were available elsewhere.
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by southphillyman 8y ago
>One of my purposes in interviews was literally to get the candidate to say they didn't know. This. It's ok to admit you don't know everything in an interview. Some of my most glowing feedback from interviews came from int
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by southphillyman 8y ago
The problem with asking for a raise is it usually needs to be approved by a separate HR/payroll department. I can't even really think of a time where someone that I know got a sizable raise without either taking on more responsibi
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Interestingly, I grew up thinking the exact opposite. In the Torah Methuselah is mentioned as having lived 900+ years.
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Not sure about Vodkas, wines, or champagnes as I can't really tell the difference. But I could instantly tell the difference in smoothness between the $60 scotch I have at home now and the $150+ bottle I recently sampled at a friends h
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by southphillyman 8y ago
Wabi in Venice Beach had a good selection when I was there. My biggest gripe with all (non American) whiskey is price. Kind of hard to experiment when you are looking at $20+ a glass.
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I prefer kiosks for these type of transactions. The only problem I see arising is if a customer has a specific question about a menu item, though I can't remember the last time I had a question like that. Maybe the 3-4 cashiers this di

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