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by sp527 7y ago
This is very a bold straw man.
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by sp527 7y ago
> Undergrad is job prep for most people and colleges are doing a disservice by pretending it's not. This is a completely inverted way to frame it. Higher education shouldn't be perverted by the whims of the labor market. Univer
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by sp527 7y ago
I had a similar epiphany, though I'm also a generally cynical person. It was always easier for me to believe that human nature would see us ultimately misuse technology for dystopian purposes. I also believe what's happened thus f
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by sp527 7y ago
Lethargy isn't the issue. It's the growth plateau (after ~ year one) and stifled upward mobility that are the real dealbreakers, for some. The phrase "slow down" is imo accurate insofar as a fairly middling effort exerte
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by sp527 7y ago
This process took way too long. I've already moved back to Python3 and am super happy with it. The truth is most software doesn't really need the performance benefit Golang offers and you can code up something in Python in at leas
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by sp527 7y ago
As stated by others, the market for good engineers is thin. There's another driving force worth noting: we are steadily automating and abstracting ourselves away. Depending on how you look at it, it's either the best (you know how
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by sp527 7y ago
It's far from "all about Google's tools"; that's a gross mischaracterization of that body of work.
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by sp527 7y ago
I would strongly encourage you to look closely at the numbers. There are so many involved that nothing short of an actual model of all involved factors is enough to demonstrate the true return profile. I might post mine here for reference w
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by sp527 7y ago
> Pay more per capita to landlords. If you run the numbers, no one should want to be a landlord. Atrocious ROI. Homes are horrific investments if you live in them and still terrible even if you rent them out. I would encourage anyone who
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by sp527 7y ago
The Mazda 3 is such an amazing value that buying one felt like a no-brainer. Also imo looks considerably sexier than any other car in its class if you get the Touring trim in Machine Gray.
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by sp527 7y ago
So you're saying human-induced climate change isn't increasing the probability of an anomalous (extreme) weather event? I've often seen researchers describe the effect in terms of statistical frequency, e.g. 'once in a h
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by sp527 8y ago
I disagree almost entirely on the basis of that being a ludicrous sort of infantilization, as if this community can’t be trusted to sort fact from fiction and must instead be coddled towards the “correct” interpretation.
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by sp527 8y ago
It is in my opinion absolutely unacceptable that this submission was originally the article title and that was subsequently changed, presumably to defuse it. Someone needs to clarify when the norm of using the submission title applies, when
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by sp527 8y ago
I have yet to work at a tech company that doesn't either maximally misrepresent or outright lie about its product offerings. Incidentally this also seems to be a good way to identify companies that are likely to fail or underperform in
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by sp527 8y ago
Look up asset allocation. I would ignore exotic asset classes entirely unless extremely wealthy.
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by sp527 8y ago
I know it doesn’t sound like it but I consider myself a fairly principled person. Ruthless is a deliberately suggestive word I chose to drive home the extent to which I believe it’s necessary to self-optimize. I did not mean for it to imply
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by sp527 8y ago
I’m in my late 20s and I’ve already learned not to trust our society/economy to ensure that I’ll have a stable financial future. You need to have a plan and be doubly hedged against shittiness. Keep costs low. Save and invest. Job hop
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by sp527 8y ago
Sorry to hijack but I’m genuinely curious why you want to go to a big company. I would assume many of us view an acquisition and the ensuing payout precisely as a pathway to set the terms of our careers and NOT have to work for a large co.
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by sp527 8y ago
I’ll admit I decided against reading this after ‘Silicon Valley’ lampooned it. I wonder how many others did the same. May have to give it a proper look.
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by sp527 8y ago
This is hands down the most sensible thing I've read in 10+ years of HN. Thank you for sharing your story.
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by sp527 8y ago
You could also simply read excellent literature. That’s a more effective strategy to unpack and comprehend the human experience, with the added benefit of not incorporating tall tales of dubious veracity.
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by sp527 8y ago
Seconding this. You seem to have great taste in technical reading material :)
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by sp527 8y ago
Not sure how he’s defining replacement, and but the target for a stable population would have to be over 2.
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by sp527 8y ago
It should be noted that if admissions were perfectly race blind and did (rightfully) correct for financial means, you would likely still end up with more poor Jews and Asians in the student body than Blacks and Hispanics. And that is why th
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by sp527 8y ago
As a Jew, would you feel confortable indicating that via a checkbox? Anywhere, for that matter? Let alone having that used against you in college admissions? Of course not. If this mess with Asians isn’t truly a double standard against non-
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by sp527 8y ago
Fair enough. Needless to say I have a lot of heavy emotions on this subject.
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by sp527 8y ago
You don’t seem to understand that what you’re saying is tantamount to: “Asian people of merit should be disproportionately harmed versus Jews for having been born in a specific time and place, to correct for a historical imbalance they had
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by sp527 8y ago
What’s it going to look like if they ruled in favor of Jewish students as a harmed class back in the day and then against Asians this time around? Should Asians all get their skin bleached to not be abused in the elite college admissions pr
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by sp527 8y ago
Yea it’s important to note these guys are risking breaking the industry. If for some reason pharma companies were unable to at least recoup the cost of their (expensive) R&D efforts, it would disincentive new drug development.
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by sp527 8y ago
Next they should require customer consent for recurring billing. That might be more legislative in nature though (fat chance...).

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