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by squokko 4y ago
I ask because I got 4K video of a burglar's face and showed it to the cops, and they were like "what do you want us to do with this," and it made me question the entire value of security footage.
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by squokko 4y ago
Did you get your stuff back?
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by squokko 4y ago
If you look at places in America where land is effectively free, a quality house will still cost you $100K minimum. It's not just land rent-seeking, housing structures cost money.
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by squokko 4y ago
Yes
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by squokko 4y ago
But that's all expenses, not just direct employee costs. Like Salesforce buys an ad in the Superbowl, or spends money on Google ads, or buys electricity for its datacenters, etc.
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by squokko 4y ago
The biggest overhead costs are: 1) employee health insurance 2) employment taxes 3) employee benefits like 401K matching 4) real estate costs for offices. Photocopy paper isn't even a rounding error on a rounding error.
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by squokko 4y ago
I think there's a very useless and useful way of memorizing, say, history or biology, and the useless way is probably better for passing exams, and the useful way is better for, everything else. The useless way is: let me memorize all
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by squokko 4y ago
My guess: people disappeared completely into their phones during the pandemic and are continuing to use them while driving
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by squokko 4y ago
Interesting. Suggests that we should not admit refugees from brutal civil wars?
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by squokko 4y ago
It's illegal for a strong person to take money from a weak person by yanking their wallet away from them, and this isn't that different.
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by squokko 4y ago
America needs this
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by squokko 4y ago
"Malicious host" likely meaning one that disagreed with the Current Thing
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by squokko 4y ago
The real answer to this question will result in an account ban
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by squokko 4y ago
Poe’s Law
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by squokko 4y ago
Yes, I do agree with your point (1)... there is a class of non-STEM college grads that has solved the chicken-and-egg problem by essentially blanketing every industry at once, demanding "[xxxxxx] justice" on all sorts of topics, w
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by squokko 4y ago
The idea of investment managers directing capital based on their own corporate purity tests is definitely much newer than the 1960s
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by squokko 4y ago
That is the most Berkeley thing I've ever heard
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by squokko 4y ago
One thing you don't need to be blind to do is to learn how to walk down a hallway with your eyes closed. First, walk past an open door, in each direction, with your eyes closed, and you'll learn how to recognize the sound of an op
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by squokko 4y ago
Consulting doesn't really use the "billable hours" model, not to the client. The client is billed a fixed fee. Hours are accounted for internally, with each person in the consulting firm trying to bill their hours "to th
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by squokko 4y ago
When McKinsey/Bain/BCG goes to a client, the project is usually sold to the CEO or senior exec by a 40-50 year old Director or Senior Partner at the consulting firm. The project kicks off with a "case team leader" who is
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by squokko 4y ago
I was similarly a consultant and I agree - in those projects (~25%) where I felt that we actually "created value" it was simply by talking to a bunch of junior people (not ICs, but ~managers of managers), kind of piecing together
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by squokko 4y ago
Love reading about these random things.
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by squokko 4y ago
Could you build with Legos, etc? Don't want sand in my house.
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by squokko 4y ago
I think when you're 25 it's good to have the competitive fire and not want your record to be broken, when you're 75 it's good to have a little more equanimity.
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by squokko 4y ago
Sure, I don't have any opposition to companies offering it, or employees demanding it -- supply and demand will take care of that. I'm talking about whether I believe we should be making an effort as a society to push the market i
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by squokko 4y ago
The burden of proof is much higher on remote work. The entire history of civilization from hunter-gatherers to 2019 was built largely with in-person work. If companies are going to make a permanent change to the way work is done, they will
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by squokko 4y ago
I think there are two things to be aware of right now: 1) This technology is revolutionary and will change the world 2) This technology is very unreliable right now and should be seen as a tech demo rather than an actual assistant (2) is a
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by squokko 4y ago
He owns billions in founder's stock so this is immaterial. It's not like Satya Nadella or another hired CEO.
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by squokko 4y ago
Who exactly buys an inkjet printer these days? Photo nerds? Who needs anything other than a $99 black-and-white laser?
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by squokko 4y ago
If effective, sure. What mechanism could the state use to enforce this in a cost effective manner?

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