thebigjewbowski

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by thebigjewbowski 1y ago
That would probably save some money on new paint jobs :)
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by thebigjewbowski 1y ago
Cars are *expensive*. If I was in the market for a car I’d absolutely buy a Tesla for below market price, eg a model 3 for less than a comparable Corolla. Seems like that very well could be a reality soon.
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by thebigjewbowski 1y ago
> (and probably China to prevent dumping) But why does the EU even want a manufacturing sector, don’t you all realize that no sane person wants those jobs? I kid, of course. It’s truly a sad state of affairs and I hope that we all come t
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by thebigjewbowski 1y ago
> the list of US trading partners is dominated by less than a dozen trading blocks: EU, Mexico, Canada, ASEAN, China. That's it. ASEAN countries are eager to make a deal. The USMCA deal is still in tact with Mexico and Canada. >
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by thebigjewbowski 2y ago
China has been trying to build up domestic markets for the past several years. With the US imposing high tariffs on Chinese goods it stands to reason that they’re not in a position to import from Vietnam, etc. because there will be domestic
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
> Also, as an aside, it’s amazing to me the lengths to which people will go simply to avoid changing their habits. I couldn’t agree more on this point. I lost ~110 lbs in a year, exciting obesity by eating only meat and dairy with vigoro
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
I like this punishment — the damage has already been done, now he’s going to pay for it. Of course he isn’t going to have, or ever earn, $1.2B but the court can garnish his wages. The compensation to the victim will enrich her life to a deg
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
I've seen a lot of commentary on Walmart over the years FWIW, https://www.mic.com/articles/104994/walmart-workers-have-a-b... https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/walmart-mcdonalds-larges.
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
Depends on where you’re going but neither are that bad, depends on where you live specifically in either of those places. The Bronx has higher crime for sure.
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
I was thinking about something similar the other day — why does anyone besides my family really care if I wear a seatbelt or not? You know what vehicle I see all the time that doesn’t require a license or minimum age, doesn’t have any safet
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
> But in reality there's a lot of people who see any snake, insect, or arachnid, and respond with "kill it with fire." Did you have a natural (or learned) revulsion for bugs? If so, how did you get over it? I’ve gotten ove
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
I’m almost scared to post this but — have you been in / around public housing in the US? (Genuine not rhetorical) It’s not uncommon for it to be unsafe and destroyed.
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
Wow. That’s really something. I’m sure at least some of us here recall professors being investigated and fired for not disclosing relationships with China. I’m also guessing none of this is disclosed by movie studios?
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
I just logged in to post the same thing — seems odd.
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enobosarm I’d read some research about this a couple years ago and didn’t remember seeing anything about effects on the cardiovascular system but that does seem like a possibility
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by thebigjewbowski 3y ago
Maybe tongue in cheek but that’s not exactly accurate — the government auctions off operating bands and the FCC enforces it. Not like we could enter into the space today by buying antennas, mounting them to your garage and setting up some s
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
Mark Zuckerberg practices Jiu Jitsu. Anthony Bourdain practiced Jiu Jutsu. Lots of actors and comedians have started practicing Jiu Jitsu. I’m a CTO and I’ve practiced jiu jitsu and Muay Thai. I lift weights regularly too :O
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I was also thinking that now would be a fun time to work at Twitter. It would seemingly be a huge gamble as to whether it is disorganized with constantly shifting priorities or increased operations overhead but if there is a vision and the
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I assume that he meant they are well educated, skilled and thusly won’t be working for dirt cheap as they’d have better options. He said the problem isn’t with hiring Indians, it is with cheap labor.
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
A big stopping point for me in making games or more visual things are assets. I’d been thinking I’d like to try making a comic book when I finally get access to DAL-E
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I surely can’t be alone in just not picturing myself on a bike… I walk, take public transit, Uber, etc but will often drive myself places a little too far to walk despite the inconvenience of parking when I get back because of it. All it mi
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
That’s great to hear! It does seem to be gaining in popularity for anxiety and depression. I really can’t imagine it being as destructive as opiates having known plenty of people who have done both to the extent of having a habit with only
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
Many people still don’t ;). I’m one of the only software engineers I know who gambles on sports or plays cards. Sports gambling has been legal in the UK and other parts of the EU for a long time. Betting on horses and dogs, too, has been le
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
The state taxes casinos and sports books an insane amount on top of regular federal taxes and whatnot. It’s not totally extractive but they are obviously still profitable. The thing is, everyone gambled before legalization. You didn’t even
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
I’m always curious about using ketamine for situations like this. I’ve found that with medical marijuana you still feel the pain but you just don’t care because you’re stoned, granted I haven’t had pain such as yours. With ketamine, at low
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
> No more firing up incognito mode to view some YouTube video you’d rather not feed your algorithm. No more browsing the ‘other side’ on twitter privately. No googling for information about embarrassing rashes without Google and webmd kn
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
> Media companies have layers of editors, they have at least some diversity, a woman will hopefully look at a story or script before it goes out, sometimes even a lawyer might tell them to tone it down a bit Sometimes editors and a corpo
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
You really hit it out of the park here. The inverse of the first point is also true. It’s often harder for the person on the other end to understand you if they’re not an English speaker leading to continually repeating yourself and spellin
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
> I feel like some people who take this mindset see their lives as being two distinct phases… the building/growth phase where you grind and learn and work non stop, and then a later phase that comes after where you enjoy what you bu
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by thebigjewbowski 4y ago
Kind of fun to think about, no? I had a cellar spider that was hanging out by my outside door for about a week and he would seemingly wave when I walked in and out. I wonder if he ever dreamed of me. I imagine their nightmares are probably

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