throwawydedbee

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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
Many techies want Biden. Others want Trump. Many would probably prefer someone else. But very, very few would see the integrity of this election as more than an intern-level joke. If you've ever worked in an environment where money
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
What was it replaced with?
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
I've been thinking of making sure that my age is clear on my LinkedIn/resume/etc., for just this reason. Even then, it's clear that quite a few interviews I've gone on have been "fake", in the sense of be
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
You're not wrong. But I might put that as, "Looks matter to most people, because they haven't yet discovered that looks don't matter, and in fact conventional attractiveness can be a noxious poison.". I met my curr
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
I'm well aware that I have nothing to complain about, money-wise, when considered on a global scale. (To say nothing of the historical scale.) I've never missed a meal. And a precious person in my life gives me a roof over my he
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
Although no kids were involved in my case, "mere" alimony can be crushing. I spent a several years living on $625/mo (the residue after alimony and payroll taxes). And no, I wasn't particularly well off to begin with,
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
Maybe. I grossed around $300K at a JS competitor, but quit after a few years. These can be unpleasant places to work. High concentration of jerks. Highly secretive, which means it can be hard to find useful things to do. And they'
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
I wouldn't. I want to live in a civilized society, not some Mad Max movie. If someone needs to be punished, or even killed, it needs to be done under the legitimate auspices of the legal system.
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
Ngo might be our nation's finest working journalist. That will make you many enemies and will not be good for your health.
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
I admire the saints, and in an abstract way, I admire you. But I also take the counsel of Ecclesiastes, which says in essence, nothing that you do will matter. The earth will turn, the rivers will run to the sea, and it will be that way fo
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by throwawydedbee 6y ago
It's one thing to choose to suffer. It's another thing entirely to ask your loved ones to suffer. The current cultural revolution we are living through is simply mowing people down, decent or not. Take a look at this letter from