thunky

37 ms·

721.
by thunky 3y ago
Giving a handout is not the same thing as taking one, so it's really not hypocritical to take a handout while believing the handout should not exist. For example, someone could be opposed to student loan debt forgiveness in principle,
722.
by thunky 3y ago
I'm not cherry picking, your comment is a direct reply to: > The «master» to «main» change was totally unnecessary and B.S. imho.
723.
by thunky 3y ago
But that's not even what "master" means in git. There is no "slave" branch.
724.
by thunky 3y ago
You're right I shouldn't have said "only", but in my opinion it's the main reason. And of course there are several reasons rates move. When rates were around 3% not so long ago, the monthly payment on a $1M loan was
725.
by thunky 3y ago
Don't buy the $1,000,000 house if you think it's too expensive. It's only (over)priced that way because rates were low and prices haven't adjusted to current rates yet.
726.
by thunky 3y ago
> I flat out do not watch ads You must not have lived before the Internet or streaming video. There used be this thing called Cable TV, where every few minutes the show was interrupted to show several 30 second commercials. You could not
727.
by thunky 3y ago
Are you implying that Singapore would have "died" without the $3.3 million?
728.
by thunky 3y ago
Not only that, it's also possible for current employees to get the short end of the stick after union negotiations, possibly leading to the end of their job after many years of employment.
729.
by thunky 3y ago
The tax system will continue to get more and more complex. It's great news for Intuit.
730.
by thunky 3y ago
> a) that doesn't excuse working on bad things. Yes, as an individual you can (and should) choose to not do bad things. But the original point being made was that this individual choice is not going to make any difference as long as
731.
by thunky 3y ago
> That is flawed logic though. If enough people refuse to do certain types of work, Sure that would solve it, but the issue is that this will never happen. People will never stop doing objectionable things for money. You won't even
732.
by thunky 3y ago
4. Nowhere, after spending an enormous amount of money. And it could spawn a boom for compliance consultancies that can maneuver the regulations and check the boxes on behalf of companies so that they can remain free from liability. All wit
733.
by thunky 3y ago
> It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car You didn't add in the cost of taxis and trains. > Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York A cramped crappy apartment with no bedroom is not luxuriou
734.
by thunky 3y ago
What's wrong is that it adds extra layers of abstraction just to satisfy k8s. Extra layers aren't free.
735.
by thunky 3y ago
Agree, but my point was that choosing Vue today because it will still be around in 10 years doesn't mean much if it's no longer recognizable and you had to rewrite your code three times to get there.
736.
by thunky 3y ago
> I see that mind often and it makes me very sad It's not always a bad thing. It gives you the chance to do it better. When is the last time you looked at your work from 10 years ago and thought you'd do it exactly the same way
737.
by thunky 3y ago
> I'm reasonably sure that I'm not going to need to learn a new front-end framework before 2040 unless I want to Maybe not, but there is a good chance that Vue in 2040 is nothing like Vue today.
738.
by thunky 3y ago
Maybe their terminology was wrong, but what about this point: > But in the case of postgres, why wouldn't you have a dedicated cluster Does k8s not push you to mix postgres pods in the same host as your API pods? Unless you go out o
739.
by thunky 3y ago
It's a well known portfolio so it has been analyzed quite a bit. You can backtest it yourself: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-all... - portfolio 1 is all stocks - portfolio 2 is 75% stocks, 25
740.
by thunky 3y ago
> Holding 25% of your wealth in cash is planning to throwing away years of life. You have to look at the portfolio as a whole. When stocks fall 50% you'll be glad to have some cash because: 1. You'll be down less than 50% 2. Yo
741.
by thunky 3y ago
You're thinking of I bonds and so is the poster you replied to. TIPS are different and there is no purchase limit. They are available as funds/ETFs.
742.
by thunky 3y ago
> The reason why you may think it has been suppressed as a conspiracy theory is probably because the people pushing the more for it actually use conspiracy theory patterns Maybe it's because Fauci himself called it a conspiracy theo
743.
by thunky 3y ago
There is some intrinsic value in a stock, but since it is based on future unknown values it's impossible to know or predict. So yes, that makes it possible for the price to become disconnected from any reasonable prediction.
744.
by thunky 3y ago
> Boston Dynamics' Parkourbot > you don't need to do summersaults, or run, or lift a lot to be able to do useful work I agree that it's a gimmick, but every time I see it I'm reminded of how far we are from having
745.
by thunky 3y ago
Your experience may differ, but I find large cities to basically resemble a collection of small cities (neighborhoods) stuck together. I don't find myself leaving my own neighborhood often because it's a pain to do so and my neigh
746.
by thunky 3y ago
I disagree with the entire premise here. Forget about the housing market, take a step back for a second and try to rationalize the idea of cramming millions of people into a small area to work on their computers together ? I don't thi
747.
by thunky 3y ago
> I don't feel like some kind of pretender describing myself as a software engineer Since it's a controversial word and opinions vary, why not just say "developer" or "programmer" instead? A handyman is also
748.
by thunky 3y ago
> But I also flew about 100,000 km per year in the time before COVID and am still on track to fly about 30,000-50,000 km this year Can I ask why? I struggle to think of a legitimate reason anyone would need to travel that much. Please do
749.
by thunky 3y ago
Let's try not to do it like Spain then.
750.
by thunky 3y ago
> The lesson here is always do your own homework. Or get a trusted financial advisor No, because you will be wrong and your financial advisor will be wrong too. The better lesson is: don't try to outsmart or time the market.

More ›