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by usaar333 7y ago
Mothers. Japan is actually known for having very poor child support options outside of family. The percent of married woman with children that work is quite low.
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by usaar333 7y ago
I never argued it was xenophobia - it's that geopolitical factors (S. Korea strong ally; China rival) are heavily influencing this decision. I definitely agree that the numbers are being less massaged in Korea than China, but there&#x2
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by usaar333 7y ago
Hubei is ground zero. China has locked the province down and other provinces are doing better than South Korea, Italy or Iran at this point. The ban was justified weeks ago - less so now. Why is South Korea, etc. not under similar travel re
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by usaar333 7y ago
At this point, the voluntary self-quarantines if you came from China (ex-Hubei) aren't even defensible for health (as opposed to political) reasons. Or at least they aren't defensible if you believe we also shouldn't be quar
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by usaar333 7y ago
nit, but it's an actually amplifying the RNA (it's an RNA, not DNA based virus), using RT-PCR (which basically converts the RNA into complementary DNA -- and then amplifying DNA) I'm not sure per se what the CDC does, but her
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by usaar333 7y ago
Your timing was good since you bought when the market may have been mispricing volatility. Assuming these are puts, a lot if your gain is from the volatility shoot up. At this point, the market has corrected volatility pricing dramatically
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by usaar333 7y ago
I read two weeks.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Just look at Diamond Princess. 4 deaths out of 700 infected after testing everyone with many still not recovered. That's way deadlier than a regular flu. Are you also aware that seasonal flu doesn't completely take out medical s
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by usaar333 7y ago
It's basically a version of flu that happens to be both 20x as deadly and more transmittable!
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by usaar333 7y ago
You are forgetting that highly aggressive measures are put in place to fight SARS. If you did what China is doing now to deal with flu, you'd drastically cut transmission rates.
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by usaar333 7y ago
I'm not understanding your conclusion at all. In an environment not taking precautions above normal flu season, the r0 for covid-19 is significantly higher than flu (2.6 vs 1.6) - in part because we have partially working flu vaccines.
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by usaar333 7y ago
I generally agree on this working out well. As nits though: 1. This simplifies things like crazy, but could have all sorts of spill-over effects. (most notably reduction in charitable giving) 3. AMT, yes. NIIT is only another tax bracket th
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by usaar333 7y ago
Most people are solidly in standard deduction territory after TCJA. If your income is entirely W2 (any stocks sales if any are in tax advantaged accounts) and you take the standard deduction, generally your taxes can be automated easily. Th
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by usaar333 7y ago
Why would someone leave the plot empty and forgo potential rent?
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by usaar333 7y ago
Well not quite. If a startup offers me $800k in equity over 4 years, I'm fully invested. If it doubles in a year, I'm now earning $400k in equity a year for next 3 years rather than $200k. (I recall my investment) If it dies after
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by usaar333 7y ago
Agreed on later stage; disagree on need to be that high level. High growth companies are actually better for lower leveled engineers as they can grow faster.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Correct - this allows you to get QSBS treatment on your stock - a huge tax win. The better startups will even loan employees "money" to exercise.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Early stage, yes. Top late stage (unicorns) tend to win (depending on your risk aversion).
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by usaar333 7y ago
But that causes employees to lose a powerful tool they have: ability to invest future earnings in the company and recall their future investment (by quitting) if things don't work out.
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by usaar333 7y ago
I agree there is complexity cost, but that doesn't mean you can't benefit from it if you generally can navigate said complexity. I've never had issues getting reasonable price estimates from independent doctors (large system
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by usaar333 7y ago
Why is ACA not universal? (Ignoring technical problems it had that prevented that from actually happening). It guaranteed affordability, coverage, and prevented you from opting out.
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by usaar333 7y ago
> We just can't deal with it, because we are exposed directly to unnecessary complexity. I'd argue though that those best adept at handling the complexity are actually winning in this model. If you are reasonably healthy alrea
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by usaar333 7y ago
Are admin issues guaranteed to be better under a single payer system? Don't people run into all sorts of problems with Medicare - what it will pay vs. what it won't? I give you though that at least it is one set of admin rules tha
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by usaar333 7y ago
Isn't every Democrat supportive of universal healthcare? (Which at the minimum is just ACA + technical fixes on it) There are differences through whether it should be single-payer or not.
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by usaar333 7y ago
But even athletes have a clear distinction between management and "employee". The line is very blurry in engineering, esp. for senior devs which might go in and out of management frequently.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Under what scenario will interest rates go up that high? In general the trend in developed countries is them going lower, not higher.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Ending rent control also should lead to lower prices in non rent controlled housing according to supply and demand. The sequence of events that lead to a rise in prices are similar - that is there is evidence that more affluent people movin
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by usaar333 7y ago
> There's absolutely zero evidence of "induced demand" for housing. There absolutely is. Here's a great paper studying the effect of removing rent control in Cambridge, MA ( https://economics.mit.edu/f
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by usaar333 7y ago
Well, Bart is opening in San Jose this year. Caltrain is electrifying which will enable much lower headways. If you focus on dense developments near them, that goes a long way.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Is Appfolio known to be problematic? Been paying with it for over a year with no issues.

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