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by usaar333 7y ago
Most of these are a function of China's population than "evilness". Support for dictatorships is bad -- but even Europe burns more coal per capita. > greatest blue collared jobs/ communities destroyers in Italy, Fran
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by usaar333 7y ago
Who is this targeting? An engineer already saves far more than this moving to a lower income tax state with lower COL (e.g. Washington, Nevada, Texas).
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by usaar333 7y ago
What makes an extension easier to circumvent? Your second sentence is true for adblock plus, but not ublock origin
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by usaar333 7y ago
You are talking about effective rates (affected by deductions); parent (and I below) are talking about marginal rates (the rate isn't generally affected by deductions - only the income theshold)
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by usaar333 7y ago
GP is obviously referring to the combined fed + state rate in context.
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by usaar333 7y ago
> The combined state and federal rate is not >50% either, and any calculator that claims otherwise is lying. Why are you so confident here? The top CA marginal rate is 13.3%. Top federal marginal rate is 37%. Medicare tax is 1.45%. s
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by usaar333 7y ago
The incentives are strong. My electricity is 50% more expensive before 9pm. So I set my timer (a one time setting) for then. Problem solved.
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by usaar333 7y ago
It's a major problem if you don't already commute by car, which is a lot of the City. Don't forget that driving to HQ often is slower than however people currently get there.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Sounds like that CEO might be paying himself too little. Fwiw, housing prices (rents) have barely budged in much of the Bay Area for the past 4 years. If the exodus hasn't already happened, I doubt it will.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Agreed on this generally being solid early career advice. Some of it is outright wrong though at more senior levels. E.g; * Not giving salary expectations upfront lead to a waste of time if the company expectations are below yours * It&#x27
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by usaar333 7y ago
Because most languages are highly similar and Google + your IDE is powerful enough to make up shortcomings. E.g If you have solid background in dynamically typed) languages (e.g. python, J's), GC static typed (Java) and lower level (C
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by usaar333 7y ago
It was $40b at start of 2015 and was rumored to be at $50b mid 2015. It's $53b currently. That said with dilution, it's likely 2015 share price is less than it is today.
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by usaar333 7y ago
This is a fair summary, but you can't divorce the protesters actions from the fact that there is no legitimate way for the protesters to alter the government. These protests were inevitable as the government basically lacks legitimacy
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by usaar333 7y ago
I agree in areas with tough weather, cars make more sense. But in moderate places, e.g. the entire West coast of the US, I find it a non-issue to bike nearly every day
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by usaar333 7y ago
True, but a lot of those marginal benefits (over say electric bikes) exist because our society ended up being designed around everyone having a car. This manifests itself in several ways: 1. Low-density sprawl. Without the auto, density wou
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by usaar333 7y ago
This would help, but a fundamental problem is that unsafe behavior isn't checked very well (since your odds of killing someone are still pretty low). Generally, I think, we need to error more on the side of license suspension (hell, a
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by usaar333 7y ago
Makes sense. Honestly, this I'm perfectly fine with -- if you need a calibrated panel to assess your eng bar. What is annoying (the case for Google MTV for me at least) is if gatekeepers block you from identifying if there is potentia
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by usaar333 7y ago
Well on the bright side, if they are inviting you back it means you aren't giving off bad cultural vibes. My $0.02: Try to press harder for feedback. I've generally had no difficulty extracting feedback on rejections, especially o
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by usaar333 7y ago
Are you sure you aren't being rejected for other reasons? Generally, if you can finish any random medium difficulty leetcode question in 30 minutes, you are at the algo bar. But there's still systems, behavioral, communication, et
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by usaar333 7y ago
I wouldn't expect frontend to get random DP questions at any company (well you never know with Google..) I interviewed a couple of years ago at Lyft (for a backend team) and definitely got FAANG-class systems whiteboard questions.
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by usaar333 7y ago
/shrug. When I was considering positions in SF a few years back, I was chatting with hiring managers I'd be under first before going through any whiteboard interviews. Maybe things have changed?
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by usaar333 7y ago
Great post, though a few nits. > There are companies that will pay near FANG levels (maybe 10-15% haircut) without subjecting yourself to onerous completion of hundreds of LeetCode problems. Some even pay more. I wouldn't say FAANG
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by usaar333 7y ago
I think you are misunderstanding my point. The issue in America is that you tend to need a car to navigate within a city (metro area). Far less true in China.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Been to China many times actually. I wouldn't call Shanghai sprawl in the American sense. Yes it is huge, but what matters is that driving isn't a quick way to get around the city (there are no quick ways to get around the city, j
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by usaar333 7y ago
Cities are dense, unlike American ones
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by usaar333 7y ago
The alternative to being stuck in traffic for hours is flying. A major problem with train systems in the United States (and this is both short and long haul) is that almost the entire country is sprawl - built around the automobile. In dens
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by usaar333 7y ago
Investment opportunity cost. I've written articles about this: https://medium.com/@usaar33/why-you-shouldnt-buy-a-home-in-t... https://medium.com/@usaar33/an-up-to-date-buy-or-rent-calcul...
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by usaar333 7y ago
I've generally found nonprofits pay well below market in exchange for doing social good. Universities are the most obvious example, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative being another
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by usaar333 7y ago
Freedom to move, don't want to deal with burdens of ownership, better ROI to rent, etc.
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by usaar333 7y ago
Overall agreed on these, but to nitpick, the world has gotten less democratic over the past decade. 57% in 2005; just under 56% in 2015; probably a bit lower now. (not sure where you get 70% from). from https://ourworldindata.org

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