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by xyzzy4 9y ago
All jobs are basically pointless except for agricultural jobs, which is all we need to survive.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
It's usually created by one frugal couple not spending much of their income their entire life, and then passing on the savings. Money that isn't spent generates even more money passively.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Not necessarily. Technological progress seems to be slowing.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
You can't blame a tiger for biting you.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
To answer the actual question: 1. Pay your programmers per hour, and pay them very well. For example many people who are paid $200/hour would work 80 hours per week. 2. Provide free taxis or have easy public transportation to their hom
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Ok but please don't do things like using nested array searches with bad runtime when you can use hashmaps instead. I hate seeing code or using programs that are extremely unoptimized.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Honestly we should aim to replace free parking with free Uber's.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_...
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
>Most companies already prohibit employees from discussing salaries, under penalty of termination. This is actually illegal in many states. Workers have a legal right to discuss salaries. >Freedom of speech pertains to legislation
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Let's say they make a law saying you can't ask your coworkers what their salary is - wouldn't you agree that is against freedom of speech?
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Making a law that says "Employers can't say or ask X" goes directly against freedom of speech.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
This is bad for the free market and freedom of speech. I hope it gets challenged on First Amendment grounds.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
I spent a few months in India and I thought it was extremely cyberpunk. I can see Africa being similar.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
It depends on how good you are at investing. For example, if Warren Buffett was starting over again, he would probably make better use of the $1 million.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
You can also get a fiancé visa and marry in the United States.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Or maybe he thinks his current mansions, sports cars, and retirement funds are good enough?
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
When I was younger I used to not know the benefits of hash maps and used arrays for almost everything.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Ok but maybe your father or mother would've had a baby with someone else, and then you'd be that person.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
His/her consciousness might exist inside a different person though.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
Reading code is more like figuring out all the plumbing of a large building.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
I think so.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
You need to live somewhere away from cops, such as in the wilderness in Alaska.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
I've thought I was good at coding since middle school. Of course my code actually sucked back then, but at the time I thought I was really good. So I kept doing it on and off throughout my life.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
She has just accepted a new job that'll start soon, so she'll hopefully make some more. She is requesting 4 lakhs per year (~$6000 dollars) but doesn't know if it'll be that yet.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
My sister in law is a software engineer in India, and she makes about $450 per month, which is $5400 per year. She also often has to work weekends.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
The poor in Bangladesh are at least allowed to have shelter in slums. Anywhere in the US it would be highly illegal and violate many regulations.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
"Cultural fit" should be an illegal form of discrimination.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
It can be $50k in India and other developing countries.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
True but note that from the perspective of many depressed people, everything feels like a waste of time.
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by xyzzy4 10y ago
This is why you shouldn't be ashamed of web browsing, watching Youtube, and going on Facebook at work. You never know when your life is about to end. Living like a monk who only focuses on work is not very satisfying.

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