ChainsawSurgery

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by ChainsawSurgery 11y ago
Eh, this is a little bit of a tangent because there's no reason to block users ever I feel (and in this particular case blocking IE 10+ is stupid), but honestly? It's rarely worth the time to go through and make sure your site wor
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
I think it's just the inevitability of any site that starts gaining mass appeal. It's the heat death of the universe: you can try and stop it, but entropy will increase no matter what. Sure, zealous moderators can be a catalyst fo
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Not to sound like a complete dick, but... duh? Is this a controversial opinion really from a finance perspective? I was under the impression that almost all arguments surrounding rent control are: 1) Moral/legal arguments 2) Whether re
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Obviously also applicable to SF and Manhattan/Brooklyn. It's interesting to compare this to other cities: a cursory glance at LA craigslist shows some apartments in nice areas that would easily cost twice as much in SF/Manhat
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Man. If there was ever a guy I feel awful for, it's moot. Maybe awful isn't the right word, but sympathetic for. Short of doing something incredibly brilliant in the future (which I wouldn't put beyond him), his life will be
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> well-developed, deep setting. > And in the end you don't save the world or some such nonsense. You simply conclude your own story, and life goes on. I guess I don't see those two as being at odds - I think it's entire
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Nothing silly about it. It's a very stark reminder that death doesn't just take the old, or the chronically infirm, or the careless. Sometimes it's very swift, subtle, and brutal. We could easily be diagnosed with something t
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
I thought it was pretty clear that the implied irrational part of it is the opportunity cost of choosing your hometown, not the actual attachment itself. If I'm a brilliant mathematician or a world-class athlete and I choose Kansas ove
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
I'd say that's heavily biased by the fact that Chappelle spent lots of time growing up in Ohio (and specifically Yellow Springs). Lots of people have seemingly irrationally strong attachments to their hometowns - not quite the sam
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> Lawyers and doctors are asked trivial questions just a handful of times in their careers during their bar examinations and boards. Of course, this obviously means there are examinations and governing boards that certify laywers and doc
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> Can you help me to understand victim blaming? Is it victim blaming to say someone was exercising poor risk management? Er, yeah, it is. The victim always knows they exercised "poor risk management", to some degree. You don&#x
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> I've made life long friends with some of my clients. That, more than anything else on this list, has made consulting special to me. Hah, I had the exact opposite experience freelancing straight out of college, and this was why I s
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Hey! I'm a New Yorker who has definitely lived in apartments this small. I currently live in a studio that's 325 sq ft. I also live pretty minimally, so it's actually not that bad. I have room for a bed, a small desk, a small
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Aha: > I'd assume the majority of it does go to pay out goods and services in the future, probably nearer to the end of life Most of those expenses involve healthcare, which is probably not a sector of the economy that needs to see
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
I suppose I'm more curious about the 'racist' part of it. 'Xenophobic', perhaps, but 'racism' doesn't really seem to be at the root of their statement. I also worry that sometimes the 'r' wo
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> The salaries of professors, lecturers Most professors don't earn that much money[1], unfortunately. > college employees, construction workers, Why do you think it's going to them? For reference, the average salary of a con
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> My question was, what is the macro impact of them defaulting on student loans. My mistake, I thought your question was more about the impact of student loan debt as a whole on the economy going forward. My point was that there's p
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
That's awesome! Congratulations. Financial discipline is definitely a nice side effect of this mess - sink or swim, as it were. That being said, frugality is also not necessarily great for the economy =). It's obviously a fantasti
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> Current students paying money to the college is stimulating the economy Ehh, it's stimulating the higher education economy. And even that's debatable depending on how that influx of money gets spent: Paying 100 extra student
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. I'm guessing you have easily a small mortgage in student loan debt =\, which is probably not that uncommon these days. (if not you're totally getting screwed on interest rates)
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> doesn't threaten the rest of the economy in the same way that housing loans did I dunno about that - it's probably just a lot more insidious and less panic-y. Adults repaying student loans aren't spending that money on o
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> the aversion to debt isn't occurring very fast considering that outstanding auto load debt is around 886 billion dollars. Credit card debt in 2014 was very similar, with an average of 7k per household. I can't pull up that da
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> student-debt problem is so severe that it seems to be reducing the formation of new households Perfect! Housing bubble averted. In all seriousness, this + an influx of foreign investment into american real estate + a future generationa
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
What was racist about that?
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
> In Austin, nothing on the menu is above $12 at Midnight Cowboy or The Garage. Now compare that to the other cities on this list. I dunno if that's a great metric - or maybe it is and Austin's more expensive than you and I thi
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Hm, well I'm not going to try and divine the source of your woes here since I'm obviously a stranger who has little context about your life and can only offer broad, general advice, but I will leave you with two thoughts: > I
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Sure, and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's not a jackass and perhaps just phrased things in a way that set off an alarm in my head. If I really thought he was a total git, I wouldn't have responded at all. Ho
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying you shouldn't have confidence in your abilities. And if that truly is the case, then I think it's a great quality to have. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're a
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
This is strange to me. Granted I haven't worked in the minimum-wage service sector for awhile (high school), but this still seems strange to me. We used to have this problem too: > any fast-food restaurants and other service busines
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by ChainsawSurgery 12y ago
I'm gonna venture a guess here, and there's a decent chance you're going to respond poorly to it and think I'm just being an asshole, or do some rationalization and throw my opinion away. But I promise: I'm not just

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