HammockTester

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by HammockTester 6y ago
I would argue self-reliance is mostly playacting these days. More so than minimalism. Sure you can learn to do basic things like cook for yourself or build furniture but the skills required to live a relatively modern lifestyle go way b
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by HammockTester 6y ago
All of modern society operates this way. It's called division of labor. In order for there to be a software engineer, there have to be people working to feed him, clothe him, build his house, produce his computers, extract energy to
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by HammockTester 6y ago
As long as you're the one happily shelling out you can reasonably promote that idea.
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by HammockTester 7y ago
We can only hope so. Unfortunately animal agriculture as it currently exists is just as dangerous (e.g. chicken CAFOs breeding bird flu). IMO we need to rethink meat production altogether. Meat production needs to be environmentally consc
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by HammockTester 7y ago
I'll take a crack at it. I would prefer commercial rent abatements combined with commercial property tax abatements. The same would make sense for residential as well. Unemployment payments should be increased and restaurants should
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by HammockTester 7y ago
Also, college becomes less useful as more people don't take it seriously. Peer pressure is a thing. I actually wish that my peers in college were more studious as I'm certain it would have made me work harder and focus more on
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by HammockTester 7y ago
Maybe in another 4 years after Biden loses this election.
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by HammockTester 7y ago
Yeah I think there's a balance somewhere and for me it's not 40 hours a week in an office. Maybe 20 hours in an office and 20 at home would be more reasonable. I would imagine different people will have a different preferred bal
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by HammockTester 7y ago
If you use the IRS standard rate of $.58 per mile as the cost of driving, then if you have a ~17 mile commute (each way), you'd expect to spend about $100 per week on average. That doesn't include the opportunity cost of your tim
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by HammockTester 7y ago
No. That might be the perspective of the employer. Work from an employee perspective is about satisfying your own needs: financial, social, goal-oriented, etc. You obviously need to get some amount of work done to keep your job and mee
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by HammockTester 7y ago
Well of course. It goes without saying that if I support the ADA then I should be willing to fund it along with everyone else.
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by HammockTester 7y ago
This always seemed very strange to me. If society deems it necessary for every business to be accessible, then society (the government) should pay for it out of tax revenue.
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by HammockTester 7y ago
I don't have much trouble when there is interesting coding work to be done. When noodling with Jira is the task at hand, then it becomes a problem.
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by HammockTester 7y ago
Sue them for defemation