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by bingohbangoh 8d ago
> To keep tax revenue equal, property taxes for those who purchased recently would go down, and property taxes for those who’d purchased in the past would go up. That's what I'm saying _won't_ happen. The high property tax
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by bingohbangoh 8d ago
Do you think cities would make the taxes fairer (e.g. spread them out over more residents) or just raise taxes on the these previously protected properties? My money is on the latter. Nobody is getting a tax cut if Prop 13 is repealed. Ever
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by bingohbangoh 9d ago
Do people really think that if we revoked Prop 13 that other taxes would go down with the new money from property taxes? Or do we think that property taxes would go up while other taxes stay put? This feels like the argument at play when pe
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by bingohbangoh 7mo ago
Many people in silicon valley truly Believe that AI will take over everything. Therefore, this is the last chance to get in so you better be working really really hard. There's a palpable desperation that makes this wave different from
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by bingohbangoh 1y ago
I'm broadly in favor of RFCs but they need to be dictated from top-down. That's easier said than done. Most RFC committee debates ime devolve into firing squads in which the presenter needs to answer every question with pin-point
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by bingohbangoh 1y ago
the phrase I've heard about LA is that its "a company town for creatives."
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
> This means that I have to try to guess the state of mind of the questioner rather than solve a logic problem That is an excellent way to put it! It explains why it appeals to non-math people. They are (usually) better at these more ver
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
I agree. It reminds me of the math "puzzles" on Twitter which go: 1 shoe + 1 shoe = 2 2 shoes + 2 shoes = 4 3 shoes + 2 shoes = ??? And the answer isn't 5 because a) we're not counting shoes and b) the shoe laces were di
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
People really hate coding interviews but they now exist as a "stupid test." Academia has a problem with possibly fraudulent papers and grade inflation. It is inevitable that companies won't trust the papers and grades/de
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
this is an insane reply and proves why NATO never put nuclear weapons in russia-adjacent states like the Baltics Nuclear war is not something to be lightly risked
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
So we all blow ourselves up and kill everybody? † To own Russia? †: everybody == a lot of people, just to be clear
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
does nobody think this will risk nuclear war? Is this really a place we want to risk it? I'm amazed at the comments section here
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
Does anybody know the current status of this? My understanding is that if you delete your Facebook they will, in fact, completely delete it. That's post Cambridge Analytica of course.
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by bingohbangoh 2y ago
Couldn't you have bypassed them and used `yt-dlp` or something similar? Why get Google/YouTube's permission at all about this?
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by bingohbangoh 3y ago
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Anecdotal but I daydream a whole lot less now in my late 20s than I did in my teens. I wonder if part of that is because I could only _dream_ about doing certain things but now I have the money and ability to actually fulfill them.
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Never try to catch a falling knife
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
I've never had success ordering on Aliexpress. The orders always get canceled. I made an account specifically to order RISCV boards and none have gone through. Am I going crazy or is this just bad luck?
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
how did they try him in absentia? I'm pretty certain that's illegal in the united states.
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
This guy is a glorified gym teacher and runs an MLM. It's astounding he's become so popular. Many, many people try the "I state harsh opinions and do stereotypical manly things and stereotypical smart things" including l
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
JSON is much easier to parse with your eyes and there isn't much of a performance difference anymore..
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Chicago’s decision to tie property taxes to inflation may result in mammoth bill(chicagotribune.com)
3 points by bingohbangoh 4y ago|0 comments
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Not saying you're wrong, but its very defeating to participate in online conversations and hope somebody sees the URL on your profile.
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
I'm fairly certain this piece is meant to drum up support for gas stove bans in places like Los Angeles or NYC. Too coincidental. Certainly inspired by it. If you really believe that gas is awful for environment, that more solar and th
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Within that link under Stripe: > Programming/debugging phone screen + on site with your own laptop/setup and full access to internet, systems design discussion and talk with hiring manager about team alignment. That seems to me
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
> I have quite high standards when I hire, which is why I don't use leetcode to assess. :) How would you go about checking if somebody is qualified in an interview? Using his past experience may help but too often it can be embellis
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
I think Brian Armstrong downsized his stake from ~300k shares to ~30k late last year. Has any company ever done well after such a sell-off from insiders?
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
This sentiment seems common on Hacker News but I'm not sure its wise. Companies that have high standards are far more interesting places to work at and with more interesting colleagues. They all require whiteboards and leet code. It&#x
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron and failed shorting Tesla, has been shorting Coinbase. He noted that Coinbase is making ~4% on AUM while Charles Schwab makes maybe ~0.5%. Surely this must come down.
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by bingohbangoh 4y ago
Facebook dominated in part because people would endlessly scroll during class, at the bus stop, waiting on line, etc. VR and the Metaverse require a much bigger commitment by comparison. You can't casually use them. Heck, you can'

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