cheetos

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by cheetos 9y ago
> In 2016, I spent $32k ($24k was rent!) Assuming a $50k income, that'd be a ~36% savings rate, which requires a 23 year career. Assuming a $50k income post-tax
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by cheetos 9y ago
The way to fix comments is clear: human moderators. Since this can't br automated (yet), Google doesn't do it.
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by cheetos 9y ago
When I read this, I can't help but think of the enormous promises that came with the computerization of medical records versus the reality that we have today.
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by cheetos 9y ago
America, since its founding, has been an experiment in extreme individualism over collectivism. We worship capitalism over all else. Even a whisper of government programs that help the poor are vilified as communist. Selfishness and immoral
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by cheetos 9y ago
In my experience, it's likely that the founders' problematic behavior has existed from the beginning, but employees feared retaliation and thus didn't speak up until now, when they are safe from being fired.
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by cheetos 9y ago
This is one of most unbelievably naive, immature, and truly ignorant comments I've read on HN. I sincerely hope you're trolling. Put down the Ayn Rand fantasy novels and go meet some people outside of your economic bubble. Not eve
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by cheetos 9y ago
I truly hope that human drivers' "right" to drive at whatever speed they want is forever trampled by regulatory burden.
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by cheetos 9y ago
There is simply a massive difference between the theory of democracy and its actual implementation. Your personal autonomy is restricted by the government, massively, period, generally for everyone's own good. They decide what and how
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by cheetos 9y ago
Got it. Thanks :)
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by cheetos 9y ago
Thanks for the detail. To me, that sounds like the cost of doing business as a VC, more than risk. Forgive me if I have a little less empathy for the other side :)
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by cheetos 9y ago
> 10 of those will enter due diligence (at substantial risk to the VC in case the deal does not go through) What exactly is the "substantial risk" that VCs take on by doing due diligence on ten companies a year?
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by cheetos 9y ago
This is the type of logic that leads to mandatory military parades, the banning of religion as a distraction and "Dear Leader"-style propaganda and mythology. If the military would like to do something in my benefit I request the
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by cheetos 9y ago
I expected to read about how OP built a successful e-commerce business after transitioning from full-time software development. Instead this is about how he earned $275 over three days on a one-time shirt idea. Click-bait.
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by cheetos 9y ago
> I don't, in general, trust direct feedback from someone I turned down (or hired, for that matter). Would you please share where you're working so we can avoid applying?
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by cheetos 9y ago
Did your service offer a paid API? Scraping happens because of a lack of better options. Surely you can understand why the scrapers didn't want to contact you beforehand.
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by cheetos 9y ago
I knew a classmate who openly admitted to putting made up volunteer activities on her college applications, arguing there was no chance the school would fact check her. She was right!
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by cheetos 9y ago
The phenomenon you're describing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politics
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by cheetos 9y ago
I didn't find out about the address bar thing for years. That said, I am not a fan of reproducing natively available functionality in the browser.
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by cheetos 9y ago
Well, did she do the cooking or not?
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by cheetos 9y ago
Is this unethical if everything is done locally and no data is stored or resold?
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by cheetos 9y ago
I am floored by how thoughtful and helpful everyone's responses have been. Thank you so much for sharing your perspectives. I'm going to go for it.
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Ask HN: Thinking about a year off from work to travel. Am I making a mistake?
39 points by cheetos 9y ago|46 comments
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by cheetos 9y ago
Just to be clear, you are the one being rude.
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by cheetos 10y ago
I'm having similar issues. How did you figure it out? Is there a test, or just elimination?
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by cheetos 10y ago
If only it was that simple. Most people cannot afford justice in the US.
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by cheetos 10y ago
Fix ads. I think there is a need for a product that allows websites to self-manage their ads, allowing them to handle display, tracking, payment, and client management internally. Imagine being able to get rid of all the third-party ad and
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by cheetos 10y ago
That would be true if 100% of Wyoming utilities acted in unison. But if one of them shifts to renewables, and that shift results in lower cost energy or an increase in productivity that results in a reduction of employees, it will force the
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by cheetos 10y ago
Lobbyists for utility companies looking to preserve the status quo paid the lawmakers to do it. Isn't that obvious? Same reason direct-to-consumer sales of Teslas are banned in Michigan. It's the American free market at work!
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by cheetos 10y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but how many undergrads have actually published a paper? I'm not saying it's impossible, but I was under the impression that this is something that happens once you get in to grad school, not before.
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by cheetos 10y ago
Thanks!

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