cworth

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by cworth 6y ago
From their perspective, of course it would be unfortunate that your parents cannot continue to have their lifestyle subsidized. For the rest of us, that money could gladly be used for schools, infrastructure, etc Luckily, if someone is bein
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by cworth 6y ago
Try the San Gabriel valley.
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by cworth 6y ago
The smoke point of olive oil varies significantly from extra light to extra virgin. Extra virgin actually has a much lower smoke point than canola oil.
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by cworth 6y ago
In a pandemic, incentivizing people to stay home instead of working is exactly what we should be doing.
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by cworth 6y ago
If you think a 2.4% tax is extremist, in a city that already has a much lower tax burden than most tech hubs, then Seattle might not a good cultural fit. Perhaps the south or Midwest would align better?
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by cworth 6y ago
> of all the large "FANGish" tech companies, Uber actually has the most experience with non-HQ teams building business-critical systems. Tangential, but the core product of AWS, EC2, was developed in South Africa and (largely)
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by cworth 6y ago
Your comment illustrates how REST forces you towards an OOP-style: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdo...
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by cworth 7y ago
Centrist political analysts of The Atlantic sort hate Twitter. They have to engage with the platform with their job and are constantly dunked on by the online left, who are far better at Twitter than they are. The Twitter users are the same
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by cworth 7y ago
Pretending homeless people are transient and from elsewhere is a persistent myth used to dehumanize them. In a 2018 study, only 6% of homeless people reported being from out-of-state: https://theevergrey.com/seahomeless-comi
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by cworth 7y ago
> 9. Global carbon emissions are not reduced, mostly because of lack of initiative by China and 3rd world countries. Wealthy nations have produced massive emissions during their industrialization, and continue to do so on a per-capita ba
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by cworth 7y ago
From other discussions of the book, I’ve heard it is inflected with libertarian politics. Did you find that distracting while reading it?
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by cworth 7y ago
The Nordic model shows that it is possible to have a highly unionized workforce with free higher education, free healthcare, and social welfare. They have been very effective in fighting poverty this way.
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by cworth 7y ago
It sounds like you are mixing the positive and normative. Yes, corporations now don't represent the values of their workers and lobby for all kinds of awful things. Yes, there is no social net now provided by unions or the government i
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by cworth 7y ago
Union organizers are fighting power to improve the material conditions of all tech workers. It sounds like you need some class analysis.
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by cworth 7y ago
This is an accurate description of how pedestrians view drivers.
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by cworth 8y ago
You said it yourself. Why should the Eastside get to avoid having homeless and subsided housing in their backyard? Certainly the employers of Eastside residents have contributed to the rise in Seattle home prices.
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by cworth 8y ago
There are slower shipping options available, often with a small credit incentive.