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by fastbeef 4y ago
From observing various internet forums, including this one, I noticed that people from the "first world" countries think Elon Musk actually cares about freedom of speech and isn’t just a bored billionaire throwing his weight aroun
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Regarding salaries, pick a number you’re a tony bit ashamed to say out loud and add 5-10%. Use that as a starting point and let them talk you down. You’ll probably want to try this out a few times on jobs you’re meh about to get comfortable
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by fastbeef 7y ago
The iPad pros are USB-C only, so I think it’s just a matter of time
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I went through this exact situation. I wound up telling them like it was - I liked everything about the job except my actual duties. Then I proceeded to describe to them what I’d like to do instead (focus on ops) and basically invented a po
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I’m in the process of starting up a side business for my wife, making and selling physical goods. I’m in Sweden, and the go-to here is Klarna. They have their issues, but integration with WooCommerce was a breeze and people have come to exp
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Write out the whole thesis as headers and fill all the sections with Loren ipsums until you have the page count you want. Then, start filling in the real text
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I stumbled upon this when trying to get started with my master thesis. In frustration, I threw a bunch of buzzwords and random thoughts at LaTeX and then stashed it for a day or two. After that, I picked it up, looked at it critically and w
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Not up to speed on the specifics, but don’t the insurances always have $x000 copayments?
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Exactly. 20% ON TOP of your salary. It’s baked in to the US salary. Sure, it doesn’t account for the whole delta but it’s not nothing.
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by fastbeef 7y ago
> I don't personally care about daycare and college savings as I'm not planning to have kids Right. But you ARE going to get old and sick and someone else’s children are going to take care of you. You probably want them educate
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I’m not, but GP seems to be. edit: alright, it was a bit snarky, but he’s basically advocating government intervention so can get more time off from work to run the household
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Not income tax, payroll tax, the tax the employer pays for having employees. Most people are not even aware of this existing. It the one marked “Employer” in this table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Salaries in the US are pre-payroll taxes, post in EU. Also not included in US salaries: daycare, healthcare, college savings. Is see this trope all the time, but it’s an illusion. Compare apples to apples. Edit: Payroll tax != income tax. M
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by fastbeef 7y ago
> What I’d like to see is the government doing more to make it possible for all working women with families to better balance their lives. Or, you know, the dads could pitch in with running the household.
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Ask HN: Why did you quit your job(s)?
16 points by fastbeef 7y ago|24 comments
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Any other third party with funding on the level of FBI
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by fastbeef 7y ago
> It's not safe to grow veggies and grains with human manures. Not true. My wife does research on this and post-sewage treatment dried sludge actually has better values than some of the food the used as reference samples.
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by fastbeef 7y ago
So do you consider HN social media or not?
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Man, I must be getting old, because more and more often something like this pops up and it strikes me that this has been done before. In this case, I was flying through the file system like nobodies business in 1991 with Norton Commander[0]
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I remember it as 1/12th of a Kessel Run, easy peasy
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by fastbeef 7y ago
UK's at the verge of Brexit and my hunch is things like immigration are going to be super messy for years to come. Just a heads up.
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Seems like a crazy amount of risk for $200?
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by fastbeef 7y ago
It’s not a software system, but rather me figuring out and abstracting away stuff like payroll, taxes, bookkeeping, client acquisition, insurances , pensions and everything else that makes developers’ palms sweaty when they think about goin
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Correct, curse you autocorrect!
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Personal preference, I perceive Office as much more polished and integrated that Google Apps. Plus, I get the native versions as well
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by fastbeef 7y ago
Where I’m located (northern EU) consultant is a fancy word for contractor. However, due to the shortage of people I can charge 95€/hour where the fully loaded cost for an employee is around 30-40€/hour. We’re all run-of-the-mill .
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I suspect this is wildly individual. I myself prefer down pillows while my wife sleeps on one filled with wheat. My second favorite pillow is actually the IKEA Kornvallmo.
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by fastbeef 7y ago
I don’t know if I’ve “made it”, but two years ago I started a small consultancy which increased my per-hour billing to almost triple compared to when I was an employee doing the same thing. I use this extra cash flow to work 25-30 hour week
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by fastbeef 7y ago
1) quality pillow (upping my sleep game has been a life changer) 2) password manager 3) office365 instead of google docs
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by fastbeef 7y ago
There are commercial license key libraries that solve this for you. It’s been years since I used them so I’m not qualified to make suggestions

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