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by probablynish 1y ago
> None of the gear in this article is particularly cheap. The $4 baseball cap isn't bad :) Darn Tough socks are also arguably also pretty cheap over a lifetime of use since the company mails you a free replacement pair if you wear o
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Claude.md: one big file vs. linking to project docs(ntharani.com)
2 points by probablynish 1y ago|0 comments
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by probablynish 2y ago
Hi Peter - a followup question if I may. Do you think that this kind of "solo entrepreneur" business model would be a good fit for the E2 visa? In particular, where the individual does not envision employing any other people, nor
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by probablynish 2y ago
Thank you!
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by probablynish 2y ago
Hi Peter - I understand that it's possible for recent STEM graduates to be self-employed, or a 1-man C-Corp, for the first year of their post-completion OPT. But in the 2 year STEM extension, it seems that you need a distinct superviso
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by probablynish 2y ago
This is not really a fair comparison - even without a congestion toll, people have to pay to drive on a road. They need to buy the car, pay for its maintenance, fill it with gas, pay for insurance, pay annual registration fees to help maint
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by probablynish 2y ago
What if some AI generated content is...good?
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by probablynish 3y ago
Oops. Didn't mean to push so strongly then. Sorry grecy!
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by probablynish 3y ago
Depending on your background and circumstances, there are ways to opt out of the race to a greater/lesser degree. Moving to a cheaper city in your country, or a cheaper country altogether, is one of them. Finding a less stressful way o
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by probablynish 3y ago
Ah, I see - same question though, I'm curious which citizenship you eventually acquired without stepping foot in the country? BTW I spent the last 15 mins enjoying your blog, particularly the entries on Tanzania (I grew up there). Glad
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by probablynish 3y ago
> I continued to do so because I was working towards permanent residency in another country. I'm curious, what country let you work towards permanent residency without you being physically present in it? (Sounds like you were drivin
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by probablynish 3y ago
Most individuals like being able to acquire more goods and services. A lot follows from there
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by probablynish 3y ago
If induced demand for housing were accepted, it might expose how weak an argument it is against road use. 'Lets not build more roads because it allows more people to make journeys they want to make'?
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by probablynish 3y ago
> Every foreign employee getting that tech job is a US citizen from the Midwest not getting it. This concentration of high paid tech jobs would not exist in the first place if it weren't for the foreigners. Look at the number of tec
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by probablynish 3y ago
I interned at a company that can hire H1Bs. They do so often. My manager and several coworkers were not US citizens. I received the hourly equivalent of more than $78k/yr, with a great working environment. I'm not sure what your c
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by probablynish 3y ago
The article says that most of these approvals are going to tech entrepreneurs / startup founders. The effect of this seems to be to create new companies that otherwise wouldn't have existed, spurring demand for tech workers. The n
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by probablynish 3y ago
NY has a lot of finance/law/consulting businesses that California doesn’t have as much of. It’s possible that the effect of banning non competes would be different for different industries
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by probablynish 3y ago
Ha yeah I was looking for the explanation of how he just leaves with the persons phone after they hand it to him to swap socials.
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A convicted iPhone thief explains how a vulnerability in iOS got him fast cash(wsj.com)
2 points by probablynish 3y ago|3 comments
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by probablynish 3y ago
If you're considering not just tech, but the general mindset of being somewhere that builds/produces things that other people use, as opposed to just industries of middlemen who skim off the top, then I'd argue India also has
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by probablynish 3y ago
It's tempting to read just the headline and see an opportunity to express your views on the great Europe vs US online debate (everyone has a take), but the article does have an interesting thesis. > If you wanted to regulate AI, I t
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by probablynish 3y ago
Do you think there's a better way to do this than spending some time playing around with the latest releases of different tools?
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by probablynish 3y ago
Yep, probably true, but the government redistributing income is in itself kind of part of our economic system.
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by probablynish 3y ago
> So you trust in what you already have faith in? That's not a source that inspires confidence in our discourse. I trust central bankers to not straight up make up or lie about facts, because I worked in one and formed an impression
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by probablynish 3y ago
I agree that a lot of the net wealth increase came from asset prices going up, but your original comment said "don't actually own the assets they utilize" which is not the case as evidenced by the data I linked. You can also
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by probablynish 3y ago
Net wealth is basically the value of all the assets you own, minus all the debt you have. The data ( https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf23.pdf ) just doesn't support what you said. Even with
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by probablynish 3y ago
> Unlike many things in life, your progress is almost entirely dependent on your consistency and the effort invested This really resonates with me. Not powerlifting myself, but I have a strength training routine at the gym with the goal
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by probablynish 3y ago
Median net household wealth increase far more than mean net household wealth in the 2019-2022 period: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/scf23.pdf Mean: about +22% Median: about +35% Median within t
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by probablynish 3y ago
Median household net worth increased by 35% from 2019 to 2022, adjusted for inflation. For the bottom quartile of households, the median household net worth increased by a whopping 900%. Pessimism seems to be in vogue right now (or maybe al
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by probablynish 3y ago
Thanks, that makes sense. I wonder to what extent the two rates are directly linked - household savings coming from direct govt transfers like covid stimulus checks and student debt forgiveness.

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