pthomas551

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by pthomas551 6y ago
India is a regulatory nightmare. It's more likely to be Tokyo or Seoul. Maybe Sydney but from a geographic perspective Australia isn't exactly ideal.
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by pthomas551 6y ago
Yep, an obsession with (the appearance of) "hard work" and "frugality" combined with hardcore nepotism is the Midwestern way.
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by pthomas551 6y ago
SLAs and maybe even company politics. Incidents are politicized at a lot of companies. Even if the official rhetoric says "when it comes to incidents we don't blame people and there are no politics" the reality is often the c
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by pthomas551 6y ago
Maybe this is true if you are stuck with roommates, but given how terrible most open offices are now the bar is pretty low for home to be better. My home office in my small 2br city center apartment has a better monitor than the one at my o
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by pthomas551 6y ago
Yeah, but in Google's earnings call yesterday they said that the situation is stabilizing.
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by pthomas551 6y ago
FB mainsite is on the decline...in the US. Globally it's still going strong.
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by pthomas551 6y ago
Based on what we've heard from Google yesterday, and FB's Q1 results just now, it looks like the much heralded ad crunch is turning into not much more than a speed bump.
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by pthomas551 6y ago
You're making a sweeping assertion with zero evidence to back it up. One obvious counterpoint to this argument is that this recession was not caused by markets realizing that many publicly listed tech companies actually had no market a
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Was it really that hard to predict the Internet? SF authors picked up on it almost immediately.
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by pthomas551 7y ago
not sure Westerners are in a place to criticize given that we love to thoughtlessly appropriate Hindu/Buddhist imagery all over the place in our culture personally I love this aspect of Evangelion because it makes me examine my own ori
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Yeah, illegal cannabis growers are known for using incredibly toxic pesticides. Another reason to stick with licensed dispensaries.
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by pthomas551 7y ago
The thing is as startups mature and become enterprise level shops, they need people who know how to work with enterprise software. Guess who has all the experience with that? Yep, the people with 10+ years experience. My company is hiring v
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Plenty of women in hijabs in rural Minnesota these days. Depends on the town but in a lot of places it's no problem at all.
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by pthomas551 7y ago
It's a bit easier as an expat because there are lots of other expats also looking to meet people. Very freshman year of college type vibe in my experience. Your problem becomes less making friends, and instead ensuring you make the rig
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Yeah, written English corresponds to spoken English more than in a lot of other languages, where the vocabulary and grammar can vary considerably between the written and spoken word.
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Yep, it's extremely mistaken (but very American) to assume that American preferences on writing style prevail in all other languages and regions. To take one example, in written German the passive voice is often considered better style
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by pthomas551 7y ago
IMO, unless you really need to live in China for whatever reason, you should focus on starting a career in the States and getting an expat assignment in China. You will have a much more comfortable lifestyle and have something at home to go
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by pthomas551 7y ago
Yeah I'm no CCP supporter but sick of the bad takes on this. China has no national credit reporting system and it's very difficult to enforce civil court judgments across city/provincial lines. "Social credit" syste
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by pthomas551 8y ago
More like the Taiping Rebellion... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion#Death_toll
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, which is a Scientology-like cult. Their followers may be heavily oppressed in China, which is wrong, but it's still a cult. We're not talking about traditional performers who fled during the Cultural
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Lots of people today travel faster than 220mph between LA and SF; they take airplanes. The point is to take pressure off the airspace because it's already close to capacity, not to mention the visibility issues at SFO that mess things
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by pthomas551 8y ago
(Not) looking forward to CA millennials turning into NIMBYs when they inherit properties with super low Prop 13 tax assessments. Passive rental income with minimal property taxes is a hell of a drug..
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Well that and your labor market power is maximized in places where there are many potential employers. If you put down roots in a one company town, they can just tell you to go pound sand when you ask for a raise or promotion. Also, being i
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Having a project in the city database means little until shovels get put in the ground. Plenty of zombie projects are on the books in my town. Even if the project is active, it often takes years to get all the permits.
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by pthomas551 8y ago
I am divided on this. On the one hand straight up age discrimination is definitely a thing. A surprising number of startup types don't even know it is illegal so they are completely explicit about it. On the other hand, companies who e
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by pthomas551 8y ago
My experience in the US is that Thai restaurants are the best bet for Hainanese chicken rice. It’s not on the usual Thai restaurant menu so any place offering it is probably doing so because they have a passion for the dish and/or thei
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Have you been to Saravana Bhavan downtown?
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Uh, I’m not Singaporean and don’t live in Singapore any longer but good guess. You must have taken Uber more than a few weeks ago because it’s been shut down since late 2018. If you don’t believe me open up the app on your phone and try to
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Yeah, it’s clear you’ve never lived in Singapore. Lots of important places are inadequately served by transit including major universities, many major embassies, important employers, the best food centers, and many of the popular Western ex
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by pthomas551 8y ago
Where is there Ethiopian in Singapore? When I lived there I had to go up to Bangkok for my fix.

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