smm2000

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by smm2000 6y ago
To be fair, first Plato was born in aristocratic family and got best education possible at the time with private tutors. He definitely did not go to equivalent of 3rd tier university.
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by smm2000 6y ago
“Fortunately criticizing Putin isn't grounds for being assassinated, as can be seen by the literal millions of people in Russia who haven't been murdered yet. It's easy: be nobody and have a discussion about your political be
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by smm2000 6y ago
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by smm2000 6y ago
Giving cash back creates wrong incentives and you sign up different audience than if you offer airline miles. Airline miles are in demand for people who travel often (affluent) in comparison to people who wants to get $150 after signing up
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by smm2000 6y ago
Why not default? Also good lesson is to always do LLC for real estate investments.
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by smm2000 6y ago
Employers definitely need to know where you live to pay myriad of payroll taxes. if you lie, you commit tax fraud. It’s true virtually anywhere in the world - including all countries in Europe, not just US thing. You can often skirt law if
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by smm2000 6y ago
Tulsa is not geographically limited and has enough empty space for practically unlimited build out (similar to bay area or LA in 50 years ago). Tech in Tulsa will cause construction boom but not bay area house prices.
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by smm2000 6y ago
Many foreigners treat PhD and especially Masters program as a way to get visa and access to USA - doing actual research is secondary goal. $30k/year is poverty wage in US but solid pay for somebody from eastern europe, India or China.
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by smm2000 7y ago
You do not really spend much time in cabin - you are either outside the ship during stops or in restaurants/bars/deck/pool during sea time. Inside cabins are often amazing value and work well if you do not have kids.
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by smm2000 7y ago
I want to fully charge my phone in 1 minute. Is it possible with USB-C?
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by smm2000 7y ago
And average Google engineer work 15x harder than average WalMart employee in US and 200x harder than laborer in India.
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by smm2000 7y ago
5 acres in area where minimum lot is 5 acres is much cheaper than in area where minimum is 5k sq ft. In most areas you can’t subdivide lot - that’s the reason houses in Atherton on huge lots are so cheap (relatively).
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by smm2000 7y ago
There is argument that it's easier to build car now than in 60ies because car parts manufacturing was decentralized in 90ies. In 60ies vertically integrated car companies dominated market and you could not buy car parts at any price if
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by smm2000 7y ago
On iOS Google Maps go to Settings->Scales and set Map Scales to Always. No Google cartographers necessary.
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by smm2000 7y ago
Find country that need (but does not have yet) ICBM capabilities and pitch them that you can build rocket for them. They will provide all funding you will ever need.
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by smm2000 7y ago
It can be zero sum game short term (<1 months) but medium term (6 months) it's definitely not zero sum game. Pool of applicants that can be firemen includes all able-bodied males (and potentially female) 18-50 which is 10 million po
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by smm2000 7y ago
Pando failed as publication with last article from June and before that for a year or so all articles were written by Sarah so no money for journalists. It's not so much selling publication as selling web site with residual google traf
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by smm2000 7y ago
Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook has huge number of non corporate employees - if you exclude them the FANG club is more exclusive. Nobody boasts that they work as a picker at Amazon or content reviewer at FB.
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by smm2000 7y ago
Cost of coffee in cup of latte is less than 25cents and Starbucks sells latte for $4.5. I am sure Starbucks has small price advantage compared to local coffee shop but this advantage is minuscule for widely traded commodities like coffee, m
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by smm2000 8y ago
Vast majority of cars on the road and majority of new cars sold in US has no emergency braking assist. Who should we sentence every time somebody dies because of lack of EBA?
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by smm2000 8y ago
Why would you do it? Why not find new job before quitting? I understand that some people can thrive when poor but it clearly does not work (based on this comment) for you.
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by smm2000 8y ago
Author lost me on doorman. Doormen absolutely bring value and saying that doormen is bullshit job is the same as saying that waitress is a bullshit job - in the end customer is fully capable of bringing the food from the counter to his tabl
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by smm2000 9y ago
Rankings do not fairly represent quality of students when compared internationally. Very very few people will go to UB if he/she was accepted to Harvard/MIT so very few top students in US ends up in UB. University of Country (rank
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by smm2000 9y ago
Pretty much exactly the same thing happens with Asian students in US universities today - admission standards vary widely by ethnicity/race. Jews were 2% of population but 10-20%+ of university students. Reverse discrimination was a th
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by smm2000 9y ago
Throughput, expectation of service and number of tables/waiter are very different for coffeeshop/casual diner and place that sells $60 steak. In casual restaurant you can expect one waiter per 8 tables compared to 4 tables/wa
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by smm2000 9y ago
There are two things that I use to make economy flight bearable - Stand for 30 min, then sit for 30 min or so. You will be surprised by how much better you feel by the end of the flight. I just grab Kindle and read it standing in the isle o
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by smm2000 9y ago
$780/m lease is payment for 6 years pays for 60k car. More realistic lease payment is $200-$250/m. Average insurance in US is ~$100/m
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by smm2000 9y ago
Do you pay on par with Google, etc? Do potential employees sees salaries before negotiations?
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by smm2000 9y ago
So only ~2000 people in Finland make more money than run of the mill senior/staff software engineer at Google.
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by smm2000 9y ago
Are you in Bay Area/Seattle/NY? 200k total is not much for somebody with 10 years experience. Picking right employer and sticking with it could have netted you better pay.

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