sombrero_john

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by sombrero_john 1y ago
Your personal experience does not line up with the empirical evidence at all. Some people are (much) smarter than others. It sucks, but that's life.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
There are many teachers, social workers, and bartenders living on the UWS. Hardly the top 0.1%.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
Way too much friction. I don't have the luxury of going "off the map" for a week.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
You answered your own question. IT staff is expensive, a SaaS subscription less-so.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
Ulysses is the kind of book people read just so they can tell other people that they read it.
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
We are providing users with valuable features at a faster rate, saving them and us time, which is a far more valuable asset than "the user's battery, CPU, memory, bandwidth, the company's cloud costs and energy usage".
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by sombrero_john 1y ago
> Instead of writing better software, which might slow down development, just spend more money. Except this is unironically a great value proposition.
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
You must be younger than 31 to qualify for training as an ATC: https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-are-age-requirements-individual...
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
> A comment I read about the study suggested the conclusion that men take more risks while women take bigger risks. Or women's weaker musculoskeletal systems provide less protection against blunt force trauma?
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
Dig a little deeper into your dataset and you will find that the reason these people didn't end up homeless is because most of them have well-off / supportive families, trust funds, or Ivy League degrees. That said I agree that pe
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As America's Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms(nytimes.com)
6 points by sombrero_john 2y ago|1 comments
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
Most people don't know about the massive lawsuit.
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
Restaurants are more expensive than ever.
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by sombrero_john 2y ago
A well-designed product will sell better than a slightly-less-well-designed product
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
What kind of toll are you talking about?
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
Good enough for local development
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
OP is obviously ranting because they are frustrated and dejected. Have a little empathy.
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
lol
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
Those examples are different because they are not voluntary entrances into status limbo. They are just examples of loss of status.
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
Being the "fun" guy is cool up until about the age of 25, and even then you aren't really taken seriously in the dating world. After that, a potential mate will take the stable, serious guy 9 times out of 10.
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
I call that "dating". Just for fun -- make a Hinge profile and set your first picture to one of you in a white coat with a stethoscope around your neck. Watch the likes pile up, and then come back and tell me that "no-one car
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
Everyone cares about status, consciously or subconsciously.
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by sombrero_john 3y ago
The ability to enter and exit "status limbo" is a sign of high status. Most people don't have the luxury of quitting their job to "explore something new".