I think it's just the inevitability of any site that starts gaining mass appeal. It's the heat death of the universe: you can try and stop it, but entropy will increase no matter what. Sure, zealous moderators can be a…
Not to sound like a complete dick, but... duh? Is this a controversial opinion really from a finance perspective? I was under the impression that almost all arguments surrounding rent control are: 1) Moral/legal…
Obviously also applicable to SF and Manhattan/Brooklyn. It's interesting to compare this to other cities: a cursory glance at LA craigslist shows some apartments in nice areas that would easily cost twice as much in…
Man. If there was ever a guy I feel awful for, it's moot. Maybe awful isn't the right word, but sympathetic for. Short of doing something incredibly brilliant in the future (which I wouldn't put beyond him), his life…
> well-developed, deep setting. > And in the end you don't save the world or some such nonsense. You simply conclude your own story, and life goes on. I guess I don't see those two as being at odds - I think it's…
Nothing silly about it. It's a very stark reminder that death doesn't just take the old, or the chronically infirm, or the careless. Sometimes it's very swift, subtle, and brutal. We could easily be diagnosed with…
> Lawyers and doctors are asked trivial questions just a handful of times in their careers during their bar examinations and boards. Of course, this obviously means there are examinations and governing boards that…
> I've made life long friends with some of my clients. That, more than anything else on this list, has made consulting special to me. Hah, I had the exact opposite experience freelancing straight out of college, and…
Hey! I'm a New Yorker who has definitely lived in apartments this small. I currently live in a studio that's 325 sq ft. I also live pretty minimally, so it's actually not that bad. I have room for a bed, a small desk, a…
I suppose I'm more curious about the 'racist' part of it. 'Xenophobic', perhaps, but 'racism' doesn't really seem to be at the root of their statement. I also worry that sometimes the 'r' word gets thrown around too…
> The salaries of professors, lecturers Most professors don't earn that much money[1], unfortunately. > college employees, construction workers, Why do you think it's going to them? For reference, the average salary of…
> My question was, what is the macro impact of them defaulting on student loans. My mistake, I thought your question was more about the impact of student loan debt as a whole on the economy going forward. My point was…
> Current students paying money to the college is stimulating the economy Ehh, it's stimulating the higher education economy. And even that's debatable depending on how that influx of money gets spent: Paying 100 extra…
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. I'm guessing you have easily a small mortgage in student loan debt =\, which is probably not that uncommon these days. (if not you're totally getting screwed on interest rates)
> doesn't threaten the rest of the economy in the same way that housing loans did I dunno about that - it's probably just a lot more insidious and less panic-y. Adults repaying student loans aren't spending that money…
> the aversion to debt isn't occurring very fast considering that outstanding auto load debt is around 886 billion dollars. Credit card debt in 2014 was very similar, with an average of 7k per household. I can't pull up…
What was racist about that?
> In Austin, nothing on the menu is above $12 at Midnight Cowboy or The Garage. Now compare that to the other cities on this list. I dunno if that's a great metric - or maybe it is and Austin's more expensive than you…
Sure, and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's not a jackass and perhaps just phrased things in a way that set off an alarm in my head. If I really thought he was a total git, I wouldn't have responded at…
This is strange to me. Granted I haven't worked in the minimum-wage service sector for awhile (high school), but this still seems strange to me. We used to have this problem too: > any fast-food restaurants and other…
> living cost is not at the same rate I knew this was going to be brought up, but it's not enough to overcome the monumental salary gap. Your example of developers earning "$2k" just made me think that I invest $2k a…
My experience working at a startup that started out outsourced and slowly started adding inhouse developers: It was mostly a mess. 1) Time/Cultural/Language barriers are inevitably the biggest problem. Want an answer to…
> But software engineering doesn't have that. I actually wonder if (and subsequently when) software will move in that direction, though. As computers become more and more involved in systems where loss of life is…
I think it's just the inevitability of any site that starts gaining mass appeal. It's the heat death of the universe: you can try and stop it, but entropy will increase no matter what. Sure, zealous moderators can be a…
Not to sound like a complete dick, but... duh? Is this a controversial opinion really from a finance perspective? I was under the impression that almost all arguments surrounding rent control are: 1) Moral/legal…
Obviously also applicable to SF and Manhattan/Brooklyn. It's interesting to compare this to other cities: a cursory glance at LA craigslist shows some apartments in nice areas that would easily cost twice as much in…
Man. If there was ever a guy I feel awful for, it's moot. Maybe awful isn't the right word, but sympathetic for. Short of doing something incredibly brilliant in the future (which I wouldn't put beyond him), his life…
> well-developed, deep setting. > And in the end you don't save the world or some such nonsense. You simply conclude your own story, and life goes on. I guess I don't see those two as being at odds - I think it's…
Nothing silly about it. It's a very stark reminder that death doesn't just take the old, or the chronically infirm, or the careless. Sometimes it's very swift, subtle, and brutal. We could easily be diagnosed with…
> Lawyers and doctors are asked trivial questions just a handful of times in their careers during their bar examinations and boards. Of course, this obviously means there are examinations and governing boards that…
> I've made life long friends with some of my clients. That, more than anything else on this list, has made consulting special to me. Hah, I had the exact opposite experience freelancing straight out of college, and…
Hey! I'm a New Yorker who has definitely lived in apartments this small. I currently live in a studio that's 325 sq ft. I also live pretty minimally, so it's actually not that bad. I have room for a bed, a small desk, a…
I suppose I'm more curious about the 'racist' part of it. 'Xenophobic', perhaps, but 'racism' doesn't really seem to be at the root of their statement. I also worry that sometimes the 'r' word gets thrown around too…
> The salaries of professors, lecturers Most professors don't earn that much money[1], unfortunately. > college employees, construction workers, Why do you think it's going to them? For reference, the average salary of…
> My question was, what is the macro impact of them defaulting on student loans. My mistake, I thought your question was more about the impact of student loan debt as a whole on the economy going forward. My point was…
> Current students paying money to the college is stimulating the economy Ehh, it's stimulating the higher education economy. And even that's debatable depending on how that influx of money gets spent: Paying 100 extra…
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. I'm guessing you have easily a small mortgage in student loan debt =\, which is probably not that uncommon these days. (if not you're totally getting screwed on interest rates)
> doesn't threaten the rest of the economy in the same way that housing loans did I dunno about that - it's probably just a lot more insidious and less panic-y. Adults repaying student loans aren't spending that money…
> the aversion to debt isn't occurring very fast considering that outstanding auto load debt is around 886 billion dollars. Credit card debt in 2014 was very similar, with an average of 7k per household. I can't pull up…
What was racist about that?
> In Austin, nothing on the menu is above $12 at Midnight Cowboy or The Garage. Now compare that to the other cities on this list. I dunno if that's a great metric - or maybe it is and Austin's more expensive than you…
Sure, and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he's not a jackass and perhaps just phrased things in a way that set off an alarm in my head. If I really thought he was a total git, I wouldn't have responded at…
This is strange to me. Granted I haven't worked in the minimum-wage service sector for awhile (high school), but this still seems strange to me. We used to have this problem too: > any fast-food restaurants and other…
> living cost is not at the same rate I knew this was going to be brought up, but it's not enough to overcome the monumental salary gap. Your example of developers earning "$2k" just made me think that I invest $2k a…
My experience working at a startup that started out outsourced and slowly started adding inhouse developers: It was mostly a mess. 1) Time/Cultural/Language barriers are inevitably the biggest problem. Want an answer to…
> But software engineering doesn't have that. I actually wonder if (and subsequently when) software will move in that direction, though. As computers become more and more involved in systems where loss of life is…