Same here. When I heard about the large Buddha sculptures in Bamyan Valley (Afghanistan) destroyed by the Taliban, my heart sank.
I am not sad for these particular investors, because they could've become very rich if it had taken off. With great chance for cash comes great risk of losing it and they knew it. I do feel for the early adopters,…
Related question: is there a limit on email address length? Like a real fundamental limit, not arbitrary decisions Gmail or Yahoo folks might have come up with.
With the internet, most education is free. When we pay education, we mainly pay for 1) exclusivity (there are not a million other people attending Harvard) and 2) standards (standard exams within an accredited…
That depends on how often you do need to contact them. If you don't call/text/IM them, then you could have no contact info and not miss it. I also think that it is relatively easy to find somebody's phone number once…
I have gone cold turkey from Facebook, after years of checking/updating multiple times a day. And it wasn't hard, because I just realized that I wasn't interested in the lives of the 80% "acquantainces" any more. The…
That is actually a good point. I wondered why the US is so adamant about its citizens paying taxes while living abroad. Theoretically - you are not taking advantage of any of the US infrastructure like roads and parks…
replying to iNeal: really? My school turns my school.edu to alum.school.edu.
It's only in the US that I have seen advertisements for a product include direct bashing of a competitor's product. I am not talking about a list of features where you show in which way yours is superior; that is still…
True, but eventually the hardware PIN has to become a software PIN that will be transmitted. Why is it more difficult to sniff out hardware PINs?
This is curious, why can it only be entered in hardware? Is it a safety precaution?
I find myself agreeing with you on many things. I first noticed your username after the real-googler discussion and what you saw at Google is so similar to what I saw in my job in a bank. Without external or positional…
I am planning on doing a PhD because of financial benefits in the long run. Here's why: - Immediate respect. It is harder to question the authority of a (technical) PhD. This is much more pronounced in 3rd world…
I kind of find myself being more sympathetic to landlords in this case. Yes, if everyone did that there wouldn't be any space to live, but looking for short-term subleasers is also a lot more risky. They need to be…
Can I ask what led you to dropping out? The parent commenter is not so irrational - he can always go back. But you, if you actually dropped out (and not simply taken a "leave of absence") and if it was actually your…
I hope Tesla wins. I hate these made-by-middlemen-to-protect-middlemen laws. Recently in Turkey, there was a huge fight between banks and goldsmiths because banks decided to trade gold as well at better rates than…
I agree. The goal of increased education doesn't make sense to me - increased potential for future prosperity should be a goal in my opinion.
The stigma might be associated with jealousy. I know I would be annoyed if the median income of a HS-degree profession were higher than my college-degree income. If not watched carefully, that would lead to thinking…
I like this, even though I'm not in the user demographic, I hope you get lots of users!
The sports car thing must be a phase. I can't wait for the day I walk in to a dealer and drive out with an Audi R8 Spyder. And I am very non-luxurious with the rest of my expenses.
50,000 cars sold globally makes it the best selling electric car? I thought that number was very low and then I googled some stats - it seems that the mini cooper for example sells ~100,000 cars per year. Somehow I'd…
I agree that employers are way too nosy these days. Drug tests, background checks, credit score checks are personal; employers shouldn't be able to request them even. It should be taboo, like asking religion. The need…
I have a credit card that had the contactless payment feature. It is more convenient, but the lack of 2 FA (have card, know PIN) made it really weird to use. Eventually I turned off the contactless feature (via the…
I interned at a big telcom and worked at a bank. Amount of crappy software that needs to be used is mindboggling. Amount of money that is spent to license that crapware is even more mind boggling. There is a real market…
ok, in which countries do sex workers identify themselves with their name and actual profession and it is completely ok? likewho would even create a profile like this? don't other families don't trash her as a bad…
Same here. When I heard about the large Buddha sculptures in Bamyan Valley (Afghanistan) destroyed by the Taliban, my heart sank.
I am not sad for these particular investors, because they could've become very rich if it had taken off. With great chance for cash comes great risk of losing it and they knew it. I do feel for the early adopters,…
Related question: is there a limit on email address length? Like a real fundamental limit, not arbitrary decisions Gmail or Yahoo folks might have come up with.
With the internet, most education is free. When we pay education, we mainly pay for 1) exclusivity (there are not a million other people attending Harvard) and 2) standards (standard exams within an accredited…
That depends on how often you do need to contact them. If you don't call/text/IM them, then you could have no contact info and not miss it. I also think that it is relatively easy to find somebody's phone number once…
I have gone cold turkey from Facebook, after years of checking/updating multiple times a day. And it wasn't hard, because I just realized that I wasn't interested in the lives of the 80% "acquantainces" any more. The…
That is actually a good point. I wondered why the US is so adamant about its citizens paying taxes while living abroad. Theoretically - you are not taking advantage of any of the US infrastructure like roads and parks…
replying to iNeal: really? My school turns my school.edu to alum.school.edu.
It's only in the US that I have seen advertisements for a product include direct bashing of a competitor's product. I am not talking about a list of features where you show in which way yours is superior; that is still…
True, but eventually the hardware PIN has to become a software PIN that will be transmitted. Why is it more difficult to sniff out hardware PINs?
This is curious, why can it only be entered in hardware? Is it a safety precaution?
I find myself agreeing with you on many things. I first noticed your username after the real-googler discussion and what you saw at Google is so similar to what I saw in my job in a bank. Without external or positional…
I am planning on doing a PhD because of financial benefits in the long run. Here's why: - Immediate respect. It is harder to question the authority of a (technical) PhD. This is much more pronounced in 3rd world…
I kind of find myself being more sympathetic to landlords in this case. Yes, if everyone did that there wouldn't be any space to live, but looking for short-term subleasers is also a lot more risky. They need to be…
Can I ask what led you to dropping out? The parent commenter is not so irrational - he can always go back. But you, if you actually dropped out (and not simply taken a "leave of absence") and if it was actually your…
I hope Tesla wins. I hate these made-by-middlemen-to-protect-middlemen laws. Recently in Turkey, there was a huge fight between banks and goldsmiths because banks decided to trade gold as well at better rates than…
I agree. The goal of increased education doesn't make sense to me - increased potential for future prosperity should be a goal in my opinion.
The stigma might be associated with jealousy. I know I would be annoyed if the median income of a HS-degree profession were higher than my college-degree income. If not watched carefully, that would lead to thinking…
I like this, even though I'm not in the user demographic, I hope you get lots of users!
The sports car thing must be a phase. I can't wait for the day I walk in to a dealer and drive out with an Audi R8 Spyder. And I am very non-luxurious with the rest of my expenses.
50,000 cars sold globally makes it the best selling electric car? I thought that number was very low and then I googled some stats - it seems that the mini cooper for example sells ~100,000 cars per year. Somehow I'd…
I agree that employers are way too nosy these days. Drug tests, background checks, credit score checks are personal; employers shouldn't be able to request them even. It should be taboo, like asking religion. The need…
I have a credit card that had the contactless payment feature. It is more convenient, but the lack of 2 FA (have card, know PIN) made it really weird to use. Eventually I turned off the contactless feature (via the…
I interned at a big telcom and worked at a bank. Amount of crappy software that needs to be used is mindboggling. Amount of money that is spent to license that crapware is even more mind boggling. There is a real market…
ok, in which countries do sex workers identify themselves with their name and actual profession and it is completely ok? likewho would even create a profile like this? don't other families don't trash her as a bad…