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muninn_

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About muninn_

I'm an engineer. I enjoy playing tennis, skiing, and keeping up with current events. I also enjoy discussing urban planning and design, technology, economics, and metaphysics.

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    Comment #16465530

    Sure but when you take all factors into consideration it may not be worth the cost.

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    Comment #16456900

    So you’re advocating for the US to restrict immigration to only highly-skilled migrants? Would you be ok deporting non-engineer Dreamers?

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    Comment #16456889

    Ok so stay in India and build businesses in India. What’s so difficult about this for you? You’re not entitled to move to another country nor am I. If we have too many people from …

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    Comment #16456837

    Incredibly poor rebuttal. 1. Saying “you’re unaware and I’m too lazy to post links” means you don’t know enough (and no I don’t care if you’ve immigrated before) to discuss the poi…

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    Comment #16456037

    No. I mean people who are African from Africa and Hispanics as colloquially defined. Should Indian engineers get precedence over them?

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    Comment #16455911

    You’re implying we should just welcome every Indian to the country. Sorry I’m more concerned with making sure Africans and Hispanics can make it here. Maybe Canada should do the sa…

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    Comment #16455842

    Ok so Canada makes it easy for high-skilled while US makes it easy for low skilled. What’s the problem? Should we deport and restrict immigration unless you’re high skilled? The po…

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    Comment #16455802

    how do I get permanent residency in Switzerland? Can I come there as an unskilled migrant if my family is there or if I just want to because I’m a refugee? Get real. The US has the…

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    Comment #16455764

    Should we restrict immigration to high-skilled laborers then? Do you discuss this openly with social justice warriors in SF and VC? And I think instead of moving to Canada you shou…

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    Comment #16455750

    > implying doctor’s don’t want 6-figure salaries The manufacturing operations-ization of hospitals is both good and bad. Good because that means we have standard care (as desired b…

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    Comment #16454571

    Where immigrants come from matters too - family-based system vs points-based system.

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    Comment #16453757

    Intuitively do you believe it's easier to govern a group of people with very different opinions and very different backgrounds and socioeconomic status, or easier?

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    Comment #16438314

    I don't disagree with you here. You're right that employers pay for vacation - what I wanted to convey was that a flexible schedule is part of the workplace expectations that are s…

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    Comment #16437534

    >Female dominated jobs have less flexibility on average then male dominated jobs. It is mostly that primary caregivers after they have children need more flexibility, but original …

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    Comment #16429489

    Sorry but this is completely ridiculous and disingenuously undermines the OP's very good point. First, even if some Americans don't support universal healthcare, that doesn't mean …

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    Comment #16414587

    Then the correct approach is "you are likely not ready for this material, I recommend you do XYZ and come back". There's no problem with telling a reader they are not ready for a t…

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    Comment #16414434

    Save your trolling for elsewhere

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    Comment #16413740

    > That's not very rational. Don't need to be rational. Human beings aren't rational. > That your feelings are hurt has no impact on how good or bad the book is. It could be a great…

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    Comment #16412864

    >now would be an excellent time to leave What does the author gain from this statement? Now, if I were to be interested in this book, I would now be not interested and would encour…

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    Comment #16407797

    Well, because they want to have their cake and eat it too. "Everybody has a voice, we're accepting of all cultures, everybody is welcome" etc.. until they aren't. And believe it or…

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    Comment #16407639

    Which could be a fine solution, except one or more groups still are making rules which affect the lives of all of the other groups. So disengaging means letting other groups you ma…

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    Comment #16403359

    It's also in your nature to murder other humans, steal things, and participate in all sorts of mischief. If you're of a certain disposition it's in your nature to rape children, ma…

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    Comment #16403129

    Agreed, though we will all need to pray that GPU costs come down - I saw 1080s on Amazon going for $1400 the other day, granted it was just a spot check and I’m sure it’s cheaper e…

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    Comment #16392236

    It’s ok to have Western-centric views when your an English-speaking person from a Western country.

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    Comment #16380138

    >And the reason they're not leaving and don't want to leave? Where else are you going to connect up with old friends and remote family members? Pick up the phone. There's FaceTime,…