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sombrero_john
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Comment #45226196
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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Comment #45199794
Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country.
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Comment #45199705
There are many teachers, social workers, and bartenders living on the UWS. Hardly the top 0.1%.
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Comment #45173887
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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Comment #45173562
Way too much friction. I don't have the luxury of going "off the map" for a week.
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Comment #44501499
You answered your own question. IT staff is expensive, a SaaS subscription less-so.
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Comment #44312991
Ulysses is the kind of book people read just so they can tell other people that they read it.
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Comment #43853547
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 co…
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Comment #43834689
> 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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Comment #42939133
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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Comment #42151395
> 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 protectio…
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Comment #41905685
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…
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Comment #40788829
Most people don't know about the massive lawsuit.
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Comment #40659645
Restaurants are more expensive than ever.
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Comment #40072178
A well-designed product will sell better than a slightly-less-well-designed product
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Comment #39697201
What kind of toll are you talking about?
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Comment #39592808
Good enough for local development
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Comment #39338619
OP is obviously ranting because they are frustrated and dejected. Have a little empathy.
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