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There's an older game called Kohan you could check out. Click speed is not super important compared to positioning and company builds. Doubt there's a multiplayer scene, but I have…

Stormlight Archives are his latest and greatest. I'd recommend those if you were a wheel of time fan, or you could start with Mistborn. They're set in the same universe but it's no…

Corporations that have paid over $9 billion in wage theft penalties since 2000.... https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdfs/...

My family healthcare coverage at my "decent paying job" at a software company in the US cost me about $13,000 out of pocket in 2018 including employee premium and medical cost befo…

Plus EU taxes often cover healthcare so there's another huge chunk of change gone for US residents when comparing.

I was not warned, and was a little put off when we started receiving endless "notices" that listed the exact loan balance at closing.

NC does the same thing. And if you buy a house, expect to receive endless junk mail disguised as mortgage documentation.

Installed raspbian then stored it in the closet for 4 years unused

Now if they would bring that HUD to some of the lower trims..

Check out this article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/11/30/when-use...

We did the timeout when our 2 yr old first hit new baby and it reduce the behavior short term, but we also had our 2 year old start holding the newborn (with assistance) while givi…

The purpose of a timeout for toddlers / small children is to have a negative (but not harmful) consequence they understand so they can make a choice as to whether to continue a cer…

If you are angry for hours maybe try going to exercise or meditate(fixing this issue is actually one of the goals of meditation) or something, but that is above my pay grade. With …

>* Timeouts rarely work. This is entirely opposite of my experience. We do timeouts for harmful things (like hitting newborn baby brother, running into the street) or if he is havi…

Great material! I should have said it's not JUST a handbook.

This is a great tool, inspired I'm sure by the transparency of others like 37signals. It is not a "company handbook", it's: 1) A recruitment tool 2) Marketing

TIL there is a search on HN after more than 6 years of browsing...never noticed it

Anecdotally, those $5 Costco chickens are bigger than competitors' $6.49 rotisserie chickens

Where? Somewhere with decent jobs or do you need a remote gig?

>Americans are becoming too rational ...maybe you have not noticed who is currently the US president?

Depends on the airline and the route. On long haul flights on Emirates, who's known for the inflight system, everybody is using it.

I haven't looked recently, but at least a couple years ago salaries in LA were terrible compared to the COL.

This can be done with practice. There are several meditative practices to overcome an obsession with transient thoughts. Check out Daoist meditation as a start: https://en.wikipedi…

Conceptually, yes. Most mid and large manufacturers are using gov-sponsored programs that allow deferral of duties and VAT/other taxes until final sale. Source; I work in global tr…

It's more complex than that - it almost seems more like the US is made of 50 countries with open borders. I've lived in 3 different states and each is different in terms of tax. Th…