That is so stupid and cool at the same time
The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million
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What leads you to believe that? I haven't been there but the plaque seen in the picture just says: Have you ever wondered what one million dollars looks like? You don’t have to wonder anymore because you can see it right in front of you! That does not say nor in my mind even implicate that these would be valid dollars. It just wants you to be able to "see" what a million would look like. For all we know they printed…
Because that’s the entire appeal of the structure, the fact that it’s filled with a million dollars.
I don't think that's true.
The appeal of the structure is the belief that it's actually a million dollars ;)
But as many things in life, it's probably just a nice facade.
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Every time I hear it, it befuddles me just like the first time. It seems like a syntax error or something. My mind literally reels, like the idea is a fish and I can nearly feel the fishing line drag but the syntax and grammar isn’t rigidly applied, and so I can’t increase the tension or the line will snap, as it isn’t rated for this hefty and impactful of an idea as when something occurs specifically. I don’t know i…
It's like saying "half ten" instead of "ten thirty". There's a missing word, it's "half past ten", it's "friday next week".
In Norwegian that means 9:30. It is indeed very common, that’s how we say every x:30. It’s «halfway to ten» or something.
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Point me to these "nothing on my end" jobs and I will write software and make recordings that trigger the phrase at the right moment, lol
I definitely know people who do almost nothing (they mostly show up to meetings and don't talk), and get paid really well because they can tell stories decently about their impact, and nobody seemingly has the stomach to throw them under the bus. I get paid better than them for sure, but I'm also at risk of getting laid off because of the practical upshot of being a top contributor. I am sure I will eventually get la…
> I'm also at risk of getting laid off because of the practical upshot of being a top contributor
Can you explain this to my pea brain?
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Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million
#577Calvin: trust me, I know more than the Fed and I used AI account this pile of cash
Also Calvin: can't make a basic functioning webpage that doesn't crash
The absolute state.
Re: The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million
#578Earlier quoted context omitted.
I definitely know people who do almost nothing (they mostly show up to meetings and don't talk), and get paid really well because they can tell stories decently about their impact, and nobody seemingly has the stomach to throw them under the bus. I get paid better than them for sure, but I'm also at risk of getting laid off because of the practical upshot of being a top contributor. I am sure I will eventually get la…
> I'm also at risk of getting laid off because of the practical upshot of being a top contributor Can you explain this to my pea brain?
Layoffs which are for cost savings sometimes target people with high salaries, because you can save more money with a single person being laid off. Those types of layoffs target the top earners and bottom performers.
I have seen it. People who have been with the company for decades, people who were principal level, people who always had awesome performance reviews.