barcadad (u/barcadad)

barcadad commented on Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis reuters.com/world/us/inju... · Posted by u/1cvmask

sillysaurusx · 4 years ago

I slept through three tornado sirens last night. It was pretty wild. The first one, I thought it was a test. (We have tests every month on the 1st.) But it wasn't until a few minutes in that I realized it was for real.

Then apparently I just... went to sleep? That wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. It went off a couple more times.

One strange thing was the realization that I had no idea where to turn for information. The fall of TV means that in a situation like that, there isn't any "tune to your local TV station" type broadcast. All you get is a tornado siren.

I imagine if nuclear armageddon ever happens, it'll be similar. Though at least with that, there'll be some information channel to turn to.

barcadad · 4 years ago

This is all so dumb that it feels like it must be a troll. You don’t need a TV to watch your local TV news. They have this newfangled thing called a website and they are also on twitter. Or try your local newspaper’s website, which will obviously cover live weather events. Sigh.

barcadad commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021) · Posted by u/whoishiring

barcadad · 4 years ago

Essex Property Trust | Data Science | SF Bay Area or Orange County, CA | Full-Time | https://www.essexapartmenthomes.com/careers

We are one of the leading owners of residential property on the West Coast and have a sector-leading Data & Analytics platform to support revenue growth across our Investment and Operational divisions.

If you're curious, with a strong background in data analytics (Python/R) and an interest in applying your skills in the real estate sector, we look forward to hearing from you! Positions are currently open at the individual contributor (Associate) and manager level (Sr. Manager).

barcadad commented on Oracle Moving HQ to Austin sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/... · Posted by u/whatok

raziel2701 · 5 years ago

Like what?

barcadad · 5 years ago

For example, Prop 13 in CA caps property tax increases on primary residences, which keeps people in their homes longer than they would otherwise stay, which in turn reduces the for sale inventory.

Another example is Trump's Tax Act, which capped "SALT" deductions (State and Local/Property Taxes). This impacts housing prices relative to rents because you can't deduct the full amount of your property tax in high value states like California.

These are two examples...

barcadad commented on Ask HN: I have $1M cash in my bank. How can I stretch it so I can retire? · Posted by u/archeantus

pbk1 · 5 years ago

0.6% compounded for 30 years would be barely $1.02M

barcadad · 5 years ago

Yeah, that math was miles off, apparently based on 6% (way too high), not 0.6% p.a.

barcadad commented on WTF Happened in 1971? (2019) wtfhappenedin1971.com/... · Posted by u/dgudkov

barcadad · 5 years ago

Many of those charts can be explained simply by demographics. Baby boomers entering the workforce (esp. the sharp growth in women workers) and starting families represented a huge transition. The OPEC shocks were also very important over the following several years.

barcadad commented on I thought I would have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 newyorker.com/humor/daily... · Posted by u/fergie

heavenlyblue · 5 years ago

> then be shocked when their reports come back at 2-3 hours or more.

That’s because I listen to a lot of Spotify.

barcadad · 5 years ago

The high school girl he interviews in that podcast was at 8 hours of screen time, led by TikTok, Insta, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snap, etc.

barcadad commented on I thought I would have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 newyorker.com/humor/daily... · Posted by u/fergie

PragmaticPulp · 5 years ago

I've been mentoring CS college students and new grad SWEs for a while. It's shocking to see how many of them perpetually feel like they're overwhelmed and short on time, yet they can't account for where they've actually spent their time. It's not uncommon for new grad SWEs to complain that an 8-hour work day is somehow consuming 100% of their weekday hours, leaving them without any time to do anything else. On further investigation, they're just being pulled into Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, TV, and video games for far more time than they realize. It's almost like those activities are subtracting 6+ hours out of their day without them realizing it.

Nobody likes to be told that they're wasting their free time, but I've had mild success encouraging people to use basic time tracking utilities like the Screen Time feature in iOS. It's eye-opening to watch people estimate their daily screen time around 30 minutes and then be shocked when their reports come back at 2-3 hours or more.

Of course, some amount of leisure activity is necessary throughout the day. It's important to not shame people for spending time on things they enjoy (Hacker News, video games, Reddit, Twitter), but it is important that they can be honest with themselves about how much time they're spending on those activities.

Measuring time spent in leisure activities is the only real way to start closing the feedback loop. Structured procrastination (Spending 5 timed minutes out of every 30 minutes on leisure activities, aka Pomodoro technique) is a good way to start getting a handle on this.

barcadad · 5 years ago

Totally agree. FYI, a finalist in NPR's recent podcast competition had a nice take on this exact problem: https://soundcloud.com/alex-morgan-658034862/why-instagram-i...

barcadad commented on People work longer and different hours under lockdown workplaceinsight.net/peop... · Posted by u/hhs

brightball · 5 years ago

There’s a big difference between car culture and commuting though.

Having a car comes with a great deal of utility and freedom.

Commuting is almost entirely driven by city centers and population density that inflates real estate/rent costs so high that living out farther and driving in seems to not only make sense, but be the rational choice.

Aside from having a sales office in a densely populated area, there’s almost no real value to other functions of a business being located in the middle of a huge city.

barcadad · 5 years ago

There is a great deal of research (eg., see Enrico Moretti and Ed Glaeser) that documents that you’re statement isn’t accurate. There are very strong network effects of educated cities, and unless you believe all future post-COVID network will be over Zoom or Slack (which feels rather dystopian), then post-COVID cities will do just fine.

In fact, you could argue that what will suffer is living close to suburban office nodes in order to save commute times. Even more young people may choose to live in cities if they can avoid the schlep out to their suburban office (think Google bused from SF to Mountain View, but where you only need to take them for big meetings in the office rather than every day).

barcadad commented on Atlassian tells employees they can work from home forever cnbc.com/2020/08/07/atlas... · Posted by u/el_duderino

the_svd_doctor · 5 years ago

Yeah they don’t pay $300K for a good undergrad who just graduated. More like $200K I would say (base + equity). It varies of course. But $300k would be a hell of a good offer.

barcadad · 5 years ago

And even that $200K is not cash income, but includes restricted stock.

barcadad commented on Stitch Fix to Lay off About 1,400 Employees in California wsj.com/articles/stitch-f... · Posted by u/seibelj

GhettoChild · 5 years ago

The article I read said that they were going to give their current employees the opportunity to relocate. It did not specify if there was going to be a change in their income though.

barcadad · 5 years ago

It doesn't make sense to do it if they don't cut their pay.