qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Compensation for engineers in the Bay area will average much higher than $200k, and that's not counting benefits (medical, etc.). So cost to the company will be way higher than 200k/employee.

For a project that has hardware, there will be large expenses associated with that


custom silicon has huge setup costs, for example.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago

And you're worried that the show is starting small???

I didn't say I was worried; the headline left a lot of wiggle room for interpretation, I was adding some detail.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 20 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Looks like it's Taylor Street Theatre, a 49-seat venue.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, I tried that once or twice


I'll have to try it again!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 19 points 2 months ago (12 children)

There's so such thing as starter "discard"! Add water, oil, sugar, salt, baking soda and you've got some vegan sourdough pancakes. Or use any of a number of other recipes


but no sense in wasting it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I could be wrong but I think these are prepaid, not paid on delivery...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

They specified 1 significant figure


at that level it's the same.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the same argument used for blaming the cost of college on government loans for education, for $$$ housing prices in cities that offer low income subsidies, for food prices due to food stamps...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

That's because you're thinking of trucks used first and foremost for heavy duty "truck stuff." That is not the only market for trucks, at least in the US: https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume

According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

0-60mph is mostly deprecated these days in favor of 0-62mph, which just so happens to be the same as 0-100km/h


what a coincidence!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

It's an interesting (predictable?) look into the psyche here.

I work for a big company, and while yeah it's a big faceless company, the people treat us ICs as assets, not liabilities; the company makes money because of its employees, not in spite of them, and they


colleagues, manager, director, SVP


acknowledge that.

My partner's company OTOH seems to treat employees more as a liability


the kind of attitude of "we'd be more profitable if we didn't have to pay you," which is really aggravating (different industry than mine, so this is more the norm mindset unfortunately).

It's really clear how this whole farce of a government agency views the world.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

"...and there are no comments, because it's Self Documenting™"

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