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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:03PM (#14959859)
This chart may be difficult to read initially, but do you notice how almost all of the grey line is above the orange line?

That's because almost all the population in 1980 was experiencing 2%+ income growth. Now the only people experiencing that level of growth the top 2% of income earners.

The vast majority of the US is stagnating as far as wealth growth, this can only lead to catastrophe if maintained, in my opinion.

Re:Ask HN: What books are you currently reading? on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:52PM (#14859610)
"Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide"

Either I'm more of a nerd than I thought, or this is actually pretty well written. I'm really enjoying it.

Re:Hacker's guide to Neural Networks (2012) on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:58PM (#14771826)
As someone who is quite new to this field and also a software developer I really look forward to seeing this progress. I write and look at code all day so for me this is much easier to read than the dry math!
40 hours per week is detrimental to the health as well, especially if you don't take breaks where you exercise vigorously. I've seen research that showed a 4% reduction in lifespan for people that worked 45 hours versus 40. I'll look for it and be back with more details.