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Sure as long as the society spends it on things that it deems important. Why is money made from money not taxed the same money made from labor? On the other hand, if money is considered free speech in the US, how can we even allow taxation at all? Isn’t taxation a form of censorship?

BUSD is a US New York DFS, the banking regulator, regulated stablecoin. USDC on the other hand is not regulated. Paxos (my employer) issues BUSD, not Binance

Agree. Just drive down main once and look at all the 2 story buildings… not even talking about the neighborhoods that are primarily detached. Vancouver is so expensive yet nobody is allowed to create denser housing. Nimbyism at its finest

As the spouse of L1 you get an L2 which lets you work for any employer including yourself as long as the L1 is active. With the L2 you get an EAD on arrival and do not have to wait for months to get it.

I get some of the sentiment that people should write clean code and I have been very adamant with my teams to ideally use best practices and make their code (re)usable and production ready. But the truth is: nobody likes to clean up. Including me. To use a real life example: I don’t use a broom at home unless my roomba is unable to get to the spot. This is not going to solve all problems and I will probably have to fix some edge cases, but I love the solution you have come up with and will definitely give it a shot next time I come across an ugly notebook!

Similarly, I would rather have no wifi than bad/spotty wifi for this reason

The way I understand the science is that we can say with some certainty that…

- we know vaccines work and they’re safe

- we know natural immunity works

- we have a good estimate on how well/long the vaccines work over time (probably 9-12 months with potential boosters) given a plethora of studies

- we don’t know how long natural immunity lasts, but we can (safely) assume it’s going to be 6+ months? Maybe 12, maybe 18, who knows. Does it matter?

- everyone wants to be safe, but the goal cannot be 100% safety/certainty, but severely reducing the spread and impact of covid without giving up our freedom, liberties as well as our economy

Rather than calling it a vaccine passport, call it something else that is less controversial, such as a covid protection status

- if you have been vaccinated/ bolstered using authorized vaccines in the last x months, you’re protected

- if you have an authorized lab based positive results in the last y months, you’re protected

- if you have neither, but can show antibodies from an authorized lab, you’re protected for z months

Let’s set best guesstimates on x, y and z and then call it a day? E.g. Make it 12 months for x and y, 3 or 6 months for z.

I feel like 90% of people could work within this framework. The other 10% is probably too far gone…

Global entry / TSA-Precheck only required my face when I entered the the US last month (LGA airport). While I have gotten used to having my picture taken at US airports, it was a weird yet incredibly fast experience

Ok it’s a bit of a stretch as it’s a speech, but “This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace is simply amazing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI

I don’t think anyone is advocating for masks as your only line of defense, just one of a few (vaccines currently being the best)

Napkin math would be:

90% of infected person virus stays in

90% of virus does not get in for a healthy person

So 1% (10% through * 10% through) of final particles will be inside the mask. Hence roughly 0.9% of particles (90% stays inside of the mask of the healthy person) would stick around by this logic

Vs 100% of particles that could enter will enter without any sort of mask

Op is probably talking about the additional guest (daughter) a night early and the dog on the property. IMO calling this breaking the rules is a bit of a stretch?

Sounds like the pig-farming industry is trying to get some of that sweet subsidy money by waiting until the last minute to do anything. Don’t blame them from business side but totally avoidable of course

Did you move the compute layer to AWS as well? Did you see similar savings there as well for non-burst payloads?

No law I am aware of requires public companies to maximize profits for shareholders. I think it only applies when a company is for sale

NYC - could very well be a New York thing. Lived in Vancouver before where it was 15% so I assumed it was roughly the same everywhere

A few items:

- The US system of credit cards is really weird. If you do not happen to have an American Express (which does cross-border), you should try to open up a credit card as soon as possible. Most likely with the bank that you use for checking accounts. Do not pay off the balance before it is due. Wait until the bill is finalized, then pay it within a day or two. Look up “credit score” and “how to build credit”

- Rental agreements are on a 12 months basis (at least in NYC). You might need a guarantor to get an apartment or proof you have enough money to pay the bill for the 6 months or so since you don’t have a credit score

- health insurance is really funky. They are employment based (employers decide your plan provider). Nobody understands their health plans. There is health, vision and dental insurance as the main ones. Expect to pay a lot of money out of pocket and to never know what you will pay in advance

- as you said tipping is mandatory. 18% is the lower limit.

- drinking in public places is usually prohibited

- if you get caught drinking under 21, it is a misdemeanour and you can get arrested

- I hate to say this but: cops are not your friend. Know your rights