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    Is it immoral to get a second job as a software developer?

    Just the choice of word "immoral" is illogical. Either it's legal or not. If you signed an NDA that says you can't, well .. answered. If you didn't sign such document, then you're clear provided you put in your time and effort for your primary employer.
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    Tesla 2023

    https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-examining-storedots-xfc-extreme-fast-charging-batteries-report/ Interesting...
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    Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth

    You're hooked on the 5 minutes. Employees work as many if not more years in a company than the CEO who often is a hired employee with no specific attachment to the company's roots. Burgers yesterday, automobiles today. Musk doesn't get a salary, he is entirely compensated on performance. I...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    The point is that for East Asians and Indians education is the surest way out of poverty and to gain economic and social status. Living in Singapore where the education system is one of the best in the world, there is no miracle for their success, it's hard work, both in class and after school...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    That's why I laugh when Whites complain about reverse discrimination when Blacks are admitted to colleges with lower scores. The fact is, if there was no discrimination, colleges would be 95% Asian and Indians.
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    Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth

    There's a difference between a founder and a CEO, who is a paid employee who is supposed to meet targets. However, many don't and continue to get paid extravagantly. And, it's rather uncommon nowadays for a CEO to spend their entire career in one company and your strawman is ridiculous. But...
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    Busting the “Paid What You’re Worth” Myth

    I stopped the video early when he dismissed the notion of "unskilled" labor which, in my opinion is a fact. If something I do requires less than a days training, it's unskilled, which means subject to competition from the pool of unskilled workers. Since that pool is great, employers can...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    I don't think I have a very strong (negative?) bias towards western countries, I just don't have one against the rest of the world, precisely because I spent 40 years living in various countries, not just travel. Sounds like a cartoon... You like these words "respected and cherished". How do...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    Wtf are you talking about?!? I didn't bring China up once, you're obsessed with it though. I'm not from Singapore, moved here in 2019. I lived in China, Hong Kong, Australia and half a dozen other countries around the world. And yes, I can say you don't have a clue of what you're talking about.
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    Have you ever lived in another country? You just spew one stereotype after another...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    It's a conundrum. Poor countries are spending precious resources educating their kids to excel in STEM studies, only to lose them to well recognized US universities where they pursue doctoral studies, then often stay on to work in the STEM industries. We discussed the fact that an increasing...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    Cost is not a particularly good matrix to evaluate quality of education, and we know the US ranks very low globally in 0 to 12 years education levels. As I've pointed out earlier, America's working class never needed an education to reach middle class income as plumbers, carpenters or...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    Funny you say that because when my wife and I left Hong Kong for Shanghai in early 2000, we entered with a 6 months tourist visa and settled there. She worked for a start up, I worked on a furniture project, we rented an apartment, had our belongings shipped over, opened a bank account and no...
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    San Francisco Has Fallen

    No need. I will be in SF in a couple of weeks and will see for myself how things have changed since I was last there 2 years ago. A reminder, it was really bad; the worst I'd ever seen the Market street shopping area. Remember, I knew SF in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2009 to 2019.
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    Gift tax for non-residents on cash transfer between US brokerage accounts

    My accountant is like you. He prefers not to be a registered CPA because it would limit the type of valuable advice he can provide to his clients. The double edge is that he is not liable from his errors. But he has on several occasions been able to quickly resolve issues with the IRS over...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    I explained it, it's cost benefit. Much cheaper to entice foreign talents than educate our youth. However, your question will make sense in the coming decade or two because America's bright light has taken a serious toll, what with Trump's white nationalism that shocked the stem providing world...
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    How do you explain US exceptionalism over the last 75 years?

    The answer is easy. Power America has always been wary of educated masses. They see Europe and its unemployed educated masses striking for more benefits and social changes and would rather keep America a content, middle "working" class, blue collar workforce. America brain drained the world...
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    Tesla 2023

    Yes, more and more EV makers are jumping on the bandwagon. I believe Hyundai and Stelantis are also talking about joining in and Texas is mandating NACS for state funded charging infrastructure. The only challenge may come from the federal government which, as of a couple of weeks ago...
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    Anyone on ET Daytrading TESLA

    And that how we like it!
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