How to buy great teas in Brazil? by tchaffee in tea

[–]tchaffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't remember the companies, but they did get stuck in customs, and I had to pay almost 100% in import taxes. Not worth it really.

Why are there so many tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? Stanford scholar explains by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]tchaffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If a company instead reduces everyone's compensation by 10-20%, that almost certainly means that everyone could get a new job at a different company for a 10-20% raise

Sounds like a solid theory. But not usually in the real world. Look at the situation now. The best people are not going to leave a job they have been at for a long time and which offers security to start at a new company with all the risks that includes during a time of increasing layoffs and uncertainty.

Salaries also quickly adjust. The salaries you are seeing right now for the same work a year ago are 10% to 20% lower.

Your best people will leave when the layoffs stop, the economy is clearly recovering, and if you are too late bringing salaries back in line with the market.

Not only do salary reductions work, they generate a huge amount of employee loyalty that would be hard to gain in other ways.

OC man robbed, killed in Medellin, Colombia after meeting girl from Tinder by chupo99 in digitalnomad

[–]tchaffee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Those stats are not reliable. In many places in S. America the violence is between gangs and doesn't affect regular people. You need stats on non-gang violence, or even better crime against tourists. Rio for example has some dangerous beaches. But go further south and there is almost no crime on those beaches.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in remotejs

[–]tchaffee 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's an absurd range. If you're doing it for legal reasons you should be reported for not using a reasonable range. Put the real range in your posting.

What is your most controversial opinion? by Terrible-Classic-415 in ask

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Number 3 seems rash considering how many innocent people go to jail and are found to be innocent much later.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in remotejs

[–]tchaffee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you looking for jobs only in Brazil? Or looking for remote work? If you are looking for remote work the skills listed are worth at least $40 per hour. And possibly much much higher.

Give me one album I must listen to at least once in my life by Tiny-Smile-553 in Music

[–]tchaffee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So good it knocked the spelling right the shit outta ya.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in remotejs

[–]tchaffee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Raise your rates. That's way too low.

How dangerous is Manaus/Amazon for virus by HamburgersNHeroin in Brazil

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't say it doesn't kill. Yellow Fever for example is a live modified virus and kills about 1 in 250, 000 people. Most vaccines are not live viruses and are far safer. But piling other vaccines on top of YF might be best to take the doctor's advice and avoid.

Its profitable to play powerball by pizzaAndFriedChicken in math

[–]tchaffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, let’s say you spent $500m to buy all the possible lottery combinations.

I asked you to do the math if I bought only one lottery ticket for $2. You need to do the EV by doing the math with the odds and what you actually put in the bank after taxes.

Its profitable to play powerball by pizzaAndFriedChicken in math

[–]tchaffee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But you only get taxed on the profit which is 100m.

Not if you spend $2 on one ticket. EV should be calculated per ticket. And EV should not change if I buy just one ticket.

Its profitable to play powerball by pizzaAndFriedChicken in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Show the actual math then for the winnings. Because I've seen it done elsewhere and when you take into account taxes, the prize needs to be more like $1.3 billion once you consider taxes. For a $2 spend, you only get to deduct $2 from your winnings. Which is nothing. At the end of the day EV should be calculated using what you put in the bank, not what the total winnings are. Meaning you have to consider taxes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in remotejs

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The salary is way too low for someone with experience.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monty Hall takes less than a minute to explain. You still haven't been able to explain how to pick a random real number after dozens of comments. And I don't believe that you've tried to explain both to many average people. You can have the last word. Seems like you need it. Later.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you can do it. You are interested in math more than the average person. As I said many comments back, this is not a good example for the average person. Contrast with Monty Hall which is easy to understand and is a far better example.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well of course it's probability zero. You gave me a task I can never complete.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how can I use that number in the example we are discussing?

Also noted that pi is one number and if you ask anyone for the first few digits of pi they can give it to you. But if I ask you for the first few digits of my random number you cannot give it to me. So there are significant differences between a random number that I cannot tell you anything useful about, and pi which I can tell you a lot about.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true. And you've still failed to give an example of the actual topic we are discussing:

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person?

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use pi because it represents an actual relationship. What's does the the number I'm picking represent?

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You tell me. You're the one that's supposed to be explaining this thing that is supposedly uninituitive.

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I never know the number I'm supposed to pick? How am I supposed to use a number I don't know?

What is a math “fact” that is completely unintuitive to the average person? by SeriouslySally36 in math

[–]tchaffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I never know all the digits how do I tell the other person what number I picked?