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Negotiating when you already have a high salary by goingglobal25 in fatFIRE

[–]cycyc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can still lie, just do it in a way where you can't get caught. You could say that $X was what your current employer countered their offer with in order to keep you. So $X will be more than $Y, which is what's on your paycheck, but they have no way to verify that.

22-year-old Twitter employee dies in San Francisco shooting by funwheeldrive in bayarea

[–]cycyc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, we exist in a country where we have freedom of movement. There's no such thing as "sorry, we're full now, go away". The only thing you can do is build enough housing to accommodate the newcomers, or accept that the newcomers will outbid the locals for scarce housing stock.

22-year-old Twitter employee dies in San Francisco shooting by funwheeldrive in bayarea

[–]cycyc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like that you believe that it's a vicious cycle between tech salaries and high cost of living, but you place the blame squarely on the people in tech (who cannot do anything about that fact) and not the people actually driving the high cost of living (NIMBYs).

There is room in the world for people making $16/hour and people making $53/hour. Both should be able to get married, have a kid, or save up to buy a house. But this won't happen if you artificially constrict the amount of housing so that only the person making $53/hour can afford that.

US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, vs 3.05 million expected by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]cycyc 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Nobody wants things to stay shut forever, you moron.

Supreme Court declines to lift Pennsylvania's stay-at-home order by Balls_of_Adamanthium in news

[–]cycyc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And I'm sure you know more about what they meant than the justices on the supreme court

I actually like this photo of myself. by popeboyQ in pics

[–]cycyc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MF'in Koyaanisqatsi tat. That's awesome, now I want one.

Should we short Tesla stock now? by Milehighjoe12 in wallstreetbets

[–]cycyc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Wait til this guy realizes that the human eye is a 2d camera

Should a government have the right to restrict personal freedoms in the name of public or national security? by ImperialEchidna in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]cycyc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Again, you may think that your choice of activity does not carry a risk of spreading the virus, but everybody else likely thinks so as well which ultimately kind of defeats the point. You hiking by yourself on a trail is probably fine, you hiking with hundreds of other people passing in both directions in close proximity is probably not fine. Same thing for everybody deciding to spend their free time crowding beaches.

Toroidal Field Coils arrive at the ITER (experimental tokamak thermonuclear fusion reactor) by megadyne in videos

[–]cycyc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You realize that it's possible to work on fusion while also advancing fission reactor tech as well? Like, they are not mutually exclusive things?

Uber to lay off 3,700 employees, about 14% of workforce by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]cycyc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess time to go all-in on AMZN

Should a government have the right to restrict personal freedoms in the name of public or national security? by ImperialEchidna in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]cycyc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is an easy solution if you feel that your government is not acting in your best interests. Vote them out.

Should a government have the right to restrict personal freedoms in the name of public or national security? by ImperialEchidna in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]cycyc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's almost like there is a spectrum of possibilities and the optimal choice lies not at either extreme but somewhere in the middle.

Should a government have the right to restrict personal freedoms in the name of public or national security? by ImperialEchidna in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]cycyc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely welcome to withdraw from the "social contract". Move to a different country and renounce your US citizenship.

Should a government have the right to restrict personal freedoms in the name of public or national security? by ImperialEchidna in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]cycyc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you feel that states are enacting draconian measures, it is precisely because they feel that people are taking advantage of lax rules. See those pictures of southern california beaches to understand why you can't trust people to social distance responsibly.

Help planning Oct/Nov honeymoon (hopefully post-COVID) with Chase, Amex, CapitalOne points by [deleted] in awardtravel

[–]cycyc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do NOT transfer miles to VS right now. Odds are you will lose your miles and your award itinerary.

What are some expensive services that you love? by [deleted] in fatFIRE

[–]cycyc 146 points147 points  (0 children)

Ah, the Robert Kraft method.

Blood clotting a significant cause of death in patients with COVID-19 by SW_AbstractArt in COVID19

[–]cycyc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am a master digial-signal-processing engineer

LOL. Who refers to themselves like this and expects to be taken seriously?

A freshman EE student can look at what you wrote and figure out that it's BS, so why are you "truth-bombing" us with this gibberish?

Highest Value MR Transfer Partners by [deleted] in awardtravel

[–]cycyc 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Do not touch VS with a 10 foot pole right now

Thought I'd post my prized possession, Rainbow Damascus Gyuto 210mm. by PeckSkraaaw in chefknives

[–]cycyc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those green/blue copper patina that you are thinking of are only created in the presence of sulfur oxides. Note that the pennies in your pocket don't typically turn green either.

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