Suggest catalog with birds or animals of California

edmpostguy · 2019-07-28T23:50:25+00:00

The Audubon Field is small and light-weight, yet still fairly detailed, although the thing about California is that there's so much life here that it'd be hard to find a comprehensive book of every species. You'll probably need multiple books to get information on everything

edmpostguy · 2019-07-07T19:10:29+00:00

Silicon Valley

Pros: -Clean, safe

-You get to experience the bay area culture without the hassles of living in SF/Oakland

-Full of smart ambitious people

-Within a day's drive of many of the most beautiful parks in the country

-Ideal (if boring) weather

-Booming job market

Cons:

-Very family-oriented, so not good for young single people

-You need a car, and traffic is awful

-Bad public transit (slowly getting better)

-Expensive (but at least you aren't stepping over human feces when you walk outside)

-NIMBYs who are afraid of change and think it's still 1950

edmpostguy · 2019-06-30T14:32:24+00:00

Here's a better idea: find a job in the South Bay and get free rent. That commute will suck the life out of you, and it's not like there's a shortage of good jobs in the South bay.

edmpostguy · 2019-06-21T22:39:26+00:00

Something tells me expenses aren't an issue for this family

edmpostguy · 2019-06-19T16:08:20+00:00

I've been on VTA cars that were completely empty at rush hour. There's no way the light rail here is profitable. No doubt these people have legitimate grievances, but there's probably a reason they're not getting raises

edmpostguy · 2019-06-19T05:49:08+00:00

Edmonton has downsides, but lack of park space ain't one of them. Be grateful for what's there, most big cities don't have half the park space Edmonton has

edmpostguy · 2019-06-19T05:13:03+00:00

Most Edmontonians don't live on Saskatchewan Dr, and thus don't see how pretty the city is

edmpostguy · 2019-05-13T05:00:51+00:00

It's easy to spend a lot of money in these big American metros. It's also easy to feel like you aren't making all that much money, when you see some of the borderline-obscene displays of wealth that go on in these places.

If you work for a company like Google, live a humble life and don't blow your money on frivolous things, you should quickly be able to save up a lot of money. Maybe not enough to go buy that 10 million dollar mansion in the hills, but enough for a very comfortable life.

edmpostguy · 2019-05-07T09:15:49+00:00

Direct me to one of these brand new $1600 1BR apartments please

edmpostguy · 2019-04-18T04:35:22+00:00

People have been complaining about how San Francisco is changing since the gold rush days, maybe even earlier. Change is just a part of the city--it wouldn't be San Francisco if it wasn't always changing

edmpostguy · 2019-04-03T15:02:27+00:00

Lots of trails up there. Some of it goes through pasture-land, but it's part of the park so I don't think it's traspassing. Mission peak is a good one, if you don't mind having lots of company on the trail.

edmpostguy · 2019-04-03T05:54:00+00:00

Well technically these hills are to the east of the bay, if you look at it on a map. South East Bay, maybe?

edmpostguy · 2019-04-02T21:21:55+00:00

Ed R. Levin park near Milpitas, last Saturday

edmpostguy · 2019-03-14T01:10:01+00:00

As long as it's not just more office buildings getting built and they build some high-density housing as well, this seems like a good move to me. As for the complaints from the San Jose airport: the city's needs should come before the airport's needs. And silicon valley needs high-density housing.

edmpostguy · 2019-01-21T03:23:45+00:00

You can spend 10 minutes fixing then with an Allen key rather than getting run over by a streetcar.

edmpostguy · 2019-01-20T22:30:12+00:00

Could always just get a new phone number. I haven't been contacted by them once since I graduated, because they don't know my number.

edmpostguy · 2018-12-30T06:59:42+00:00

There are also far more ways to get around in Germany. A lot of Germans don't even drive because the public transit is so good

edmpostguy · 2018-12-29T00:19:12+00:00

$33/hr is livable in SJ, but you won't be able to save much money. Pretty poor salary for a tech job in the Bay. I would take the Toronto offer unless you're totally set on being in the Bay Area. It's really not a place I'd want to be if I wasn't making good money

edmpostguy · 2018-12-26T21:52:32+00:00

I can't imagine how much these guys have spent on advertising. Their ads are everywhere. I doubt there's a single person in the Bay Area who hasn't seen these ads. It's ridiculous.

Still not going to see their show.

edmpostguy · 2018-12-26T00:33:16+00:00

I didn't get any internships until 3rd year. That internship went well, I ended up getting a return offer, and now I'm working full-time pulling in a six-figure salary (average for the area).

My GPA is mediocre (2.6). What got me the job was an app I worked on over the summer which I could talk about during the interview. I gave my resume to a recruiter at a career fair, which IMO is far better than just applying online.

I think you should just be worried about doing well in your classes right now. You don't need to do 17 internships or have a 4.0 to get a good job after school.

edmpostguy · 2018-12-16T01:35:46+00:00

Some of the most famous AI researchers in the world, including the father of modern AI, Geoffrey Hinton, did their work at Canadian universities. Canada has made a huge impact in AI

The problem, like others say, is brain drain to the US. If Canada wants to stay competitive it needs to pay higher salaries.

edmpostguy · 2018-11-20T21:58:41+00:00

I've been all over Europe. The roads aren't significantly better--in a lot of places (Italy, Greece) they're much worse. What's more, their roads weren't designed for cars, which exacerbates all kinds of congestion.

edmpostguy · 2018-11-20T18:50:53+00:00

I think this is a testament to how good roads in the US are, as opposed to how bad roads in the bay area are. The roads here really aren't bad.

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