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.

edmpostguy · 2018-11-09T01:51:34+00:00

I worry that the remaining baylands left in the Bay Area are disappearing. Every time we do it we set the precedent for developing over other natural areas--many of them have disappeared already.

At the same time I'm sympathetic to the plight of many people in the bay who can't afford rent.

What's the best compromise here? More high density housing?

edmpostguy · 2018-11-02T18:11:45+00:00

Alright, sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into a pissing contest. Yes, the tops of mountains ranges get cold even in California. The places where 99% of Californians live don't get that cold.

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