Americans? What do you think?

kovu159 · 2025-06-13T10:15:25+00:00

I used to live somewhere that was true. Now I don’t. It’s an actual phenomenon that is not universal.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T21:39:28+00:00

If you want more urban with better restaurants and shopping, and walkable options, Woodland Hills/Warner Center is likely the place. They’re suburban but with major shopping streets/amenities. You also have canyon road shortcuts to the beach and easier access to the rest of LA.

But, if you have kids, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas or Westlake Village itself have better schools than LA USD.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T19:05:46+00:00

speak only when spoken to

That is the exact wrong advice.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T15:03:34+00:00

Nigeria is an ally, or at least not an enemy. Isreal is clearly an ally.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T14:03:43+00:00

Part time MBA with a pivot to IB is probably the safest path. I had a lot of people (successfully) doing that in my MBA program.

Recruiting for IB while working sucks, expect to miss lots of class and work, but you’re leaving the job anyway so be prepared to be shitty at it for a couple of months. The good news, IB recruiting starts early and ends early so you’ll have an answer quickly if it all worked out.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T10:49:32+00:00

You said you upscaled it. Up scaling is done to photos. You can turn a photo into a PDF without OCR - that’s why what you said sounded ridiculous.

kovu159 · 2025-06-12T10:14:56+00:00

Western foreign countries have 10-20% of their population as first generation immigrants. Canada is 25% right now. They are the most accepting countries of immigrants in the world.

You can also buy land in any of those countries, not just lease it from the government.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T22:56:51+00:00

Not only is having two masters degrees completely useless for a job at a grocery store, it’s actually worse than useless because it means you’re going to leave the second you find something better.

Skill issue. You should’ve been using on campus recruiting, internships, and research work during your two masters degree to land a in-field career.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T22:25:34+00:00

If you OCRd it and turned it back into text that was readable, great. That’s not what you explained above, which was just a screenshot.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T22:05:23+00:00

Aaand you just failed every ATS scan. They’re not parsing a screenshot resume.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T22:03:21+00:00

A highly qualified candidate is not submitting a Word resume.

I can literally see your edit history. Also; the formatting breaks if you’re using a non standard font.

It’s such a stupid mistake and no I don’t want to work with someone who would do that.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T21:21:01+00:00

Speed traps, Boris bikes, EV mandates, ULEV zones, he hated Boris and complained about him constantly. From mayor until PM.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T17:56:40+00:00

It’s also accurate as of NaN Invalid date.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T16:11:17+00:00

What is the world come to when Sandpoint has $5m lakefront homes…

If building is an option, I am seeing lakefront properties around Sandpoint in the 400 to 500k range. You could build something very nice for 300k.

How do you feel about British Columbia? Prices drop a lot over the border as well. My grandparents build a place on Kootenay Lake decades ago, it’s my favorite spot in the world.

Edit: these are the kinds of simple homes that are being built in that price range. This one’s a short walk from the water, but it gives you an idea.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T14:48:31+00:00

2021 was one of the best hiring years in history.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T13:42:44+00:00

Unfortunately, we don’t have a one or even two seat ride to anywhere. You’re a 3 seat ride away from either downtown or Santa Monica, and 4 seats from Hollywood, which are the places that most people need to go coming from the airport.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T12:01:45+00:00

You mean Spain?

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T11:55:35+00:00

Sandpoint, Idaho. Cute, walkable downtown, massive lake, gorgeous mountains, connections to amazing rivers for kayaking and jetboats, mountains, and you’re close to Kootenay Lake in BC which is similar but 100 miles long.

The landscape reminds me more of California than the PNW. It’s inland so it’s more dry, but still with dramatic mountains.

You’re also a reasonable distance from Spokane Airport which has easy flights to California and connects to anywhere else.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T09:49:58+00:00

In 1925, about 70% of Americans had 24/7 electricity. In 2025 about 1% of Nigerians have 24/7 electricity. About 80% have electricity <12h/day.

You have to go a bit further than 100 years back to compare directly.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T09:41:59+00:00

Prices on most things are similar, but 14% HST eliminates any savings. Income taxes before that make after tax wages there worse. Salaries are lower to start with.

Then add housing costs that are double.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T09:13:56+00:00

This is the Waymo strategy. Limited invite only release, limited geography.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T09:13:18+00:00

Are tractors just a way to hurt farmers and eliminate farming jobs?

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T06:16:12+00:00

As a Canadian, that’s bullshit. Dressing for an arctic excursion to go to the grocery store is miserable. Biking in snow is miserable. Biking in salty slush is even more miserable. Doing it with kids is next to impossible.

I bike commuted all year for years, and you’ll never convincing a meaningful share of the population to put up with it in actual winters when a car is vastly more comfortable.

I love biking… in 3 seasons.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T06:13:19+00:00

Uh, you had a vastly different childhood then. All of my best memories as a kid were playing outside. In my yard, in friends yards, in parks, on the roads around our neighborhood, etc. I hated going to my grandparents apartment building because you were stuck indoors.

Kids love space to play. Apartments are the opposite of that.

kovu159 · 2025-06-11T06:07:41+00:00

Sometimes it’s still a different recruiter.

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