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  • The amount of money you save (and invest) isn't accurately depicted with this though. Living expenses don't necessarily grow with take home, if you keep lifestyle creep to a minimum.

    So what this means is that if you make $100k and save $10k/year, if you start making $200k you can save the same $10k/year, plus the entire additional $100k after taxes (let's just say that's $50k+). So you doubled your salary but your savings went up 6x+.

  • "Chain migration" is how many people --- myself included --- get jobs.

    I went to a very good school, and while I like to think the quality of education is what makes a school "good," let's be honest --- the value is largely in your connections. Friend lands a good job, recommends you when there's an opening, and bam, you're already at the top of the pile of the CVs (better yet, they're the hiring manager).

    Friends from school --- peers and mentors alike --- are a great place to start, if you can. Ask to grab a coffee and chat about their career, and be clear that you're in the market. Most people are happy to chat (at the very least, it's flattering).

    It's the way the world works...

  • One thing to keep in mind --- the US is huge, both geographically and culturally. Flying from Los Angeles to Boston is further than London to Baghdad.

    And likewise, the cultural "distance" between, say, New England or the Pacific Northwest and the deep south is extreme.

    Of course there are things that affect (nearly) all Americans, but some context is important.

  • good enough simulations that you can't tell the difference.

    This requires us having actual conversations with those dead people to compare against, which we obviously can't do.

    There is simply not enough information to train a model on of a dead person to create a comprehensive model of how they would respond in arbitrary conversations. You may be able to train with some depth in their field of expertise, but the whole point is to talk about things which they have no experience with, or at least, things which weren't known then.

    So sure, maybe we get a model that makes you think you're talking to them, but that's no different than just having a dream or an acid trip where you're chatting with Einstein.

  • My city has a fleet of vintage streetcars that it runs on standard routes (i.e., it's not just a tourist novelty --- and it's the same cost as bus and other light rail).

    It's always a joy to ride those and read the history of the individual streetcar --- they all wear fun livery.

  • Our home averaged 7.5kWh/day in December (we did not travel and we're home with family the entire time); this is about 10x less daily energy than the battery capacity of a modern EV.

    Now, we have gas heating and stove/oven, so that adds a huge amount of load --- but my numbers above are for 24hr energy, and batteries wouldn't need to supply that whole time.

    Of course, this doesn't address cost, and it doesn't address natural resources, like you mentioned. But that actual required amount of energy per capita can certainly be achieved with current battery technology.

  • The exorbitant PG&E charges are usually "delivery charges," not the "generation charge" iirc. So we're paying reasonable rates for cheap, clean energy, but we're getting charged out the ass for getting the electricity to our home.

    It sucks either way, but charging for delivery sucks more because on top of it all if we run solar and sell back to the grid we only get the generation charge (which is minimal). At least, that's my understanding --- we don't currently have a home solar installation.

  • It's overpriced hardware

    Have you seen the M4 benchmarks?

    If you're memory bound then sure, you can get way more bang for your buck with Intel/AMD. But for pretty amazing CPU performance I think the "Apple is overpriced" trope isn't really true any more.

  • Olive oil is delicious, and I've always loved acidic foods --- so long as there's yummy dressing on the salad, sign me up.

    Just get in the habit of making simple dressing, e.g., EVOO, red or balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt & pepper. (Mustard helps with emulsification.) Yes oil is caloric, but afaik this is much healthier than drowning your salad in ranch or Thousand Island or whatever.

    Olive oil can make you feel full, too, so even though you're eating fat, it can be a net win.

    A Mediterranean diet is delicious, vegetarian/vegan compatible and, I think, fairly healthy. But mostly it's the delicious that counts.