brankoB's comments

brankoB | 2 years ago | on: Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution

GDP is a good measure of how the wealthy are doing, not so much your average citizen.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: What broke Sweden? Real estate bust exposes big divide

The best solution is communism. But you won't hear an economist say so ;)

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Leaving China

What democracy? Citizen interests haven't mattered for a looong time.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules out bailout

The parent comment was fine, it just sounds like you're upset about what they said rather than how they said it.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: We reduced our iOS app launch time by 60%

Great, now make it so tracking my delivery driver doesn't freeze my phone and force me to restart.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Stop Building on Corporate-Controlled Languages

Did you read the article? The author is concerned about spyware.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to countersignal

He was smart in the sense he knew how to best exploit his engineers and take credit for their work.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Chief scientist of major corporation can’t handle criticism of the work he hypes

None of it would be possible without academia though. Industry just applies academic research.

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic?

Life today is better if you're already established, i.e. have a well paying job, own a home, etc.

Being young in todays world is exponentially harder than it was, say, 40 years ago. Many young people have given up on the idea of home ownership. I'm 26 and I've had friends laugh in my face when I suggested owning instead of renting. It's simply unattainable unless you're in a lucrative field. I'm in Canada for reference (our home price to income ratio is one of the worst in the world).

brankoB | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Generalist contractors, what is your hourly rate?

In Canada, $80/hr. Aiming for $90 for my next contract starting next month. Or to move to the US and make way more, apparently.

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: Canada to ban foreigners from buying homes

> The whole ‘fair share’ of taxes argument presumes that the aggrieved group would pay less if others paid more.

I don't think it does presume that. I can want another group to pay their fair share of taxes without necessarily wanting my own taxes lowered.

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: Technicolor Tokyo

This is my favourite genre and I think the photos are quite nice.

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: Facts don’t change our minds (2018)

Not sure where you got this "manipulation is negative persuasion" definition. You can most certainly manipulate people without intending harm. For example, I could manipulate you into buying a bagel instead of a croissant, just to see if I could manipulate you into doing so. No harm is intended, but it's still manipulation.

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: Facts don’t change our minds (2018)

In a similar vein, people using scientific facts in non-scientific conversations. The amount of times I've heard "well the SCIENCE tells us..." in a moral debate is mind boggling.

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: 100 years of whatever this will be

*Abundant for some

brankoB | 4 years ago | on: Restaurant workers quit at record rate

The fact you're tipping 10% for bad service shows the guilt trip is working

brankoB | 5 years ago | on: Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed

I can't imagine a situation in which someone dies because I used the term China virus.

Also the CCP definitely cares. Negative PR for a country which is a major exporter is a bad thing for the country.

brankoB | 5 years ago | on: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

That's true, however I do think the meat-only anecdote came from a good place. Him and his daughter had been suffering from clinical depression and a host of other problems for decades and the diet seemed to help them. I think if I was in a similar situation I'd try to let other people know too.

brankoB | 5 years ago | on: How the Magic: The Gathering Color Wheel Explains Humanity

He wasn't "pushing an agenda". He was telling people about how a diet he went on helped him and his daughter. He explicitly stated multiple times that he wasn't a doctor and that his experience was anecdotal.

brankoB | 5 years ago | on: Unable to deal with Chrome Extension Team, Kozmos is shutting down

Sure but people understand the basic transaction (give money -> get milk). If on the other hand they gave you free milk but tracked your milk usage without telling you, I'd argue that's a non-consensual transaction and falls under stealing (roughly).