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Source?

They also get to sell the credits in a few years once the price has gone up, right?

Not all models are made by smart people

Yep. He wanted to save money on housing so he could put every last penny into his businesses. So he slept on the crapper.

Well I, for one, believe him when he claims to know every detail about every technology used at any of his companies.

Did you know that he used to sleep in a bathroom stall at the Tesla plant because he couldn't afford a studio apartment? A true hero

Normally I wouldn't nitpick, but since you posted that 39% as a hard number, how much of the 61% remaining (the "aid") takes the form of grants, and how much of it is loans?

I disagree with most financial aid and admissions offices, who seem to regard loans as "aid"

Good point! Lowest wage I ever had was $7.40/hr. That was the minimum wage for my state at the time. It was a whole 15 cents more than the federal minimum wage.

15 cents * 8 hrs/day = a whole $1.20 per day above the federal minimum wage. It was awesome.

Because they have financial analysts working for them.

Yes, it seems to me that if interviewers are going to be annoyed about this then they should stop using leetcode and/or using generic interview questions.

> spent on useful things like food or invested

There are a lot of people for whom a used car is much more useful than bonds, shares of a company, etc.

That's great, thanks.

Your idea that climate change is going to disappear borders is very optimistic. It would be nice, but let's not forget all of human history...

The only way social security will "run dry" is if Congress lets it die.

Your examples have a level of granularity that borders on absurdity. We all know that what it comes down to is this: Company makes an offer, i.e. "One of the perks of this job is you receive a 2 hour daily commute stipend". Employee accepts or rejects that offer.

The benefit to you is that you don't have to commute as far!

That sounds like a problem for the company to figure out, not the commuter.

People are already incentivized to live far from their jobs because of HCOL near their workplaces. Also, it would be nice if people's choices were as binary as this line of thinking seems to suggest. It seems to me that many people would rather have a shorter commute either way.

So do you think it's fine that people spend hours each day in service of their company and not getting paid for it?

1. I like my commute. If my commute changed I would feel differently. Regardless, I feel employees should get paid for their commutes.

2. I don't have an office in my house. Even if I had the space I don't think I would want to use it for work. However, since coronavirus happened I have had way more space in my office than I did before, and I refuse to be sandwiched between two other engineers in an open office floor plan. So if my company tries to do that they will have a problem, at least from me.

3. I pack my lunch as often as possible and don't really know anyone who works near me.

I do think there are many developers for whom it makes sense to work from home. Especially if they are seniors, and their company workflow is well organized for it. Also, I do think that there are people who are very efficient working from home, but if they are WFH it will still be harder for junior engineers to collaborate with them or learn from them.

I've seen it suggested that in the future, companies who want people to come back to the office will lose all their best employees and will only be able to retain the people who can't get a WFH job. I think a lot of what makes someone a good engineer comes down to experience, so if that were to come true it would ultimately mean that senior engineers (best employees) will work remotely and junior engineers (can't get a WFH job) will be working on site. That kind of leaves junior engineers in the dust as far as mentorship is concerned so I would not consider that a good thing, even though it seems to be fine with certain people who think that they are "good engineers", when in reality they are probably just seniors.

Delivery drivers leaving food on the ground doesn't bother me.

Main complaint I have with app food delivery is that my food is usually delivered to the wrong apartment. I try to be empathetic towards the drivers but this problem has been so consistent for me that I lost my patience and completely avoid apps now. I only order delivery from places where the restaurant actually does the delivery themselves.

The apartment number is obvious, so I can only assume that the drivers' payment structure forces them to be in too much of a hurry to look around a little bit.

Another thing that annoys me is that I believe the food is worse when I order through an app.

Completely disingenuous. This is about the US intelligence apparatus being used against domestic dissidents.

Saying "well yeah but there are also domestic dissidents" misses the point entirely

I would be proud of my kid if they did that. I would ground them, but proudly.