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It's less amusing when you realize these same arguments are used against minorities/the disadvantaged to keep them down.

Not anymore, or at least not for long periods of time.

Do you have evidence of the contrary? Of the top X% of highschool students who make it to engineering programs at my university, roughly 40% fail or switch majors. If they can't do it, how do you expect average or lower people to?

It is simply not feasible.

Not OP, but what is the correct way to go about it?

1GB fiber providers is hella enticing.

You're also forgetting that Toronto does not reward being a good developer. Your salary is capped way too early compared to America where you can easily go above 200k+ total compensation. Not to mention networking, getting technology for cheaper (in general), exclusive events, etc.

It's not even close to comparable despite recent propaganda to show otherwise. Not unless you're a below-average developer, in which case, it is better to be in Toronto.

Source: Born and raised in Toronto. Ran the numbers a bunch of times trying to convince myself to stay. Money won out.

Why not?

I'd basically spend it on self-improvement.

Never say what you're already earning and try to not give a number first.

The currency basically negates any cost of living difference. Toronto is expensive as fuck (as most major cities are now).

I disagree with his evaluation of post-secondary education. At least with respect to how students are treated. Maybe it's because I go to a "good" school, but I've never felt university reinforced my worth. In fact, it constantly hammers me with assignments and exams that I have to deal with as I do internship interviews and prepare for those as well.

If anything, university taught me that I really knew nothing and am not really as good as I thought I was in subjects. I used to think I was amazing at math. Then I encountered pure maths and people who actually were good at math.

I also disagree that the difference between a highschool graduate (who took on no further schooling) and a university graduate is negligible. There are huge gaps in knowledge between people in the same university in different programs. There are huge gaps in knowledge between people in the same program at school!

Maybe the gaps I perceive are not as large as they seem. I am still young. But as someone currently going through a rigorous program, I can say that the university seems to revel in beating me up rather than celebrating my existence. The mental health woes that pervade my school seem to echo the sentiment.

Would you argue that someone on Hacker News has the same responsibility as, say, Donald Trump? I wouldn't.

The behaviour he displays -- and is admired for -- seems overly destructive for no benefit. You may disagree.

It's easier to eat a healthy amount if your diet is pre-determined. No need to think of alternatives and mess up. The counterpoint would be that the monotony of the same foods also make it easier to "cheat" and revert your progress.

[1] https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/704330815321210884?lang...

Might help illuminate some things?

My question is learning about design ideas like having Redis keeping a list of "work to be done" and such. Using modern tools to combat 'modern' problems. Is it just something you figure out after knowing the fundamentals (i.e. when you can identify a problem you know what the solution needs to be)?