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Comment Re:Because I'm getting killed here (Score 1) 42

Sounds like you are having regrets of your own mishandling of finance. You have a kid who is out of college and yet you still rent ? Why ? you should have bought in the last 10 years when interest rates were low. This itself shows that you are poor at managing your own finances. Before you complain about how the world is out to get you and your wallet, go take a personal finance lesson.

And if your kid cannot find a job, maybe they are not looking hard enough. Masters/PhD will not solve their issue unless they did some art history degree where the best they will get is a barista job at a Starbucks. Tell the kid to go work for the government, I hear the FBI cannot find hackers like China.

Comment Re:Pretty classic layoff strategy (Score 1) 42

Overall, it is funny how incomes have not gone up since the 1990s. A college grad still makes $35k/year when graduating. In that time, cars have gone from $15k to $65k on average, rents from $450 to $3500 for a studio, and then there are the ISP, cell phone, and other costs which were not present back then, but are big now. Yes, a few people managed to get ahead of the curve by doing full-stack development... but with AI, even the techies are now facing y2k-era job loss, with those jobs staying gone for the indefinite future as countries enact trade barriers, if not go to war.

What are you talking about ? Programmer starting salaries are over 75000$ in my area. Business grads make at least $70000. Of course, if you are a good for nothing with a college degree and below 2 GPA you'll be a waiter somewhere doing a $30000 job but that is not the level you should be measuring with.

Just because someone stupid went to college does not mean that stupid person should also make a $100K out of college. This is America after all. The best make more than the rest.

Comment Re:Remain Calm. All is Well. (Score 1) 42

And Washington, DC's answer? Remain Calm. All is Well.

Why is Washington DC responsible for tech layoffs due to bad management at tech companies ? Most of these layoffs are just overpriced employees or overhired employees in the pandemic on the back of zero/extra-low interest rate lines of credit from banks. Your reasoning is more political. Just look at the business and their performance. Most of these businesses doing layoffs are paying through the roof for employees that don't deserve that pay.

Comment Re: Screw it... (Score 1) 114

Single payer healthcare is not the same as universal free healthcare. Universal free healthcare paid via tax system is the way to go rather than pay $800B to military each year, we should take out $100B and put it in improving health outcomes, reducing obesity, shafting the health insurance industry, making becoming a doctor cheaper and more noble, reducing costs of medications etc. That's what I meant. What is the point of making F-22 raptors that sit in a hangar and are just used for test enjoyments for pilots ? Each of those things is a waste of resources. The enemy doesn't need anything more than a simple virus to put the nation on its fat knees. All war is mostly electronic now and will be done over computer systems.

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