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We can't measure that evolutionary advantage.

What we can measure is fatalities


I survive on One Meal a Day Diet

Which consists of

a) Oatmeal b)Green Tea c) Coffee

I've been going strong

On weekends I drink protein shake.

I've gained much muscle and focus back through this diet.


This will definitely cause nutrient deficiency if you try to follow it for more than a few months... but if you added in some fruits and vegetables and you'd be fine.


Yar, that be a recipe for scurvy.


What do you use for micro and macronutrients? Oatmeal will fill you and keep you going but there's not much in it.


How much oatmeal do you eat? Do you intend to lose weight or maintain it? OMAD is generally easier for fat people.


Is any big company willing to pull from FB ad platform on grounds of privacy/ethics? I doubt even Apple, so called Epitome of Privacy can afford that.

Is there any organization where you can pledge to stay out of FB? I'll consider buying my products from Members of such organization.


Basecamp started a “Facebook Free” movement for businesses who pledge to not use Facebook in any way. Their original announcement: https://m.signalvnoise.com/become-a-facebook-free-business/

Some press coverage of it: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/06/some-advertisers-are-quittin...


I wonder if it's legal to use Jet turbine in my car to produce extra acceleration for overtaking during commute.



That's so wild. Made my day.


There's a jet powered minivan that shows up every now and then to this Cars & Coffee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEZ6zqeRXiw They also have a smaller jet engine powered mini bike similar to this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ybX25MjTsw


I get paid 250K EUR in Geneva for writing deadbeat Scala code for Banks. I doubt anyone can match that in Europe

I am straight out of ETH Zurich so my experience is negligible.


Switzerland is an outlier in many aspects for Western Europe :)

And not only in terms of earning - look for example at benefits you get for having kids (amount of parental leave, cost of kindergarten, etc).

It’s like a weird capitalist Enklave in the middle of Europe. I’ll bet a lot of people thought of having kids in Germany or Austria and moving to Switzerland after a few years of taking advantage of generous benefits for having young kids in the former.


What is also common is to live at the border in one of those or France/Italy and cross the border every day. That way you take advantage of the higher wages and lower living expenses respectively.


You're lucky. I talked to Lombard Odier some time ago and they pay their Scala devs 120-130k CHF tops.

250k for a software engineer is quite a lot in Geneva, and even Switzerland. Only Google regularly pays that much after a few years of experience.


Saying I am lucky downplays my hardwork which I put through the university. I hope are you aware of my investment or commitment to studies which got me here


For someone who works in finance, you should understand that the market for software engineers in Switzerland simply doesn't pay this kind of money. The average salary of an ETHZ new grad is 80-85k CHF. You can be the top of your class from MIT or whatnot, companies aren't going to triple their entry-level range to hire someone with zero experience, just because they put a lot of effort through university.

I know top 1% students from ETHZ and EPFL who then did PhDs and postdocs under world class professors. They'll probably never get close to 250k if they stay in Switzerland. Even after 20 years on the job.


How did you come across the job posting ? And also whether you are Swiss should also make a difference as to whether you get the job ? Whats your take ?


I highly contemplated both Zurich and Luxembourg because of my finance tech experience (SocGen, BoA, Wells Fargo, Goldman Stackzzz). I love Switzerland.


Very common specially now, many companies have popped up which charge competitive rates for development.

Keep in mind, most startups are simply CRUD apps where you don't need much technology.


If the startups are just CRUD apps then are those defensible businesses? As per my understanding most successful software businesses have something in their tech stack that cannot be easily replicated.


Technology is not the only “moat” there is. A photo sharing app is ultimately CRUD but it’s pretty hard to take down Instagram.


maybe another way of framing it is that not all startups are software businesses, maybe they provide some other service that just happens to depend upon some software, and perhaps a bunch of other things


It's not true.

Think of Dropbox or Instagram or even Amazon

What's there which technologically can't be replicated given enough money?

It's the userbase/network effect which can't be reflected if given


But they all had technical founders/co-founders? Thats what I think OP's question was related to?


People forget that sharing economy always existed in some form

You ask your friend to drop you off at the work or your sister to babysit your son, it's all sharing.

I can argue such kind of sharing (without cash) puts other people at disadvantages who don't have friends or family maybe due to some disability.

Now even those people can hail a ride on Uber.

What's wrong with it? I don't need to maintain a list of friends which worsens my anexeity/depression, I simply pay and I am happy.

I can see why people who have social circle to maintain such favours will not like this because now a lonely soul can get same level of service from others around him.


Some party will always be at loss and market will decide which one.

Just stop traveling to Madrid after all not everyone is entitled to invade life of locals and make their place crowded.


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