Oh, no. The dam is 185 miles away from Silicon Valley. We would be safe from the imminent collapse of the dam. However, a 30-foot-tall wall of water would eventually end up in the delta and flush out the endangered smelt fish. That would be a tragedy.
Didn't they try that "shovel ready" stuff about 8 years ago? About the only thing I saw was a few roads that didn't need resurfacing were resurfaced with some kind of pork.
The stimulus wasn't big enough to make a meaningful impact. It should have been two to three times larger. Most of the states spent the money on other things like paying down their debts than infrastructure projects. For what little it did, it was better than nothing.
When I walked into a coffee shop in Palo Alto before 7AM this morning, people were sitting down or standing up while watching the local news about the dam.
I never really got why apartments have to be larger than they really have to be.
After my father passed away and 99.9% of what he owned got tossed out, I started tossing out the clutter in my life. That was five years ago. I could probably move into a smaller studio apartment (200-sft or less).
I pay that for a 2000sq ft house in Minneapolis. My TV room is bigger than 475sq ft. I have a tax write off and equity. Sucker...
That's nothing. My brother's in-laws bought a $1M house in Gilroy with a wet bar bigger than my kitchen and a kitchen bigger than my apartment. So obscene. The mountain lion behind the 20-foot-tall wired fence was cool.
I've been living in my 475-sft studio apartment in Silicon Valley for nearly 12 years. Thanks to rent control, I'm paying $300 per month less than market rate. If everything works out, I'll be moving to Sacramento Valley this summer.
You're the one who's acting proud to be overpaying on their living space while being underpaid.
Thanks to rent control and living in my studio apartment for nearly 12 years, I'm actually underpaying market rate by $300 per month.
[...] while being underpaid.
As an IT support technician (a.k.a., virtual ditch digger), $50K+ is the top of the pay scale. Once I get my InfoSec certification, I'll be making $100K in my next job. However, by living a modest lifestyle, I can live in Silicon Valley without making $100K+ per year.
That's more than what I pay for a 1600 sq. ft. house on a wooded half-acre in the Chicago suburbs. I also make more than 150% of your salary here as well.
So what? I was born and raised in Silicon Valley when it still had orchards, canneries were the largest employers, and everyone else worked in THE CITY (San Francisco). If I wanted to freeze my ass off every winter, I would move up to Idaho to be with the rest of my extended family.
A person can almost make a coherent argument for being boned from behind with no lube in the Bay Area, but why in the nine hells would you pay inflated prices to live in Sacramento?
My parents retired there in the 1990's and I know the area well. I'll probably move to North Highlands, which is above the floodplain and below the snowline, and still affordable.
My mortgage on a 4-bedroom house in the Sacramento area is a little over $900/month [...]
I've noticed that a mortgage cost less than renting in Sacramento.
You're either underpaid, or need to move.
I work in government IT and $50K+ is the national average for IT support techs. I got a lot of hemming and hawing when I requested a cost of living adjustment for Silicon Valley. If everything works out, I'll be moving to Sacramento this summer. After I get my InfoSec certifications, my next job should put me in the six-figure pay range.
The exodus is already on for Silicon Valley as people flee to nearby regions. I'm hoping to transfer to the Sacramento Valley this summer. For what I pay for a studio apartment in Silicon Valley, I could get a three-bedroom apartment in Sacramento. Unfortunately, real estate prices are starting to spike there as well.
If that is the case, then explain to me why these H1-Bs are being trained by the American employees that they're displacing.
Because American workers don't maintain documentation and all their working knowledge is locked up in their heads. As an American contractor who does short-term projects, I find it aggravating to spend time reinventing the wheel for a long lost process, say, setting up a DOS-based pharmaceutical program on Windows 7 system, only to find out later that one of the IT techs didn't volunteer the information when I asked because he wanted me to beg for it. This level of douchebaggery doesn't help anyone.
Due to changes by the powers to be, my coworkers and I have ot narrow down the scope of the raw Nessus scan data to find our work assignments. Pull the spreadsheet, search for laptops and workstations in OU path, and work on the narrowed dataset (~400K items). One of the more interesting things to find in the raw data are garage openers on the network. Not sure how to remediate those yet. Won't be long before refrigerators, microwave ovens and HDTVs are on the network. Hopefully those will be on a separate VLAN than the general VLAN.
I honestly think there was a 80%+ chance that Hillary would've started WWIII
Uh, no. This WWIII nonsense started after Trump won the election and his supporters tried to dispute the perception that Trump would probably start WWIII by accident. He's doing a fine job in pissing off allies and making enemies happy.
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Corrupt politicians don't care about people once elected, they care about more power.
Not sure why you're bringing up Trump in this discussion.
Would they have drowned if they were lying down?
Oh, no. The dam is 185 miles away from Silicon Valley. We would be safe from the imminent collapse of the dam. However, a 30-foot-tall wall of water would eventually end up in the delta and flush out the endangered smelt fish. That would be a tragedy.
But hey, we got more welfare and crony projects like the Bullet-CrazyTrain.
New and shiny will always attract funding. Old and boring, not so much.
Didn't they try that "shovel ready" stuff about 8 years ago? About the only thing I saw was a few roads that didn't need resurfacing were resurfaced with some kind of pork.
The stimulus wasn't big enough to make a meaningful impact. It should have been two to three times larger. Most of the states spent the money on other things like paying down their debts than infrastructure projects. For what little it did, it was better than nothing.
So, you live in southern CA.
If I was in Southern CA, I would have a muffin to go with my skinny vanilla latte. ;)
Were any of them kneeling?
Nope. I forgot to order a blow job with my skinny vanilla latte this morning.
When I walked into a coffee shop in Palo Alto before 7AM this morning, people were sitting down or standing up while watching the local news about the dam.
Kind of begs the question as to why you want to live in Silicon Valley?
Born and raised here. Used to have family here. Will probably move to Sacramento Valley this summer.
I can catch the bus less than a half-block away and it takes me about 30 minutes to get to work.
Two local busses and an express bus takes me from the doorstep of my apartment to the doorstep of my job 30 miles away in 60 minutes.
I have had a 270 sqft apartment for most of my life.
I came across a YouTube video of a 82sft apartment in Tokyo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYVJbupG3Xg
I never really got why apartments have to be larger than they really have to be.
After my father passed away and 99.9% of what he owned got tossed out, I started tossing out the clutter in my life. That was five years ago. I could probably move into a smaller studio apartment (200-sft or less).
$1M house in Gilroy, what's that, 750 sq ft and no garage?
Five bedrooms, 3K- to 4K-sft and three-car garage. Lot size is from a little to a lot.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Gilroy_CA/beds-5-5
I pay that for a 2000sq ft house in Minneapolis. My TV room is bigger than 475sq ft. I have a tax write off and equity. Sucker...
That's nothing. My brother's in-laws bought a $1M house in Gilroy with a wet bar bigger than my kitchen and a kitchen bigger than my apartment. So obscene. The mountain lion behind the 20-foot-tall wired fence was cool.
I've been living in my 475-sft studio apartment in Silicon Valley for nearly 12 years. Thanks to rent control, I'm paying $300 per month less than market rate. If everything works out, I'll be moving to Sacramento Valley this summer.
You're the one who's acting proud to be overpaying on their living space while being underpaid.
Thanks to rent control and living in my studio apartment for nearly 12 years, I'm actually underpaying market rate by $300 per month.
[...] while being underpaid.
As an IT support technician (a.k.a., virtual ditch digger), $50K+ is the top of the pay scale. Once I get my InfoSec certification, I'll be making $100K in my next job. However, by living a modest lifestyle, I can live in Silicon Valley without making $100K+ per year.
That's more than what I pay for a 1600 sq. ft. house on a wooded half-acre in the Chicago suburbs. I also make more than 150% of your salary here as well.
So what? I was born and raised in Silicon Valley when it still had orchards, canneries were the largest employers, and everyone else worked in THE CITY (San Francisco). If I wanted to freeze my ass off every winter, I would move up to Idaho to be with the rest of my extended family.
A person can almost make a coherent argument for being boned from behind with no lube in the Bay Area, but why in the nine hells would you pay inflated prices to live in Sacramento?
My parents retired there in the 1990's and I know the area well. I'll probably move to North Highlands, which is above the floodplain and below the snowline, and still affordable.
My mortgage on a 4-bedroom house in the Sacramento area is a little over $900/month [...]
I've noticed that a mortgage cost less than renting in Sacramento.
You're either underpaid, or need to move.
I work in government IT and $50K+ is the national average for IT support techs. I got a lot of hemming and hawing when I requested a cost of living adjustment for Silicon Valley. If everything works out, I'll be moving to Sacramento this summer. After I get my InfoSec certifications, my next job should put me in the six-figure pay range.
SV and others need to expand to nearby cities.
The exodus is already on for Silicon Valley as people flee to nearby regions. I'm hoping to transfer to the Sacramento Valley this summer. For what I pay for a studio apartment in Silicon Valley, I could get a three-bedroom apartment in Sacramento. Unfortunately, real estate prices are starting to spike there as well.
My 475-sft studio apartment in San Jose is $1466 per month. I only make $50K+ per year as an IT support technician.
LinkedIn says there are 100,000+ tech jobs available in the San Francisco Bay Area.
If that is the case, then explain to me why these H1-Bs are being trained by the American employees that they're displacing.
Because American workers don't maintain documentation and all their working knowledge is locked up in their heads. As an American contractor who does short-term projects, I find it aggravating to spend time reinventing the wheel for a long lost process, say, setting up a DOS-based pharmaceutical program on Windows 7 system, only to find out later that one of the IT techs didn't volunteer the information when I asked because he wanted me to beg for it. This level of douchebaggery doesn't help anyone.
Due to changes by the powers to be, my coworkers and I have ot narrow down the scope of the raw Nessus scan data to find our work assignments. Pull the spreadsheet, search for laptops and workstations in OU path, and work on the narrowed dataset (~400K items). One of the more interesting things to find in the raw data are garage openers on the network. Not sure how to remediate those yet. Won't be long before refrigerators, microwave ovens and HDTVs are on the network. Hopefully those will be on a separate VLAN than the general VLAN.
I honestly think there was a 80%+ chance that Hillary would've started WWIII
Uh, no. This WWIII nonsense started after Trump won the election and his supporters tried to dispute the perception that Trump would probably start WWIII by accident. He's doing a fine job in pissing off allies and making enemies happy.
Websites that have to load 50+ JavaScript ads before displaying the page can easily overwhelm a slow processor even with a fast cable connection.
You are actually private sector, and as such your compensation is much better than a government employee.
Maybe, maybe not. Some of my fellow government employees are driving Tesla cars. Then again, the Tesla dealership is just around the corner from us.
I wonder. What percentage of people who bought the wrong Snap stock voted Trump? My guess is that the number is lower than you would like.
Trump voters are poor and ignorant. Trump students — those who bought the books and/or went to Trump University — are poor and gullible.