Modern American elites have come to favour inconspicuous consumption
A new book looks at how expenditure has changed among America’s affluent
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Posted on 2017-08-07T02:20:36+0000
Inside the world of Silicon Valley's 'coasters' — the millionaire engineers who get paid gobs of money and barely work
We talked to engineers in Silicon Valley's "rest and vest" world, who explained how they got these gigs and how they spend their days.
Hasnain says:
""Their Facebook stock quadruples and they don't leave. They are really good engineers, really indispensable. And then they start to pull 9-5 days," this person said.""
"A former Google manager who recently left the company agreed. "There are a lot 'coasters' who reached a certain level and don't want to work any harder. They just do a 9-5 job, won't work to get promoted, don't want to get promoted. If their department doesn't like them, after a year or two they move somewhere else," she said."
What the heck is wrong with doing the job you're paid to do? Since when was working 9-5 "slacking"?
Posted on 2017-08-06T20:38:12+0000
Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture
In 2013, Peter Hollens was an aspiring a cappella singer surviving, in his words, by living on ramen in someone else’s house. Hollens was hardly new to the music business; he’d been a record...
Hasnain says:
Interesting read, I don't use Patreon so I just learnt a bunch about it.
Posted on 2017-08-04T14:26:55+0000
Opinion | Dunkirk, the War and the Amnesia of the Empire
Op-Ed ContributorDunkirk, the War and the Amnesia of the EmpireSHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead Laterhttps://nyti.ms/2hmBHOPShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelIndian troops in France during World War II.Culture Club / Getty Ima...
Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests
Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests查看简体中文版查看繁體中文版SHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead Laterhttps://nyti.ms/2u1fXcmShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelResearchers found that paying others to do tasks on...
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Posted on 2017-07-31T00:25:45+0000
Building a startup in public: from first line of code to frontpage of Reddit
I show how I built a mini startup called Hoodmaps in public from the first line of code to a functioning web app that I got to the frontpage of Reddit with over 300,000 people using it. While recording the entire process on Twitch and Twitter. (This post is gigantic, click through to build, launch,…
Hasnain says:
Amazing story of a product from start to finish.
And it solves a problem that I have too!
Posted on 2017-07-31T00:09:44+0000
Dolphin Emulator
When you're playing your favorite game on Dolphin with a powerful computer, things should run fairly well. The game is running full speed, there are no graphical glitches, and you can use your favorite controller if you want. Yet, every time you go to a new area, or load a new effect, there's a very...
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Posted on 2017-07-30T20:33:50+0000
Another one bites the dust
“It has not been denied that respondent No. 1 being Chairman of the Board of Capital FZE was entitled to salary,...
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Posted on 2017-07-30T02:52:55+0000
Perspective | Is Amazon getting too big?
A 28-year-old law student takes on the “Everything Store” by questioning whether antitrust law is ready to deal with a winner-take-all economy
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Posted on 2017-07-29T04:37:43+0000
14 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs, One Chart Shows Why Portugal’s Bold Risk Paid Off
Reason to celebrate.
Hasnain says:
"So how did it all happen? The answer doesn't lie in decriminalization as much as what it liberates the state from. As Johann Hari notes in Chasing the Scream, a book on the international war on drugs that includes reporting from Portugal, "In the United States, 90% of the money spent on drug policy goes to policing and punishment, with 10% going to treatment and prevention. In Portugal, the ratio is the exact opposite.""
Posted on 2017-07-29T02:53:03+0000