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They might have cheap broadband, but when people are only earning $800 a month in a city whose GDP per capita is comparable to US... In the streets of Mong Kok
by meric 16y ago
They might have cheap broadband, but when people are only earning $800 a month in a city whose GDP per capita is comparable to US...
In the streets of Mong Kok (very high density suburb), there are youngsters standing on the side of the street for the whole day trying to sell broadband packages. Those broadband companies don't have retail shops; They pay a small wage to people in their early twenties who did not get into university / cannot get another job, to just stand there in the street (equivalent to $800 USD a month, 4 days a month off), to provide support as well as sell internet to new customers.
In the afternoon there's this shopping street closed off to cars. The internet salesmen move into the middle of the road, set up their portable sign, and work. Sometimes they bring a small chair.
At least they have cheap broadband.
Source: I'm in Hong Kong at the moment.
P.S
If you had only 4 days a month off, and your friend only have 4 days a month off, then you have a 1.8% chance of having the same day off each month. It equates to having one day to go out with your friend once every 2 years.
- csomar 16y agoIf you had only 4 days a month off, and your friend only have 4 days a month off, then you have a 1.8% chance of having the same day off each month. It equates to having one day to go out with your friend once every 2 years. It's probably Sunday or Monday. So they'll probably meet. Also they can meet intra-day to launch or dinner.
- ramchip 16y agoI think the math is bit off. Let's say you have the 1,2,3, and 4th of the month off. Assuming total randomness in the days off (unlikely, as csomar commented), your friend has 1/30 chance of having the 1st off, 1/30 of having the 2nd, ... so in total 4/30 chance of having a day off at the same time as you do in a given month.
- meric 16y agoOops. I didn't know why I squared 4/30, which is better since it is once every ~7.5 months. Its not as non-random as csomar suggested, since you could have the day off any day of the week. However you usually get a day off once a week. I guess it should be better estimated at 1/7 chance of having the same day of, per week. That gives roughly 1 day every 2 months
- Dylan16807 16y ago1/30 chance of having the first day off? They have four days too, it should be 4/30 each of the four days, for overall odds of just over half. I ran a quick monte carlo and it said the same thing.