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by Aspos 4y ago
There should be no way to convert gift cards into large amounts of cash for starters. US, perhaps, is the only developed country with gift card scams problem.
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by Aspos 4y ago
Many kinds of fraud mentioned in this post and the original article hinge on the fact that fraudsters can easily withdraw the money from the destination account. Just close this loophole and a bunch of fraud schemes will go obsolete. Requir
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by Aspos 4y ago
Regulators are hired by and largely follow directions set by politicians, so ultimately it is the fault of politicians in any case. I trust they finally will do the right thing. After having tried everything else of course.
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by Aspos 4y ago
There is a reason why such kinds of fraud are practically nonexistent in some other countries but are prevalent in the US. Alas, nearly every problem in the US stems from politics. A problem which could have been solved easily will keep be
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by Aspos 4y ago
Right. Europeans in the Americas and Mongols in Eurasia did what was rational: both had significant, incomparable advantage in military technology and both used it for their advantage according to the standards of their time.
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by Aspos 4y ago
They got into trouble not because the idea is stupid, but because many banks will quickly become redundant. Centralized postal banking is not a new concept and actually is a long-term trend.
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by Aspos 4y ago
True. However then the postal fees are on the receiver. I wish there was a DNS service which would shield my privacy and provide dynamic pricing for the likes of FedEx, UPS, USPS. I enjoy Amazon Prime but don't want Amazon to know whe
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by Aspos 4y ago
There should be DNS for paper mail. Telling everyone where I live just to receive mail sounds insane in XXI. I wish I could get a permanent address such as myname@usps.com and get paper mail directed as needed every time I move. Allowing pe
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by Aspos 4y ago
Back in 2001 GM hired my university professor to study what could be done with the dealer network. Even then it was clear dealers were of no use in the long run, but there were no practical ways of getting rid of them. Forcing dealers to do
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by Aspos 4y ago
I think it is a great idea btw. Once city becomes big enough, one may want to recruit more people to take care of it and split roles. I love it.
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by Aspos 4y ago
Some sort of a Tamagochi Sim City? If you don't login often enough your city dies?
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by Aspos 4y ago
That's right. Employees are free to go and can head to the airport at any moment. Employer must arrange and pay for the departure within a month. If it does not happen, government arranges the exit, pays the travel expenses and deducts
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by Aspos 4y ago
Bless your heart pal.
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by Aspos 4y ago
Look, I spent a decade there, as an employee and as an employer. I know what UAE ministry of labor will do to a company in case if they get a single complaint but, hey, what arguments can I possibly find to change your mind? You will keep f
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by Aspos 4y ago
So a guy lives in what can be best described as a "pit", makes an equivalent of, say, $200/m. Among many contenders wins job in Dubai, moves to a company-provided, airconditioned camp (built by no other that Hughes, who build
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by Aspos 4y ago
Great. So Dubai should force Indian companies pay their Indian workers more, but Indian companies in India should not be forced to, right? How would you justify this? And what if I ask you to apply the same logic to H1B?
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by Aspos 4y ago
When talking to flat-earthers giving them logical arguments and more information is pointless as they will keep brushing off info that contradicts their world-view and will keep finding info that supports it. The same story about this whol
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by Aspos 4y ago
What do you think the alternatives should be? Should Indian and Pakistani companies pay more to Indian and Pakistani workers they bring to Dubai? Should they leave them in India and let them work in even worse conditions? Who do you think
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by Aspos 4y ago
I vividly remember watching Mir space station deorbiting in VRML in real-time in 2001. It seemed normal back then, but looking back it is unbelievable how smooth the whole experience was given the state of the internet in 2001. Edit: Wow, t
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by Aspos 5y ago
Those are literally the Russian propaganda talking points. I've seen reasonable and intelligent people who used to believe these sincerely. Seems like you are under a similar influence.
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by Aspos 5y ago
>Have you ever tried not speeding? Literally everyone is technically speeding This is rather a local problem specific to the US. It was shocking to find out that speed limits in the US are not limits really.
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by Aspos 5y ago
Why do you constrain yourself to a single pellet? It may be simpler to shoot ten pellets at a time than stabilizing the barrel.
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by Aspos 5y ago
A couple of $100M political donations may win hearts and bi-partisan support of some decision makers in one powerful country. An offer to Belize along the lines of "Hey, we will fund higher education of all your citizens for the next 5
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by Aspos 5y ago
They have a 1.2-acre anchoring point to build an elevated platform with a pier and a landing strip. BTW, USS Harry S. Truman may get retired soon. That would give them plenty of space for anything.
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by Aspos 5y ago
What infrastructure? They don't need too many people living there to manage all these. A landing strip, a pier, couple houses for the maintenance team. A bungalow and a bar for their parliament.
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by Aspos 5y ago
If they will manage to get recognized and get a UN membership they will instantly have a ton of ways of making money. Flag of convenience for ships and airplanes -- millions and millions annually. Mongolia has a huge merchant fleet. Thousan
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by Aspos 5y ago
If there are multiple drones in the frame and you rely on object detection only, then you will have hard time telling drones apart. Even if you use something like lidars and get a bunch of coordinates, you still need to know who is who. You
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by Aspos 5y ago
Nobody is withholding any passports. It is illegal and employer will be fined if gov finds out. Dubai gov advertises hotlines where employees can anonymously report such things. Moreover, employer is mandated to pay for the return ticket if
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by Aspos 5y ago
No doubt. I've been to 114 countries out of ~200 and spent decades living in different parts of the world. My comment was about people crying "slavery" while not fully understanding what they are referring to, about people wh
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by Aspos 5y ago
Well, that is what I mean: some people divide the world to "civilized" and "barbaric" and anything that does not fit their world view must be barbaric of course.

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