DudeOpotomus

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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
If you read my comment and replied with your reply, you didnt read my comment...
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Which exchange do you think SpaceX will be listed? And why is it the TXSE?
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Isnt it amazing how few people actually pay attention let alone ask themselves "why?". The worst part? HN users are much better educated and tend to be much smarter than the average person. If this audience is so easily manipulate
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Hard to figure this one with busses costing millions to purchase and tens of thousands a year to maintain. Not too mention drivers, bus stops, paint, etc. No way that using cheaply available vans and part time drivers would ever cost more o
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
When you can buy a Governor, you buy a Governor. When you can buy a State, you buy a State. When you can buy a SCOTUS Justice, you buy a SCOTUS Justice or 6. When you can buy a POTUS, you buy a POTUS. Elon bought them all and many of you ch
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
In many municipalities, it would be cheaper to run on demand van service for people than run busses. Not only would it get people to and from their actual homes and work, vans are cheap and readily available. Paying more drivers is cheaper
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
The old web hid search results from behind paywalls and logins. New web literally makes Google worthless for 80% of my searches. q: What will the web / social media be like when the only people using it are idiots and the poor?
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
The hardest working people in society are paid the least. We created a system of financial engineering that has bifurcated society. The sad part is it's only going to get worse as those with money will have access to the tools and reso
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
I'd say that this is a take only for your time, not for all time. For all time, learning about the humanities has shown to further one's ability to reason, create and imagine. IMHO Curiosity paired with an understanding of humanit
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Associating good vs evil with politics and perhaps worse, political party's themselves is a problem. Why do people associate these disparate things? Because they've been trained to... Sadly, this tribalism is at the root of most o
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
At no time in human history have the people who banned books been on the good side.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Trump is a gift to our adversaries. They could not have created a better path to overtaking the USA in science, tech, healthcare and defense. Sure makes one wonder if he is legitimately this stupid or if he has been legitimately compromised
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
You never should have made any money to begin with... That's the reality. The entire ad floated universe is a farce in time and space.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
There is no right to make money. Period. If you did, that doesnt mean you should. If you can, that doesnt mean you should.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
This is what actually kills brands. The funny thing is our collective memory is short, so a brand killed by poor product and bad decisions is often revitalized by PE a few years later, because of brand recognition.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
This isnt exactly true. They do not own the property but their contracts give them full ownership over policies and processes of the location. It's an essential part of their brand by the way, to assure continuity.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
No, it's just stupidity and myopia. Like those screens that replaced glass beverage cases in liquor stores a few years ago. Not one customer liked them. Not one customer wanted them and the results were beyond terrible. People literall
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Religious freedom may come into play here. Incense and candles are a basis for many faiths so assigning a fee on people practicing their faith will cost them in court and in payouts.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
If I got one of these I'd pay it and never, ever, ever stay at any hotel owned by the entity again. Being that I spend $25k-50k a year on hotels, their loss is a small hotel's gain. In fact, whoever does this will lose my business
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
True. They also do not hold insurance and typically do not have drivers licenses. Although CA will give one to anyone with a pulse... Having been hit twice by non-insured, non-licensed drivers with no paperwork or legal status, they got off
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
It's 2025 and McDonald's is still the #1 most popular restaurant in the whole world. Social Media is fast food. The masses will consume it to their death... The rest of the population is bifurcating. The only people who will remai
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Ideology is not policy... Policy is hard. Ideology is easy. Reading these comments, it appears that most of you haven't a clue how the sausage is actually made.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
The dude lambasts the US because he has tattoos on his face and implanted metal in his body and was singled out by security. Security's job is to look for people who are out of the ordinary. Since most security people are not very brig
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Isnt that why you did all that to your body? To get attention from other people? This was just not the kind of attention you thought you'd get... Drawing attention to yourself results in attention. Who knew.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
How old are you? I wonder if you were exposed to the world before advertising took over every aspect of our lives. Before the most valueable companies in the world were based on media and advertising sales. If you were alive before ad tech
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Ad tech is the reason our society is so polarized. YouTube and Google fund the disinformation and propaganda universe. These fringe people never had a chance to broadcast let alone become wealthy before Google put ads on everything. And now
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Very low skill trade. Takes a few weeks of training. It is a business ripe for consolidation because of this fact.
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
The facts are that the overwhelming majority of Trades(people), are terrible business people. They may be excellent at their jobs, but very, very , very few have the business skills to build a solid business. Those who do, do extremely well
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
Yes, when I was young. Pre internet days. In the last 25 years, I've built 3 houses and remodeled half a dozen others. Worked very closely with these guys across the entire spectrum. From the unskilled, trying to cheat their way, to th
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by DudeOpotomus 1y ago
In America 2025, there is no better path to a high income and quality of life than learning a trade, then learning how to manage other tradespeople and then owning a company for such a trade. In the trades, if you are slightly smarter than

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