GFischer

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811.
by GFischer 10y ago
Cars ARE cheaper. However, as a sibling commenter mentions, consumers demand more features, so they're spending about the same (inflation adjusted). I took the time to investigate a few months ago and came up with this (UK-centric) exa
812.
by GFischer 10y ago
I don't necessarily agree. That could be an outcome, but it would require policies or voluntary restraint to get there. At least in my country (Uruguay), the lower earning 8% have 30% of the children, placing a huge strain on society a
813.
by GFischer 10y ago
Another point I've seen made is that capital costs are cheaper than ever, so automation can be financed at almost no cost. So higher tariffs will be a boon on robot-makers, not necessarily the working-class people that expected to take
814.
by GFischer 10y ago
A family member that works with industrial assembly lines purchased one, and it has been a huge boon for him, especially since he doesn't have to subcontract a welder so much. He does need a person to watch over the robot for theft and
815.
by GFischer 10y ago
This is very useful. I've been able to time some purchases and administrative tasks using Popular Times. The amount of stuff Google and other services know about me can be a bit shocking - although, as most people, I'm really pred
816.
by GFischer 10y ago
You're right, I missed that one, I read the other one: 10,000 yuan borrowed on an annual interest rate of 24 percent within a week. Even the greediest moneylenders here rarely go beyond 10% weekly.
817.
by GFischer 10y ago
Ha, you haven't seen really outrageous interest rates. Here in Uruguay banks have 40 to 50% annual interest rate, and the equivalent to payday lenders have over 100% annual interest rates. The interesting thing is that the U.S. dollar
818.
by GFischer 10y ago
In the Argentina bank crash, the government froze all assets, but they also printed a lot of money so cash went way down in value too, but yeah, I believe it would still be worth something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
819.
by GFischer 10y ago
We have Crashplan at work. Haven't needed to use it yet, but it gets out of the way and it seems like a good solution.
820.
by GFischer 10y ago
Free (1) tuition is an interesting option, but it's not the end all answer. We have basic tuition in Uruguay, and, while people don't leave university with crippling debt, we still have the problem of people spending 4 or 5 years
821.
by GFischer 10y ago
ASP.NET deploying to Azure, if you're into the ecosystem it can't get much simpler than that (a web page up an running in minutes). It's now cross-platform and there's an Azure free tier. Of course, other people can get
822.
by GFischer 10y ago
Companies violate federal or state (or country, in my case) laws all the time. I've read about Y Combinator actually encouraging some of its startups to violate laws (in the "hack the system" sense, not in criminal violations
823.
by GFischer 10y ago
Whenever I travel anywhere, I like checking it on Street View (even within my city). Also, I'm looking for a house to buy (more a wish than an actual search) and we always look at the neighborhood. Also to see where my family lives, an
824.
by GFischer 10y ago
Just go to Italy or Argentina (100% manual) and you'll be disabused of that idea VERY quickly... that's the worst behaving traffic you'll ever see.
825.
by GFischer 10y ago
Here in Uruguay it's also 99% manual, but I suspect it's because it's cheaper. An equivalent automatic transmission adds one or two thousand dollars to the car, which is unaffordable to most (for no perceived gain). We buy lo
826.
by GFischer 10y ago
"Socialism" is one of those nebulous words. Most modern socialists don't think the word comes from or implies Marxism. Also, Wikipedia: The socialist political movement includes a diverse array of political philosophies that
827.
by GFischer 10y ago
Depends on your use case. If it's better than Street View, I'll definitely use it a lot (once I get my hands on a compatible headset, that is). I use Street View a lot and I think it's one of the most amazing Google services.
828.
by GFischer 10y ago
To be honest, everyone sideloads the Play Store anyways. Heck, they sell it pre-sideloaded here in South America (and with pirated apps if you want them).
829.
by GFischer 10y ago
Unfortunately Jitsi was acquired by Atlassian, so I don't think you'll see many advances there. They were (are) some of the best at working with WebRTC. Edit: I would put more stock on Appear.in. They also have some of the best pe
830.
by GFischer 10y ago
I suspect the salary difference will be a LOT more than 15 to 20%. More like 50% at first, and tough to close that gap (he might get on a fast track, but he'd also have gotten raises as a PM). According to Glassdoor, Product Manager at
831.
by GFischer 10y ago
A company I know of (in a not-so-hot city in the U.S.) was so desperate for coders that they hired a Physics student with basically no coding experience. He was a disaster, they'd have been much better off with a bootcamp graduate.
832.
by GFischer 10y ago
It gets old very quickly. I used to have a phone number that was one easily mistaken digit away from the largest pizzeria in town, and people angrily complaining about wrong or delayed orders was not funny. One of my siblings sometimes took
833.
by GFischer 10y ago
Digital age Beanie Babies? http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201...
834.
by GFischer 10y ago
Unfortunately not entirely true, depending on where you live. Americans would be astounded to learn the usual settlements awarded for deaths due to traffic accidents (as an example I'm familiar with) in South America. Payments of 25.00
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by GFischer 10y ago
I don't think it would work well economically. It's a libertarian utopia, but unfortunately, the moment some of the 50 states decide to do stuff like taxing out of state purchases or something like that, it would become very annoy
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Peter Thiel’s Big Gamble(techcrunch.com)
9 points by GFischer 10y ago|1 comments
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by GFischer 10y ago
Unfortunately Android has its own malware :( and plenty of sites redirect to the Play Store. I've seen Android phones constantly opening popups.
838.
by GFischer 10y ago
Well, it depends for the kind of job you're aiming for. A top level job at the A-list companies requires intense interview preparation. On the other side of the spectrum, there are companies on unattractive cities that will hire any wa
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by GFischer 10y ago
Was going to post that. It's fairly consistent with what you'd expect, too. I suspect it'll give a lot of "Gary Johnson" and "Jill Stein" answers (I saw the poll on my mother's Facebook along with a f
840.
by GFischer 10y ago
I've been around for a couple of RFPs(1), and the company I work for had one for a CMS recently. The way it works is: 1) Business has a crappy, very manual website/intranet/whatever. 2) Someone with the actual capability to d

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