JBlue42

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by JBlue42 9y ago
Thanks for the insightful comment. I might be missing something about the part regarding unpaid internships. Is this because those internships do, or can, pay so well (my former roommate IIRC was bringing in a couple thousand a week over th
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There's definitely that aspect of it. I think what has evolved out of the book, especially as connectivity has gotten better across the world, is the 'digital nomad' jobs you see. People working remotely at US wages while liv
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by JBlue42 9y ago
>Michael Weinstein This guy seems to waste so much AIDS Healthcare Foundation money on personal propositions. Too bad they haven't been investigated yet on CharityNavigator.
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Sounds a lot like the first season of 'Halt and Catch Fire'.
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Same. As long as I have my books, I'm a happy man. I know it's not healthy but I have stayed in my apartment for a few days at a time and not really noticed. Cabin fever catches up eventually and it's always great to see frie
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Two unrelated comments: a) Fast Company's website has design has gotten worse over the years b) Reader View is the bomb and I use it all the time now. Thanks Mozilla!
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Yeah, same for me. I played team sports until 18 or so all year but also found a great virtual friends playing MUDs and going on BBs and mailing lists centered around subjects that I was interested in. Really opened my eyes to a wider world
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I was only superficially aware of that type of stuff (I play CS:GO every now and then) but not what skin trading actually was nor the money laundering aspect of it. Seems that if Valve wanted to do something about it, they would, right? e-s
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The crazy thing is that the workers actually creating those games are worked to the bone to get them done by the deadlines. The economic model is abusive on both sides (worker and player).
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If it's faux-gambling now, at what point does it start to fall under some sort of real gambling regulations? Doesn't the US at least regulate online poker and similar games?
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I agree with your premise here and might be taking it off topic but Western media tends to portray China striving to be a global power but, I would propose, aren't they already there? They're a key manufacturer and exporter in the
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Well, I don't think he ever argues for set it and forget but the actual work you put in is the "4 hrs/wk" or whatever number you want vs being tied to 40+ working for someone else. There's also the concept of '
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by JBlue42 9y ago
True. It's odd that titles of cars, boats, etc. aren't already in one but it seems laws vary by state.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
While I still get random snake oil vibes from stuff Tim F. says this is a great breakdown of that first book and the essence of what one can take away from it. Create a flow of income that requires less of your time so you can do the things
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Yeah, also love cops and firemen voting Republican - you know, tough on crime, small business - while also pulling down taxpayer OT pay and pensions. Is there any metric showing they Republican party is actually good at enacting crime-fight
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>Terrorism on the rise Terrorism in the US isn't on the rise (unless we're counting white supremacists marches, which the media doesn't) but the powers that be and their cohorts are still milking the teat and our fears fro
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Don't want to be that guy, but I have read where blockchain might make this easier in the future. I'm sure given the money hose that someone is trying to work on this.
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Pretty sure LAPD does this too.
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>It's also why the Koch brothers are aggressive supporters of unlimited low skill labor immigration. It's good for certain types of businesses involving traditional labor. The Kochs use it to suppress wages for their blue colla
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Won't those unskilled workers return if there is no work, just like we've had seasonal migration of farm workers in the past? Farm automation will probably take care of a lot of those jobs.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Ah, yeah, there we go I guess. I know as a unmarried straight, white male that expectations are pretty low for me but married women (esp. with kids) seem to be in a catch-22 with all this. The Guardian had a series of articles a while back
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I wonder if that's enculturated from how she was raised or could be our remaining societal pressures/expectations of women (her friend group?) at work despite rhetoric otherwise?
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Yes, this. My past job, I would have political discussion with coworkers but they were people I had formed extremely close and trusting bonds with. We may have disagreed at times but it came from a place of respect and knowing someone a lit
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I thought the point of Yunus's book/movement was that microloans were safe because people, on the whole, DID pay back the loans?
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It's funny this shows up now because a friend (who works in construction/architecture) and I were kvetching about how slowly we're building out the system in LA (like the 3 mi. Phase 2 of the purple line taking 7 yrs to come
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I've always either early voted or done vote by mail. I have friends here and in other states that feel they have to vote in person because it means something to them symbolically. I would rather take a weekend afternoon to read up on c
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Thanks for being on this thread and commenting in a few places.
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I've definitely experienced as well as seen lower here in Los Angeles.
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Blue in LA as well.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Yeah, it's interesting how just having subtitled media can help. When traveling, I came across an older guy in Viljandi who had learned his basic English from watching Melrose Place reruns.

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