ProAm

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by ProAm 4y ago
There is a shortage of qualified and decent labor. Bodies <> Labor
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by ProAm 4y ago
$999 Monitor stand. I dont want to argue or nitpick each and every product (just like good discussion and it's their company they can charge what they want and people can spend their money as they deem fit). But look at their profit
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by ProAm 4y ago
https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished (I jest) But we all know Apple products are severely overpriced per specification. It's how they sustain their profit margin, and in turn are also not currently laying folk
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by ProAm 4y ago
Or is it market value to Apple?
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by ProAm 4y ago
More than that it is a human condition to eliminate competition. It's part of evolution and I doubt will ever be rid of the practice.
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by ProAm 4y ago
"When a measure becomes a target, it cease to be a good measure."
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by ProAm 4y ago
I think a couple million. 2.5M if I remember correctly.
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by ProAm 4y ago
> Nobody is perfect, any service will have bugs causing lockouts and false-positive fraud claims The HUGE difference is both Fastmail and I assume Protonmail (I only have personal experience with FM) actually have customer service depart
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Smartphone shipments plunge to a low not seen since 2013 – largest ever decline(cnbc.com)
4 points by ProAm 4y ago|2 comments
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by ProAm 4y ago
I'm not sure if you've ever been to Ohio, but no.
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by ProAm 4y ago
https://fortune.com/2022/09/16/patagonia-founder-legal-tax-l...
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by ProAm 4y ago
> Overall, I don't see how this makes the donation no longer "legit"? It not necessarily not legit, but he managed to keep a 3B business under family control and bypass paying around 700M in taxes in doing so. So the altr
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by ProAm 4y ago
It is, Im not saying they are 100% evil like some companies we discuss on HN. But this was a tax dodge. [1] [1] https://fortune.com/2022/09/16/patagonia-founder-legal-tax-l...
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by ProAm 4y ago
> you should consider reading more about Patagonia I'd be open to reading more. I think they are largely a good company but feel like this move was more of a tax dodge and to ensure generational wealth than for altruism. But I am
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by ProAm 4y ago
I take this in the same vein as "Patagonia Founder Donates Company to Charity" and view it as a clever shell game.Mostly because Im cynical and have watched SV/VC game way too long to be healthy.
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by ProAm 4y ago
> It's quite easy to teach a junior dev how to use SVN. Git takes much longer to master. This is pretty much it, ease of use. No one really knows git (beyond 5 commands). Everyone knows how to google git commands or talks to the
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by ProAm 4y ago
Manifest your own destiny. What are you going to do if people in this thread say no its not possible? What are you going to do if they say it is possible? Either way you have to do the work. No network is odd since you have been working
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by ProAm 4y ago
I think he's hinting at government overstepping its boundary to intimidate private citizens for something that (may or may not) isn't illegal but unsavory to those in power.
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by ProAm 4y ago
For the company that spent decades putting mom and pop shops out of business it is very hard to feel sad for layoffs. It's just their own bed these folks now have to sleep in. As an investor I am also happy. For the workers, it&#x27
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by ProAm 4y ago
Thankfully. "Sunlight is one of the best disinfectants"
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by ProAm 4y ago
Happens more frequently than you think.
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by ProAm 4y ago
Im not sure I follow your thought process. Are you suggesting these employees would make Microsoft more profit YoY than laying them off when they are deemed as a cost center vs profit center?
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by ProAm 4y ago
> Normally, hiring 11,000 people you "didn't need" would be a warning sign that management was incompetent Not really, Big Tech was in an 'arms' race the last decade where they felt if they did not hire people th
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by ProAm 4y ago
But iTunes only runs on Windows or macOS so I think you're stuck to having one of those around with iTunes running on it. I was hopeful, Id love an iPhone but have SO much music and no way to get it onto the phone without buying anoth
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by ProAm 4y ago
Only works on Windows or MacOS right?
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by ProAm 4y ago
Please explain the food pyramid?
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by ProAm 4y ago
Also worked for the food pyramid...
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by ProAm 4y ago
If you need the government to tell you what to eat, I think were at a point where we let evolution fix this one for us... as for that is signs of a failed society.
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by ProAm 4y ago
Asking for laws instead of people to build self control is not the answer.
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by ProAm 4y ago
How big are the slices near you? Im assuming large-ish like a NYC slice, where 6 slices will make the pie. If you are paying $5.00 for a slice of cheese pizza in Phoenix, that means a whole cheese pizza would cost $30 USD? That is insani

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