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by aianus 9y ago
Then they should still work at $4/h or whatever and the government should top them off to $10/h with basic income or welfare. It's more efficient and humane than basically telling them they're worthless and they should j
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by aianus 9y ago
I drive for Uber on the side despite my real job paying 7x more per hour. It's mostly an excuse to get out of the house and drive my car with someone else paying for the gas.
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by aianus 9y ago
> People owing more on their cars then they are worth, then defaulting. I read somewhere that car loans are some of the safest secured loans for lenders. People will skimp on food, rent, and everything else before they default on their c
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by aianus 9y ago
What about NSF fees? The NSF fee at my bank is 8x more than the overdraft fee ($40 vs $5 + 20% APR). Turning overdraft off would be a poor choice for me even if I anticipated the occasional overdraft.
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by aianus 9y ago
Good code schools have existing relationships with recruiters and employers that will get students interviews.
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by aianus 9y ago
I transfered my domain to route 53 and let them know this was the reason why.
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by aianus 10y ago
What comes next? I'm also completely lost at the end of the life script and I'm not interested in getting a wife, kids, or mortgage like my peers seem to be.
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by aianus 10y ago
In my city that's where they put parking spots which are even more profitable than housing per square foot. Over $60k a spot.
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by aianus 10y ago
Why can't they use outhouses? They're just holes in the ground (very little maintenance, no requirement for plumbing) and far better than shitting out in the open or in a potable water source.
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by aianus 10y ago
Using a billion miles of real world experience to decide that that technology was insufficient is, in fact, progress. It may have gone the other way. Remember, the primary sensor technology in 99.999% of cars out there is two front facing v
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by aianus 10y ago
What's the equivalent of animal trials for autonomous vehicles? Closed-circuit tests? Is there any evidence that these companies haven't gone through closed circuit tests and passed before testing in public roads? The next step in
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by aianus 10y ago
Horse carriage makers, Kodak, Blackberry
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by aianus 10y ago
Killing a few extra people today to bring self driving cars to market faster could actually save more lives in total. I have much more respect for Tesla for shipping something.
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by aianus 10y ago
My bank charges $40 + 2% forex spread for a wire transfer to Thailand. With Bitcoin I actually come out at a small profit. Bitcoin is way better at consumer level international transfers than banks.
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by aianus 10y ago
Why would the net driver earnings ever be higher than, say, flipping burgers at McDonald's? Driving an Uber is certainly easier and more fun.
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by aianus 10y ago
I definitely had chip and sign for a few months in Canada before they added a pin to my card. Circa 2011.
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by aianus 10y ago
Would this not select for firing your best workers (who aren't worried about finding another job)?
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by aianus 10y ago
> A company that loses money on every unit sale has no breakeven point (Uber) What? Uber spends an additional ~$0 on every additional ride. They only lose money because of growth and price wars with the competition. In mature markets wit
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by aianus 10y ago
> Airlines start offering compensation and travel that is less than what is required under the FAA rule hoping that people who haven't been properly informed about their rights will take the cheap offer. When this doesn't work
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by aianus 10y ago
You just have to coerce them near the end of the election. Or, even better, take their smartcard and hold onto it until after the election.
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by aianus 10y ago
Why wouldn't adding sleep calls help prevent timing attacks? Assuming you're padding all response times to the same total response time.
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by aianus 10y ago
> What else is he going to do if he needs personal cash, take a loan? If he believed in the stock, why not?
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by aianus 10y ago
They're not going to let random hobos move to Mars. Anyone that would be accepted for that mission would have perfectly adequate financial options available to them on Earth.
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by aianus 10y ago
SF is horrible. Junkies and fog and cold. Never again.
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by aianus 10y ago
With always-on 3G connectivity and a corresponding app? Link? I know it's not very innovative but if the incumbents can't even do this then how are they going to leapfrog Tesla at, say, self driving?
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by aianus 10y ago
I assume he wants to solve climate change by criminalizing climate change denial like holocaust denial is in Germany. Pretty absurd.
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by aianus 10y ago
I was more scared just outside work at the Twitter HQ in SF (Market and 10th) than I was anywhere in DF.
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by aianus 10y ago
Probably Amazon pays them 0-5% of the recharge amount. That's what they're saving on the credit card processing. Same as buying a Steam gift card at CVS or whatever.
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by aianus 10y ago
You would get caught immediately when the employees filed their taxes and the IRS had no record of the supposed withholdings.
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by aianus 10y ago
At work I'm parked down the street from the car so the key fob wouldn't reach. But that's beside the point; you can't even do it from the key fob today on a new Audi.

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