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by aianus 7y ago
> There's absolutely evidence that unions increase wages. 100%. Does that hold for unprofitable VC-subsidized companies? They might go bankrupt if VCs are turned off by a unionized workforce in the next round.
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by aianus 7y ago
You can buy things from a different company or work for a different company or lobby your government to go after the company and stop their behavior. It's much much harder to move countries, if they even let you.
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by aianus 7y ago
> Almost every rich western country today behaved like China during their industrial revolution I'm not a historian so please correct me if I'm wrong but the US gained independence, democracy, and the rule of law well before th
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by aianus 7y ago
If their values are stability and prosperity then why do they look down on Western governance which has resulted in both more stability and greater prosperity than China?
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by aianus 7y ago
> As far as I can tell Brex literally just “lends” money to people that already have money. It hasn’t been clear to me that they’re even involved in any kind of actual issuance of debt in a meaningful sense at all. It's exactly the
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by aianus 7y ago
> Regulations are worth the downsides when it's a matter of life and death. I am in disagreement specifically with this absolute quote. Regulations may or may not be worth the downsides, even when they save lives. The economic costs
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by aianus 7y ago
Strong disagree. There is always an economic tradeoff. Hypothetically going from 0.00001% chance of death to 0.000001% chance of death is not worth my ticket price going from $500 to $2000. Also why I drive to work every day instead of some
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by aianus 7y ago
Knowing how to use a car instead of a horse is useful regardless of whether other people are using cars or horses. It is just a much more powerful tool, despite the complexity arguments you see people throw around online.
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by aianus 7y ago
To be fair you can rent a studio in a luxury condo (with doorman, pool, gym, curtain glass walls, etc.) for the price of a bunk bed in SF, around USD1600/mo. I know, I've done both. Real estate is expensive to buy and salaries are
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by aianus 7y ago
Are they irreversible? I've always bought and sold vehicles (or anything private sale) in cash in Canada because I am extremely leery of reversible payment methods where the payment account owner can claim 'fraud' and I'
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by aianus 7y ago
I exchanged cash in Canada before heading to EU for 10 weeks and the kiosk gave me all EUR500 notes and said it was all they had.
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by aianus 7y ago
> I am pretty much guaranteed the ability to take a long, extravagant vacation every year, spend weekends in the mountains, maintain expensive hobbies, etc. I don't know any management consultants, doctors, lawyers, or investment b
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by aianus 7y ago
We deployed to prod 30x a day at Coinbase, precisely for this reason. It worked great and I was honestly shocked when I worked for other companies that plan their releases like they're shipping shrink-wrapped CDs in 1999.
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by aianus 7y ago
Perhaps irrelevant and offtopic GDPR complaints should be disallowed as well, similar to complaints about paywalls.
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by aianus 7y ago
This happened to me too. They thought it was suspicious that I was in Vietnam, so they brilliantly called my Canadian landline to verify that it was really me that was connecting from Vietnam (???). Of course, I was unable to answer... PayP
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by aianus 7y ago
If American expats pay US income tax, why shouldn’t they qualify? Maybe the US should stop taxing people that don’t even live in America like every other civilized country.
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by aianus 7y ago
Vietnamese are friendly to Americans and see America as an ally in their struggle against Chinese imperialism. The hatred of China in Vietnam is near-universal and explicit. I've lived there but if you don't believe me, ask a few
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by aianus 7y ago
My landlord was definitely losing money (on a cash flow basis) renting to me in Toronto -- rent did not cover mortgage interest + condo fees + property tax. He was just gambling on real estate appreciation and using me to cover most of his
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by aianus 7y ago
> difficulty of scale, which prevents the Blackrocks of the world from just buying up all of the property that could actually return 20% and making the market efficient What exactly is stopping House Flipping BigCo from doing what you&#x
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by aianus 7y ago
You can't understand why someone would prioritize basic life necessities over culture?
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by aianus 7y ago
I was part of the GCP startup program starting Sep 2018 and just had a normal hangouts call with the GCP sales guy. Your experience sounds nuts.
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by aianus 7y ago
Nonsense, I've lived in several and it was great. $500/mo rent and much better quality of life than a similar $4000/mo place in SF.
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by aianus 7y ago
Bank of America won’t send sms to my Canadian carrier either. I have to request a call every time.
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by aianus 7y ago
It’s not. They’re even mailing out stickers to warn passengers they’re being recorded in Toronto. https://help.uber.com/driving-and-delivering/article/can-i-u...
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by aianus 7y ago
Beats invented the first cool bluetooth headset.
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by aianus 7y ago
> We're decades away from anything that will resemble an AI system I use my Google Home Mini every day and it's just like the computer in Star Trek. If you could show it to someone from the early 90s they would certainly say it
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by aianus 7y ago
> If all phones look the same and basically have the same hardware - why bother buying Samsung, when a cheap Oppo is the exact same phone? Because Samsung is made outside of China and will not be tariffed.
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by aianus 7y ago
Yes, being forced by low wages and high taxes to work until I hit 65 and the government graciously allows me to retire is a shitty life that I am not jealous of. I don't care how much vacation and benefits Europeans get.
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by aianus 7y ago
White collar employees in Germany and Scandinavia are much poorer than their equivalents in Canada and the US. Sure, they get maternity leave and 8 weeks of vacation and whatever but they'll never be able to retire at 35 like an Americ
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by aianus 7y ago
Don't condescend to me. The only bargaining power is the ability to switch jobs easily -- something unions specifically fight against.

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