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by andechs 7y ago
It's similar to a telecommunications giant - as the customer, you need to pay a cost of switching (moving expenses, hookup fees etc.). So it's in their best interests to try to squeeze customers when possible, even with the occasi
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by andechs 7y ago
> But Canada lets business owners do a lot of income splitting with family members across different share classes. Particularly if you have children >18. Thankfully, they're finally closing the loophole. Many doctors with private
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by andechs 7y ago
Just because something is a blatant ripoff, doesn't mean it's not a good investment. VCs are doing investments based on predicted ROI, not uniqueness. Lyft and Uber are extremely similar, but the particulars of the business are mu
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by andechs 8y ago
Counterweights are typically 40% of the a loaded elevator car weight, minimizing the overall work that needs to be done to lift any given car, while also limiting the maximum power required to lift a full car.
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by andechs 8y ago
There's this naive feeling that "data can solve everything". We already have great data and advice in the city of Toronto. So many times, we've had data oriented recommendations from city staff entirely ignored by the ex
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by andechs 8y ago
The TN - (nonimmigrant NAFTA Professional) visa makes it very easy to move to the US as a Canadian vs a foreigner from any other country.
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by andechs 8y ago
I live in Toronto - a bike is ALWAYS the fastest way to get anywhere in the city under about 5km (although it's pretty close). Traffic is pretty bad at core times and the hassle of parking adds quite a bit of time at each end.
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by andechs 9y ago
Vancouver and Toronto are super overheated by the influx of foreign capital. Here's a stellar 2 bedroom house relatively near me: https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/01/everyones-shocked-toront...
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by andechs 9y ago
> road damage increases with the mass Road damage actually increases proportional to mass^4 - trucks cause exponentially more damage than cars. https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle
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by andechs 9y ago
CA Agile Central (Rally) - Enjoy the mystery of why you can only view 5 defects in a very small iframed area plopped on the page.