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by awillen 5y ago
What is the issue with people willingly subjecting themselves to poor treatment in exchange for a lot of compensation? It happens all over the place... medical students and residents are run ragged and brutally overworked. Young investment
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by awillen 5y ago
They're incredibly well compensated and for the most part have the financial freedom to quit at any time as a result. They can choose to work in terrible conditions for a lot of money - that seems totally reasonable. Now on the other h
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by awillen 5y ago
The only things predicated on the app release are marketing, etc. that they've decided to predicate on it. They also chose to take the launch on in the first place. Sometimes there are external deadlines (events whose schedule you don&
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by awillen 5y ago
The problem isn't any specific rule or loophole, it's the immense complexity of the system. Removing the loophole they're using today doesn't fix the system, it just leads to corporations using other loopholes. That&#x27
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by awillen 5y ago
Unless medical science and biology enable us to extend the human lifespan meaningfully in our lifetimes. Sounds crazy, but if you described most of medical science today to someone fifty years ago, it all would've sounded crazy.
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by awillen 5y ago
That's just adolescents, so I would presume not applicable to OP.
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by awillen 5y ago
Same here - Mitsubishi Diamond installer for mini splits that do heat and A/C. Almost two years in and still working perfectly. I believe I have a ten year warranty against most issues.
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by awillen 5y ago
Spanish is easier because there's just the two - an action is either discrete or not. There's some ambiguity as to which to apply in some cases, but the fact that there's just the two forms means there's basically an ord
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by awillen 5y ago
"One good thing is that you can always read Polish words phonetically." Maybe you can... I can barely get through the first half of "skrzyżowanie" :)
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by awillen 5y ago
What languages do you speak? I speak Spanish and have been learning Polish for a few years because my wife's family immigrated from there, and many are still in Poland, with some only speaking Polish... can't have the in-laws talk
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by awillen 5y ago
I can understand why it would be annoying to constantly be asked about your accent, but on the other hand, it's someone taking a bit of information they have and using that as a starting point to learn more about you. That's a goo
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by awillen 5y ago
Suggestion from someone who hates selling, comes from software (though PM, not dev) and who left tech to start a dog treat company. Try DTC via Facebook ads. To me, one of the nice things about selling a consumer product compared to my prev
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by awillen 5y ago
Yeah, as someone who sells on Amazon, I'm torn... I think my MPOW headphones are great for the price, and I know how much of a pain it is to get reviews (and it basically either involves breaking the rules or paying Amazon even more mo
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by awillen 5y ago
I wish smart folks would do better in terms of pointing out these generalized lessons as though they're universal. The reality is that party rounds, like any form of funding, have positives and negatives, and whether they're good
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by awillen 5y ago
I pay mine 7% of rent - you can definitely find lower rates if you're dealing with large buildings, but I'm at 7 units total and I really like the guy. In terms of vetting them, first thing is to check licenses - most states requi
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by awillen 5y ago
Or, "I'll do the job when it's underpaid, underappreciated and hard, but when people start threatening myself and my family, I'll quit."
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by awillen 5y ago
You can hire a property manager who will take a percent and turn it into almost entirely passive income. This is what I do with my properties, and all I do is approve expenses over a certain level and forward tax docs to my CPA at the begin
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by awillen 5y ago
Because pleasantries don't really make for better film. This isn't some grand reflection on our culture.
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by awillen 5y ago
That last sentence is really well-put. Science is a method. My wife is an actual scientist (biologist doing things with antibodies that I like 60% understand), and when I described A/B testing stuff on ecommerce sites to try and improv
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by awillen 5y ago
I just don't buy this argument. If you go to a store, you'll get the opinion of the people who work there. If you go online, you can get perspectives from any number of people (and make sure their tastes are similar to yours).
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by awillen 5y ago
There are other, similar services, though. I run an ecommerce store on Shopify, and you've got out of the box integrations with PayPal (which is about 50% of my payments), Amazon Payments and Google Pay, all of which provide a similar
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by awillen 5y ago
Man, I read the first paragraph and was 100% sure this was going to be a tale of how some garnet salesperson educated you on the intricacies of the market and your life was better for it. Turned out just how I feel instead... the idea that
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by awillen 5y ago
I've priced out several and all are within 150%. Shipbob is the closest at 10-20% more expensive than FBA, but depending on your product it may actually be more cost effective. I need them to pick and pack several items, since I sell m
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by awillen 5y ago
I think Amazon's too big and broad to describe any experience as typical, but there are certainly differences in the type of business. You are 100% right that my products are niche and premium, and that definitely makes a difference. B
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by awillen 5y ago
I have a very small number of returns on Amazon, since my product can't be used and then returned. Amazon isn't terrible, but it has two big problems for me. First, margins are lower because I'm not only paying them a cut of
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by awillen 5y ago
Costco buys products from third party sellers. That is a relationship with third party sellers.
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by awillen 5y ago
Okay, you've described the business models, but so what? In both cases, they still use the sales data available to them to create and sell their own products at the expense of third party sellers. In Amazon's case, that means dive
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by awillen 5y ago
Unlikely? I literally just described an example of Costco doing this right now with vodka. That's not a hypothetical - Kirkland brand vodka is a real thing. Your logic is backwards - when space is at a premium, making the most profit o
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by awillen 5y ago
This explanation doesn't explain the difference to me at all. Costco can see that vodka sells well, so they can make Kirkland brand vodka. They control the layout of the store, so they can change the layout so people see Kirkland brand
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by awillen 5y ago
This just isn't really true. It depends on what type of product you're selling, but there are a huge number of independent ecommerce stores that do extremely well. I sell dog treat mix (coopersdogtreats.com) - I do much better bot

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