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by az123zaz 8y ago
As many have noted in American English this distinguishes from a state (as in the United States). Additionally "nation" can refer to the collective people rather than a centralized government in action.
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by az123zaz 8y ago
> It seems just like if the drug cartel knew they wouldn’t be able to benefit from weed for long and decided to start pushing for the next thing. This is the case - these are billion dollar businesses who indeed monitor market conditions
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by az123zaz 8y ago
How about looking for a day job that has a quality gym in the building where you can workout and shower during the day? I'm sure you can find this in SF tech. During your interview process, just make it clear that you value being able
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by az123zaz 8y ago
Also it forces their customer's customer to essentially subsidize production cost. Some amount of financial theft happens to random consumers who don't know where it came from and this stolen money is paid in bribes to employees a
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by az123zaz 8y ago
humans pretending to be robots pretending to be humans
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by az123zaz 8y ago
Come to NYC!
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by az123zaz 8y ago
Many of the posts here assume Toyota is investing in Uber to get access Uber's self-driving tech. This is a Toyota self-driving vehicle in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Qey8ksE18 I think Uber self-driving ini
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by az123zaz 8y ago
There is a good book called the Alchemy of Air that goes into this quite a bit.
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by az123zaz 9y ago
This narrative seems to be common these days about WeWork: - it has a high valuation - nobody there really works - everyone there is a stupid startup that won't pan out - WeWork is a scam In the past, I've worked at fortune 50
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by az123zaz 9y ago
I ended up going with a no fee unless you win agency that keeps 35% of what they collect. Honestly, that seemed pretty fair to me. I haven't seen results yet.
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by az123zaz 9y ago
I ended up filing with a debt collection agency in the UK. As an international client I lose 35% of whatever they collect but it still is worth it to me. The nice thing is that there are no other fees. Funnily enough the client became very
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by az123zaz 9y ago
This is incredible.
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by az123zaz 9y ago
Thank you. This is great food for thought.
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Ask HN: What to do if client ghosts and won't pay?
67 points by az123zaz 9y ago|43 comments
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by az123zaz 9y ago
I would love to know more details as well. I have a UK based client that has gone silent with significant unpaid invoices. Can you share details of how to file such an action?
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Can you trust services like this: https://speedify.com/
2 points by az123zaz 9y ago|0 comments
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by az123zaz 10y ago
Professor: "We're going to show you a man actually talking to a computer.." Interviewer: "Surely not with his voice."
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by az123zaz 10y ago
Unless your current clients can continuously refer you to your next one, expect to do a lot more talking (selling and spec'ing) than at your last job (assuming you were part of an engineering team as a programmer). Great choice -- I di
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by az123zaz 10y ago
"Luxury imports from Germany, such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz, along with domestic luxury brand Lexus, are the most expensive." Lexus is owned by Toyota. What makes it domestic?