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by brc 11y ago
You've got the wrong suspect, chief. All these things and worse happen under totalitarian governments with planned economies. It's human nature that is the problem - some people would rather enslave than liberate.
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by brc 11y ago
Sales. Learn to sell something. If you're taking time off, why not consider doing phone cold calling for a charity. This is particularly brutal but probably a sharp, free course in improving your sales and cold calling skills. Ever
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by brc 11y ago
Momentum and brand, and a band of loyal enthusiasts to carry the flag through the dark years. There was also an insistence on quality for a long time, and to be something else other than a business computer. It's really a miracle they
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by brc 11y ago
I pay 8.5% to my property manager. This also overlooks commercial properties, which routinely return at a very decent profit with no management involved and very few issues, because the lessee undertakes to look after the property. Essentia
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by brc 11y ago
Arbitrage specialists continue to this day when you'd think every pricing disparity has been dealt with. But they keep finding more. I don't think there will ever be a day when there is not arbitrage opportunities to be exploited
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by brc 11y ago
>Should it? Yes. Removing the ability to create passive income streams removes the incentive to invest time and money. Entrepreneurship can be switched off like a light if the incentives are removed. When Entrepreneurship is extinguish
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by brc 11y ago
The question of risk is always related to cost. It's common to use the 'insurance analogy' in these cases, or to invoke the 'precautionary principle'. The insurance analogy breaks down when you're paying 1&#x2F
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by brc 11y ago
The likelihood of positive feedback loops is very low, given that the Earth has had a relatively stable climate for a very long time. Any inherently unstable system would have degraded by now if susceptible to external shocks. The effect
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by brc 11y ago
How is it morally questionable? Who hasn't overfilled their cup many times at self-serve drinks counter? Been back for three plates of ice cream at a buffet? It's sounds like a lot of work but completely harmless. Finding loopho
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by brc 11y ago
Seriously, you could apply this to any hobby if you want to use an endless list of externalities. I mean, come on. It's not like the plane would be sitting on the Tarmac if he didn't board it. It's flying anyway.
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by brc 11y ago
So sounds like the taxi industry then.
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by brc 11y ago
Ot of everything that surrounds uber, the interplay and economics of the taxi industry hitting the rocks is interesting to me in an economic case study. Your example shows that a lot of businesses take advantage of credit to increase their
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by brc 11y ago
>treating me like a machine while my thoughts drift The simple truth is that for many people! they hire someone to do a job and would rather not talk while that job is done.
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by brc 11y ago
You need to look after the maintenance on your cars better. Your failure rate for service items like timing belts is statistically off the charts if that is true. You're either ignoring the needs or you are buying pieces of unmaintain
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by brc 11y ago
Still not understanding me. Currently the union might bargain for employment benefits. This is antiquated and treats all employees as though they want the same things, which cannot be true. Why would you collectively bargain for things t
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by brc 11y ago
Not joking at all. By multiple pedal I'm talking about accelerator and brake, not accelerator brake and clutch. The i3 has single pedal operation in city mode. This means it uses regen braking to intelligently slow the car down if you
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by brc 11y ago
BMW has already launched their electric car range. They have moved - you can walk down and buy one today. The i3 is even more innovative than the Tesla in a lot of ways - it intentionally does not look like a regular sedan, and has been op
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by brc 11y ago
This factor is often overstated - for a few reasons. Passenger miles are likely to go up, if anything, even if because more vacant miles are being driven to collect people, and also because making a service cheaper leads to higher consumpti
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by brc 11y ago
one-pedal responsive operation is a win in the same way multi-touch is a win. It doesn't sound like a big deal,but once you get used to it, everything else seems dated. Operating multiple pedals to operate a vehicle is a leftover from
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by brc 11y ago
Even better, ride a bike. It's OK to own nice cars. If the company is doing well, drive it to work. If things are not good, it would be good form to at least drive a camry to the office.
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by brc 11y ago
You misrepresent my argument. It's not about stripping people of benefits, it's about not forcing contractors to become employees. Paying a gross salary and letting the person choose their own benefits from that is better for al
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by brc 11y ago
I live in Australia. I have private health insurance. It's an old policy from when I was employed with a package. The policy costs no more than when it was part of that package. That's maybe because the policy is priced based o
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by brc 11y ago
Seems to work ok in many places around the world and in different products within the us. You don't need 'group buying' for auto or home insurance, or car or home purchases. In fact group buying probably hinders the ability
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by brc 11y ago
Yes, if you have developed a 'relative' position patten in your head, it takes a while to adjust. The secret is to have an absolute position pattern in your head - you know that first gear is up and to the left - and your brain is
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by brc 11y ago
I think you would find 90% of 4wds are automatic now as well. Modern autos are actually more efficient than manuals, and easier to drive. The market has spoken. The wiper stalk position varies depending on the car. As I pretty much only d
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by brc 11y ago
Ipos are arguably just a form of crowdfunding. Certainly back a few decades there's little difference, nowadays Ipos cannot be done without several volumes of paperwork by expensive lawyers. If efficient IPOs were still around the crow
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by brc 11y ago
The reason airbnb and uber exist is because the prior business models are broken with regards to a big enough portion of their potential customers. A conversation with the average taxi driver will reveal the job is no ticket to the high li
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by brc 11y ago
I have both LHD and RHD cars. I would say the placement of the pedals in relations to the footwell is something that varies a lot depending on the manufacturer and vehicle rather than 'sidedness'. A lot of people say changing ge
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by brc 11y ago
While I'm running I often let me brain wander in all sorts of directions to pass the time. One thing I came up with was a detective/murder story where the murderer used their fitness tracking application as an alibi, by convincin
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by brc 11y ago
I thought the 'there is no differences' thing was debunked completely? There will always be warriors against everything who will claim gender is just conditioning or whatever and probsly get eyeballs and publishing as a result. H

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