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by bruce511 2y ago
Ironically they don't profit off the misfortunate customers. Those ones typically get back more than their premiums. They profit off the fortunate customers, those who have no need to claim from insurance.
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Insurance fees are not high because the insurance companies are making huge profits. They're high because providers are making huge profits. Now granted, they may ultimately be the same thing, but that's a different discussion
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by bruce511 2y ago
Here's a secret you don't often hear; Luck plays a part in everyone's story. "Luck" of course being defined as right place, right time etc. But "luck" is happening all the time, to everyone. What really ma
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I use DNSimple.com - it's working well, and has a stable API that can let you do anything.
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Different people are in different places. And obviously some people have been fortunate enough to have choices, and some do not. I would assume that most people in this thread are not working 3 jobs to survive etc. My context is not their c
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I never said I wasn't dependent on companies. I very much am. For everything. But I have choices and, when I gave the opportunity, I make those choices meaningfully. For example, I don't much care for the McDonald's experienc
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Sorry, it wasn't obvious to me. I misread your point. I'm not really trying to "win" anything. I'm telling you that you have agency. Whether that means anything to you, or if you do anything with it, I guess that&#x
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Cooking for yourself is a trope? You realise that's what most of the world does every day. If making your own meals is literally out of your reach then I feel really sad for you. That must truly suck to be so dependent on companies jus
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Obviously this is highly location dependent, and I don't doubt there are places where this is true. Also, there may not be sufficient people in your area to support independent businesses that believe in providing more value at a highe
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It's really hard for cultures to change. Outside of a major event (WW2 scale event) its likely to take multiple generations. It can happen locally. Farmers markets are a thing. Supporting local owner-run, not chain, restaurants is a th
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A suitable alternative to McDonald's is learning to cook. Or pay a bit more to go to a nicer joint. Quality does cost more. As long as you keep signaling to MD that you'll tolerate more and more crap for lower prices, they happily
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Meh- Delta sues for 500 million is just the headline. They'll end up settling for nothing like that.
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It's exactly harder but when customers prioritize price above everything it's hard to succeed if you offer better, but charge more. The hard truth is that American consumers care only about price, and so businesses optimize for th
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Thats a cop out. There are lots of alternatives to McDonald's. There are lots of alternatives to most things. Some cost more money though. That's kinda the point.
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Cunningly my company doesn't do meetings, at least not on the developer side. Obviously there are interactions but they are one-on-one and are not reoccurring. My experience though is consulting to large organizations. They have lots m
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I think some small businesses start because the owner wants to do something well. Sometimes this aligns with some group of customers and it's sustainable. Most small businesses fail of course. Usually because while they do a task well,
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There will absolutely be consequences. And that'll cost real money. But that is just a 'cost of doing business'. And ultimately will just work it's way into the price. Intel and Boeing are not "one off mistakes&quot
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Exactly. There's news every day. It takes a lot of bad news to break a company. And frankly unless it's criminal (Enron, Theranos etc) it's not a big deal. An oil spill here, a data leak there, these are not things that aff
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Businesses aren't in business to prioritize the customer point of view [1]. They are not in business to prioritize the employees point of view. They are in business to maximise revenue, and profit. If you work for a business, your job
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The secret is to add every meeting into your Jira as a task, and then close it once the meeting is done. Equally, instead of talking about meetings as detracting from your work, start talking about them as the work. When your manager asks
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People don't invest because they think a company is competent. They invest because they are looking for a return. The mistake CrowdStrike made will likely have little to no effect on their revenue. Since the stock dropped a bit (emotio
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by bruce511 2y ago
I don't mind the critique at all. Frankly I think most parents look back and spot gaps where they could have done better. It's a difficult thing to get right all the time. I don't think your expectation is big. When I was 13
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by bruce511 2y ago
To be fair, there is a connecting thread here. Lake Mead is the primary water display to a number of states. It's also pretty low (and getting lower). By comparing this resource to Lake Mead, it's making it relevant as a possible
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I live in a city without a subway. But as a child (approximately 8 I think) I would ride the bus into the city from the suburbs for swim training. We lived on a mountain, the first time I walked to the top I was 6. My fellow hikers were 6 a
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True, but it's not quite as simple as that. Say the city has invested in infrastructure, has a thriving industry etc. That typically isn't "portable". To get a return on that investment they need residents. The residents
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No doubt. As I said, the homing instinct is strong. We build in risky areas because we've lived there all our lives. Perhaps we should build different though to mitigate risk. It's not hard to build a fire-proof house. Or one that
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Sure, the point of insurance is that the many subsidize the few. But I expect there comes a point where insurance companies say "enough is enough". Perhaps federal and state money will start to pay out, but the land gets bought as
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It seems like the destruction is not rotating through all miles equally though. It sure seems like the folks in Florida are rebuilding more often than most.
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Feedback is good for business. If your company wants to hear your feedback then communicate that information on those (private) channels. "Going public" is counter-productive if you are in a good faith organization that values fee
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You can "protect" all you like, but speaking publicly about your employer has repercussions and you can't wish that away. Let's say I'm an employer filling a position. I narrow found the candidates to a handful, any

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