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by comrade1 12y ago
They started making them negative a month ago. It mostly just affects the rate that the banks pay to the central bank. It doesn't really affect individuals, not until you get into 10M CHF, and honestly, who would keep that much money i
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by comrade1 12y ago
It's the rate on bank-to-bank borrowing (basically, the rate banks pay to borrow money from the central bank). But also the franc is like gold - people move their money to the franc for stability and so there's always external dem
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Switzerland has something like 1/2 trillion in foreign currency reserves built up while trying to keep the franc at parity, putting them in a risky position. I think they were preparing for today - they recently lowered interest rates
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Are you actually making money? Set up a business in your home country and pay yourself from that and pay your SK taxes. If you're not making enough to pay a lawyer and an accountant then just drop it unless you're willing to never
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by comrade1 12y ago
In my limited experience Asian countries are less flexible than western countries. In the west as long as you're paying your taxes they don't care where the money comes from. Other places you may need to do more work - set up a co
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Are you American? Have you tried contacting someone at the u.s. Chamber of commerce in South Korea?
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I read the (short) article and didn't see anything about people wanting removable batteries. For myself, I'd rather have a long-lasting integrated battery than a removable battery. For example, my current laptop (recent macbook pr
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by comrade1 12y ago
This is nothing new. I planned on being scientist in genetics/cell bio starting around 10th grade. I worked in laboratories throughout my undergrad years and then got into a prestigious human genetics phd program around 1993. I first s
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I don't know man... I can write some pretty lame unit tests.
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Do all of the containers sit on top of the ship? What's in the hold? Is it just more containers? Are there refrigerated sections? Frozen sections? Tanks?
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Time to order KY lubricant and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition delivered to a bathroom stall at SFO... (if you don't remember Kozmo, this was done by a reporter during the last dotcom boom/bust as a joke)
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I wish they had written the names of the people in the short interviews during the interview - especially the guy that snorted who narrated later over the classroom video. For some reason watching this makes me think that this is exactly wh
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by comrade1 12y ago
I, and I assume anyone else that has tried, get much more enjoyment out of writing a game than playing games. And writing an OS is probably even more fun than writing a game. Edit: Also just wanted to point out that writing a few games has
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I'm curious, have companies like this ever been subpoenaed for their data as part of a fishing expedition to catch a criminal or find the father of a child for child support, etc? To example, there's been a few examples where they
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I may have misread, but my reading of the article was that they conducted the user interviews after deciding on the app that they were going to write.
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I can't remember the last time I saw an open access point. You can't expect someone to buy a cheeseburger or coffee everytime they want to check their smartphone app. Most people on hn have no idea what it's like to be poor.
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I'm not sure why you would say that. Here in Europe most people, even the working class, have some understanding of multiple languages. Here in the german speaking part of switzerland most people, even the grocery store clerk, speak en
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This is a good example of trying to create demand where there was none before. This can work if you have a really great salesperson, but it's hard. Also, I see your survey results on smartphone usage but I'm not convinced. In my e
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by comrade1 12y ago
Nothing he says is wrong, but I'm not sure why people would be using queues on web requests. Do people really do this? I guess I can see it happening, but... it just doesn't feel right. I use queues to, well, queue up work. Work t
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But they have a star. These are stars outside of a galaxy. Probably with planets.
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You can't accelerate the mass of even a single human at 1g for 6 years using current physics and a feasible ship design. You'll need generation ships to get anywhere. Though I do like some scifi stories I've read where the fi
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by comrade1 12y ago
Our own solar system is outside the central part of the galaxy and a bit off the ecliptic plane. There isn't that much around us. The central core of the Galaxy could be populated, wars raging around us, and we're the equivalent o
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by comrade1 12y ago
Is there a reason for this planning? Is this government or private enterprise? Maybe this is the south sending a signal to the north? Or private enterprise in the south with government backing? I swear Korean politics is more confusing than
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I'm glad that Google has enough money to take on risky projects. So much of what they do fails - they essentially only have advertising. But to be honest nothing in that article seemed that world-changing or interesting. Even the nanop
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I think cell antennas have unique identifiers. If true, can you detect when you connect to a tower that isn't your usual tower in your usual geographic location (assuming you're being targeted at home, for example). And if there i
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At least we can now stop sleeping with the livestock. (I'm purposely not addressing sex with the livestock)
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Just like I wouldn't recommend a European take a job in Mississippi I wouldn't advise an American take work in Poland.
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I'm not Swiss, I'm American. The Swiss provided a service to the Jews in Germany and helped hide their money from the nazis. Unfortunately most of their customers were killed... If I lived in a country with a corrupt or evil gover
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I'm talking about IT workers. Average wages are 2x-3x of the u.s. Taxes are 11% to 21% depending in the canton vs the u.s which can be up to 40% in CA. Expenses are 2x in Switzerland but if you live in s.f. probably comparable. I don&#
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Expenses in Switzerland are very high but taxes are much lower than in the u.s. and wages are significantly higher than in the u.s. I can't help but feel like I was sold a lie when I lived in the u.s. I'm not sure how other parts

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