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by dahdum 8y ago
2 of those sellers were Amazon itself...so not much help there, but you’re right that’s why they reject them. The seller ratings don’t matter when they comingle though. Next time I’m going to write a carefully worded one that doesn’t explic
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by dahdum 8y ago
I used to do virtually all my buying on Amazon, their supply chain mess has moved me to about half. I honestly never thought I’d step foot in a Best Buy or Frys again, but for branded merchandise it’s far safer to do so.
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by dahdum 8y ago
If you mention counterfeit products in the review it’s automatically rejected in my experience. Thrice it’s happened to me.
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by dahdum 8y ago
Legendary? Maybe in the past, but I’ve not seen anything special in the past few years. I’ve received counterfeits they won’t replace, only refund. USPS shipping ruins the 2 day guarantee, and ever fewer products seem to be guaranteed vs ex
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by dahdum 8y ago
Absolutely true, bought an item sold and shipped from Amazon and received a broken counterfeit. They only let me return and would not replace with a real one, probably because they have no idea what they are selling anymore due to inventory
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by dahdum 8y ago
It boggles my mind how Amazon is unable to deal with the book stuffers yet claims they are taking action. Just throwing an intern at the problem for a few days would net you a hefty list of the top abusers and a list of violations justifyin
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by dahdum 8y ago
Hypothetically, if they have a new throttling system they’d like to launch now that net neutrality is dead, I think they’d do exactly this. Get some PR spin for turning this one off, and implement the new website/service throttling sys
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by dahdum 8y ago
There is a large push to get credit card companies to ban firearm purchases, and Citigroup dropped merchants selling them IIRC.
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by dahdum 8y ago
Taxis in Japan had already solved the problems that pushed me towards Uber/Lyft in the first place. Credit card readers work properly, virtually every payment method is accepted, the drivers use GPS, availability was good (for my use c
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by dahdum 8y ago
Studies have shown that a shaved head makes men appear more dominant. While that may be cultural, it’s interesting since testosterone/ dht are the instigator in hair loss.
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by dahdum 8y ago
They also have much lower crime rates, much higher entrepreneurship, and higher educational attainment. Skilled immigration is awesome for the US.
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by dahdum 8y ago
Let’s assume (correctly imo) that every subgroup (race, gender, origin, sexuality, etc.) is equally skilled. If you apply a technical standard equally, you end up with a market distribution of hires. Companies are being leaned on to over re
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by dahdum 8y ago
Don't forget that Uber doesn't quote the same price to everyone, they may be targeting that sailor specifically for increased rates based on data mining inferring they have no other options.
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by dahdum 8y ago
The article quotes Google as shooting for “market supply” representation, instead of artificial targets of the proposal. I can’t think of any legitimate reason they can’t achieve market representation so that makes sense to me. Forcing 50&#
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by dahdum 8y ago
If the custom cake was an expression of free speech, forcing the baker to do so would be compelled speech. The principle you use to compel that speech would have broad implications for artists, writers, and all other creators.
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by dahdum 8y ago
OP was referring to the expression of free speech, which though the court didn’t rule on would likely have given the same outcome. Designing the cake and decorating could easily fall under free speech, and weakening the 1st amendment is a
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by dahdum 8y ago
Thank you for this response. I don't argue that the way to that peace hasn't been historical bloody, but the pandemics can't be blamed on the empires. Those were inevitable as population and trade grew, a byproduct of urbaniz
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by dahdum 8y ago
I believe that's because the vast majority of immigrants, Central American and otherwise, are here because they want to build a better life for themselves and their families. They are by large self selected for above average ambition a
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by dahdum 8y ago
That's a hypothesis without much backing, history shows an interventionist hyper power reduces conflict. We've seen Pax Romana, Pax Britannica, Pax Mongolica, and now Pax Americana. There could be shining utopia without military c
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by dahdum 8y ago
I think we just have a difference in core principles - I see the community I grew up in and the "colonias" as inevitable in a free society. The colonias they described in the article was 22 miles out of El Paso, and was just inexp
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by dahdum 8y ago
My concern is that without some form of broad standardized testing, we won't have proper metrics to measure the success of programs and/or teachers against.
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by dahdum 8y ago
I have a hard time understanding why Texas as a state should expend taxpayer funds on upgrading the "colonias", the entire budget is built around local taxpayers funding their own services through property tax. They are essentiall
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by dahdum 8y ago
I disagree a bit here, but I do have a limited understanding of the history of education. US high schools lag significantly behind international averages [1] across almost all metrics, and are used for socializing more than other other coun
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by dahdum 8y ago
While I benefited from that deduction, it never seemed fair that that the rest of the country had to kick in a tiny bit extra to give upper middle and above taxpayers a break.
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by dahdum 8y ago
It depends heavily on how the money is spent, Illinois spends half the education budget on funding pensions alone [1]. 89% of all education budget increases went straight to pension funding, with only 11% to the classroom. They already spen
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by dahdum 8y ago
I should clarify too the bonus should be paid along side W2 earnings as steadily as possible, not at the end of the year. End of year refunds / cash don’t help pay rent and groceries in June. The graph need not ever result in less pay,
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by dahdum 8y ago
You’re right, that’s what I meant but said poorly. It’s a bonus on the first $7,500, not a tax credit. If you only make $10k / yr you aren’t paying any taxes anyway. If you’re making 500k, the income bracket increase used to fund the p
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by dahdum 8y ago
It wouldn't really be UBI, but still worthwhile data for programs with work requirements. I'm rather fond of the idea of work based programs. For example, for every $1 of W2 income you earn you receive $1 bonus, up to a cap of say
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by dahdum 8y ago
"Truckers are not being paid more because if they were, the rate-of-profit in that industry would not be sustainable anymore. But raising prices for logistics is not really an option for that industry, because as soon as you do that, o
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by dahdum 8y ago
It’s my limited understanding that full employment / tight labor market is intrinsically linked to wage growth, and then by extension, inflation.

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