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by dpweb 11y ago
There are people that extremely poor yes. They need help and society should help them. But they wouldn't be in the market for a new computer. My point is the cost of computing is about as low as it can be expected to get.
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by dpweb 11y ago
Just bought a like-new PC on ebay for $200. It's not about being poor because anyone who says they can't scrape up $200 if they had to, is lying to you. It's the shocking fact that (especially if cash strapped) you can live
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by dpweb 11y ago
Recently took a Pool ride, although I was the only passenger picked up. Short ride. About 10 min. + the time it took to get to me (10 min.) $2.54 Shocking. In short, I love Uber. Being an American worker, the amount of excess labor capac
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by dpweb 11y ago
Maybe people are realizing, when you're living in an import country, sometimes its better to have higher prices and a job, than lower prices and no job.
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by dpweb 11y ago
It's unfortunate Spike was shamed into updating the list. I fear the effect is not to help remove the discrimination and bias (that certainly exists) against women in many areas of society. The effect is more likely feeding a backlash
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by dpweb 11y ago
Ultimately, just the breakdown of the price and convenience for each individual person. What's interesting though, if auto-cars really end up easily affordable and accident free - and maybe tech industry lobbying encouraging.. Imagine
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by dpweb 11y ago
Bought my pair of 1200s about 20 years ago (wow! - it goes fast kids) - barely used I think I paid $800 for both. Kept one cause I just like the equipment so much and I don't even spin anymore. Just a solid piece of equipment, real
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by dpweb 11y ago
I love eBay but have recently started using Amazon more and more, but usually because of prime (not a 3rd party seller). You buy from 'some guy' on ebay, but I have complete confidence in buying on ebay (cause of the Paypal buyers
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by dpweb 11y ago
Great points that stood out-- Every company that has more than 10 engineers is going to hire engineers this quarter. The company really doesn’t care whether they pay you 100 or 130. Having been on both sides of the market, I would add - t
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We're seeing a real power struggle between these powerful tech corps and governments. What was really revealing was Tim Cook's answer on 60 minutes when pinned down about Apple's international tax strategies - why don't
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by dpweb 11y ago
Pretty obvious weak move restricting by UA$. Allow by IP range? You can probably find a somewhat accurate range for Google and whoever's crawlers.
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by dpweb 11y ago
Had some personal experience in bending the rules (a very ugly experience) - and its better to follow the laws, even if the laws don't make sense. In a B2B business especially, follow very closely and to the letter.
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by dpweb 11y ago
only mean to point out sycophancy and groupthink - no disrespect towards HRC intended
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What striking to me, however certainly expected, is all the sycophantic drivel heaped onto a powerful person. "You looked fabulous", "we were discussing how incredible you are". Perhaps aides think somehow they are bein
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by dpweb 11y ago
People have demonstrated that oil prices (especially in the short term) do not simply reflect supply and demand. It's a naive view. Especially as more "pure" speculators enter the market. They call this more "fast mo
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by dpweb 11y ago
How is gold superior to diamonds really? Both are stores of value, but their value based only on others' willingness to trade for them. No real intrinsic value. Granted a fiat dollar is less reliable as there is truly a limited supp
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by dpweb 11y ago
Just have to +1 Aldi. We have limited choices. The popular chains suck. Whole Foods is too far and expensive. The big markets are filled with popular items in the American diet (especially in the Midwest) - alot of garbage - and the pri
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by dpweb 11y ago
There's a case to be made about the good things colonialism brought for countries. Not a great one and you'll get shouted down however. But this fracas really distracts from the more important issue - "net neutrality" (
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by dpweb 11y ago
Github has a great UI, probably my favorite web app of all time. Not even sure why, I just like it. Their culture is definitely screwed up - or they wouldn't be in the news like this. Culture starts at the top, a few people, even jus
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by dpweb 11y ago
>> Based on US statistics I'm like in the top 5% of household income bracket but I feel like a slave at work This tells you everything you need to know about happiness . How hard and how many years a person fought to get to the
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by dpweb 11y ago
Buying the engagement ring can be just the tip of the iceberg - the disappointing monetary ROIs when you start a family. You get different kinds of payoffs however.
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by dpweb 11y ago
It's an interesting analogy. I would say the customer is in the stronger position and while granted a rare bird has negotiating power - that means the employer is ultimately in the stronger position of the employer/employee rel
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by dpweb 11y ago
How about when so-so dev makes 50% more than rock star dev! It's real. Why? The underperformer w/high-salary was brought in by some idiot manager x years ago - that manager has since lost their job - but this ok performer still
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by dpweb 11y ago
You may try study up on data and analyics and then leverage your experience to get a contract where you can work remote, shoot for a 1 yr gig, at a lower end rate $50/hr. - you should be able to gross 100k for the year. This will get
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by dpweb 11y ago
Everyone deserves privacy and it must be defended, and if I have my computer data at home, the government should not be able to search it without a warrant. But when I send that data over public networks unencrypted, I willingly give up tha
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Can someone better explain the privacy outrage? - These are University resources? - Any corporation you work for would be monitoring their email systems and letting users know that. Why are these Univ. resources owned by the people? - Ther
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by dpweb 11y ago
Gates? Considering what he's achieved I always found him quite humble. Here's a guy perfectly justified if he said "I am much more brilliant than everyone else". This take over the world thing is quite new amongst tech
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Inequality is a very serious issue. It's unfortunate to look at it in the context of the startup world however. Startups aren't driving the problem. To quote a great musical legend, The reasons are several, most of 'em Fed
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>> This is getting downvoted because it is a shallow and selfish outlook on life Another way to read it is: coming to America for opportunity and upward mobility.. I don't find the 'I seek wealth' shallow or selfish, ra

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