ejb999

49 ms·

631.
by ejb999 4y ago
I don't disagree - in 10 years this will be different and so will my opinion - things we don't even know about will become common everyday necessities and may require those kind of speeds...but right now, I don't see it.
632.
by ejb999 4y ago
I don't really see the point - impressed that they offered it, but how many people truly need it? I have 1G symmetric FTTH internet, the bottleneck is still the services I want to access at the other end - really makes no difference ho
633.
by ejb999 4y ago
sure, but Edinburgh allows that type of zoning and has all kinds of rules around what can and can't be built - it didn't happen because Edinburgh removed all zoning regulations and they just hoped for the best which is what the OP
634.
by ejb999 4y ago
which countries have removed all zoning regulations?
635.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>Student loans are only for education. Nice try, but not true - you get the loan, you can do what you want with it as long as you stay in school...rent, spring break vacations, food, entertainment etc. none of that has anything to do
636.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>Factories require a lot of space. They don't like to build them on expensive residential plots. Not all factories require a lot of space, and not all residential plots are expensive.
637.
by ejb999 4y ago
except if you remove zoning regulations, you no longer get to pick what stores get built or businesses move in...thats is the whole point. Maybe you would love a small boutique coffee-shop, but what if a strip joint that is open to 4AM move
638.
by ejb999 4y ago
why do you think 'housing will doubtless have better returns'? If that was the case, then there would be zero factories.
639.
by ejb999 4y ago
do you really want a 7-11/gas station next to your house in quite residential neighborhood? I doubt it. How about a strip club? how about a battery recycling company? how about a metal recycling plant? How about a bar that is open to 4
640.
by ejb999 4y ago
whats more likely, removing zoning regulations magically creates more low-income housing? or removing zoning regulations allows corporations to start building factories and stores in residential areas?
641.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>Cars kill someone every three seconds. Do you have evidence to back that up? That would imply 10.5 million people are killed by cars each year - I don't buy that. 31557600 seconds in a year, divided by 3 = 10,519,200
642.
by ejb999 4y ago
There is plenty of cheap housing in florida if you don't need waterfront, and depending on where you are coming from, possibly huge savings on state income tax, that may very well make your mortgage payments with the savings, or at a
643.
by ejb999 4y ago
I wish more governments would do this to be honest - instead of having hundreds and hundreds of different agencies/localities all hiring different web designers all expressing their artistic preferences of how a website should work. I
644.
by ejb999 4y ago
I did that for one of my amazon accounts a few years back when i registered at an amazon conference (probably aws reinvent)- i.e. amazon@mydomain.com - and for about 6 months I got onto some internal email list at amazon/aws, definitel
645.
by ejb999 4y ago
My grandfather is 88, he has definitely slowed down quite a bit lately, but his recipe for a long-life was 2-3 packs of cigarettes a day, alcoholic for most of his adult life, rarely slept more than 4 hours a day and I never ever, saw him e
646.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>and nobody I know with starlink has gotten better than 100 down I have starlink and mostly see between 150-300 down and uploads in the 8-15MB range, all for $99/month - verizon was charging me $156/month for 3MB down and 0
647.
by ejb999 4y ago
"trust the science"
648.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>I do not care he offsets it with credits. Buying carbon offsets is the same as beating your wife every week and then donating money to a battered women's shelter to atone for your sins.
649.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>Intranational flight is a lot more common there. I imagine the economics of it are better, lower ticket price, and in many cases probably quicker too, even including airport BS. That is the problem in my opinion - I prefer sitting
650.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>Also, giving every kid the same treatment is a good idea in general as it reinforces the idea that they should be treated equally. Actually what it does is teach kids they should depend on the government for handouts - even if there
651.
by ejb999 4y ago
I wonder how many people who are seemingly willing to believe the self-serving CCP party-line on this, would be just as believing of the owners of a nuclear power plant in their town, once the drinking water became radioactive, claiming &qu
652.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>We probably could have placed higher with a worse application, but better presentation. and now you know how consulting companies like Accenture stay in business ...
653.
by ejb999 4y ago
I always ask salary range before I even apply, and especially before I share a resume - like the OP, I don't want to waste my time (or the recruiters time) doing the dance only to find out they are not even close to what I need to cons
654.
by ejb999 4y ago
>>To be fair this is what they do with software engineers and their ever-lowering hiring bar aside, they're still managing to get people. True, but most people don't care who writes their software, as long as it works, where
655.
by ejb999 4y ago
I work in the healthcare space - (I am no expert on how to fix it), but my two cents is there is so much inefficiency right now across the board that is just crying out for automation and complete revamp in how services are provided - which
656.
Amazon to Acquire One Medical(press.aboutamazon.com)
212 points by ejb999 4y ago|158 comments
657.
by ejb999 4y ago
Today Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and One Medical (NASDAQ:ONEM) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical. One Medical is a human-centered, technology-powered national primary c
658.
by ejb999 4y ago
this is pure genius.
659.
by ejb999 4y ago
If my kid was spending 8+ hours a day on the computer, it would tell me they don't have enough to do - and should have a job. Stop buying things for 18 year olds - including clothes and other necessities other than the absolute basics
660.
by ejb999 4y ago
yes, but you still risk paying too much, and then if you have to sell for any reason, risk taking a huge loss. Lots and lots of people lost a ton of money in real estate during the 2008 downturn by overpaying and then being forced to sell.

More ›