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by gist 9y ago
Hard to say what they will do but one thing is for sure. If this goes in the direction of states being allowed to tax without nexus then an entire level of intermediaries will exist (and charge) to service smaller companies that are subject
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by gist 9y ago
> The market is becoming saturated, competition increased and cheaper alternatives have been popping up. And Nick Woodman 'a sleep at the switch'. I remember what I thought when I saw he was a guest judge on Shark Tank investin
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by gist 9y ago
I would never tell the cashier because they don't appear to be asking in a way to actually use the reply. I have complained at customer service and generally get something like "I will tell the bakery" or "I will tell th
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by gist 9y ago
> "Did you find everything that you were looking for?" They don't do that at the store I go to anymore either but it has nothing to do with inventory (which as I mentioned in another comment is the same as it's alway
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by gist 9y ago
I was thinking that the article didn't come close to describing the Whole Foods store where I am which is as well stocked as ever.
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by gist 9y ago
The list is interesting entertainment but I am skeptical about how they determine oldest other than what a wikipedia page says in some cases. It's not like we are talking about dates which have been certified by experts at auction hous
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by gist 9y ago
I am aware of what you are saying. However living in a place that is 'moving and grooving' because there is economic activity has benefits that simply can't be measured. For example you can live in a nowhere ghost town with l
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by gist 9y ago
Navy Yard makes sense since then there is also property that is cheap across the river in Camden and Southern NJ. Easy to get there over the bridge as well and there is public transit should people decide to live across the river.
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by gist 9y ago
> often to no benefit of the local population Not true. My first thought when hearing that a town not far from where I am made the 20 list was 'where can I buy property so that I can rent it to others that come as a result of the ec
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by gist 9y ago
> without the problems of trying to get US visas This assumes that politicians eager to get Amazon are not able to speed up and fix that process which they certainly would be motivated to do. [1] [1] This is not 'your shitty startu
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by gist 9y ago
> Out of curiosity, where did you live and what sector did you work in? On the east coast near a major city and in wholesale and distribution primarily.
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by gist 9y ago
> Many business owners in the 90s looked at computer and internet technology and dismissed it as a fad that would cease to exist in 5 years Well I've been around this for much longer than the 90's. Since the late 70's actu
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by gist 9y ago
This hasn't been authenticated as being real. All we know is that there is an AP image and there is a post it note saying something on the monitor. We don't even know if the enhancement or anything else about it is real.
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by gist 9y ago
So are you saying that it's more rational to simply think 'anything is possible' even though the available evidence and information seems to point to the fact that that isn't the case? After all you don't go around
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by gist 9y ago
> ok to write a program whose sole purpose is to try and break the law Is it 'breaking the law' to turn off computers when you see the police knocking at your door (or in the parking log) but don't know why? Meaning they h
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by gist 9y ago
> but Pan American Airlines boss Juan Trippe wanted something special for his passengers, and he approached the aircraft manufacturer with a request for a plane that could carry twice as many passengers as its bread-and-butter long-haul
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by gist 9y ago
> What are some "favorites" I will leave that to others, but one thing I will say is that having been around the business world since the early 80's I can typically date someone just by hearing what expressions and bullshi
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MITRE holds the distinction of being the first .org ever registered(mitre.org)
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by gist 9y ago
I wonder if you could social engineer that. So when you start 'asking for a friend' you don't go with the major item that makes someone think 'wow this must be for him'. You start with lesser items and over time bui
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by gist 9y ago
> in the same way comedians/actors/musicians have agents? Many reasons for this. One reason though is simple logistics in terms of how the world has changed since that system was in place. And for what reasons. In the 'old
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by gist 9y ago
I have found that the 'charge by value not by time' is true based on my use of it for a longer period of time than I want to mention (for fear of giving away my age). I actually discovered this when in my first business which I st
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by gist 9y ago
> Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons If you didn't say that what could happen to you and importantly what is the probability that it would happen? Are there cases w
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by gist 9y ago
> but 2FA was both possible and a consideration 18 years ago You could setup your own dns servers obviously 18 years ago and in fact when starting out in the mid 90's that is exactly what we and many others did. (Criket Liu nutshell
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by gist 9y ago
> He made one of the engineers drive out to his house with a new one on a Saturday night. Did it occur to anyone that that engineer might be happy to be picked as the one to drive out and do that? To some people that is the way to get no
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by gist 9y ago
> Sometimes refusing to answer a simple question is going to get you arrested This is not true. To arrest someone (in theory sure a rogue cop can do anything) police need probable cause. Probable cause is not 'refusing to answer qu
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by gist 9y ago
> How far do you take this? I think the venue for questioning matters. A request to 'come down to the station to answer a few questions' is a bit different than being asked questions on your doorstep. "Down at the station&
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by gist 9y ago
True but if you are running a ponzi and you have enough money coming in then you can handle redemptions if you need to.
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by gist 9y ago
I do not think it would be difficult for someone to setup a website and scam newbies into buying 'bitcoin', handing over credit card info and taking wire transfers. Perhaps even act legit to start and then segue into only processi
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Bitcoin’s Wildest Ride: Up 40% in 40 Hours(wsj.com)
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by gist 9y ago
> There are no pencils needed, no ambiguity. I could argue that a system such as that is easier to have fraud simply because all of the tickets for a particular voter look exactly the same and there is noting unique on each ticket (the w

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