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811.
by habosa 8y ago
I think more often they just don't get the tickets. I've had Uber and Lyft drivers complain to me about tickets they got and it seems like they were paying out of pocket for them and it was a very huge and noticeable expense. Pre
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by habosa 8y ago
The Safeway near my house started selling Plated meal boxes and I love it! They're cheaper than the ones in the mail (by $1-2) and I don't have to worry about when they will arrive and if they'll spoil on the doorstep becaus
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by habosa 8y ago
The congestion caused by Uber and Lyft in SF is bad . It's not because of the number of cars on the road, although that's certainly something, it's because of how those cars behave. Ubers and Lyfts pull over at unpredictabl
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by habosa 8y ago
I don't think I need to explain teasing a family member in terms of the HN worldview.
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by habosa 8y ago
My grandfather, who was an ophthalmologist with a passion for inventing, has shown me schematics for this kind of glass. His idea was that you could put it in places that are sunny but not warm (like a mountain hotel) to allow for indoor s
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by habosa 8y ago
Can't wait to see the meat substitutes (Impossible, Beyond Meat) break away from their current association with luxury foods and become much cheaper. When I met two guys from Impossible ~3 years ago they told me they wanted to make a g
817.
by habosa 8y ago
I think philanthropy is great. It's the tax-advantage of large-scale philanthropy that I object to. The super rich should give anyway, even without the 40% break.
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by habosa 8y ago
Unfortunately that's not democracy. It's anarchy for a good cause. In democracy we vote together and then the most-popular thing happens.
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by habosa 8y ago
It took me a long time to be convinced of this, but the tax-advantaged nature of philanthropy in the United States is regressive and anti-democratic. The US government basically says: you have to give us X% of your money ... unless you spen
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by habosa 8y ago
The credit-card model is spinning out of control. I have a good income and decent credit. So I have a credit card that gives me 2-3% cash back on everything, low or zero fees, and tons of other bonus perks (various kinds of insurance, air
821.
by habosa 8y ago
Does this count Spotify and Netflix and other subscriptions offered via IAP?
822.
by habosa 8y ago
I've been told that Jack and Coke is the #1 liquor drink in the world. I believe it, that stuff is everywhere.
823.
by habosa 8y ago
Feels like a bad idea to me. Why not just tax the hell out of the private treatment to make sure the public treatments stay funded? I guess the concern is similar to the public vs private school situation, where some areas have bad public
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by habosa 8y ago
For those who have worked in bank IT, I have some questions. So these days there's very little physical money. Most of my "wealth" is just entries in various digital ledgers. My bank says I have $XXX and my brokerage says
825.
by habosa 8y ago
I also found Volt in that thread and have been reading about V ever since. Thanks for posting!
826.
by habosa 8y ago
Onoe way you can tell this was no "mistake" is because both companies did it (and probably others). This was industry-wide wage theft in the pursuit of profit.
827.
by habosa 8y ago
So you stole, got caught, and all you did was give the money back and say you'll stop stealing? If one of their drivers had come to the Instacart office and stolen something, they'd have to do all of the above plus go to jail. Thi
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by habosa 8y ago
I did not say it had to be the government. We as a society need to define what a life not centered around work really looks like and how it fits in.
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by habosa 8y ago
To be clear I was not saying the characterization of the poor as "takers" is fair, I was just saying that's how they will be labeled by society a large.
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by habosa 8y ago
A few fiction choices: * The Alchemist - the closest thing in my life to a religious text. Just a beautiful story that I can recall at any time for some calm. * Desert Solitaire - just read this recently and it gave me an entirely n
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by habosa 8y ago
I am in favor of higher taxes, but that does not solve the dignity issue at all. Taking from the rich to give to the poor only solidifies the division between the two groups. It makes givers and takers, and there will be resentment on both
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by habosa 8y ago
If you meet someone who 'chooses' to be homeless, you should wonder what their other choices were. I doubt they chose homeless over, say, good job and loving family. Most of the people who 'choose' street life have trul
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by habosa 8y ago
In addition to what some other commenters have said, I'll add that 7500 is a point-in-time count, it's lower than the total number of people that are homeless in SF at some point during the year [0] 0: http://hsh.sfgov.
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by habosa 8y ago
I have a feeling most of the commenters here did not read the article and are just arguing the headline. After some brief discussion on the topic a hand, the author gets to the point and introduces their new product, Codeblog: https:/
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by habosa 8y ago
I totally agree that some people have much more leisure time, which is one thing you truly need to do endurance sports.
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by habosa 8y ago
I run on Asics Gel Kayanos. I run about 10 miles a week when I'm running. I probably keep my shoes too long but I don't really notice. I replace them once a year just because.
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by habosa 8y ago
I guess the key is I'm not training. Or competing. I'm just running to stay fit and to clear my mind. I really think that given my goals (or lack thereof) my example is not extreme.
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by habosa 8y ago
Sorry I meant the environmental break even point. The same as your ceramics question
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by habosa 8y ago
The lead says that running requires "time and money". The former is true, the latter is bogus. Running is my main form of exercise. I think it costs me $100 a year or so (one pair of shoes). I run outside, on public streets int
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by habosa 8y ago
I recently heard that the reusable grocery bags are actually more wasteful than the single use ones because you have to use them ~500 times to break even and most people get far less use than that. I wonder how many times you have to use

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