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by hoaw 8y ago
Laying pavement itself is likely a very small part of building an interstate system, in terms of success. Though, I am sure there are e.g. cities that can barely do that. I mean, whenever I see a video from the US the streets always seems b
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by hoaw 8y ago
I think what is really meant is science literacy. You need some sort of context to be able to understand the meaning of resistance, polarity, serial vs. parallel etc. It isn't that hard of course, but when there is maybe a hundred diff
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by hoaw 8y ago
Chinese workers aren't poorly educated as such, even if those still exist of course. Contrary to popular belief what make China succeed in manufacturing is ample supply of semi-skilled workers. A lot of Chinese factories aren't th
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by hoaw 8y ago
To succeed with large project you generally have to develop competence in-house first to know what you are doing. Today it is quite unpopular, at least in western countries, for the government to do that. When things become more accessible,
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by hoaw 8y ago
I am not so sure. People tend to adapt to things they can't change. They put their hopes and dreams into it and end up loving the idea. I know people who "love" their apartment, but it is just an average apartment with a huge
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by hoaw 8y ago
No, from my experience what is meant is to join a small and medium-sized enterprise and become a part of their success. $200k is a lot in salary, but it isn't that much for a company as such if they sell or provide high value products
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by hoaw 8y ago
No they can't. Talented people have years invested in products, projects and relationships at a company. That is why you see "after 10 years at x, head of y is now leaving for z". It is average employees that can switch witho
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by hoaw 8y ago
> So the valuable employees pay a percentage of their paycheck as union fees, so that the union can negotiate the salary of the not so valuable employees? No, that isn't really how it works. Unions are basically insurance. Some of t
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by hoaw 8y ago
> Just make sure that you have a solid bonus/promotion structure pre-agreed and you're good to go. That is a pretty big "just". Bonuses aren't common everywhere, and unfortunately it seems like management being d
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by hoaw 8y ago
In any system based on individual inequality a high-performing employee is whoever is appreciated by the central authority. If you actually want to award performance you need collective inequality. That is, you need differences between succ
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by hoaw 8y ago
1. It isn't a given, but far more likely since they don't have the same disincentive. Attracting companies and tax revenue is generally something cities like to do. Alienating a large part of their population isn't. Especiall
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't think it unreasonable that you are the one who has to make the case how that would work in this discussion. Because I see very little evidence, in the US or even in the rest of the world, that it would be realistic to expect th
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by hoaw 8y ago
You can't build a lot in the bay area without affecting people who have a large personal stake in the housing market. That is the core of the issue in any major city with high housing prices. One of the few ways you can work around tha
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by hoaw 8y ago
It interesting/despairing to see that the modern world just seem to end up formalizing age old things like collusion and corruption. So many of these situation are essentially lose-lose-lose. I really wonder if any country will manage
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by hoaw 8y ago
Yes, really. It is essentially downside protection. If you find yourself in a uncertain situation, it is a reasonable strategy. She now already know that Amazon can handle a refund, what to look for when buying and got a recommendation from
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by hoaw 8y ago
Never understood why so many people are interested in supporting scammers. These people are criminals engaging in fraud, not a mistake. There is little else to it. Why should we take your opinion seriously?
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by hoaw 8y ago
It can't be a right if it isn't regulated. Unionizing is a legally recognized international right. It isn't really optional. Then of course you can argue how it should work, but that is largely a different matter. You want to
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by hoaw 8y ago
Why would you regulate something when there is no consequences? American always hold the position of various degrees of "don't trust the government, take care of yourself", but as soon as something gets slightly uncomfortable
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by hoaw 8y ago
No I am not. I don't think this discussion is worth much more than this though.
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by hoaw 8y ago
Doesn't make much sense. Collective bargaining is just that. If you trust the company to do what is best you should have no problem because the company will bargain for what it finds important. Also you seemingly care a lot about what
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't necessarily disagree with what you are saying, I do think your perspective is somehwat wrong however. The ultimate goal of a union is of course to improve the state of affairs. But the larger reason reason to have a union is be
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by hoaw 8y ago
It would be warranted if you explained how to run a marathon the same way people explain how to be successful. Which you probably wouldn't.
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by hoaw 8y ago
Disagree. Success isn't really transferred. If I help you do something I know and you help me do something you know we are both more successful. Wealth on the other hand can't really be shared without losing it.
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by hoaw 8y ago
I always found the whole idea to be contradictory. They say that the pie isn't fixed, then go on to explain all the risky things you need to do get a larger piece of the expanding pie. Which does in fact mean the pie is finite, just no
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by hoaw 8y ago
That is assuming there aren't also less smart managers who have short term interests of showing swift progress until the project collapses. Management will in best case take a long term interest in the company. They won't take a l
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by hoaw 8y ago
It isn't a particularly good idea to build something on survivorship bias. For everyone who got into computers and found a booming industry there were people who were into something else which didn't boom, or never got he chance t
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by hoaw 8y ago
Say you have two employees. One is smarter than the other. That employee will work relatively hard and deliver constant results. The other will take a big chance and work everything they have for a year. Say the chance of them performing be
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by hoaw 8y ago
You are unlikely to find a western labor union that is specifically pro immigration these days. Since labor has been in decline in the west for the last few decades. Before that I am sure you could find those who were pro labor immigration.
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't think that is the implication. What is being said is that people start e.g. working 10 hours a day and that becomes expected regardless of performance. This type of thing is very common in Asia.
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by hoaw 8y ago
No one could really say what the absolute position of a union would be in that question. Unions are membership organizations that work in the interest of current, and to some extent future, members. The rest is politics. A union would have

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