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by jdhn 8y ago
>Funny that it is the red states that tend to get more federal dollars returned/pumped into their states than they contribute. Perhaps we should look into what type of federal dollars are flowing to the red states, and then shrink t
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by jdhn 8y ago
This has basically been a power play from the crown prince from the very beginning. You get to look like you're rooting out corruption all while eliminating competitors/cementing allegiances and shaking people down for money which
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by jdhn 8y ago
Man, it sounds like you've had bad experiences with UX people. I guess that's what happens when UX is the new craze, and everybody and their mom wants to jump into it.
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by jdhn 8y ago
Sorry that you worked with a bad UX designer. Do you know if they did any sort of user research at all, or did they jump straight to making it look pretty?
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by jdhn 8y ago
I'm real curious as to how taxing miles travelled would work, especially if you travel between states. Would you have to keep track of how many miles you drove in State A and State B, and how would you pay State B if you lived in State
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by jdhn 8y ago
>the media have done a terrible job reporting this. I believe that they've reported it the way that they wanted to. The media knows that outrage sells, and when the public is already suspicious of rich tech companies, there's n
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What do you mean by liberal?
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by jdhn 8y ago
So just now the NYTimes is finding out that money can't outright buy happiness?
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>You can stream games either from servers or from edge servers Can't wait for the rise of GaaS (gaming as a service) and the associated monthly subscription fees.
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Here you go[0]. Some highlights: 1. $2.988 billion in state/city subsidies (so ~$48,000 per job) 2. The state estimated that Amazon will generate $27.5 billion in state and city revenue over 25 years, a 9:1 ratio of revenue to subsidie
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by jdhn 8y ago
You're getting downvoted, but it's true. If I recall, the city/state would've broken even not that far into the future, and then everything after that would've been pure profit for them.
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Interesting. I guess they estimated that the battle to retain the tax breaks wasn't worth the fight. I wonder if they'll continue to expand in Seattle, or wait a few years before putting HQ2 elsewhere.
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by jdhn 8y ago
I agree that private development like Japan is the way to go, but outside of the Brightline, it seems like nobody in the US is doing this. The only real estate that the HSR line in Texas seems to buy is land for the tracks, but not any real
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by jdhn 8y ago
They're building it there because they got a great deal from the Nevada government, and because Nevada is basically empty desert so there's no real impediments to building a giant factory.
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Figures that New Jersey (home of the perpetual NIMBY and corresponding high housing prices) would be leading the charge against these buildings.
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by jdhn 8y ago
>the Trump Administration and its congressional allies included lavish new giveaways such as immediate expensing of capital investments. So this is obviously considered a bad thing by the author, but wouldn't the cost to the governm
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I find it quite telling that no major takeaway mentioned talking to users or testing the design. This reeks of genius design, which really isn't genius at all.
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There was: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18292061
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Isn't that money only to be paid out if Foxconn actually hires all the people they said they would? Last I heard, Foxconn wasn't even sure that they were going to hire as many people as they originally thought they would.
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by jdhn 8y ago
>Adams Hub for Innovation I lived in Carson, and never in a million years did I think something like this would take off. A lot of these jobs seem more dev oriented (I'm a designer), but it's good to see more tech jobs coming t
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by jdhn 8y ago
>Tech scene is blowing up. Can you expound further on this? I keep hearing this, but it seems that the big names (Apple, Switch) just have datacenters in the area. I lived in the area from 2014 to 2016, and it seemed like not a whole lot
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by jdhn 8y ago
I believe the argument is that by taxing companies, you can broaden the tax base beyond individuals which theoretically will let you lower the tax rates on individuals while maintaining or increasing the amount of taxes that you take in.
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by jdhn 8y ago
I looked at some of those brands to see what made them different from Lodge. One had a different handle, while another one had a thicker bottom and thinner sides for better searing, but they're also in the hundreds of dollars. A 12&quo
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by jdhn 8y ago
What is a trusted/good VPN to use?
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by jdhn 8y ago
I doubt that Trump is a gold bug, and even if he was, I don't think he's crafty enough to come up with a plan to bring the gold standard back.
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FTA: "The average Facebook session lasted less than 90 seconds, according to people familiar with the matter". How can you make money from people who are going to your site in 90 second segments? You have an ad in the beginning of
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by jdhn 8y ago
I thought they said that about private sector jobs, not EU jobs? I'll admit that I haven't been following it too closely since I'm not in the EU.
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by jdhn 8y ago
Can someone explain why this is a big deal? It makes sense to me that EU agencies wouldn't be stationed outside of the EU, so the fact that they're moving doesn't seem like it's a big deal in the grander Brexit scheme of
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by jdhn 8y ago
So if he's going to shut the government down on the 15th (because the wall isn't getting funded), what's the point of reopening it? His base will be ticked off, that's for sure.
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I'd prefer it to be this way. Airports could hire their own screeners, set their own rules, and they wouldn't be as affected by this shutdown. I think it'd be interesting to have airports do the same thing with air traffic co

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