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by kartan 9y ago
> so some slice of the pie is better than none. That's a run to the bottom. Where's the limit? The USA is already lacking in education, health care, and infrastructure. This is only going to make the problem worse. > If it c
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by kartan 9y ago
> We as European businessmen were and still are unable to generate the same kind of innovation as the US Tracking people around the internet. To follow them everywhere they go and save their personal information, their political ideology
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by kartan 9y ago
> So, how long until this one also also gets neutered when European governments realize they can't even bring their own websites into compliance with the new law? ;) I have worked for 2 big tech companies in Europe. And in both, th
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by kartan 9y ago
You are comparing the worst of Europe (companies can be very exploitative even if it's ILLEGA) with the best of USA (a lot of middle-income-class positions) and not even the complete thing (you get most of the things). That's no
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by kartan 9y ago
The name of the ship is FLIP: FLoating Instrument Platform. Nice acronym work is done there.
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by kartan 9y ago
> Because the rich are getting richer, and hoarded money is useless to the rest of society. That´s it. Once there is too much super-rich capitalism stops working, as decisions are not an average of million of small transactions, but it i
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by kartan 9y ago
> Why stop there? Just make it 100$ and hour and everyone will be rich! - People needs to drink 2 litres of water each day to stay healthy. Oh! Why stop there? Just make people drink 20 litres and everyone will be more healthy! You made
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> Why is there no talk about the dramatic increase in the supply of workers over the last 40 years? Because it is irrelevant. If you have 100 workers, they produce and consume as 100. If you get 100 million, they produce as 100 million,
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> Do we think that a $15 lunch is going to influence a physician to over-prescribe a drug? Why then does the manufacturer spends that $15? Are you an marketing expert? On which studies and data do you base this conclusion?
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> Neither is enough to sway most physicians IMO. It is not just a bribe. Companies spend a few dollars on advertisment per person to get more customers. When you can spend $2,600 on one doctor for advertisment purposes, you can do a lot
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> Like it or not, the new EPA guy is extremely efficient in transforming the agency quickly and probably with lasting effects. It is like a doctor killing all his patients: And now, no one is sick anymore.
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> [...] the questions asked are very rarely put to laymen or individuals or groups with a cursory or passing interest. And that is completely wrong. You can call for polls, you can look for experts on education institutions, you can look
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by kartan 9y ago
> If you don't have anyone else making you an offer, then you're worth that amount. You are confused about cost and value. I have seen a lot of people with high salaries that are more of a problem than a solution for the compan
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by kartan 9y ago
> Stuff as dumb as the moon cycles affect us. How are we going to live somewhere that isn't exactly Earth? People will get more sick, they will need more attention. But that doesn't mean that it is not possible. Umeå is a Swedi
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How do your arguments apply differently to any other profession? If no family means: > motivation/drive/desire to put in hours > low cost > flexibility > more likely to bond with other young employees, and participate
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Women work in the Berlin Post Office with calculators, 1928: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-women-work-in-the-berlin-po... The managers, a more people-oriented activity, are all men. But the people working with actual cal
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> Seems to me that our technology may actually just be hitting a wall in regards to life expectancy. "Americans Are Dying Younger". That will mean that the wall is moving making technology less useful to keep life expectancy. A
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by kartan 9y ago
> My father still works and he is very healthy for an 88 year old. This is usually related to the kind of job you are doing. My mother was cleaning schools and that is a killer for the back. Being retired, she takes long walks and keeps
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by kartan 9y ago
It looks like the closer you are to a thread, the most willing are you to fight. Being close to Russian is a good indicator on how much you are willing to go to war. So I agree with other comments, probably people that feels threatened read
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by kartan 9y ago
> "Distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and that these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership," the unnam
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by kartan 9y ago
Yes. I work in IT and I'm rich, aren't you rich like the rest on engineers that read Hacker News? Not like the poor people at finance institutions, they create so much value and get so few in return...
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> I wonder how much the health outcome could be improved by treating patients more humanely. Treating patients more humanely costs money, while health care is just another business, human care is just for the people that can afford it. S
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by kartan 9y ago
> Just saying that the politician outrage to legislation sausage factory has produced some duds in this area. The regulation is open to anyone that wants to read it. Which points do you think that are duds? http://www.eugdpr.o
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by kartan 9y ago
At "How the Mona Lisa became so overrated" from Vox, you can see a unique circusntance that made the picture legendary beyond its initial merit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2wy7Fp2fqw
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This is just one company. I worked for a big mobile games company, and their main complaint was how expensive where ads nowadays. They used to pump millions and get as many players as they wanted. Now you need to take a lot of care on how y
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2010-07-19 12:00:00 co-worker: Hi 2010-07-19 12:00:30 me: Hello 2010-07-19 12:10:00 co-worker: I have a question about Facebook. Are you the right person to ask? 2010-07-19 12:10:25 me: May be. What's your question? 2010-07-19 12:20:25
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This is Papa Pear: https://king.com/game/papapear The HTML5 version is compiled from the same source that the App that goes to the Apple App Store ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/papa-pear-sa
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> It seems Apple still thinks of the mobile web as a content delivery platform rather than an application platform. Apple wants in-app purchases. Why deliver full flexed apps in the web were people pays using PayPal or VISA if you can fo
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by kartan 9y ago
Today I'm going to answer cynism with cynism: > will social media become the new smoking? No. Smoking produces cancer, that makes some people really worried. It is even worst if you are pregnant. > Will browsing your phone antici
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> the male bathroom was constantly occupied I'm always surprised by this. Why not have unisex bathrooms? In most companies, I have worked the bathrooms are just one toilet and sink. That way anyone can use it. > What would have

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