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by kspaans 9y ago
Given that you have to pay an annual membership fee to get access to that gas, it's likely subsidized by the fee and used as a loss-leader to bring people to shop at Costco.
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by kspaans 9y ago
They already had to go through the months-long process to get that 1-800 number in the first place (unless of course they "just choose IBM"). FLOSS doesn't short-ciruit that, it just shifts it to a different phase of procurem
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by kspaans 9y ago
Now imagine that the company you bought the software from no longer exists. You're correct about one of the issues with FLOSS adoption, but you're framing it wrong: any software can have support issues. The biggest advantage of FL
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All the things that won't fix California's affordable housing crisis(strongtowns.org)
9 points by kspaans 9y ago|0 comments
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by kspaans 9y ago
Not to mention that anyone who can save money in a savings account is also perfectly able to buy some shares or funds and get capital gains themselves.
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by kspaans 9y ago
Reverse Engineering and security. Every executable you reverse is like a new project!
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by kspaans 9y ago
I don't think it's Alice's responsibility to demonstrate her worth to her co-workers. If the company really thinks Alice is that much more valuable, they should easily be able to demonstrate that to Bob, Fob, and Gob. E.g. Al
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by kspaans 9y ago
No argument here that the jobs are more lucrative, on paper, South of the border. Just trying to point out that there are lots of aspects to consider when you're looking at compensation. Being young, healthy, and single in the US can n
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by kspaans 9y ago
Yes they are in Canada where they don't need their employers-sponsored health insurance, get more vacation time, don't have huge student debt, and can't get laid off with no severance and no notice.
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by kspaans 9y ago
And hopefully they will finally finish those empty apartment buildings in Downtown Sunnyvale soon. http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/13/sunnyvale-downtown-to-...
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by kspaans 9y ago
You won't learn how to cook improvisationaly, that's true. What you will learn are new cooking/prepping techniques (zesting, massage the kale so it tastes less bitter, julienning, fry lightly on the stove and move the pan to
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by kspaans 9y ago
Shameless plug for UWaterloo's (and many other schools, for that matter) co-op (AKA internship) program. I had two years' work experience (6 x 4 months) by the time I graduated.
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by kspaans 9y ago
> That makes me terrified for home values going forward. It will likely shift all the value into the land. Houses are depreciating assets, the land already has most of the value in popular locations. (Don't believe me? Look at the r
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by kspaans 9y ago
Until you have to put kids through school or have a big medial emergency that isn't covered by your insurance.
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by kspaans 9y ago
Multiple other services are listed in the article: VRBO (a subsidiary of Homeaway) and Kijiji. Not to mention actual B&Bs.
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by kspaans 9y ago
Search AirBnB listings in Toronto that offer "full house" rental. It's a pretty strong clue. But obviously it's not the whole picture, as you may be renting your entire house or apartment while you're on vacation.
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by kspaans 9y ago
It's not as simple as a straight comparison of what you bring back from from the grocery store and what's left over from your meal kit box. Grocery stores also have waste from the packaging that food comes in. Disclaimer: I work f
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by kspaans 9y ago
Green Chef has a once-a-month plan. Disclaimer: I work for Green Chef.
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Tesla is pushing the insurance industry to prepare for massive disruption(businessinsider.com)
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by kspaans 9y ago
The first hack is to only work 20hrs/week. If you are convinced that you only have half of the time to do the same amount of work you will stop wasting time, and ruthlessly prioritize. The second hack is to be able to maintain that wor
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by kspaans 9y ago
That sounds like a failure of tax & estate planning. If you wait until you are very old to give away your assets you are putting yourself in the pay-the-most-inheritance-tax position. If the daughters had been running the business for d
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Trump administration writes Congress to officially trigger NAFTA renegotiation(cbc.ca)
1 points by kspaans 9y ago|0 comments
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Condo clash: Court battles, forgery allegations; who controls Toronto highrises(cbc.ca)
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by kspaans 9y ago
Move to a rental in the same city?
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Looking at the Security of the Netgear Arlo Home IP Camera(mjg59.dreamwidth.org)
1 points by kspaans 9y ago|0 comments
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by kspaans 9y ago
The link that says "web" it searches for the headline, letting you access the site with google.com as your referrer. It's to the left of "comments" and to the right of "flag".
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by kspaans 10y ago
It's hard to do a proper comparison of costs unless you're young and single. Consider medical costs (usually, but not always covered by your US employer), and family-related costs (school for kids is the biggest I can think of: pr
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Your Turn, Toronto-Waterloo(medium.com)
10 points by kspaans 10y ago|0 comments
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by kspaans 10y ago
I biked in London for almost 2 years (Whitechapel to Farringdon, then Deptford Bridge to Farringdon). What I found helped a lot was to avoid roundabouts as much as possible, and be extra cautious when overtaking on the left near stops. Assu
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BMO Bundles Uninsured Mortgages in a Canadian Bond First(bloomberg.com)
2 points by kspaans 10y ago|0 comments

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