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by lukasm 11y ago
There was a company in Poland that was building houses like that - they went bust. The main problem is cultural. People look at it and see a shed and they want a "proper" house. "Can I retire here?" "Is it an invest
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by lukasm 11y ago
This a good read, but keep in my a lot of things are pure propaganda. Soviets wanted someone to write how scary they are. After all he didn't end up like Litvinenko.
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by lukasm 11y ago
Because I don't need that many physical goods as I used to? My phone shows me temperature, map, music player. I can buy tickets which I don't need to print. I read book on Kindle. I don't need a car - I have a bike, public tr
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by lukasm 11y ago
In the land of lawsuits it's worse for the poor, but that doesn't apply for patents. It's more expensive to go to court.
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Part of the problem is lack of English rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fee...
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@mietek I have no problem if they pay for everything. Tax payers are paying 100%.
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by lukasm 11y ago
There are problems with free Uni in Poland - people studying for 10 years just to extend the childhood. (government pay 15k a year to the uni) - some Unis accept people just to get money off of the government (accepted 500, graduate 100) -
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by lukasm 11y ago
To play devil's advocate: - no routine that gets you going - less time with your friends and colleagues - less team lunches/nice dinners - getting dressed can help you mentally make the switch to start your workday and can transla
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by lukasm 11y ago
A leverage against slumlords in the same way social media gives leverage to consumers against companies
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No one uses Polish keyboard in Poland. Since windows 95 the first thing you do is to change from polish 214 (QWERTZ) to polish programmer keyboard (QWERTY)
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by lukasm 11y ago
There should be X to close the image
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> The perfect capitalism of frictionless competition and complete transparency is the enemy of its own intent. In highly competitive and transparent markets, profits are driven asymptotically to zero. Groceries, gasoline, airline tickets
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by lukasm 11y ago
I think poor people hate wealthy not only because of corruption (use money to get power or get away with a crime) and lack of empty, but because they could do MORE http://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethi
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by lukasm 11y ago
reduce corporate tax by half and introduce revenue tax of 0.5% ?
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I'd love to see an experiment with 1% revenue tax.
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Isn't it a given? Historically every empire collapsed.
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Was gonna say. But why? Just pure PR?
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It's a bit of a joke, but yes NY Times does a good job :)
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by lukasm 11y ago
Is there a similar thing for coffescript?
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That awkward moment when website you made 20 years ago is better to read articles.
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US Sales tax is NOT European VAT tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax#Examples
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by lukasm 11y ago
Swiss taxation is very similar to US (only country in Europe that has a Sales tax, private health care etc). The main difference is military budget.
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Benevolent Dictator For Life
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by lukasm 11y ago
> Visa renewals. Leaving the country every 90 days to renew your tourist visa gets old fast. You can go to, say, Poland. It's just slightly more expensive than Thailand. No Visa renewals. > - Finding a country that is both stable
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Most big cats in Europe. Possibly Aurochs.
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I talking about growing up poor and then working in tech - similar to parent comment. Technology is reducing the cost of entry for increasing number of industries. YC and other communities are providing network. Working for a few years you
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by lukasm 11y ago
I've been thinking about this recently and these are my thoughts exactly. It leads to an interesting question. Do I have a competitive advantage as a startup founder growing up poor? Higher stress resistance (can chew a lot), no proble
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by lukasm 11y ago
it's VAT. It's up to EU country if they are doing VAT exemption for charity.
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constants, string templates, async/await, decorators
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I'm sceptical that this is Saudi's plan. Is the investment really worth it? fracking is highly automated and the cost is going down. Fracking is strategic for many governments, so subsidy is very likely. I don't remember exac

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