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by mattm 9y ago
> Essentially, rich people are rewarded and poor people are screwed Yet with our inflationary system, this is exactly what has been happening.
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by mattm 9y ago
Even at that amount it's not really worth it. I paid with Bitcoin for a $70 purchase the other day and paid $2.50 in fees. I won't do that again. Compare that to the past when my fees would be less than a penny and not worth worr
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by mattm 9y ago
That's really strange that it was that early. If you look at pictures or videos of normal people from that time period, the main thing I always notice is how thin everyone looked.
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by mattm 9y ago
Agree with all the points sdrothrock made. I lived in Japan for 5 years first via working holiday visa and then through a spousal visa after marrying my wife who is Japanese. After getting married, all I needed to do was take the marriage
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Delancey Street Foundation(delanceystreetfoundation.org)
1 points by mattm 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 9y ago
As a big hockey fan, I completely agree with this. The pads players wore 30+ years ago were pretty much nothing so if you tried to hit someone hard it hurt you as well. My theory is that the NHL would see less concussions if they reduced
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by mattm 9y ago
Yes they were also not charging their customer and thereby had no reason to offer customer support. These companies are more of the exception than the rule.
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by mattm 9y ago
"The Sports Gene" [1] is an excellent book on this topic backed up by not only research but entertaining stories as well. It has a section about Dan but also has stories about a world champion high jumper who dedicated his life t
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by mattm 9y ago
It's possible the executive knew they wouldn't see it and thereby could then use it as an excuse to fire them.
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by mattm 9y ago
Yes, this is the real issue. If copyright was reasonable - say 40-50 years - then a lot of this stuff would naturally enter the public domain and then could be shown on any streaming service. Instead we have the current copyright system be
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by mattm 9y ago
And even that will take more than 4 hours per week.
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by mattm 9y ago
In order to bootstrap a currency you need the price factor to interest lay people and generate adoption. There is no other way. I haven't seen the argument lately, but in the early days when the price started to rise, there was a lot
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by mattm 9y ago
I've also learned that a big reason why some people are workaholics is because they don't want to go home. Working late at the office gives them a good excuse.
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by mattm 9y ago
A perfect example of corporate hypocrisy. Both Facebook and LinkedIn did illegal things when they were younger but now that they are more established, they don't want anyone to do the same thing to them.
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by mattm 9y ago
Do you have any goals outside of work - not like vacations but something that is a challenge and requires skill building? Are you dating? I'd recommend reading "The Way of the Superior Man" [1]. One of the things that's
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by mattm 9y ago
One thing I've thought about but never had the chance to put into practice would be to randomize CSS classes and IDs. Most web scraping relies on these to identify the content they are looking for. Imagine if everyday they changed? It
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by mattm 9y ago
Houston has a 20% vacancy rate [1]. Unfortunately, I can't recall the source but I did read a study that concluded that Airbnb has no effect on rental prices where the vacancy rate is 6% or more but it absolutely drives prices up in l
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Should I Be an Entrepreneur?(skmurphy.com)
2 points by mattm 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 9y ago
AirBnB is a huge factor. Take a look at http://insideairbnb.com/san-francisco/ and the chart under Activity and see it go up after 2012.
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by mattm 9y ago
Non competes would be fine as long as the employer needs to provide compensation for the duration of it after you've left. If an employer leaving will really harm your business then you should be completely fine with paying to avoid i
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by mattm 9y ago
When do you think you'll have a working demo? Would love to show this to someone on my team.
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by mattm 9y ago
News is news because it's unusual and not normal. How much of your daily life has anything to do with what's talked about on the news? I'd imagine very little.
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by mattm 9y ago
This is part of the problem. Canadians are generally more complacent and have a lower tolerance for conflict compared to Americans from what I've seen. (I'm Canadian)
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by mattm 9y ago
I've started sorting the reviews by Date lately instead of popularity. I find a better mix that way. It doesn't stay in that order though so I need to do it each time.
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by mattm 9y ago
Completely agree. It's not a perfect analogy but if you look at professional sports, the main driver behind higher salaries was publicizing them. Prior to that, owners could pay some star players much lower than their market value si
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by mattm 9y ago
What's the difference between jail and work? In jail you're rewarded with time off for good behaviour. At work you're rewarded with more work.
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by mattm 9y ago
It's a 3 hour drive from Seattle-Vancouver so even if you're halfway that's a 1.5 hour commute.
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by mattm 9y ago
It's pretty simple. Keep non-competes but require the company to pay a certain percentage of your salary during the period the non-compete specifies after you've left the company. If you are so valuable that a company is worried a
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by mattm 9y ago
The rules were changed and ride sharing will be legal later this year.
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by mattm 9y ago
At the presidential level (of any organization) it should be inexcusable no matter what the reason.

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