missedthecue

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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   On the contrary, ad supported tech companies seem to be the only profitable startups over the past 10 years or so. I'm exaggerating of course, but only a little.
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   These aren't communion chalices. Christmas trees have no religious significance.
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   According to a Google search, a tree takes 7-10 years. So you were on hacker news while that carbon was in the atmosphere. Puts it into perspective
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   You might be surprised at the market share of Google docs
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   You can use a stationary bike
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   "And I don't understand why employees would ever be compensated for the "full value of their labor". When you work for a company, your labor generally only makes sense within the context of the larger organization"
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   Easier just to change the law.
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   I don't understand why this is wrong but labor unions are encouraged. If the sellers of labor can cartelize to maximize income, why shouldn't the buyers of labor be able to cartelize to minimize expenses? There is no logically con
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   by missedthecue 6y ago

   Right now, Saudi Aramco is worth $1.9 trillion.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    I think you are misreading the title. He's asking what the turning point was that lead to failure, not what the idea behind failing was.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Yet the median disposable income per person, after adjustments for government provided healthcare and education is enormously higher than any other nation, according to the OECD. https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-di
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    >Show me the alternative to Amazon In the US retail market? Walmart (2x the size of Amazon), eBay, Kroger, Home Depot, Lowes, HEB, Costco, Target, Walgreens, Staples, CVS, Publix, Albertsons, Aldi, Macy's, Best Buy, OfficeMax, Nords
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    So the purpose of a business is that it should be a jobs program?
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    So the fear is that they might ingest one?
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Which part of the butt would poison them? They're not smoking it.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    This is popular to say, but doesn't hold up to reality. An analysis of "17,171 worldwide leveraged buyout transactions that include every transaction with a financial sponsor in the CapitalIQ database announced over a 40 year peri
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    >Amazon should be broken up For offering more products and better service at a lower price? They don't have a monopoly on anything. The governments role should not be to subsidize uncompetitive businesses. That hurts consumers.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Yes, generally speaking, buyers of any commodity don't like it when sellers cartelize themselves. Whether it's in oil like OPEC, chicken meat, or labour.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    "big ass company" is not a synonym for monopoly. There are dozens of competitors in the pharmacy business
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Isn't that proof it's working?
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Do you have a quote where they deny it is changing?
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Still, many/most abortive procedures happen after 40 days, in the US at least.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Well the "ban cheap cars" method doesn't help the poor either.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    I hear this thrown around a lot, but to the best I can discern, it is simply unfounded. Uber and Lyft seem to pay between $1-$2 a mile. There are sites where you can put in the model and year of your car and get real life depreciation figur
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    In many countries, trade unions have more members than churches, and they donate, endorse, and directly outright tell their members who do vote for, unlike most churches, who do not donate, do not endorse, and in almost all cases, do not ou
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Ok change the analogy. Should Verizon be able to disconnect your calls and block text messages if they don't like the content? Everyone here is arguing with the analogy and not with the thrust of OPs argument.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Should T Mobile or Verizon be able to censor your phone calls and text messages if they don't like the content? After all, they're private companies as well.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Collecting and accounting for tax is far far more inefficient than buying electronic tbills. And they pay interest to the holder... The point is, the money isn't keeping out of the economy. It's loaned to the government who spen
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Have sanctions ever worked? They haven't worked on Cuba. They haven't worked on Venezuela. They haven't worked on Russia. They haven't worked on North Korea. They haven't worked anywhere I can think of.
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    by missedthecue 6y ago

    Plus, $5 million isn't substantial. XPO makes $16.5 Billion annually.