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by phenkdo 7y ago
do you also look forward to the 10x grocery shit-bill you will be stuck with?
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by phenkdo 7y ago
At that pay rate, your grocery bill will rise 5x-10x and while that might not bother you, there are several people from whom that's a death knell.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
The "no shortage if you pay enough" viewpoint is rather myopic. The same people will be crying hoarse when prices of even basic necessities increase 10x or more, and there are food riots and possibly starvation. Many people in the
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by phenkdo 7y ago
It's one of the "what-if" scenarios if Trump were to test positive. Would it convince his supporters to stop calling this "fake news", "hoax" etc? Betteridge, please chime in.
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Ask HN: What other important news are we missing due to the Covid crisis?
6 points by phenkdo 7y ago|1 comments
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by phenkdo 7y ago
The authors of the above article for example. Are you more qualified than them to dismiss them as "ridiculous"?
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by phenkdo 7y ago
There are some credible voices skeptical of the current doomsday predictions from Dr. Fauci et al, vis-a-vis the national quarantine. Unfortunately, this too has become a partisan political issue with dems for shutdown/quarantine, and
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Ask HN: What're some uplifting things that could result due to the Covid crisis?
5 points by phenkdo 7y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: What business opportunities might arise from the COVID19 crisis?
2 points by phenkdo 7y ago|4 comments
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Very prescient and prophetic article
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by phenkdo 7y ago
What you call "wage dumping" is what I would call wage extortion & salary gouging, borne out of good old entitlement arrogance. Sauce for the goose == sauce for the gander.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
It's not "simple", and it's definitely not "the market". It's the market as _you would like it to be_ , for salary-gouging. I am one of the "evil" business owners you speak of, and there is no wa
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by phenkdo 7y ago
"underpaying" - as compared to who? Who gets to determine that? It's very easy to scoff at "cheap labor" when in my experience it's far more often than not, the entitled , incompetents (they pair often) who co
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by phenkdo 7y ago
> "cheap staff" This seems to be the stock response anytime one mentions foreign workers. Who gets to determine what's "cheap"? Look at it from the business' perspective, perhaps your asks are exorbitant, wa
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by phenkdo 7y ago
I usually buy books all excited about a topic I love (history or behavioral economics etc.) but they just pile up. Work pressure and exhaustion during the week and family stuff on the weekend is overwhelming any reading time :(
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by phenkdo 7y ago
shouldn't a 1:1 be more free-flowing than agenda-based? Let the chat go where the conversation takes you. I find structuring such conversations, confines and probably counter-productive.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
> These other countries are free to try and improve their conditions. > Trying to drag us down to their level is pathetic. QED
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by phenkdo 7y ago
To me, it sounds like the complainers about "cheap labor" are entitled brats living way beyond their means. sauce for the goose==sauce for the gander
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Get off the entitlement high horse! what you snidely dismiss as "cheap" is what companies can afford to pay. Most businesses aren't FAANG and treading water mostly. Would you apply the "no shortage if you pay enough&quot
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Interesting! This needs a tu quoque argument. Would you say the same about Jews in Banking/Finance? Is it jews hiring fellow jews? - how come every other cop (esp. in the Northeast) has last names like Donovan or Monahan - how come eve
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by phenkdo 7y ago
I concur, in fact Brexit might have the reverse effect of France, Germany led EU moving towards a closer union.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Transparency Intl. ranks Singapore the 3rd least corrupt country [1] globally . BTW, this thread was about a possible link between political dynasties and corruption, and I was providing a counterexample. [1] https://www.strait
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Singapore had Lee Kuan Yew & his son Lee Hsen Loong - and it has a squeaky clean model of governance.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Thanks for the snark, but my point was is this article front-page worthy?
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Not sure, why this article is on HN front page.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
I normally use QuickTime for screen recording, what does this offer in addition?
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Exceptions & anecdata can be found anywhere... I am not saying a graduate degree is the only necessary qualification, but one among other such as their OSS contributions, relevant work experience etc. But strict enforcement is needed to
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by phenkdo 7y ago
As someone, who argues for H1b, I support these changes. The H1b visa should be restricted to the well-qualified, i.e. people who hold Master's degrees or higher and actually qualified for the jobs (not the body shopping TCS & Wipr
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by phenkdo 7y ago
> Running a successful business is not necessary to live. Housing and > healthcare are. They should not be treated the same. Maybe not for you, but as a small business owner it's my livelihood.
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by phenkdo 7y ago
Interesting, in other words : -there is no housing shortage in SF/NYC/any big city, just a shortage at what you are willing to pay -there's no shortage of insulin or medications or health-care just a shortage at the price you

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