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by poutine 17y ago
Agreed, regardless of whether you disagree with him or not, his post is quite topical to this article.
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by poutine 17y ago
Right now as the article explains it's cheaper to use humna labour to do many manufacturing tasks, especially for low volume orders. What I find interesting to think about is the cross over point where it does actually become cheaper to us
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by poutine 17y ago
Well, "But Japan's downfall had little to do with demographics...There are not many entrepreneurs in Japan." I would say that has everything to do with demographics. Older people are in general less entrepreneurial due to more risk aversio
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by poutine 17y ago
Depends on your risk profile, but in general if you update once a month you're probably ahead of 95% of the servers out there.
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by poutine 17y ago
I wouldn't suggest cron'ing apt-get update, it may break something while you're not there. Better to do a manual update once a month or so and do a quick test afterwards. Ideally you'd do this on a identical non-production QA machine, bu
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by poutine 17y ago
Not just you, give me more Spirit/Opportunity and Cassini-Huygens please.
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by poutine 17y ago
The placebo effect is overstated and misunderstood by many. Further, using the placebo effect to treat sick people is unethical and ineffective. It should not be available through pharmacies. For a greater and more educated discussion on
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by poutine 17y ago
What gets me is that this BBC article portrays this as an even debate with two reasoned sides where it's obvious that they're just bloody sugar pills. Shame on you BBC. Pseudoscience like this can cause people to delay seeking real treatme
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by poutine 17y ago
I'm a hardcore geek and I want to add an iPad to my toolchest. It'd join an array of devices and be used for web browsing on the couch and in bed. Touch based web browsing is superior to a mouse IMO. Seems like an amazing device for that
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by poutine 17y ago
Yes, this does seem to be a violation of the NDA.
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by poutine 17y ago
Ah, yeah I should have read the article. Oops.
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by poutine 17y ago
If you must eat plants and can't watch the animals then: Spread a bit on your skin, wait a while to see if there's a rash. Touch some to your lips and tongue, again waiting a while to see if there's a reaction. Eat a tiny bit, wait a whi
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by poutine 17y ago
Agreed, I much prefer to pay for an app that I use rather than deal with ad noise. Ads waste my time and attention, and in all my years on the Internet I've clicked on an ad probably 4-5x and never bought anything as a result.
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by poutine 17y ago
There's a lot of spammers on Yelp. I have no problem with this on new users as businesses will often post reviews of themselves to drive up traffic.
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by poutine 17y ago
Yes, I use many computers. I also share reviews often with friends who have no problem seeing them in context. This sounds like paranoia to me.
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by poutine 17y ago
I seriously doubt good reviews would just disappear. The reviewer would complain. I'm a Yelp Elite in my city and I'd scream murder if any of my reviews disappeared.
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by poutine 17y ago
Yes, agreed. MSF is great and who I donated to as well.
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by poutine 17y ago
I would like to clarify that at least personally I'm anti Chinese government and not anti China or the Chinese people. I love the country for many reasons and don't fundamentally wish it harm. When someone points out something bad about a
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by poutine 17y ago
This in many ways is quite desirable. China has so much excess labour that automation would cause severe problems. I once worked with a North American automated parking meter company that was ambitious at entering the untapped Chinese marke
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by poutine 17y ago
Having gone through the process somewhat myself there's 3 ways you do business in China from a structure point of view (IANAL, see the China Law Blog for more accurate and up to date info): - Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise: This is a Chin
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by poutine 17y ago
No, many companies are WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise). The local entity is still a Chinese LLC company and exists at the whim of the Chinese government and all restrictions therein. The main difference being that the shareholders
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by poutine 17y ago
No, this is much more than something like "Buy American". It is not an appeal to the consumers patriotism. It is structural and government favouritism and outright corruption. If it were up to the Chinese consumer they would actually pref
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by poutine 17y ago
Indeed these business are quite successful (especially KFC and McDonalds) but I believe they're mostly joint ventures which in itself has a whole bunch of pitfalls. More importantly they're in an exceptional business segment (that of sellin
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by poutine 17y ago
While China is certainly not communist in the literal sense do not underestimate the extent that the Communist party and its ideals pervade society. However I do agree that China is better referred to as an Authoritarian government with com
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by poutine 17y ago
It suits those in power in western governments to paint China as an existential threat to their respective countries. The reality is somewhat more complicated but it will be impressive if China manages to hold itself together over the nex
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by poutine 17y ago
Almost always? That's a bit of an exaggeration though I don't doubt it does happen. Most Chinese workers do get paid, even the migrant workers. Indeed the laws protecting them are way better than laws in the US, though of course endemic c
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by poutine 17y ago
After working (in tech, not as an english teacher) and living in China for several years this is pretty much on the mark. The deck is stacked against foreign companies. If they get large enough their business will be manipulated to fail in
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by poutine 17y ago
Though it's in a bubble, Beijing's current median salary to median house price is 1:27. Normally anything over 1:4 is considered expensive. That analyst will have a hell of a time getting an apartment, nevermind the Ayi (aunt). The Ayi doe
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by poutine 17y ago
A good alternative option for a larger web based donation is Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, they are already on the ground and operational: http://bit.ly/7anR0x
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by poutine 17y ago
Google probably has been wanting out of China for some time. Like many companies it had felt pressure to be in the 'largest market of the world'. The problem is that it really isn't equipped to compete with the likes of Baidu even if th

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