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by pravda 10y ago
If raising prices increase profits, then you're doing prices wrong! Raise prices!
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by pravda 10y ago
Oh...I assure you they do! Why? Because these fees come out of profits.
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by pravda 10y ago
>The merchant raises prices to offset the fees, which offset the customers' rewards. If this were true, why would merchants care about merchant fees?
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by pravda 10y ago
No! You pay 100%! You are awesome!
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by pravda 10y ago
There is no "employer's portion". It's all your portion! Part of the money you earn gets redirected (tax-free) to the healthcare industry.
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by pravda 10y ago
>This is why it costs 50% more to operate per nautical mile Is that a useful metric? Cost per passenger mile is what matters. The A380 is larger then the 747, one would expect it to cost more to fly. I do think the 747 is nicer-looking.
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by pravda 10y ago
Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application.
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by pravda 10y ago
>demanding resources from the employees of Apple They are doing nothing of the sort. They are demanding 'resources' (money) from the shareholders. So please, don't be mad.
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by pravda 10y ago
They called out "Miranda Sings" for an Arby's commercial. Looks like the girl is really spreading herself around! Here's a Taco Bell commercial [1] Another Taco Bell commercial [2] Now we are doing Oreos! [3] Everything
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by pravda 10y ago
>All bills are the same size and color, making them Very hard to distinguish at a glance Well, they do have different numbers on them. Different pictures too. I find them easy to distinguish at a glance.
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by pravda 10y ago
Aliexpress[1] is the consumer-focused site. They are doing well with me. I wish Taobao would come to USA and crush eBay! [1] http://www.aliexpress.com
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by pravda 10y ago
>Apparently there is a law on the books regarding suing public-benefit corporations... Am pretty sure there is no rule precisely like that. There might be such a rule, but it applies generally, not just when suing PBCs. Port Authority
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by pravda 10y ago
It used to be a thing, but at this point there are very few states with criminal defamation laws on the books. Here is Virginia's "§ 18.2-417. Slander and libel. Any person who shall falsely utter and speak, or falsely write and p
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by pravda 10y ago
>paying high salaries because our education costs have skyrocketed This whole thread is chockablock with fallacies, but let's limit ourselves to this one for now. Education costs are sunk costs. Doctor's salaries have nothing
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Engineer Simon Ramo, founder of TRW, dies at 103(washingtonpost.com)
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by pravda 10y ago
Never knew there was a movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVJrJk3q3MA (Now that's the thing that no one could predict in 1970. That one day you would be able to summon up a movie with a few keystrokes.)
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by pravda 10y ago
>it's just considered a cost of doing business to be robbed blind by the executive team. Who are they robbing? Shareholders! But shareholders choose to be shareholders. You don't like what the executives are up to, you can sel
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by pravda 10y ago
That's the point. Private executives can't vote themselves rich. Well, they could, but how would they collect? Government employees can use violence to steal from you.
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by pravda 10y ago
Whether you pay it directly, or thru property tax, how is there a difference? The difference is, if the firemen are government employees, they can vote themselves rich. http://www.publicsectorinc.org/2014/06/firefi
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by pravda 10y ago
Sympathetic? That guy effectively stole millions of dollars from customers. He should spend the rest of his life in prison.
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by pravda 10y ago
It would seem to me the best way to reduce speeding on this road is to raise the speed limit . Doubling the speed limit to 50mph would probably reduce speeding by 75%.
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by pravda 10y ago
Canada is cold. Australia is expensive and its government is corrupt. But getting to the point, you really shouldn't allow isolated acts like this to influence you. You're much more likely to be killed by the next earthquake in t
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by pravda 10y ago
> Military satellites often cost a few billion. Wouldn't it be more accurate to say the plans for a military satellite cost a few billion? I would assume stamping out a new copy when you have the plans costs just a few tens of mil
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by pravda 10y ago
Google the title, then right-click WSJ result and open in incognito window. That's what I do.
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by pravda 10y ago
I wonder how you can get a patent on a laptop stand. I assume it is a design patent.
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by pravda 11y ago
You might not be doing it 'right'. Most stop signs just mean slow down . If there is no traffic, you should not come to a full stop.
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by pravda 11y ago
It's ok, this is just to protect our children. Without this law, our children will be trafficked as sex slaves. Thank god someone is thinking of the children!
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by pravda 11y ago
Supermarkets will give you as many 'loyalty' cards as you want. And you can put false info on them. I assume they can still track your purchases by credit card #.
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by pravda 11y ago
Well, it would have to be a swarm of drones. I don't think it was one bird that took out both engines.
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by pravda 11y ago
>You pay a premium that vastly exceeds the fuel savings vs a comperable gasoline vehicle. It's a Veblen good! You pay the premium to advertise to the world that you're loaded! :-)

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