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by pravda 7y ago
I've bought many cases of cat food from Amazon. So far, they have all come in the standard manufacture packaging. Is it worthwhile to 'counterfeit' cat food? The only problem I had is in one Amazon shipment a few cans got sm
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by pravda 7y ago
Yes! If they got payment from "hot new drone company Skydio" then it is in violation of FTC disclosure rules.
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by pravda 7y ago
I know...it was a subtle joke. So many people consider the 50s,60s,70s idyllic, crime-free decades when children could safely walk across town and everyone knew their neighbors and nobody locked their doors. In reality, crime today is much
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by pravda 7y ago
How times have changed! When I was 5, I walked alone to kindergarten everyday. It was a half-mile away. All side-streets. Of course, that was back in the 1970's, when crime in the USA was but a fraction of what it is today! ;-)
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by pravda 7y ago
>So why was the business model robust then and in shambles now? Because they lost their monopoly! In most markets, there was one newspaper and that newspaper could charge advertisers as much as they wanted to. When your monopoly rents go
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by pravda 7y ago
Whenever I give that number to the cashier, I half expect them to say "hey, wait...." I thought that number was drilled into everyone's brain, but I guess you have to be a certain age. According to my last receipt, my YTD &qu
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by pravda 7y ago
It's about 25¢/kwh in NYC! yay con edison! most expensive electricity that doesn't have to be shipped in by boat.
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by pravda 7y ago
Hey, it worked for Hitler! Creating an enemy is a classic technique for distracting the internal population.
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by pravda 7y ago
Your half-siblings, do they look like you?
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by pravda 7y ago
Arduino has been a resounding success! And Arduino is not hardware, it is the ecosystem, the community, etc.. Do a web search for "Basic Stamp", the closed-source progenitor of the Arduino. Then search for "Arduino". I
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by pravda 7y ago
There should be a (1981) in the title.
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by pravda 7y ago
World War II was certainty a kick to technological progress. RADAR, the modern airplane, atomic energy, rocketry ... so much was accomplished.
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by pravda 7y ago
Is that on a per capita basis? Because it is not really fair if it is not. Also, the Chinese might argue that the West outsources their industrial pollution to China.
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by pravda 7y ago
Ask yourself this question: why does anyone get paid more then minimum wage?
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by pravda 7y ago
$400 for a cleaning?! You gotta negotiate better! That is an outrageous price!
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by pravda 7y ago
Heathcare costs are part of employee compensation. The tax is on employees.
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by pravda 7y ago
>This is the result of "free market" idealists at work. Huh? I can't think of anything less free market then the American medical system! Ok, maybe defense contracting is less free market. But at least that is paid for
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by pravda 7y ago
Like the way Amazon subsidizes shipping to drive retail stores out of business? How are retail stores supposed to compete when Amazon will ship for free ! Eventually, there will just be Amazon, and then watch prices skyrocket!
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by pravda 7y ago
So, you think that getting into your car, driving to a retail location, paying $7.95 for that $1 item, and then driving back home is better for the environment? Well, maybe in a Telsa.
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by pravda 7y ago
> Well they need to be paid a lot because medical school debt is 250k or more... why? You are doing something called confusing cause and effect. Medical school costs a lot because doctors earn a lot of money.
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by pravda 7y ago
> meantime Chinese shippers still have at least a year to continue these subsidized shenanigans. Um...the beneficiary of these "subsidized shenanigans" is the American people! Bad for the middleman, bad for the parasites, bad f
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by pravda 7y ago
>I was told it would be a $55 flat rate box You can send that for $10.50 from USA to Canada as an International Small Package [1]. They just don't care enough about you as a customer to bother. Thank god for China! You are not at t
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by pravda 7y ago
>Try to ship a spare part of a child's stroller from the US. I paid a $40 tax for a part that cost me $25. Duties, tariffs and other taxes are oppressive and the US should fight back The US should fight back? Shouldn't EU cons
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by pravda 7y ago
>It naturally puts American businesses at a disadvantage. Yes, but it puts American consumers at an advantage! Are there more consumers or businesses? I only hope the small Chinese sellers will be able to send their packages thru Malays
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by pravda 7y ago
It is a bit too early to say. :-) But inter-US rates for a 1oz to 4oz "letter package" are from $3.66 - $4.06. So if a Chinese company opened a US warehouse, that is what it would cost for inter-US shipping. If it is not too thic
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by pravda 7y ago
Oh gosh. Head over to banggood.com and see what you've been missing.
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by pravda 7y ago
Get your Aliexpress and Banggood orders in ASAP!
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by pravda 7y ago
I love the self-serve checkout! Also the electronic ordering screen at the local Wendys. Less chance of screwing-up the order. I think fast food should be more automated -- do you really need an actual human to lower french fries into oil
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by pravda 7y ago
You are correct! Noam Chomsky covered this a long time ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlyb1Bx9Ic
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by pravda 7y ago
You are correct! Then = time, than = comparison. Maybe that is why I got downvoted. ;-)

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