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by quxbar 8y ago
Hey Fellow LIC resident! I largely support the deal because, as far as I can tell, only $500m is actually specific to amazon, the rest of the tax credits come from existing programs that apply to all businesses. I would prioritize revoking
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by quxbar 8y ago
Google is one data point, I'm asking what the average/distribution is. Do banks get more? I can find some examples that point to this being normal: https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker/ny-.
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by quxbar 8y ago
One part I don't see people is explaining: are the NYC tax breaks amazon is getting out of line for the revenue they're bringing in? Cuomo is touting a 9-to-1 and that seems like a pretty sweet deal even if they're somewhat f
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by quxbar 8y ago
I get that it's empowering, as a hobby I spend a lot of time on it! But much like building a ship in a bottle, mastering the unicycle, or running your own enterprise-grade server rack at home, I can't justify such a painstaking an
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by quxbar 8y ago
> There is something remarkable about the fact that, with everything we have created in the past 20 years or so, I can still take a complete beginner and teach them to build a simple webpage with HTML and CSS, in a day. Speaking as someo
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by quxbar 8y ago
I think it's still reasonable to fear some ambient level of this stuff could do us harm over time despite being marketed as 'harmless'. See: asbestos.
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by quxbar 8y ago
You're right, she's literally half a century ahead of her party leadership! It's amazing how long we've let our policymakers remain totally ignorant of the new systems that govern our lives.
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by quxbar 8y ago
Thanks for pointing this out! Very informative and I would have missed it otherwise.
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by quxbar 8y ago
Pretty sure that's what Jack the Ripper said to himself.
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by quxbar 8y ago
My college education was pretty honest about the atrocities of the USA. I get to openly post about politics all day on facebook without any fear of reprisal. Pretty different from a country with a whole dictionary of secret codewords used t
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by quxbar 8y ago
You know the hospitals in this scenario wouldn't be next door to each other, right? The extra 30 minutes of driving time it takes for me to get to my second-closest hospital could easily mean life or death.
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by quxbar 8y ago
I've quickly become addicted to longform (10+ minute) nonfiction youtube videos, whether it be a comprehensive analysis of Neverwinter Nights or 24 minutes on the advanced features of the laserdisc. Most, if not all of the content crea
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by quxbar 8y ago
Do you mind sharing what model that 165hz monitor is?
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by quxbar 8y ago
Let's say Wal-mart pays so little that their workers regularly have to go on food stamps to get by. Are those workers benefitting the most, or is Wal-mart? Working for low wages while additionally being held to the strictures of a gove
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by quxbar 8y ago
That's funny, I moved from TX to NY, I remember my public high school couldn't afford enough books. Somehow the lack of taxation didn't help with that.
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by quxbar 8y ago
Anyone else using http://hckrnews.com/ ?
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by quxbar 8y ago
What about companies choosing to use inferior products because their board own a stake in the producer? What if the majority of shareholders are hurt by this choice, but they're unaware that it's being made? It's extremely co
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by quxbar 8y ago
That's a shame, to be fair I only use their iOS app now and have all my desktops switched over to tusk ( https://github.com/klauscfhq/tusk ).
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by quxbar 8y ago
I got my CS degree from a small liberal arts school, while also pursuing a creative writing major. I also had the chance to perform music, act in plays, study abroad, and do research with my favorite professors. I was never given the tinies
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by quxbar 8y ago
Okay, what can I download for iPhone to replace this? It was truly a beautiful UX. I loved it every single day I used it.
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by quxbar 8y ago
Just so you know, B&H was years ahead of Amazon on warehouse worker abuse: http://www.boycottbnh.com/#a11y-abuse Any tips for buying on eBay?
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by quxbar 8y ago
Wow, that's gross. Braess's Paradox says adding more capacity to roads can cause more congestion, I guess the narrative would be 'rip up roads to solve traffic' then? It really makes me sick to my stomach how often &#x27
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by quxbar 8y ago
I really do love generative art, but this article was so hyperbolic I couldn't make it through. I think this is generating designs, nice patterns for throw pillows, but not art. The only generative artist I know who deserves the articl
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by quxbar 8y ago
Apparently it's the role of NHL to protect us from the predatory nature of hockey teams. :P
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by quxbar 8y ago
Right, and they happily transmit pirate video to my TV as long as it isn't hosted by YouTube, because it's not like I was going to BUY all of those seasons - it's strictly better for their bottom line if I buy the chromecast
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by quxbar 8y ago
The country where a technology was invented matters very little to the people making money from it. However, I think 'automation' is really just a bad proxy, technology is -augmenting- workers and re-architecting supply chains. Co
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by quxbar 8y ago
Thank you for bringing up my FAVORITE book, I had a hearty chuckle remembering that passage.
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by quxbar 8y ago
In poor, rural counties? It's the entire social safety net: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2017/06/02/generatio...
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by quxbar 8y ago
when I'm looking up not-available-in-the-USA episodes of The Great British Bake Off? Usually Dailymotion, which even has chromecast pretty well integrated with their player.
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by quxbar 8y ago
You might even say they're 'culture warriors' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_Warrior

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