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by raincom 3y ago
You want to explain a phenomenon by looking at differences. One difference you picked up is "Americans vs others". The other difference I want to point out: written by academics/students at ETH Zurich vs. professional enginee
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by raincom 3y ago
Culprits are always the instructors/professors who teach courses. Aren't they happy with their salaries? How much royalty do these instructors get from selling $200 textbook to their students? These professors should be ashamed of
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by raincom 3y ago
US Bancorp closed my checking account, because I used Zelle heavily. First, they terminated my Zelle; when I called the customer service, I was given two weeks to move my funds to another bank, as they gave a notice to close my account. Thi
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by raincom 3y ago
Life is a random walk. Doing well on some random point just opens up more future sub-trees at that point. Doing not so-well at some point means you have less opportunities at that moment; as you chug long, you may step on another point, whi
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by raincom 3y ago
There are two ways to look at: (a) pay them more, and get the best results and less corruption (b) pay them less, and get the worst results with more corruption. In the states, politicians get paid, but they make through 'corruption&#x
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by raincom 3y ago
Whose corruption is better? Whose corruption is worse? The collusion of bureaucrats, politicians, media, corporate elite is WORSE than any corruption whatsoever resulting from direct democracy: in the case of brexit, people who voted for it
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by raincom 3y ago
What kind of nonsense is that? Just because Christians are dominant in the West, does it mean that their secular govts should control Christian institutions in their countries?
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by raincom 3y ago
These lifestyles (swinging, etc) are common since 1960's sexual revolution. This story has no juice, if it is some rando got killed due to some rando's sister was part of such parties. Precisely because Cash App's founder and
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by raincom 3y ago
Because three letter agencies have a huge incentive to trawl through politicians' private lives through credit card purchase data, and use that against them if they don't want to toe the line of these agencies, whose ex-employees
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by raincom 3y ago
Large chains, large businesses have no problems accepting cash, nor do they have problems depositing cash with banks. Even if a mega bank, say, Chase/Bank of America in the states, doesn't want to deal with cash deposits from a la
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by raincom 3y ago
That lady's book is super expensive: https://www.amazon.com/Illicit-Money-Financing-Terrorism-Twe...
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by raincom 3y ago
The cost is not so much about paying armored trucks, but most banks don't want to deal with small businesses that deal with cash.
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by raincom 3y ago
Big brother wants to surveil on everyone, that's the goal of any cashless society. How the big brother can force shutdown a business, say, X, which doesn't comply requests without warrants? Just have visa/master/paypal (
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by raincom 3y ago
Yes, but it won't happen, as states, cities, and feds are suing pharmaceutical companies, even pharmacies like Walgreens into oblivion. (Walgreens paying $290M to the city of San Francisco after a recent lawsuit.) And doctors don'
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by raincom 3y ago
Cartels are moving away from cocaine, heroine, and marijuana, as they need to depend on farmers. Second, they need to source Cocaine from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; they grow opium in Sinaloa. Dependence on farmers, land, weather, climate cha
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by raincom 3y ago
Being suspended is a badge of honor. Sometimes, people get suspended for silly reasons (just to please some politician or official). When officials from Anti corruption bureau busts some officer, people say that because the latter officer i
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by raincom 3y ago
This Indian official is NOT an exception. Most of Indian bureaucrats are just like him--they act like princes/kings. This is applicable from the low level clerks to the top level officials; the difference is who bear the brunt.
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by raincom 3y ago
Contrapositive (if ~Y, then ~X) is logically equivalent to the original implication (if X, then Y). Instead of proving the latter, you can prove the former contrapositive.
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by raincom 3y ago
see this article 'This Is Why Toyota Isn't Rushing to Sell You an Electric Vehicle': https://jalopnik.com/toyota-focusing-on-hybrids-not-electric...
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by raincom 3y ago
Thank you for your reply.
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by raincom 3y ago
Before Covid, one could buy Toyota vehicles 6% under MSRP. Today, Toyota dealers want $5K mark up fees, on top of MSRP, then all extra garbage, with 3 months wait time. If your family already owns an ICE vehicle, just buy Tesla Model Y as a
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by raincom 3y ago
Does a commercial VPN service help to access American banking websites from abroad? Often times, banks just lock accounts when accessed from foreign IPs. I understand banks' concern about hacking. Or just spin up wireguard on home bas
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by raincom 3y ago
"Prosecutorial Discretion" or "Selective Prosecution" is how corruption becomes rampant. In other words, "laws for you fools, but not for us", say FBI and DOJ. That's why the first thing they can get you c
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by raincom 3y ago
I heard Mounjaro is even more effective than Semaglutide.
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by raincom 3y ago
How many years will Nevin Shetty end up spending in the federal penitentiary?
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by raincom 3y ago
At least he can get another $30M c-level job elsewhere. Since the size of the pool of people at his level is small, bigger and better opportunities exist elsewhere. That’s what executive hunters do these days: pedigree, but not the results.
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by raincom 3y ago
Mike Abbott was kicked out of Apple where he didn’t make any meaningful contribution. Why GM is picking him up? Another wasteful move.
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by raincom 3y ago
This tip is useless when you carry just liability insurance.
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by raincom 3y ago
At least $200 to $250 per visit. Female realtors used to spend $1000 a month every month in 2008, based on a conversation with a female hair stylist. That's the Bay Area rate in 2008. Now add inflation.
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by raincom 3y ago
Even if you turn off your phones, NSA can trace out your location, according to Snowden files.

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