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by raincom 4y ago
Some reasons: - living in apartments which don't have charging ports/stations - not enough home equity to buy model X/Y - not enough salary to make monthly payments - your kids get bullied because you drive model 3 [1] - elec
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by raincom 4y ago
Most of the IT workers in India pick up English from colleagues, bosses, etc, not so much from the English media.
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by raincom 4y ago
Even if you don't have a special contract with the employer, as c-level executives do, lawyers advise companies not to reduce your salary unless it is a company-wide salary cut. So, there are two ways for a company to choose: (a) plan
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by raincom 4y ago
Mountain passes across Sierra will be closed, so you can't travel to Reno, as I-80, SR-50 (Sacramento to south lake Tahoe), SR-88 (Carson Pass) will be closed. Even Altamont pass/I-580 had a slide a few days ago. SR-99 will get f
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by raincom 4y ago
Chase and other banks have something like "ACH & Check block". Usually, such a thing is available for business accounts.
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by raincom 4y ago
Be careful, today a tesla fell off cliff at Devil's slide which is between Santa Cruz and SF. Stay away from major freeways as well: slides are expected. Central valley freeways may get flooded.
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by raincom 4y ago
Where are those multi million dollars empty homes?
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by raincom 4y ago
"do the needful", "please revert back to me"-- phrases like these are not 'invented' by some Indian speakers. These are the stuff Indian savants picked up from the old English books. Then, these savants taught
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by raincom 4y ago
Well, for almost all educated people in the third world, UK passport is worth it; for that matter, any Western passport. After getting the citizenship, sure, they can move to Dubai or anywhere else. Having a Nigerian passport or an Indian
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by raincom 4y ago
Britain can still attract a lot of immigrants from Asia, if their policies allow. So, immigration vs emigration flows are based on quality of life: for many in the third world, they are happy to emigrate to UK, than to Dubai, because Arab c
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by raincom 4y ago
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/09/ninth-circuit-... Even though whatever Yelp does is not illegal, it engages in unethical practices: "[R]emoving positive reviews wasn’t extortion because Yel
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by raincom 4y ago
Pick a hotel chain that you are familiar with. No more $100 a day cleaning charges, no more of cleaning utensils, etc.
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by raincom 4y ago
Here is an example: One Yelp employee had his friend write a negative review for the business that said 'no' to Yelp extortion/tax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAAauJlPq0
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by raincom 4y ago
Look at another comment in this thread about VRBO. Same problems exist for VRBO too.
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by raincom 4y ago
Any platform that extracts money from X has the incentive to get rid of any negative reviews about X. Reviewers are not the revenue source. That's why AirBnB, Yelp, Glassdoor, etc will get rid of bad reviews for the right price. Read a
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by raincom 4y ago
Any large company that breaks laws get away with fines. However, individuals and small businesses do not have that luxury.
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by raincom 4y ago
Today, the wealthy play a different game than what Charlie's dad did. If you belong to the right group (wealth, political connections, power, etc), if you can give $5M donation, you can get into Harvard.
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by raincom 4y ago
This is the result of revolving door (collusion between DOJ attorneys and private law firms). Where would these DOJ attorneys go if they want to get out of DOJ? The same private law firms in DC. That's why mega crops, uber wealthy have
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by raincom 4y ago
There are two competing hypotheses: (a) deposits/savings create loans; (b) loans create deposits. (a) is false. Private banks create more money than central banks through loans, so your solution won't work for that side.
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by raincom 4y ago
Love HN for outstanding rebuttals.
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by raincom 4y ago
All facts are theory-laden; that is, facts are facts of a particular theory. When a particular theory wins out, facts of such a theory are treated as facts beyond the confines of that theory.
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by raincom 4y ago
At least, you can extend the shelf life of the paperback, and this is in your hands. With digital coffees, you have lost that ability to extend the shelf life of that copy. Libraries pay 3 times more for hardbound copies because of both pap
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by raincom 4y ago
One is called "intentional" explanation; the other, "causal" explanation.
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by raincom 4y ago
In a way, it is good for the developing countries in the long run.
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by raincom 4y ago
Since you live in Madagascar, you can run the planation yourself with some helpers.
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by raincom 4y ago
One of the problems in the third world is that thugs backed by local politicians can illegally take over your land. Neighbors can start stealing your land meter by meter every year. Even if your relative becomes a guardian of this land, don
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by raincom 4y ago
What is the optimal size of a bet? This is called "Kelly bet". Even before Black-Scholes came into existence, Edward O. Thorp, a billionaire mathematician, figured out the innards of Black-Scholes strategy and made money for himse
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by raincom 4y ago
> The current crop of hires aren't really contributing anything fundamental, just jumping from one high paying gig to the next Who is responsible for this? Hiring companies play a major role. I knew a guy, who started as a tape boy
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by raincom 4y ago
Pretty systematic and efficient way to get high paying jobs. Kudos to the author. I wish I had the talent and energy to prepare for these interviews. The system that Steven put out is just like a stock trading system, with stocks that break
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by raincom 4y ago
All schools, all companies should just say upfront that they want “equality of outcomes”; that way, students and prospective job applicants don’t need to waste time putting efforts to acquire any skills or even efforts to learn anything. Si

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