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by remotecool 7y ago
Uber and Lyft are vastly superior than the existing taxi system and better for everyone. It got rid of the medallian system that prevented many people from driving a cab and used technology to make it very convenient to find a ride at any
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by remotecool 7y ago
So if an employee steals from their employer, is it the employers fault for hiring them? Unions always enforce expensive, outdated work. The taxi cab unions fought Uber and Lyft, a vastly superior taxi system, all to prop up an existing ou
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by remotecool 7y ago
I'm not responsible and will never feel responsible for a person risking their life and families life to come to the US illegally, when there are ways to come here legally. It's a personal choice to put yourself and your family at
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by remotecool 7y ago
I completely agree with this. I have been working remotely for different companies for about a decade. A couple of years back, I had a year-long contract on a remote team and the team leader was a horrible communicator. It got to the point
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by remotecool 7y ago
During the US 2008 and 2012 elections, the amount of content manipulation and botting was ridiculous. Nobody seemed to care or even mention it after the fact. Now that it could potentially push Trump to win, its a big problem. I personally
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by remotecool 7y ago
I`m applying top down ideology because I've never seen a socialized government industry out-compete any private pharma company by coming up with new/innovative medicine. The reason is because you need to risk lots of money for R&a
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by remotecool 7y ago
I don't look forward to this day. What many people don't realize is that the majority of new medicine is patented and created in the US. Once it's released, governments that have socialized health care create generics and ge
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by remotecool 7y ago
The direct result of Blue state regulations and taxes is rich and poor. The middle class is shrinking rapidly and will eventually be gone. This isn't an example I would use for the rest of the US. How exactly do taxes and regulations
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by remotecool 7y ago
It's interesting because these expectations from consumers began with rampant illegal file sharing in the late 90s. Many people made the claim that music (and now books) cost nothing to distribute, so they should get it for free. The a
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by remotecool 7y ago
It's always baffled me as to why Russia gets so much attention when it comes to election hacking, when they have a fraction of the resources and economy as China.
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by remotecool 7y ago
The workers are paid over minimum wage. Working conditions might suck, but why is this any different than any small company with poor working conditions?
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by remotecool 7y ago
They are only investigating this company because they don't like the government cracking down on protestors in HK. Tear gas is better than bullets.
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by remotecool 7y ago
Well, Not everybody needs to go to an expensive college. You can get a great education for a fraction of the cost from a community college.
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by remotecool 7y ago
I'm a contractor and make more than I would as a full time employee. Companies also don’t tend to overwork me because they need to pay for every hour.
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by remotecool 7y ago
Creating a successful startup is proving an idea. That was my point.
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by remotecool 7y ago
Most 20 somethings are usually used by venture capital firms to prove an idea and then replaced with more experienced and trusted executives. There are a few rare exceptions, like Facebook.
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by remotecool 7y ago
It will lead the world by ending the gig economy and many of these gig workers, which can at least make something now, will make nothing when these regulations pass.
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by remotecool 7y ago
I'm not relaxed about anyone interfering with our elections either a domestic private company or a foreign power. Both subvert Democracy. Russia is really a non-issue. They have a pittance in terms of economy and a handful of bots and
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by remotecool 7y ago
Both campaigns misused data in an attempt to win votes. They are equally bad. At the end, it states that neither campaign were able to persuade many voters. If that's the case, why do we care?
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by remotecool 7y ago
I've always been curious why nobody cared when Obama misused Facebook data in 2012 to win the election. I remember countless tech articles lauding him as a genius and talking about how this would be the new way to campaign. Facebook kn
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by remotecool 7y ago
Wechat has no ads because the government uses it to spy on almost everything you are doing from paying a parking ticket to purchasing groceries. It has replaced cash in many areas of China. It's also tightly controlled and censored. I
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by remotecool 7y ago
I feel sorry for you. You don't truly understand how you have the freedom for instance..To speak your mind here on HN. Very few governments will just give away freedom and power. It needs to be take back by force. If the HK citizens
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by remotecool 7y ago
This has been my thought too. China is allowing these protests to go on. At any point, they can roll in the tanks, and they will be over. Without meaningful ways to defend themselves, there really is no way to win against the Chinese gove
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by remotecool 7y ago
I do. I spend 3 months/year there. Cops are very corrupt and most people won’t even report traffic accidents. If you are a foreigner/non-vietnamese, many hospitals won’t even treat you. Abject poverty, aside from a couple of big