santiagogo

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by santiagogo 4y ago
It just shows how bad of a person she is. She is having kids because _she_ wants to have them, even though she knows it will hard for them growing up. Putting herself before her kids even before they are born is pretty shitty parenting.
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by santiagogo 4y ago
The fun and, the status and the power come from controlling wealth to build or do things. As soon as you limit control, it stops being fun and they stop generating value. If you think 100 million dollar houses are egregious, you could try t
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by santiagogo 5y ago
As an ex-smoker I think the same and that's what actually made it harder to quit for me. Smoking forces you to find open air spaces, is relaxing and induces slow breathing. In some ways it's a form of meditation. Other times it fo
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Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution(nytimes.com)
10 points by santiagogo 6y ago|2 comments
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by santiagogo 6y ago
Same here. Rushed to the hospital after two nights of not sleeping from the back pain and chills at end of Feb. First time I've ever taken an injection for pain relief.
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by santiagogo 7y ago
Number of hours worked is not equal to production or richness of a society. Productivity equals production. A small team of engineers who design and create a machine to build brick walls en masse, could have the same productivity as hundred
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by santiagogo 7y ago
Unfortunately (I am South American) I think you are wrong. Some of the most prolific serial killers have been South Smerican, but serial killers are not such a popular topic on the news here so it's not as widely known. I would think i
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by santiagogo 7y ago
Honestly I don’t think he cares/understands that much, but he’s pretty excited about the coworking trend in general and thinks it’s not going away.
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by santiagogo 7y ago
I know one landlord who rented several buildings to them and he understands the risks perfectly, but says the price per sq/ft he's getting paid is so good that even if they blow up within 3 years it's still a great deal.
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by santiagogo 7y ago
To some extent wealth and the comfort you can buy with it does reduce dependence on others and can help someone become isolated, since you don’t need help or favors and don’t need to engage in reciprocal social activities, since you can jus
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by santiagogo 8y ago
My mom has done it with my help. From what I've seen, it's a bit more profitable than renting out directly, but also very time consuming (especially cleaning and housekeeping). If you factor in the time it takes to manage the Airb
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by santiagogo 8y ago
We like the idea of technology improving our quality of life because as a civilization it's worked for us spectacularly so far. Driverless cars are appealing because they build on top of a transportation solution that already works, r
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by santiagogo 8y ago
I sell SAAS to banks. Here are some tips for selling to large CO's I've picked up in the process: 1. Get your foot in the door with a small deal. Try and close a small deal, sell them a pilot, a three month trial or sell a small c
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by santiagogo 8y ago
Which do you recommend? I work with custom solutions for banks which a lot of times include fraud prevention services from third parties, so I'm consistently benchmarking for better alternatives.
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by santiagogo 8y ago
Metro Manila also felt very much like that when I was there (except for the crime). I wanted to leave almost as soon as I landed. He probably got some inspiration from his country's capital.
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by santiagogo 8y ago
I started suffering from exercise induced asthma last year. It sucks, but I've found that with good nutrition, using the correct medications and trying to stay in a clean air environment (air cleanser, HEPA mask, etc), it's very m
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by santiagogo 9y ago
Well, to be fair, leveraged buyouts can be a useful tool to take over a company when there is a bad management team or an opportunity to generate a synergy when it is bought by another player in the same segment. For example this was recent
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by santiagogo 9y ago
It’s a big country, so it really depends a lot on which city you live in and and what you consider a normal house. It ranges from $20,000 USD for a rural house near a small town to $150,000 for a 2-3 bedroom apartment in Bogota which is the
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by santiagogo 9y ago
Since a couple years back, we have a 1% tax on wealth in Colombia, which applies to anyone who has above approx. 330,000 USD in assets I don't think it has disincentivated anybody from becoming less wealthy and/or working less. It
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by santiagogo 9y ago
What I would see as problematic is that picking and choosing parts of globalization would probably involve limiting the development of technology, commerce, and in some cases limiting free speech. And depending on the restrictions put in pl
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by santiagogo 9y ago
Completely agree. As someone who lives in a developing country, it always seems funny to me how there is frequently a distorted view in developed countries of how globalization should work, where they get all the upsides but none of the com
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by santiagogo 9y ago
Hmm, your comment is actually kind of funny because the cool looking Ruta N building he mentions, in which the conference has held, is located right in the center of a slum, where it was intentionally built (like most big public works in Me
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by santiagogo 9y ago
There are 2 parts to it. Firstly, the guerrillas and narcos were heavily combated, thanks in part to Plan Colombia which was a collaboration with the US government to fight the criminal/drug dealing structures. This led to the narcos m
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by santiagogo 9y ago
I agree with you, I'm Colombian and I think that the "No dar papaya"saying and mindset is terrible on so many levels. That mindset incentivizes distrust, cheating and exploitation of unfair advantages. I've personally th
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by santiagogo 10y ago
A large amount of people disagree, but what has come out after the vote has shown than an even larger segment voted because they were intentionally lied to and confused about the actual contents of the agreements. It was actually pretty fun
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by santiagogo 10y ago
His new proposals do not include any significantly more punitive measures for the guerrillas, but rather seek more impunity by changing the transitional justice from an international tribunal overseeing a truth process, to a local secret tr
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by santiagogo 10y ago
I like the fact that the article tries to be objective by recognizing that Uribe's government was of great value to the country, but that because of his overwhelming popularity as president he became entitled, arrogant and egocentric,
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The Man Blocking Peace in Colombia(nytimes.com)
34 points by santiagogo 10y ago|21 comments
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by santiagogo 10y ago
Thank you, this is by far the most insightful comment on this thread. The peace agreements are imperfect and generate impunity, but it is the best possible tradeoff in exchange for long term wellbeing in the country, and Santos has successf
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by santiagogo 10y ago
I also had it in Chile since a couple of months back and it worked very well for me. Had an Android phone which I won at a raffle and managed to sell it in 2 days after I listed it at discounted price.

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