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by sdinsn 8y ago
Sooo 2 employees, out of the tens of thousands that Amazon employs, bought a condo? Why is this news?
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> The fundamentals of BTC haven't changed from a year ago Arguably, they have, due to hard forks.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Gold isn't a currency, and price fluctuations are TERRIBLE for currency.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
That is an incorrect comparison. They punish those who use cash illegally, just like how they seek to punish those who use cryptocurrency illegally.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Cryptocurrencies can be centrally controlled.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
What are you talking about?
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by sdinsn 8y ago
The past is not always the future.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Keep in mind that institutional investors don't invest much "in the long run".
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> The Boring Company bought an off the shelf machine used for sewer lines That's what perplexes me: what is the innovation behind Boring Company? Nothing? It seems like their main claim to fame is navigating bureaucracy very quickly
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by sdinsn 8y ago
No, that's not what he's saying- He is saying we should attempt to evaluate individuals without being biased by name recognition. There are poor students at Stanford and excellent students at <insert unknown school here>.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> Wiki says they have 12k employees, is every single employee getting paid $300k+? In the majority of areas, Uber drivers aren't counted as employees, they are contractors. There are 2+ million Uber drivers.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> Especially don't be infuriated that they're not holding up their end of the bargain That's not how the law works.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> Despite NY/California being, uh, not known for tax friendliness, most major companies in fields concentrated in those areas still put their headquarters there. They put their HQ there, but they are incorporated in Delaware.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
> The businesses can't just leave the US at this point. That's where you are wrong.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
If Amazon moves to city A, it will pay out far more than 1 million in taxes, that's the point. Cities do have an incentive to compete.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
State income tax is 8.8% in NY. Do the math, 6.1k is met easily.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Another thing: if the cost of living increases due to the HQ's presence (which it will), then that means property taxes increase. Everyone will be paying more in property taxes, so $61000 per job is incredibly easy to meet.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
They've got to protect their IP somehow.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
You can't get a job for being "good with computers" unless it's an IT support job. Software development is much, much more.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
[Citation needed]
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Let me again repeat this, which you ignored: > That's 3.65 million a year- that's absolutely enough to support rent, part time employees, and a nice profit margin (~10 - 15% on average).
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by sdinsn 8y ago
From one of the thousands of companies that own satellites.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
Are you saying 10k a day is low? That's 3.65 million a year- that's absolutely enough to support rent, part time employees, and a nice profit margin (~10 - 15% on average).
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by sdinsn 8y ago
You can still vote if you live abroad. > so there's taxation without representation What does that have to do with the constitution?
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by sdinsn 8y ago
It's better to be born rich than gifted, if you think that college graduation rates are the number one most important thing in the world.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
We aren't trying to recoup costs, The program also includes all service and support, repairs, etc.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
If you stick your head into a bee's nest, don't be surprised when you get stung.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
You do realize this is run by YC? Of course there is going to be news about startups.
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by sdinsn 8y ago
What about that a small minority of people (moderators, like you) can kill posts and threads that they dislike for ideological reasons?
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by sdinsn 8y ago
One of the mods changed the title for no reason. Not only did they make a typo, they changed it from the article's real title.

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