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by sdm 10y ago
Probably this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78
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by sdm 10y ago
> I'm really proud of Google that they just got up and left China once they realized it was a one way relationship with a lot of giving and giving. Google has essentially the same relationship with the US government. It's depar
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by sdm 10y ago
>Canadian here from Toronto. Canadian in Vancouver here. > Taxes on the middle class have become absolutely ridiculous. I disagree. We are lower taxed than some US states, depending on which province you are in, and get much much more
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by sdm 10y ago
But Carbon taxes are proven policy that benefit the economy. See the FA's reference to BC's carbon tax which has been an enormous success. We are long past the point where people can claim carbon taxes as potentially negative for
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by sdm 10y ago
It's great for lead gen, researching competitors, networking, etc. It doesn't apply much to a developer's day to day, but there are more than just developers out there. Recruiting is a very small part of Linkedin.
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by sdm 10y ago
This isn't actually the case now is it? Are you confusing corporate income tax with personal income tax? Normally if you're renting a place out you'd be doing it through a hold co. As the rental income would be your main busi
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by sdm 10y ago
China isn't really an example of what the article is talking about. In China, everything runs on Beijing time. Everyone in Western China is expected to shift their day to meet up with Beijing time. If they followed the FA the people in
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by sdm 10y ago
For Canada: In Quebec, the 24 hour clock is the norm. Outside of Quebec, the 12 hour clock is the majority but a significant minority use the 24 hour clock. Everyone understands the 24 hour clock in my experience though.
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by sdm 10y ago
The FA says that the perception that the Concorde was expensive was incorrect and that the airlines raised it's tickets costs to match that incorrect perception.
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by sdm 10y ago
> From time to time certain words accumulate enough baggage that they need to be retired from polite conversation. The problem is that's not universally the case. Outside of North America the word is not offensive or pejorative. Whi
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by sdm 10y ago
> WeChat has preferential QOS guarantees through the Great Firewall. Due to that alone, its miles and miles ahead of any other voice/video chat app. The thing is the OP is not talk just about going across the GFW. Even in Canada cal
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by sdm 10y ago
Huh? Push notification work just fine. I use WeChat daily on my iPhone and never had an issue with push notifications.
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by sdm 10y ago
I have to disagree. I will have been working remotely for 5 years in November. Yes, there is a time and place for getting on the phone, like for last resort trouble shooting; but that is really a small part of communication in my experience
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by sdm 10y ago
If there is back and forth required then voice just isn't the way to go. It's too fast for that. This is why email always wins out over voice.
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by sdm 10y ago
There is a big culture difference.
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by sdm 10y ago
Yes, you will. Especially for engineers who often need vision. Also, not everyone is in their 20s. Most of the top talent to recruit is in their 30s.
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by sdm 10y ago
Yes, it's an increasingly tight market right now -- I just moved at the start of August -- but rents are still reasonable here for a city of Vancouver's size and development. Though this may change if the market if the current tig
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by sdm 10y ago
In our case, most of our customers are not in the US. But, with the exception of local customers and and customers that have Canadian subsidiaries (we deal mainly with enterprise customers) -- most customers pay in USD. If you're a l
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by sdm 10y ago
Actually Vancouver is never ranked in the top ten most expensive cities in the world. This is a myth that gets put around Vancouver due to Demographia's horrible annual which gets broadcast everywhere and horribly misinterpreted. They
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by sdm 10y ago
> Any Canadian developer will tell you the problem is the abysmal pay that Canadian companies offer. Companies can't pay money they don't have. In my experience as a Canadian founder, Canadian companies are just poorer. We&#x27
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by sdm 10y ago
$70k-$110k is pretty much standard for mid-level devs in Vancovuer as well.
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by sdm 10y ago
Okay, then that's not as surprising. If you have a comp sci or engineering background it would be different. Breaking into the industry is hard without the correct education background. Until you have experience companies will lowball
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by sdm 10y ago
The same goes for Hydro. Both Nuclear and Hydro have signifiant up front green costs.
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by sdm 10y ago
It's about time. Phone numbers change too much to be used as part of a reliable 2FA. You go on a business trip or a vacation, you of course get a pre-paid SIM card with a local number in your country of destination. It's simple an
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by sdm 10y ago
Or just don't eat meat and get the same effects as calorie restriction: * http://nutritionfacts.org/video/caloric-restriction-vs-anima... * http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-benefits-of-calo
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by sdm 10y ago
I'm confused by your comment. Plenty of western countries have coups; look at South America for example.
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by sdm 10y ago
It should be noted that Turkey is generally considered a western country.
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by sdm 10y ago
The comment about the Keystone pipeline is a bit non sequitur. The Keystone pipeline has nothing to do with fracking at all and has nothing to do with oil wells in the US central midwest. It will carry unconventional heavy crude from the At
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by sdm 10y ago
Github is not blocked by the GFW. I've never heard of coding.net before, most people here use github in my experience.
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by sdm 10y ago
Canadian passport does not give you free healthcare; it is completely unconnected with citizenship. Health care, like most thing, is the responsibility of the provincial governments. You have to be a resident of a province for a period of t

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