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by seppin 8y ago
> I prefer a hotel. I have nothing to back this up, but it feels like hotels have been lowering prices and raising their quality as a result of Airbnb. Lots of "boutique" hotels offering great rooms for less. I was an early ada
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by seppin 8y ago
yep - https://medium.com/ghostifi/ghostifi-the-server-create-funct...
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by seppin 8y ago
> I thanked him for his opportunity and advised him to contact some sweatshops instead of playing the "remote" game. He's right, you are wrong. Bay Area salaries are high because it's very expensive to live there. Eve
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by seppin 8y ago
the last bit
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by seppin 8y ago
It's strip malls and chain restaurants with far too much concrete everywhere. And for what you do get, absurdly overpriced.
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by seppin 8y ago
> The tech workers aren't setting the rents They are the demand. The politics is the supply. Both are at fault for making SF unlivable for the people that were there from the start.
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by seppin 8y ago
> But I can't for the life of me understand why anybody would want to preserve the current atmosphere. The one you think you are defending is long gone. Exactly, damage done.
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by seppin 8y ago
and 5% of them will quit in the next 2 months
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by seppin 8y ago
> Culturally it is almost completely dead. Art? Music? Dance? Just forget it. In terms of diversity, yeah, no. Yep, when I say to people that the south bay is completely devoid of anything resembling culture they still look at me funny.
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by seppin 8y ago
China loves basketball as well. And the Philippines ! I've never seen so many people playing at once.
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by seppin 8y ago
> has not back fired Unless they ended the program, you forgot the word "yet"
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by seppin 8y ago
if they stop buying once they start, they certainly do
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by seppin 8y ago
3x given the risk involved? Not worth it
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by seppin 8y ago
Welcome to any discussion about China.
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by seppin 8y ago
> Honest non snarky question, why does it take 1,400 employees to sell mail order glasses, Because before technology fucked the labour balance of the global economy, this is how industry worked.
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by seppin 8y ago
No I think they had piles of money and no better ideas where to stash it.
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by seppin 8y ago
Changes the entire headline.
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by seppin 8y ago
The quote makes sense, but anyone that thinks James Bond is even 1 percent realistic isn't being serious at all.
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by seppin 8y ago
just chiming in to say you couldnt be more wrong about everything. Carry on
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by seppin 8y ago
really, really untrue. My most recent trip to Asia had most of the "smaller" midwest Uni's promoted (as for many it's the only way into US higher Edu).
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by seppin 8y ago
Do you ever talk with him directly, via sms or whatsapp? How often? Was the party really never brought up?
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by seppin 8y ago
Also they only hire one type of person (engineer) which has created a monoculture of people not predisposed to being outwardly friendly. (I know this is a stereotype, but sometimes stereotypes are true).
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by seppin 8y ago
Threatened by conspiracy and outright fake news. That's not just their problem, it's ours as well.
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by seppin 8y ago
Yes, and stepped up usage of Whatsapp and IG. So what was the point of that?
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by seppin 8y ago
What's the problem with just using it for one or two features, deleting everything else you've posted and using anti-tracking software in your browser?
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by seppin 8y ago
> I missed my friend's 50th birthday party because I wasn't on Facebook Hate to break it to you, but he's not really your friend. You would have known about it directly or through someone else if so. Facebook is for findin
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by seppin 8y ago
What is the correlation between status as the best in the world and cost? I'm not saying it's perfect, but surely there is some relation.
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by seppin 8y ago
Yes but to have your MP they'd most likely have rooted your device, they could surely do the same to your mobile. If they could do one, they can do the other. Just a matter of efforts I guess
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by seppin 8y ago
> (I don't think it is.) If your master password is someone exposed, then nothing really protects you.
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by seppin 8y ago
it's a pretty easy put up or shut up moment

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