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931.
by silexia 3y ago
The larger problem Germany and other European countries have is over regulation. Startups are like brand new babies... easily suffocated by government and bureaucracy.
932.
by silexia 3y ago
How many of these were never real species, but we're simply miscategorizations of another species?
933.
by silexia 3y ago
I would never work with you. This is why investors have such a bad reputation. If I had not retained 100% ownership and control of my business, I am sure someone like you would have tossed me out by now. Focus on results, not political game
934.
by silexia 3y ago
Or consider that certain laws passed by the government suppress alternative points of view that conflict with the mainstream, so that even if the views are true, they still are squashed.
935.
by silexia 3y ago
I was addicted to gambling online via Texas hold em poker for a period in college. I mastered the statistics and broke about even. I should never have done it though, extremely destructive to sleep and healthy mental patterns.
936.
by silexia 3y ago
Farmer here. This is false information - the land used to feed cattle is typically rangeland not capable of supporting other kinds of crops. Further, the cattle manure helps improve the soil.
937.
by silexia 3y ago
You need the power to fire, hire, give raises, promotions, etc to meaningfully control a team in most cases. If senior management undercuts you, move on.
938.
by silexia 3y ago
Much better to self finance. Then you keep full control and direction of the business. You can prevent scummy finance guys from forcing you to break promises you made to customers and employees. And you keep the winnings.
939.
by silexia 3y ago
Nuclear is way overregulated. It is the safest form of power generation by far now, but oil funded environmental groups have demonized it.
940.
by silexia 3y ago
What a nightmare world we live in now. Thought police try to take increasingly extreme positions that simply make no sense and if you do not comply they try to destroy you.
941.
by silexia 3y ago
A lot of folks forget that the US's advantages and opportunities derive directly from the fact that individual citizens have a far greater amount of freedom and power versus the government here than people do anywhere else in the world
942.
by silexia 3y ago
Why don't people want to shrink the government and allow more personal freedoms and choices rather than deal with the nightmare bureaucracies detailed in so many comments here?
943.
by silexia 3y ago
@dang - Why is this article flagged?
944.
by silexia 3y ago
Update: the postmaster in my small town sent me the USPS internal documentation proving the item weighed only 1 oz and went to a totally different address. So either the seller or shipper are committing fraud probably. The seller has not re
945.
by silexia 3y ago
Yeah, I guess my mistake was to pay with Paypal with money directly pulled from my bank account. Ugh. Ebay owned paypal for 13 years and spun them off a few years ago, but they still seem to be in bed together.
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Ask HN: Have you seen this eBay scam? I am out $277
54 points by silexia 3y ago|21 comments
947.
by silexia 3y ago
Cash in a box with a person at the entry? In Seattle??? That would be a bad business decision - the cash would be stolen daily without consequences and if the person you hired was harmed in the theft, you would be liable as a business.
948.
by silexia 3y ago
We need to find an alternative system to using water rights... Perhaps some sort of geo based mass market? Maybe a more geo based version of how we price electricity?
949.
by silexia 3y ago
https://joelx.com 4,447 posts since I started it in 2006.
950.
by silexia 3y ago
Major problems are arising because of politicians silly proclamations and attempts to buy votes that are not backed by engineering reality. Reducing certain emissions is commendable... But not when you realize that the environmental damage
951.
by silexia 3y ago
Raising money means your first priority now is to please investors, not customers.
952.
by silexia 3y ago
The article states the cause as more SUV's without real evidence... My guess is the real cause is simply people using cell phones while driving. Or the great reduction in law enforcement the last two years.
953.
by silexia 3y ago
Ceed Civil asked that I pay them off of Upwork to avoid Upwork's fees. I stupidly went along with it because I wanted things to go well with him. I told Upwork about this, and they still keep Ceed Civil on the platform... even though U
954.
I got scammed on Upwork and Upwork won't remove the scammer's profile
30 points by silexia 3y ago|11 comments
955.
by silexia 3y ago
Get rid of the LLC. Behavior would change fast across all of business.
956.
by silexia 3y ago
Chickens get sick from wild birds... No wild birds here.
957.
by silexia 3y ago
They could easily have a few chickens running around in a small area and have fresh eggs year round. Feed the chickens table scraps plus free choice chicken feed. Gets rid of a lot of the waste.
958.
by silexia 3y ago
Government bureaucracy who is named in the article is named "Lord Goldsmith". Has there ever been a better name for a mincing government agent?
959.
by silexia 3y ago
And of course the Federal Register site returns a 503 error when you try to leave a comment. Government hard at work as usual...
960.
by silexia 4y ago
Why are government funded media orgs so intensely trying to hide that fact?

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