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by socrates1998 6y ago
The more I read about WeWork, the more insane it is to me. I don't really blame the charlatans at WeWork, it's hard to blame people for taking money on a product. And they probably do think it's a good business plan. No, I bl
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I can't fathom how private companies still think that they can make the CCP happy AND their western customers. The CCP holds values that are completely untenable to western values. As time goes on, companies who don't know this wi
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I avoid all of these app's and order directly from the restaurant themselves. 1) All of them add to the cost of the bill way more than I think is a good use of my money. 2) Driver's don't get paid very well. 3) Restaurants ge
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by socrates1998 6y ago
"The First Principle" by Osho. About eastern meditation and the difficulty of achieving nirvana. A lot about the paradox of trying to achieve inner peace, but only actually being able to experience it when you don't try to ob
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by socrates1998 6y ago
For now... Didn't Yahoo say this as well like 8 years ago?
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by socrates1998 6y ago
I think for the most part, it's this idea that things will go back to normal soon. And there wasn't anything structurally wrong with the economy like it was in 2008. Right now, the hardest hit people are mainly people with zero st
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by socrates1998 6y ago
If you don't know what is going on, then why on earth would you risk so much money? IB fucked up, no doubt, but these idiots are trading shit they know nothing about. Don't trade on margin.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
You are the one who started the flamewar by accusing me of something I didn't say. It was clear in my comment that every time I said "this place" I was referring to the restaurant. I used the phrase "this place" thr
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by socrates1998 7y ago
1) I was referring to the restaurant. 2) I'm from Montana. You should just apologize that you didn't understand my comment rather than try to over explain it.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
I was born in Montana. I lived in Montana. That restaurant probably hasn't made a profit in 30 years and they are asking $250k for it.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
This place isn't just in the middle of nowhere, it's in Eastern Montana, not even the nice part of Montana (the west). This place shouldn't exist. A mildly interesting story, but small town Montana is a rough existence even i
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Oil and Gas companies are going to kill themselves because they made the critical error when they decided they were Oil and Gas companies and not energy companies. I don't why none of the large Oil and Gas companies aren't leading
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by socrates1998 7y ago
In my city, mid-sized city in a larger metropolitan area with a few million people, I tried to work at one of the We-Work type places and found it completely overpriced. If I can work from anywhere, then I don't see the advantage to re
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Yes, but if you have known a lot of under grad Chinese students, you will know they often don't learn much of anything.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
So you think it's okay for Chinese students to abuse and harass the protesters? I don't know what you point is?
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Chinese students should be allowed to think however they want, but their behavior is unacceptable in a western democracy. I am not sure that these international Chinese students are good for our universities. I feel like the universities so
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by socrates1998 7y ago
It's almost impossible for westerners to conceive of living in a society without a strong and independent judicial system and without being able to vote for their political leaders. Westerners in general deeply value their political vo
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by socrates1998 7y ago
The Chinese aren't evil, they are violating the WTO agreement and the US is using it's economic power to check them. And comparing the USA and Britain is insane. It's like comparing brothers to complete strangers.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
"Soured their relationship" Really? Is that what you call letting the CCP filter search results? Google made far too many concessions in my opinion and still got fucked.
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by socrates1998 7y ago
If the Chinese protect their domestic market from American companies, then there is no point to staying on good terms with them. Look what happened to Google. Google made all these concessions to the CCP and still got fucked. China can&#x27
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Cars are a big one. But, also, just by keeping their currency low compared to the US Dollar, the Chinese put a naturally high tariff on everything. The Chinese, by being labeled a "developing country" in the WTO agreement are allo
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by socrates1998 7y ago
China has violated the WTO agreements for a decade and a half. There are countless examples of industrial espionage as well as trademark theft. The Chinese refuse to do anything about it. Americans finally wised up to this and the Chinese a
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by socrates1998 7y ago
China isn't necessarily bullying the US, it bullies other countries. My point was that China isn't good at international relationships. They have squandered the relationship with the US and have bullied other smaller countries to
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Great article. I worked at a Forex trading firm and this is a great way to explain China's dilemma. Really, this is kind of what happened to every other east Asian economy the past 60 years. They grow at a rapid pace for about two deca
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by socrates1998 7y ago
This seems like a good step in the right direction. I think what really needs to change is the legal system. There is way too much protection of corporations via liability. It's so easy for corporations to completely screw over the pub
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by socrates1998 7y ago
If you are poor, should you really be going to Venice? A reasonably priced lottery would give middle income people access and an even playing field against wealthy people. This system, combined with a limit on tourist infrastructure would c
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by socrates1998 7y ago
For me, Venice is too far gone to change without significant pain to the local economy. The point of pricing isn't to completely eliminate tourism, it's to lower it. The goal is to find a price point that cuts down, but doesn&#x27
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Local people really need to price out a lot of the tourists. You really need to implement a high tax/price, this would cut down on the tourists and allow locals to reap more benefits. I don't know if it is still like this, but whe
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Once again, you have zero suggestions for how to school 99% of the population. Homeschooling isn't feasible (or preferable) to a majority of the population, so unless you suggest something else, then you are just complaining. It's
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by socrates1998 7y ago
Not any reliable data, it's admittedly anecdotal. I have been in education for about 15 years and haven't seen any quality homeschooling. Students would have been much better off going to a decent public school. And homeschooling

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