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by spaceflunky 8y ago
That’s adding the value of supposeded benefits from congress but not actual dollars. Also congress mandates crazy shit that the usps must do so any benefits are probably wiped out by them.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
"Have you ever argued with thousands of complete strangers in another country while you sit on the toilet? You will."
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
You’re right. And I think the reason why rich people don’t “stay in their lane” is because we are limiting the supply which causes higher classes to go after resources traditionally reserved for lower classes.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Maybe an over simplified analogy better describes my point. It feels like there use to be three "neighborhoods" for people. The rich neighborhood for people that were wildly successful, the middle class neighborhood for those that
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Call me crazy, but this also reminds me of our housing problems. Take for example the person who get an education, a good job, works hard, and saves up to buy house. Then when it comes time to buy, some kid with rich parents, whose done fuc
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Building hardware is difficult. Like really difficult. More difficult that anyone expects it to be.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Slightly off topic, but stories like this remind me of the Aeolipile[0] from Ancient Rome. It was a simple steam engine invented in 250BC, but the Romans never applied it to anything because there was no economic impetus. No one in antiqui
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Those Google IO badges are the worst. Like ok we get it... You're at io... Apparently that's all that matters. No one needs meet other people. They just need to compliment each other on going to io.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
I can't believe no one has said it, but I have a theory that says working hard and making yourself inaccessibly busy is a new status symbol. In a world where it's difficult to buy even the most modest of homes and unreasonable to
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
There use to retail chain called BEST where the whole store area was a "showroom" and the products were on display outside of their packaging. You were encourage to touch and interact with the product. There was no stock on the sh
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
>Because engineers have little incentive to lie, Really? They have just as much incentive. Tight deadlines, bonuses, promotions, etc. You've never see an engineer push through questionable code to make a deadline or launch a product
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
I'm not sure why every time there is mention of salespeople being good, there also has to be a caveat at the end about the tactics bad salespeople use. For example, I wouldn't say, "Engineers serve a very important function i
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
But he does explain why 'the pen' is better. He explains that his "nice" pen is a good way to honor important milestones of the company which in turns leads to better productivity. His argument is one of morale (i.e. &#x
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Am I the only still enjoying my jucero?
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
She's just tapping a market with a huge demand and no one offering any "supply." There are no university courses for "instagram star" so if you're the charlatan who is promising fame and fortune for the low low
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
By what measure? All you see is a framed seconds. What you don't see is all the hours these influencers spend begging someone, anyone to give them a freebie or some kind of support. Then they get the free hotel room, and they spend the
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Prices where? In Las Vegas? Maybe. In the bay area? no.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
I love when he goes to buy the fake rolexes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdEDH2Sjt0&vl=en
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
>The ride-share market may wind up like the airlines: heavy utilization but not amazing businesses. I think that's more or less what I was trying to get at. Once you build your place in the market, competition can and will come alon
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Did anyone here buy $lyft on the secondary markets?
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
No one has seen all the numbers but both services spend an extraordinary amount on advertising, Rider and driver obtainment, market development/setup costs, and legal costs. Like an absolute shit load. Presumably all of those costs wou
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
I love this! It took me about 10 secs to find something I enjoy listening to. The UI and ease of access to so many streams is incredible. Great job.
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Your last statement is false for a variety of reasons: 1.) with sufficient research and decrease in cost, we can make it so that electric vehicles can be "refilled" as quickly as fossil fuel vehicles. 2.) for 99% of trips, having
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
No. Toyota has a death grip on fossil fuels. While they did pioneer a lot of hybrid technology, they are going kicking and screaming into full electrics. But agree with you that this is a rare instance where California legislation has had a
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Yes, there are jobs in every city, but in major cities there is difficulty in finding housing and transportation. The cost of living is also high, so it's easy to get into debt. Whereas in smaller cities, it's typically easier to
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Seconded. Why can’t I just run helm on an old rig?
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Banned for "voter suppression"? Really? As if a bunch of people are going to get disenfranchised because a stupid joke tweet? Come on. If you don't vote because of that one tweet maybe you aren't educated enough to be vo
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Did you read the article? One of the main problems with spice is that it is being used by people who aren't supposed to be using any drugs (alcohol included) because it doesn't show up on a drug test. Even if weed were legal it wo
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Lots of people are moving to Instagram because it's new and quicker/easier to digest. But I see Instagram going the same way as Facebook. Eventually it will not be "fun to share when mom, your aunt, your employer, your future
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by spaceflunky 8y ago
Is it correct to say that having disposable income for international travel is a relatively new phenomenon for the Vietnamese?

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