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by startuprules 16y ago
"we're back in the 80's " We're not. Baby boomers were in their prime during that time, therefore consumption still increased over time, and innovation still thrived. Now, the biggest consumer market in the world is disappearing, with no
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by startuprules 16y ago
"all this doom talk about a worldwide depression." Pretty sure I'm one of the only few posters here that would say the words 'great depression'. and 'voldemort'. "It's depressing" I know it is. But we as a population have to realize we ar
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by startuprules 16y ago
Not when we're in a great worldwide depression. When the US baby boomers, the world's biggest/baddest consumers, are retiring or being too expensive to be hired. When automation/free software have permanently reduced human worker needs.
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by startuprules 16y ago
Europe includes such countries as Iceland, Ukraine and Romania
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by startuprules 16y ago
I agree, but just like a bubble crash, when one major party loses confidence and sells his stake, all the other parties panic and sells as well.
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by startuprules 16y ago
I have a feeling you've never traveled to other countries. How sad.
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by startuprules 16y ago
A very easy solution to this: Go live in a cheaper country. Go now, before the heavily debted countries lock down money transfers (In which case, buy gold/silver)
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by startuprules 16y ago
How about the cost of living/cost of hiring? Can you elaborate a little on that?
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Broke Americans Buy iPad: The New 'Schizophrenic Consumers' (huffingtonpost.com)
4 points by startuprules 16y ago|2 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
No problem. I am looking to establish a foreign beachhead myself. If you ever pick one, and go through with your decision, I hope you would post your experience here. EDIT: I found a better link here for ease of business: http://www.doi
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by startuprules 16y ago
Using countries submitted in this discussion: Top penetration of broadband: 1. Netherlands 2. Norway 3. Germany 4. Hong Kong 5. Canada 6. Israel 7. UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_... Best countries for smal
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by startuprules 16y ago
Vancouver had a big housing bubble, and now their sales have plummeted, so I would imagine the state government might struggle a little bit. http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/07/vancouver... However, overall Canada is in goo
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Nearly Half of US small businesses think economy got worse(bizjournals.com)
13 points by startuprules 16y ago|28 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
The S&P, adjusted for inflation, has returned -30% for the last ten years But go ahead and feed the machines at goldman sachs some money.
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Nassim Taleb: "The Government Debt Is Becoming A Pure Ponzi Scheme"(zerohedge.com)
5 points by startuprules 16y ago|2 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
You're correct; middle class don't do slave labor at $1/day. (I had rambled on a bit) They make $20/day in dead end jobs.
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by startuprules 16y ago
Check my submissions. They'll have the details you want.
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by startuprules 16y ago
I would propose that there currently exist a third reality: a combination of the two scenarios described in the comics. An authoritarian state which restricts materials that are hazardous to the state's health, but also encourages huge deb
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U.S. Fiscal Woe Is Worse Than Greece (zerohedge.com)
2 points by startuprules 16y ago|1 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
"debt is virtually a necessity created by prosperity: otherwise, the folks with all the capital end up with very lumpy mattresses. Take the Japanese government debt..." Very incorrect. It was the Japanese government that decided that inste
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by startuprules 16y ago
That paragraph alone made me vote up the original article and shed a few empathizing tears inside. Unfortunately, then I go read about how we've killed the Gulf of Mexico http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1536572 , and my blood boils and
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Ocean Energy Institute Founder: "We Have Killed Gulf of Mexico"(zerohedge.com)
2 points by startuprules 16y ago|0 comments
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In a Partnership of Unequals, a Start-Up Suffers(dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com)
27 points by startuprules 16y ago|1 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
The majority sentiment in this discussion seems to be favoring Zuckerberg. I am not sure why hackers, with the usually higher integrity and honor than most, will defend this scumbag who seems to defraud not one, two, but three different pa
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by startuprules 16y ago
"Ceglia may be planning to argue that the statute of limitations didn't start until the contract was breached, which would have set the clock ticking in 2004, said Scott & Scott partner Julie Machal-Fulks." Check my response http://new
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by startuprules 16y ago
Nobody crosses the Russia Mafia....I mean investors.
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by startuprules 16y ago
"This is not necessarily an open-and-shut case for Facebook. The fact that the judge froze Facebook's assets suggests there may be extenuating circumstances favoring Ceglia, Gendelman pointed out. Also, Ceglia may be planning to argue that
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by startuprules 16y ago
Oo, I finally will get to see a punchcard computer in person! Very cool, thanks! Reminds me of the time I accidently found a Thomas Edison exhibit in Bandai Museum outside Tokyo.
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Ask HN: Visiting Mountain View for the first time. Where should I go?
1 points by startuprules 16y ago|4 comments
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by startuprules 16y ago
Search. Monopoly.

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