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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Should employees get their salaries adjusted by inflation once per year? Why yearly, not monthly? Also what if there is deflation, do people get pay cuts? A lot of these issues are very easy to criticize on the surface, I don't think
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
What are these humane models? My understanding is that there are a lot of very similar economic systems. There are pros and cons to each of these systems. I don't believe one system or government as truly figured it out. Folks on HN
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
How is it different for non-profits? What do you think happens when funding/donations dry up?
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Isn't that just entropy? Nothing can stay forever. I'd be interesting to see over long periods of time and many people who leave first, the employee quitting or employer firing/laying-off. My anecdotes tell me more people le
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
This also describes DIY home automation for me. I spend hours setting up some fancy automation routines that work great. Then, a few months later something fails and I spend more time fixing it than the automation affords me in the first
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
You have to be very careful with Uber schedules. They do NOT guarantee a pickup time like a normal private car. There are many stories stating that the driver never shows up, or shows up 15 minutes early and leaves charging you with a no-s
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
This is also a great point. Teams should have detailed knowledge of the performance of the company or groups. It helps with the shared ownership, pride and responsibilities.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
A very important distinction, in my "Creo" example above, our company specifically used the word "leadership" for the founders and other "leads" of the company. Nobody used the word manager or boss annd anyone
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
I also worked at a company that was similar to the Creo story above. This was a High Frequency Market making company, total employees ~ 250. "Flat" management, nobody had titles, just responsibilities. Everyone understood the m
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
In my history the best sales people I've met wouldn't have me believe they were in sales at all. They are just great at relationships and solving problems for clients. You want to give them your money to solve your problem.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
1) Not all surgeons save lives 2) Not everyone can be a doctor We can all find meaning in our own work.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Yes, and the states did handle it. People left NY and CA in droves to FL and TX and still are doing so.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
When the president uses the power of the executive branch to enforce an ideology you agree with = democracy. When you disagree with the ideology = king. How does that make sense?
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Not for imposing will on the people, that is for elected officials. I trust credentialed people for providing facts and research in their domain, not writing policies.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Agreed, the interesting part is that all of Trumps dirty laundry is open to the air. In the past we would have no idea about it.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
"No other values"? When and how is such Doomer Hyperbole getting into HN articles? This is half of major reddit subs now and I fear the same low quality comments will take over HN. People need to go out and touch some grass.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Louis CK has a great bit about suicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr7z1YiAWiI "It will solve all your problems... Once!"
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
Those are called beginner gains, especially if you've never worked out before. The beginner gains are great, but the plateau hits most of us.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
I did Krav Maga at ~40. I don't think reflexes or stamina were my issue. Mine was recovery. It is a tough sport and one bad day grappling or boxing and I'm in pain for weeks which limits training. It's not a easy sport to
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
No company is anything "forever". What kind of statement is this, or is it just /r/antiwork propaganda.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
McD double cheeseburger is one of the best protein/$ available in fast food. (depends on market)
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
One little tip for people trying to move to black coffee from milk and/or sugar: Try to find a good light roast, not dark or medium. Light roasts are usually less bitter which is why milk is sometimes added to cut the bitterness. Coff
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
OP wasn't arguing about "cars", it was specifically about service vehicles that are required for Manhattan operations. Thought experiment: If we could somehow ban private residential use of all cars and only allow "work&
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
But it's not a consumption tax, it's a "congestion" tax. If there were no congestion there would be no reason for this to exist.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
>> the leadership (and many voters) were more interested in coming up with ways to make it convenient for drivers to drive and/or park in every neighborhood in the city than making it a pleasant place to live. The ghost of Robert
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
That's not what is happening though. Millions of companies and indie developers have a platform to make money. This never existed before. Amazon, Google and Apple also employ thousands of SWEs that make a good living building these se
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
This statement keeps getting postulated here and I still don't buy it. The economy is NOT 0 sum. Inequality in itself doesn't doesn't do anything bad. Billionaires existing can be true while poverty shrinks. IMO it is a lo
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
"Are we demonstrably getting better open source software?" Yes. The friction to create something good and useful is as low now as every. Anyone can create a github account, share source and overnight millions of people can use th
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
How can the middle class collapse exactly? It is a statistical group.
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by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
This is nihilist thinking. There is no complete barring access to capital, even in the 19th century "middle class" loans were possible. Today access to capital is as easy as it ever was (except maybe '06). The people who ta

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