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1621.
by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Payment processors are worse the Patreon especially mastercard so unless you manage to get around them you're not going to be able too.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Most state explicitly do not allow a person to give up their right to sue based on discrimination. Such a contract would be unenforceable and perhaps even used as evidence in a discrimination case.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Damn that's crazy so it's completely viable? With the increasing in ships and logistical systems it would be even easier then it was back in the day.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Look up studies on the reliability of witness testimony if you want to get really scared on how courts run.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
People contently use this false dichotomy around military spending to avoid acknowledging that we spend just as much or more on health care and other social services per capita as the other western nations. How we spend that money is just h
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
The biggest issue with this is very few "small" companies envision staying small forever. Who would risk building their company on a stack that you lose the license for if you do too well? I think what really happened is people di
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
nothing starts for me. what are you using?
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
It worries me some days that I've become so desensitized I barely notice it.
1629.
by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
People don't like to talk about how globalization destroyed labors power in the USA.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
We've never tried Trickle-Down Economics as a single country. For as long as it's been a driving economic policy globalization has meant that the bottom is a 3rd world country somewhere rather then whichever country was practicing
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
So our whole military is funded from only 2k a person. That's amazing! I always thought military was a huge part of the budget but it's clearly not.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
It sounds like it's the exact same situation as if they owned their own scooter or bike and crashed into the car.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
When they first showed up in SF people chucked dozens of em right into the bay.
1634.
by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Detroit. It's not free anymore but it's still dirt cheap.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Looks like they are opening it up to most phones. I've been pretty happy with the service. The data isn't as cheap as I would like but the international data being the same price is a pretty big deal for me. My promo code if anyon
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Project Fi Is Now Google Fi(theverge.com)
14 points by tick_tock_tick 8y ago|5 comments
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Most governments and municipalities do a horrible job of articulating what their constituents taxes go towards. People see giant buckets and have a very hard time converting that into what they see and use day to day.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Canada's aggressively merit based immigration policy has clear advantages in terms of allowing talent in. That said Canadian tech firms still pay way too little.
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
While I really do like Erlang I think everyone should take a look at what Elixir is doing on top of the Erlang VM. https://elixir-lang.org/
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by tick_tock_tick 8y ago
the major downside of globalization is you're no longer just dealing with demand from the local region