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by toephu2 11y ago
Seems that this article fails to mention that owning a house is a prerequisite to buying an EV (electric vehicle). If you rent a room in a house, it's unlikely the landlord is going to install a charger just for you, and the same goes
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by toephu2 11y ago
>Gas stations even today don't make money with gas I've heard this a lot, but is this really true? Gas is highly regulated in the U.S. and supposedly a Mom & Pop gas station's gas is just as good as Shell or Chevron.
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by toephu2 11y ago
People should really stay away from using acronyms that are not known by the general public. By using the acronym UBI you assume 90% of the HN crowd understands what you're talking about? I google'd "ubi" and I got &quot
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by toephu2 11y ago
This is not the car of the future. Still using gas? ICE (internal combustion engine)? 3 wheels? This has been tried before and did not work. This is a step backwards. Also who the heck names their company after themselves anymore? Talk abou
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by toephu2 11y ago
what makes you think there isn't a neighbor making more than you?
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by toephu2 11y ago
If you want the social mission, why not just join 18F or the U.S. Digital Services? Work directly for the gov and change from within.
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by toephu2 11y ago
does not need to be a competing firm. Any tech company will do, just have an offer on the table.
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by toephu2 11y ago
Even if options vest, they could still be viewed as worthless. E.g., Pre-ipo company, 4 years pass, all your shares vest, however Company might tank in the next 5 years, goes bankrupt, never gets bought out nor goes IPO, your vested shares
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by toephu2 11y ago
I also know many people who lived and worked in the U.S. and got a green card in 5 years.. YMMV
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by toephu2 11y ago
and the reverse? how hard is it to become a citizen of New Zealand?
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by toephu2 11y ago
how much of the general public do you think flashes ROMs?
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by toephu2 11y ago
where did you hear that 3.5x number? I thought 10x revenue was common for internet companies. Although this isn't an internet company, but they did get their start on the internet (I think?)
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by toephu2 11y ago
so? do you think you represent the average Western adult male?
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by toephu2 11y ago
why is it a joke? it's true.
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by toephu2 11y ago
Who is going to run Square in the interim then? Is he going to pull a Elon Musk, 3 days here, and 2 days there?
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by toephu2 11y ago
I believe it was a joke.
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by toephu2 11y ago
"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need." -Tyler Durden
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by toephu2 11y ago
there are plenty of places like this in SF
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by toephu2 11y ago
unfortunately that site hasn't been updated w/ 2014 or 2015 data
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by toephu2 11y ago
Isn't it better the Google way? You will be taxed less since you can keep the stock for 1+ year and get taxed at the Long Term Capital Gains rate. Being almost all salary will get you taxed to death.
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by toephu2 11y ago
>The culture in "silicon valley" is toxic. People are obnoxious and narcissistic; many are pathological liars and self-promoters. This should be read as YMMV (your mileage may vary). One person in Silicon Valley and his anecdot
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by toephu2 11y ago
San Francisco is starting to be considered part of Silicon Valley.
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by toephu2 11y ago
When you refer to IT do you mean IT/desktop support or software engineers?
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by toephu2 11y ago
who leaked this info?
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by toephu2 11y ago
I actually find GA's UI pretty good. Much better than Flurry analytics for example.
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by toephu2 12y ago
can we just try living without electricity for 2 days? millions of humans did it for hundreds of years prior to us and they managed just fine
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by toephu2 12y ago
"The US and Europe is more forested now than it was 100 years ago" source? (hope it's not your ass)
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by toephu2 12y ago
Masters programs at universities across the U.S. are just used as money makers for the schools.
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by toephu2 12y ago
this is probably how most journalism is done today
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by toephu2 12y ago
Okay but I didn't say western countries. I just said most countries (as in of the world).

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