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by untog 7y ago
I never said America doesn't have a culture. I said that it is almost entirely informed by immigrant experiences, so the idea of shutting off new immigrant experiences makes no sense. You're just picking some arbitrary moment an
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by untog 7y ago
The way the system is currently set up it's both. Outsourcing companies like those mentioned in the article (Infosys etc) absolutely abuse the system to hire cheap workers. But a lot of talented engineers are hired that way too. Hopefu
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by untog 7y ago
That would be a huge drain on small businesses like startups, though. Only companies like Google would be able to afford it. > the current salary requirement (min 60k) That's not actually what it is. You have to submit the job for a
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by untog 7y ago
Yeah, this is important context. Even as a previous H1B holder myself I see any increase in refusals to companies like Infosys to be a good thing, they're renowned for their abuse of the system. The other feedback we see in this thread
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by untog 7y ago
What culture? American culture, the one that is comprised almost entirely of immigrant experiences?
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by untog 7y ago
Presumably a browser would not be, but an automated browser would be. They're concerned about the end result, not how it's done.
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by untog 7y ago
Uber isn't Facebook or Google, though. Plenty of Uber drivers work for more than one company, and there's nothing to stop a new arrival from poaching a ton of Uber drivers, as long as they give the right incentives. Facebook was p
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by untog 7y ago
But... They're losing money. They can't do that indefinitely.
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by untog 7y ago
In my experience Uber is also 50/50 with regard to customer service, so again I'm not sure what the persuasive argument is.
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by untog 7y ago
> One, it’s Google. Logistics requires lots of customer interaction. Uber isn’t great at this, but it’s better than Google. That's usually said when talking about Google's free services. In my experience when you're paying
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by untog 7y ago
> Beyond that, Uber's electronic-dispatch technology has the ability to optimize garbage pick-up and drop-off; police, fire and medical resource routing; small-vehicle fleet management for sundry specialized logistics companies; and
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by untog 7y ago
It's not just that. There's a reason why fire escapes are usually extra exits on top of the usual ones (even if they're only through a window) and in NYC at least a bunch have been shut down because they closed off access t
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by untog 7y ago
Not quite, the Jitneys in NYC have a specified route. The Via shares are dynamically routed according to who is in it and who needs to be picked up. That has both plus sides and down sides.
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by untog 7y ago
> 3.9 Bil was a one time cost That doesn't mean it isn't a loss?
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by untog 7y ago
I really wonder where Uber, Lyft etc. go in the future. Uber in particular seemed to betting hard on the fact that self-driving cars would make them wildly profitable but it seems like that is a long way away yet. And they're still s
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by untog 7y ago
It seemed Uber's long term strategy was to rely on self-driving cars to reduce their margins. Now that we know that's a long way off I'm really not sure what they do. Maybe split their focus in two: one on luxury (Uber Blac
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by untog 7y ago
Hotels are consistent. The most amazing Airbnb would beat a hotel room, sure, but even a well reviewed Airbnb can be terrible if something breaks, goes wrong, etc. Very few Airbnb owners have a spare property next door to move you to if thi
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by untog 7y ago
There's still some centralisation to a network like this whether you like it or not. The internet connection it uses has to be paid for somehow. > you're back at square one where it basically becomes an ISP. Well, a non-profit
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by untog 7y ago
> The receivers of the internet ought to be okay paying for it They do pay for it. But there are not currently enough subscribers to make hiring someone worthwhile or affordable. Hopefully that will change in time.
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by untog 7y ago
> With money you'd need accounts, auth for those accounts, somebody needs to manage those accounts, etc Like... a bank? I mean, you're talking as if the infrastructure for paying someone money in return for providing you with a
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by untog 7y ago
Why is crypto better suited to any of this than... money?
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by untog 7y ago
So your presumption is that all the people calling for background checks and that have drafted and passed a complete background check law have not considered any of this, or looked at any data? And despite not actually knowing yourself you&
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by untog 7y ago
There are many types of gun crime in the US. Background checks would help with a lot of individual murders, particularly in domestic cases where one partner has already been arrested for domestic abuse. No, it wouldn't solve everything
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by untog 7y ago
It's worth pointing out that the House passed the "Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019" back in February, and that Republican leadership in the Senate refuses to bring it to a vote. I have not heard of any House represen
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by untog 7y ago
It definitely can in many. Just because it doesn't work every time doesn't mean it isn't worth doing.
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by untog 7y ago
That's not a slippery slope, though. That's Reddit banning subs for two different reasons. I'd they banned subs for hateful content then changed the definition of "hateful content" to include things advertisers ob
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by untog 7y ago
> They suggest that the focus should be on car safety, driving And it has been. Look at the data for car death over time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in... For decades the government ha
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by untog 7y ago
85% of the population approves of increased background checks for gun owners. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing debate.
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by untog 7y ago
> Maybe, this event may become the precedent for all future hosting providers of unpopular opinions Maybe it won't! I feel like every time a controversial site gets shut down message boards are flooded with slippery slope arguments,
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by untog 7y ago
> Mass shootings (generally) don't kill that many people. They are scary, yes, but not that deadly (statistically) Logic like that is usually applied to forces of nature. Or at least things that provide utility in return for this ri

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