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by volkl48 8y ago
They're a US entity operating under US law. If you are in the US, US law is what applies, not EU law. They also don't have European operations, so it's not like the EU has any means to compel them to act even if it wanted to.
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NYC and Boston are #2 + 3 for VC funding. Seattle's a tiny fraction of either and not growing in that area. https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/03/the-extreme-geographic-... Obviously, that's only one
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by volkl48 8y ago
Their jobs were based in industries which no longer exist or which have been automated into requiring far fewer workers. Similarly, you have the problem that a lot of people lived there by necessity rather than by choice. There are absolute
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The difference is that other unsecure loans are only given out with some degree of expectation/evidence that the person will be able to repay them. A person with $10k/yr income does not get a $40k credit limit. On the other hand,
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by volkl48 8y ago
Can't really agree with that. There's still quite a few sanely priced neighborhoods with good transit access, and without huge crime issues. (Ex: Malden)
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The socially agreed upon limit, is the speed of traffic. That is after all, the speed society is driving. The legal limit often has no relation to it and no basis in science or common sense. Not to mention a failure to account for progress
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by volkl48 8y ago
The main issue with a 2012 is that the hard drive cables fail constantly. But the part is cheap and even the technically clueless could replace it themselves with YouTube or ifixit.
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by volkl48 8y ago
Even if you have planned it in advance, car rentals get expensive quickly, especially if you want something more than a passenger car. SUV/Pickup rentals are often >$500/week, AND the agreement will claim that I'm not supp
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Haiti is not exactly a functioning democracy. It was a dictatorship until 1986 and the first elected leader to actually serve a full term without getting overthrown in a coup was Rene Preval (2006-11). Their most recent elections were a mes
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I've lived in one before. It is definitely a significant inconvenience. Some examples: - I biked to work. Carrying my bike up 5 stories of narrow stairs, bumping into everything, every evening was not a fun way to end my day. - Moving
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I actually think older americans in those expensive markets are relatively better off, assuming they own rather than rent. At least at present, their homes are worth a considerable amount. Selling them off and moving to a comparable or smal
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That'll actually be complimentary. Long-haul trucking is the part that's least desirable for humans AND the easiest to automate. Highway driving is not hard in comparison with the actual local driving part, getting into tight load
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In the US, "units of alcohol" are not a thing or part of the government recommendations. One standard drink in the US is tied to 12oz of 5% beer (or it's equivalents in wine/spirits), not the UK definition of a "u
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by volkl48 8y ago
I just watched exactly that last weekend. Not even all that remote (Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness). Guy came down with appendicitis overnight, a 10mi hike in from the nearest road/trailhead. He was fortunate enough to be able to get
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by volkl48 8y ago
That only works if things are within a reasonable enough distance to bike to and if the roads are setup in a way that someone can safely bike at all. If you're talking an older grid-style suburb with corner stores and the like, it&#x
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Domain registration is American. I doubt they seriously care about GDPR compliance and would just ignore any EU court filings.
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The main reason I would consider a battery is for disaster recovery purposes. Being from the suburban NYC metro area, we've had multiple, multi-week power outages in the past decade. We have a moderate sized portable generator, but run
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by volkl48 8y ago
The theory behind high deductible plans (as the article notes) is that it'll make people shop around for health care and find better prices and so it should bring down healthcare costs the same way the free market works on other things
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I worked in a GaAs fab a couple years ago, they still do. Although with all the other fun chemicals in use, safety training could be summarized as "and this one will kill you in this horrible way if something goes wrong/you do som
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If you have negligible EU revenue and no intentions of changing that, it makes no sense to expend any effort on complying with GDPR. Blocking EU users is a smart business choice to avoid any possible legal issues and far easier than complia
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Note that if you have a .edu email, you can get a NYT sub for $1/wk.
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I do agree that top-tier cities are not built on low COL as their prime selling point. However, I will also point out that low COL can have advantages of it's own for the ambitious, particularly for those pursuing their own ideas rathe
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by volkl48 8y ago
Lenovo is pretty terrible with parts availability. It's not uncommon for parts for an enterprise-class, in warranty laptop to be unavailable/on a long lead time. Dell is far better with parts availability, although (much as I pe
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by volkl48 8y ago
Among my many hats, I do some official Apple work. What you are talking about is not allowed for work done under Apple. The top case is one part which cannot be disassembled so far as they are concerned. It contains the main part of the she
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by volkl48 8y ago
AirBnB is also less of a stretch because there were already pretty successful attempts paving the way for it. I was using VRBO a decade ago for vacations. AirBnB is more distinguished by a slick UI than business model innovation.
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Sometimes an awesome life can actually make it harder. It's easy to justify being depressed when you have a crappy life. (even though your depression probably doesn't have some cause like that) "I am depressed because I am li
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I'd be curious as to if profit-sharing schemes and the like cause employees to make more fiscally sound decisions. Probably a difficult thing to study, though.
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There's certainly quite a few other areas with decent internet, at least if you are in the main "town" area. Bennington, WRJ + Norwich come to mind as other examples I can think of. But yes, if you are in a random small town
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by volkl48 8y ago
You can make a new user account on Reddit in 30 seconds and don't even need an email (last I checked). Pretty easy to maintain a significant degree of anonymity by just deleting your account and making a new one. With that said, most u
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I'll point out that there's always been a big class of hobbies where average people make a few bucks here and there, but money is not the focus and doesn't really detract from the enjoyment of it as leisure. For example, ever

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