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by jogjayr 1y ago
If you buy MSFT specifically you'll get regular, fairly predictable dividend payments and not just an unknown amount of money in the future. MSFT goes up a tiny fraction when you buy. That means MSFT employees with stock grants get a t
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by jogjayr 1y ago
> how common was it for farmers to take orders from another man like he was their boss? Historically most farmers were some form of serf. So I think it was common.
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by jogjayr 1y ago
This page https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/BevContainer/InStoreRedemptio... says regular stores take them too. And the recycling center I went to was right smack in the middle of South Bay. Not inconvenient.
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by jogjayr 1y ago
> California - you pay 5 or 10 cents but there is no practical way to redeem it I once brought my cans to a recycling center and got paid. This was in the Bay Area. For the cost of driving it is uneconomical unless you bring hundreds of
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by jogjayr 1y ago
Speaking from experience, both are necessary. Public childcare and afterschool programs aren't a replacement for quality time with grandparents. They also don't cover weekends or evenings like grandparents can do.
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by jogjayr 1y ago
A professional usually needs a tool when they need it and can't rely on the vagaries of availability at a library. And it's easy to kick out someone who checks out a tool all year. Most consumable parts can be excluded from lendin
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by jogjayr 1y ago
I like tool libraries. I belong to one myself. But I also own some tools, like a car jack and and torque wrench, even though I use them exactly twice a year. If I relied on the tool library for those, they'd be checked out all month wh
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by jogjayr 1y ago
Who would even want a Waymo in Mumbai? Human-driven taxis and autorickshaws there are cheap and comfortable. Public transit is fast and low-latency. It seems perfect for cities without cheap taxis or fast public transit. Disclosure: I'
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by jogjayr 1y ago
Waymo works where it works and it's useful where it works. Can a Mumbai autorickshaw handle an American freeway? Does that make it a pointless vehicle?
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by jogjayr 1y ago
I, a human who learned to drive in Mumbai, can't handle driving in Mumbai anymore.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
> A french door refrigerator with ice maker costs about $25 per month to run Which one?
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Money quote: “As automakers were profit maximizing during the supply chain crisis era, you are going to prioritize the bigger vehicles, the more expensive vehicles with their higher margins,” Tyson Jominy, vice president of data and analyti
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by jogjayr 2y ago
> a $1M house bought with $100K down and $900K mortgage is a worse deal for the seller as compared to $500K down and $500K financed. Do sellers in the US know how large your down payment is? AFAIK that's not a thing in Canada. Offer
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by jogjayr 2y ago
> But that $2k a year? $18 * 12 = $216
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Like I said it's non-zero value. But is it more value than a fair wage, negotiated without artificial restrictions? Why can't they grant the athletes admission and give them the option of either studying tuition-free, or pay tuiti
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Sorry it sounded like you were saying there isn't a problem because you said > there is no real wage theft occurring I know you qualified it with > Outside of top men's basketball and football programs But that was my point.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
It's non-zero value, but we can't say it's the market-clearing price for their services. And anecdotally the quality of that education is compromised. Student-athletes in the serious football and basketball programs spend a l
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by jogjayr 2y ago
The USA wasn't plundered as a colony.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Singapore allows visa-free travel to passport holders from 159 countries + many more with an e-visa or visa on arrival. The UK allows only 83 countries' passport holders visa-free. I picked Singapore at random. Probably some other coun
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Outside of the places where money is being made, money is not being made. Edit: but even when money is being made, the athletes don't get it.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
In Canada we get a carbon tax rebate, fixed per-head. A family of four will get up to $1800 in 2024-25, and rural areas get more than everyone else. High income households consume more of everything than low income households overall, so th
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by jogjayr 2y ago
You always need a license to fly your own plane. You don't always need a license to do your own plumbing. There might be many test pilots or double-phds fixing the plumbing on their houses without telling anyone.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
> Loblaws is a luxury retailer Is that why they own the chain "No Frills"? > with a limited set of stores Only in the sense that it is a finite number of stores. Loblaw Companies is Canada's largest food retailer.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
It isn't a truism. Summer is when the weather is good.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
> we should ban lava too Have we not already? That seems like an oversight...
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by jogjayr 2y ago
I agree. It would be much better if wealthy nations subsidized clean energy technology for developing countries so that they can leapfrog the fossil fuel stage.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
As an Indian immigrant to Canada, it is frustrating to see people believe it's a choice. I also hear a lot of hate for the carbon tax and rebate program in Canada. I support the program, even though it costs me money. > someone who
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by jogjayr 2y ago
That's fair. Most of the popular soft drinks today were invented in the US - Pepsi, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, 7-up, Slice, Dr. Pepper.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
They're all popular drinks associated with their respective food cultures. That's all. I'm not comparing the skill in manufacturing Coke vs beer or wine.
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by jogjayr 2y ago
Inventing Coke, toaster pastries, and breakfast cereals was neither quick, nor easy. And drinks are a part of cuisine. If we can't count Coke, we also can't include French wine-making or German brewing. What's a "cultura

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