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4 years ago
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on: What's Accenture? (2020)
This is a good thing IMO. Accenture and the other body shops are a giant wealth redistribution machine. Its selfish to think that only FAANG employees should hold all the wealth. Let it trickle down to other less equal humans too.
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5 years ago
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on: CRTC allows small wireless carriers to use big networks
If paying high cellular, internet & home prices is a sign of “developed” world. Yes
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5 years ago
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on: CRTC allows small wireless carriers to use big networks
In front of the scenes: Canadians pay the highest cellular bills & internet bills.
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5 years ago
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on: Establishing Twitter's Presence in Africa
Twitter infects Africa.
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5 years ago
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on: Prince Philip has died
Lols !
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5 years ago
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on: A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco
A new to the country colleague of mine in Overland Park, Kansas thought First Watch was a security service until I took him for breakfast there.
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5 years ago
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on: Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules
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5 years ago
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on: Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Relocation
Education yes. Everything else you won’t be that glad.
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5 years ago
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on: Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Relocation
People choosing Quebec to immigrate must be either fluent in French or stupid. Quebec immigration is perhaps one of the most arcane system and politically influenced. To compare it only takes 4 or 6 months to get a PR in rest of Canada if you have the right skills. In Quebec, even if you have the right skills and speaks French, it takes a minimum of 2 years if the red tape allows. If you do not know French with the right skills 3 to 4 years.
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5 years ago
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on: IKEA to discontinue its annual catalog, ending a 70-year run
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5 years ago
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on: The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
Can’t know this by looking at it from the outside. A renter or even a buyer gets so little time to analyze what’s underneath the flooring or inside the common walls. I do not know if one can request the materials and blueprint of a condo before buying it.
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5 years ago
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on: The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
I don’t think they will put up with these issues and live there like the rest of us. They are only concerned about the property value going down.
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5 years ago
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on: The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
I completely agree. The very old buildings in Montreal are soundproof. But the new “optimized” condos coming up have thin concrete floors(the bare minimum code) and the common walls are also soundproofed to the bare minimum code I think STC 50 if I remember.
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5 years ago
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on: The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
Call me crazy but when I rent a condo, I try google street maps and go back in history and if I am lucky I get to see the construction phase. That will give an idea about how thick the concrete and the overall structure is. Another way is to look at the balconies. The floor will be as thick as balconies. The walls are a hit or miss. But if you knock on them and press your ears you can get some idea. Apartments near to a garbage chute or elevator will be noisy if not properly soundproofed.
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5 years ago
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on: Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools
Meanwhile Quebec banned religious attire for government servants which disproportionately affects Muslim women.
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5 years ago
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on: Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
Hey Signal, your next contender will be Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Indian govt. But Modi is one step ahead, blocked the whole internet in Delhi.
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5 years ago
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on: IKEA using AR to let users decide which furniture fits where (2020)
IKEA should solve their delivery issue and stock sync in their website first.
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5 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Questions to ask a company to know you don't want to work there?
I will ask something like these.
Do you provide free snacks for those who work late hours in this company ?
Is there referral bonus ?
Yes to anyone of those question is a red flag.
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5 years ago
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on: DOJ fines Boeing over $2.5B, charges it with fraud conspiracy
$500 million fund for crash victims family members (346 human lives)
and $1.77 billion for its airline customers. Justice served. Now Boeing can rinse and repeat not to mention bail out from tax payers if there is a need to be. So who went to jail for this ? I know that if I steal from Walmart, I will be arrested and possibly get jail time.
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5 years ago
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on: Poll: Switching from WhatsApp
Have to keep in mind that WhatsApp's customer base is not the western world, but mainly growing economies like India and African countries. WhatsApp recently rolled out Payments feature in India. In fact WhatsApp for Business is pretty good for SME to conduct business in India. Some of the shops that I went to India has paperless receipts and digital payments thru WhatsApp and UPI. They ask your WhatsApp number by default and sends you the receipt on WhatsApp. I find that very convenient as a customer. The horse has left the barn. Good luck asking people to switch to Signal or Telegram there. Switching to others will only help in making a political statement but wont help in mass adoption at least in those countries.
