They've actually done very well with "hype" as it were. I guess this goes to show that you too can spend tons of VC dollars, make yourself "popular" and never make any money, but the popularity is enough to make you worth money, even though you're losing money. Fascinating. I almost wonder if they should sell now, just in case they run out of VC "at some point in the near future" and stuff hits the fan...or maybe they'll be "worth" far more in the future, hard to tell...
Totally agree, jet just...doesn't have some things. But it does have some other things, and sometimes slightly lower than amazon. It's so low I almost made a purchase with them once!
I guess the fear is that you'll anchor it "lower" than they would have. Example if they are intending to pay 120, and you say "I'm hoping to make 110" they might just come down to 110. But I suppose if you start at your high range that might be in your favor. Some of us (myself included) just don't know what we're worth so it's hard to know how to start the deal...
I've heard similar advice, but instead of just making it up say "my current salary is confidential" (then, if press, "I hope to make XX at my next gig" or what not).
This is a tricky one. Once again it could just be correlation, and "people who can't hold down a job" are more likely to get divorced, not necessarily "some person who gets fired" is more likely to get divorced, non causal as it were...
Unfortunately also the case for me. Whenever I use somebody else's computer or setup a new one, it's search for something then 'what the heck, what is this?" switch back to google, and think "I wonder if this will alienate some FF users" (since the default search results are less useful). So possibly long term loss by FF...
Be careful, though, sometimes "code all day" is actually a form of addiction and...in the end of it all...you'll end up possibly unhappy, take it from me :|
To test this hypothesis, try not coding for a couple weeks, and avoiding other possibly addictive habits. See if you go through a "withdrawal" as it were...best of luck to you and us both!
Though in retrospect that's for one person, maybe they could rent a room? I assume if a family is on this they each get the $1K? kids too? unclear...
overall the experiment is "slightly different" than giving the poor yearly tax refunds (ex: it gives money to the rich and the poor) so...maybe useful :)
According to the article they chose it because of "Its simplicity, safety, performance, and readability" perhaps it has more in some of those than Erlang does/did... ?
Good idea, I've had good luck in the past with asking management "what does it look like if I improve?" then you implement suggestions that they give you. Management types love this :)
I could see applying for a jury trial if you need time to...gather evidence to get ready or something but...just to be able to keep living there "rent free" ??? I guess if the landlord has done something awful and you want to get back at them maybe but...
Hmm yes my first question was "does the rent contract stipulate he can raise rents? or is it month to month so he can change it whenever he wants"? (assuming its a male landlord, sorry ladies)
Wow, seems something's a bit "out of whack" or "outdated" when a landlord wakes up and realizes "wait, I could charge 10x the rent!" :) I assume he could't just evict the tenant because of some kind of tenancy laws or something?
I had a similar initial question, since I heard once that Germans (?) already have a basic income system in place, though possibly only for the poor ($500/month plus housing or something like that). Though I suppose "that's Germans, not us" or what not.
Unfortunately the study, even at 5 years, doesn't seem long enough, in my mind, to gauge if people under it would "just move to Albuquerque where the cost of living is cheap" (or perhaps UBI could/should be adjusted based on location dunno...)