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This isn't a new wave. Just the same wave by the same people.


But it's easier to get into Harvard than get locked up if you're rich amirite? /s


Everyone says Amazon, Amazon, Amazon but the head tax also would have affected every business doing $20mm/year like grocery, drug stores and even gasp Starbucks! Places where employees are definitely not making six figures on average.

Plus government spending here like many other cities is not well managed. See bike lanes. See the fact that they fired Wells Fargo and then re-hired Wells Fargo because no one else would take their business.

Homelessness is a real problem, but there needs to be more dialogue and better planning before rushing in and taxing growth.

Probably a better idea to look at how the tax system is setup here to favor the wealthy versus low income.


0.9% increase on a minimum wage salary.

Just salary, not even the full cost of having an employee on staff.

I just refuse to believe this is a massive burden on these businesses without numbers.

People said the same stuff about the minimum wage increase.

> Probably a better idea to look at how the tax system is setup here to favor the wealthy versus low income.

They did and that's why they decided on this tax instead of yet more horribly regressive sales taxes.

Washington has a god awful tax system. This is one of the options they had to get the money without squeezing the poor and middle class even more.


Twitter has done this to me twice.

I had a deep and random conversation about Oreos and the tv show Colony recently.

Within a day ads started showing up on my timeline.


Is this satire?


No, actually happened. Both so random that I'm convinced twitter is listening in! Not sure how I was targeted for both otherwise.


I flew two extra trips to Asia last year to get American Airlines Executive Platinum status.

After a year and getting all the nice lounge access and international long-haul upgrades, I think it's worth it!

Take my girlfriend and family around the world using a combination of miles / money and everything things I'm rich, when really I'm just a wannabe travel hacker.


What is etsy spending their money on? What's their main expense? Talent?


I recommend adding Bob's Red Mill Potato Starch to your diet / regiment. Wonderful resistant starch product.


Can you expand on why this would be a benefit?


My 2 cents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistant_starch#Potential_heal.... Dietary fiber (which resistant starch is) is often, by my impression, recommended as part of the diet to improve colonic health.


Heh heh, I'm laughing that you are downvoted and you literally had the absolute most useful and best suggestion of any post here. Not everyone hangs out in the paleo world though clearly as some of the discussion here shows the hacker news people are light years behind the paleo world in terms of up to date scientific knowledge about health.


Ouch no HBO Go.


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I just did this for a CheapoAirFlights.co.uk flight to Saigon from London. Booking from a US IP cost a few hundred more, but I fired up the VPN and it worked fine.


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