Usually it is required upon purchase of a home

“No HOA” was one of the absolutely essential parts of my home search a few years back, both as an auto enthusiast and as a musician.

Why do people join HOAs?

Honest question, I’ve never heard of *any* good reason to be part of one; they just seem like you’re agreeing to give control over what you can and can’t do on your property to the worst bored old-lady busybody stereotypes.

Because public transit in Minnesota is awesome! :/

Safety in a collision, you say?

Pictured: This car’s arch-enemy.

That image sells surprisingly well abroad. For bikes that are less than ideal for either the small, curvy roads of Europe or the rutted unpaved roads in India, I’m always impressed by their sales. It’s a luxury good and a status symbol.

Harley sells bikes in the US based mostly on heritage and image. That doesn’t translate well internationally, especially when there are better, cheaper options available.

Yeah, the entire field of quality assurance was designed to ensure standards are met regardless of which country or how competent or motivated your work force happens to be. India builds their own space rockets and satellites. They can figure out a Harley. If the product is shit, the process to build it and qualify it…

The new BMW is built in India. Its gotten good reviews. Nothing inherently wrong with Indian manufacturing.

Its not a tax; its a tariff. That’s a special tax imposed only on goods being imported.

Your Amazon/MS comparison is incorrect and has been debunked before.

The second and third paragraphs of the article sum up the crux of the argument and rely on verifiable fact. The article is too long and goes too wide, sure, but those two paragraphs are key.

Perhaps you think there’s nothing wrong with the contractor structure, and how nice for you if that’s the case. But the finance…

You obviously understand the role of HR. HR had legal responsibilities to investigate claims of sexual harassment, not just say they’d give someone a “stern talking to.” If they don’t, such as in this case, they set the company up for expensive lawsuits.

As someone who works in HR, these startups, and any company in their early years, exercise literally zero focus on running their business in a lawful manner. And you’re right, they won’t change.

Lots of employees seem to have the wrong idea of what HR does. Human Resources does things in the best interest of the company, not the employees. It’s right there in the name; “Human Resources” as in, human management, they figure out the best ways to exploit the staff.

Human—>Resources. It’s not a name, it’s a mission statement that’s lacking punctuation.

This is pretty typical of a company with rapid expansion, especially in a new market. The workplace becomes a “wild west” show, especially if the middle and upper management knows that they have friends in HR who won’t actually do anything about their behavior.

Photoshop is a thing.

There’s plenty of charity being given without the expectation for anything (especially accolades) in return.

Lyft is being reactive by using optics to take a bite out of Uber’s customer base. We can speculate about whether or not they would have donated to the ACLU had Uber not have fucked up so publicly, but it’s important for customers to know what they are buying into. Uber fucks over drivers and has Trump connections.…