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Re: Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?

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That feels like it should be its own post. But be safe out there.

Why? They could also target wealthy neighborhoods with pretty much the same outcome.

Because they get details on items in your safe, that you thought were hidden. The second you buy precious metals with physical delivery, you get not only the criminals who break into houses in your wealthy area, but also the criminals who specialise in stealing and selling the things you just bought.

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This is also why certain homes get hit in high-end burglary crews. There are multiple crews hitting those who purchase precious metals with physical delivery (like gold American Eagle coins). It is not all positive. Considering how few victims even bother to report such crimes, it is terrifying. From what I understand from my cousin, a career criminal, there are entire theft rings working off of databases such as the…

What? Criminal gangs have access to databases of purchasers of jewelry and precious metals? Then they B+E, safecrack, and rob them? That’s an insane claim to make without any source besides your cousin.

I can confirm, I'm a member of one of these criminal gangs. Although, we specialize in who recently purchased nvidia discrete gpus.

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Wow first we got our rents fixed, now we're getting our wages fixed. Awesome

Been going on for a while:

High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation is a 2010 United States Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust action and a 2013 civil class action against several Silicon Valley companies for alleged "no cold call" agreements which restrained the recruitment of high-tech employees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...>

Re: Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?

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FWIW, I believe RealPage works to lower rent. Every landlord wants to say, “We charge below the 50% mark”, thereby steadily lowering it over time.

> Every company wants to say, "We pay above the 50% mark" This is a true thing I've heard several company representatives say. > Every landlord wants to say, “We charge below the 50% mark” This is not a thing I have ever heard any landlord say.

That's the point. It was a sarcastic response to point out how ridiculous it sounds.

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What stops senior devs in Germany from remote contracting for foreign companies that pay better?

Not everyone wants to be self-employed is at least one factor.

That's a significant factor here in Taiwan, also.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?

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Isn't this just salary benchmarking. It's been happening for ages. As far as I know they submit the data anonymously with only your job title. so that companies can benchmark their pay ranges against others for the same role. It forces upward pressure on wages for some companies too.
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