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Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America (www.inc.com)

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair if I'm coming over then it'd be for one of two things. Either one of my freelance customers has a big project they want me to work on full time and in-person, in which case they'd likely want me in a pretty damn hot and red part of the country, for which they'd have to pay me at least double my already decently high hourly rate (I'd be ok with this if I got triple digits hourly) - and I don't think they have any such projects coming up... Or more likely, one day I want to visit the country with my kid, go on a roadtrip, see some of the national parks, etc. They're currently way too young to appreciate that so I think it'd make more sense in like 7 or 8 years. By then I'm hoping the fascism has died down.

There would otherwise be more reason for me to visit - I have experience with some niche software built purely for the US market and do think I could architect a competitor in a market that only has choices ranking from bad to worse... But at this rate, I don't trust the US to be a stable enough business environment for me as a foreigner in particular.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I imagine visiting the US when/if we manage to overcome our fascism problem would be similar to what it was like to visit Germany in the 50s.