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Re:Canada Uses Excel as Random Number Generator for Immigrat... by rarec on Sunday June 10, 2018 @08:36PM (#17280934)
That's not exactly honest. There's a reason there's no small remote-only startups in those massive expanses of land; there's nothing there to begin with.
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Re:Canada Uses Excel as Random Number Generator for Immigrat... by gregknicholson on Monday June 11, 2018 @06:14AM (#17283102)
If you're only interested in growing an economy — as opposed to growing a society — it makes sense to give that land to businesses who will pay taxes.
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