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1. codedokode · 1790527249 · focus · HN ↗

   So $80 is considered a "cheap room"? How is a person supposed to earn $80 a day to pay for it and have something left?

   Also, cells can have scales? Amazing.

   1. dpc050505 · 1790534398 · focus · HN ↗

      Per diems in the civil engineering union agreement in my Canadian province are 180$ a day to cover lodging and food when you're working away from home. Most people manage to spend less and save the leftover. That's tax free money unrelated to what you're actually getting paid for the work or transport time.

      80$ might seem like a lot of money if you're making 60k a year as a biologist. If you're in a field where profit is the reason you work 80$ is peanuts.

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