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by 35997279 3y ago
This is what has always confused me about the student debt conversation. $25,000 is not a lot of debt. That's about what it cost to get a brand new Toyota Corolla. On top of which, the terms of this debt is very favorable. PAYE, low in
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> There was never going to be long term survival. Yes. It’s an tablet on a bike connected to a VOD workout service. Apple was always just about to eat their lunch. The day they announced Fitness+ was probably the day everyone in the C-Su
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> I don't like it, but there's nothing stopping your neighbor or anyone else from filming your home from a public/street view This is not a natural occurrence, not a law of physics like gravity. It’s the result of large co
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by 35997279 3y ago
Well, I would question the notion (as others have) that union activity is anti-company or company-undermining. The company managers may perceive it that way, but that doesn’t make it the case. There seems to be an underlying assertion embed
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>Why does an employer need to lend anything to union work or organizing? The complaint alleges that Amazon prevented employees from posting union-related material in a non-work area during non-work hours, in violation of Section 8(a)(1)
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by 35997279 3y ago
>surely if this is starting to show signs of success Alphabet just swoops in and buys up Uber It's too late for that. The regulatory pendulum for mergers like this is swinging the other way. The public was indifferent to big tech go
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by 35997279 3y ago
The “sorry the credit card machine is broken” scam is about as ludicrous as the homeless people asking me for $1. Buddy, I haven’t carried cash since the Obama administration. Half the time I don’t even carry a credit card.
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Can you get a taxi to show up? The last two times I tried to rebel against the rideshare duopoly was the morning before international flights. Trips to the airport are the only use case I have for rideshare. Both times I scheduled the pick
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by 35997279 3y ago
> It can be a great help for suicidal patients or for getting traditional treatment started, but it’s not a singular solution to depression for most people. Is there any singular solution to depression for most people?
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We are at least two generations removed from any possible, popularly conceivable alternative to capitalism. Such an alternative is not generated from thin air; it must be cultivated. Any criticism, to be useful, must be consist of two parts
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Yes. For a prime example of this, see the Apple Watch, which took 7 iterations to get full functionality.
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It’s much worse. A webpage that is presented as the result of a user input has a certain context, an embedded assumption/understanding that an inappropriate result could be the result of a malformed query. Put another way: Google is sa
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Incoherent? You mean you don’t understand the ideas themselves because of the medium by which it was transmitted? Be serious. You yourself are reading these words on a machine that is the result of capitalist and military influence. Does th
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“We should improve society somewhat” vibes here. Speaking of academic challenges that are largely ineffectual: ideological purity games likes this are equally meaningless. Either the ideas are sound, or they’re not. Which ideas do you think