Arizhel

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901.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Nope. It's simple: if this were an option, they'd have already done it. Microsoft could easily just pack up and move all their dev work to India. There's a large supply of workers there, and they can pay them a fraction of
902.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>people getting scammed or worse by shady drivers or landlords People get scammed by shady taxi drivers and landlords all the time. Regulations don't work. Haven't you heard about all the taxi drivers who don't take cred
903.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>I kinda like hotel and taxi regulations. I feel they keep things safe, clean and above-board. Your feelings don't match reality. The licensed taxis I've ridden in were nasty, far worse than the unlicensed Uber cars I'v
904.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Do you work in/for the Gendarmerie? I seriously doubt it's like you say. It's probably a lot more like a "custom made distro" that's based on Ubuntu as Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu: all the core stuff exactly
905.
by Arizhel 10y ago
I don't live in Russia or China. I'm not worried about their governments not liking me.
906.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>How exactly can you "decimate" someone in nuclear capability? That's easy: you destroy 1/10 of their forces. If you mean anything else by using the term "decimate", you're using it wrong.
907.
by Arizhel 10y ago
The TPP was a significant issue in the election, and helped get Trump elected. It even divided the Democratic party, and Hillary finally switched sides and was against it. The TPP had way too much input from Obama's corporate masters
908.
by Arizhel 10y ago
There's only one solution: Universal Basic Income.
909.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Having kids with the futile hope of somehow "prolonging your consciousness" through them seems pretty silly to me. The main valid reason I see for anyone to have kids (esp. in a hypothetical future where we've achieved biolo
910.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>I believe there is room for a private social network that is peer-to-peer, encrypted, with no central servers and an open spec. We already have this. It's called "Diaspora". It's a great idea using all the things y
911.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>For example, Facebook login becoming essentially a universal identity provider. Yep, this is the #1 reason I still have a FB account. Until recently, I needed it so I could use Tinder. I have a great gf now, but just in case that fail
912.
by Arizhel 10y ago
This is the first I've heard of it. Just like I said before, if the Windows UI were really that hated and unpopular, this thing would be common knowledge and selling like hotcakes. It isn't. Maybe the word just hasn't gott
913.
by Arizhel 10y ago
> We will, but the government won't. And because the government needs to keep tax income flowing, it will promote native procreation. I disagree with this, and I cite reality as proof: what western governments are actually successfu
914.
by Arizhel 10y ago
I've never understood this idea of creating kids as a means of immortality or prolonging consciousness. Your kids aren't you, and they don't even think like you. Even Plato complained about the younger generation having poo
915.
by Arizhel 10y ago
What about people who have kids they don't love? I knew someone like this; she was an older lady (50s at the time), with a really wonderful personality but disabled. She had one son from a prior marriage. She finally had to break of
916.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Yes, I'll admit that in some extreme cases like that, Congress might be able to push back against Trump. But it has to be pretty ridiculous it seems (DeVos is an especially horrible pick).
917.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Voters. Trump was elected (indirectly) by the voters. Nearly half the electorate voted for him. The EC only meant that he didn't need a popular majority nationwide, just majorities in particular states where the EC gives voters more
918.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Ok, then how exactly do you propose tech companies hire you when you absolutely refuse to leave this rural area? You think they're going to set up a satellite office just so they can hire one or two people out in SmallTown? Of course
919.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>That's not entirely fair. Several Republicans have objected to things he's done on other bases, including the immigration E.O. Ok, to be fair, out of several hundred Republicans, you're going to find a few here and there
920.
by Arizhel 10y ago
How exactly are they supposed to afford to live there? A ramshackle crack house in Vancouver costs $1M+. Silicon Valley is dirt cheap by comparison. Toronto is also quite expensive these days. Also, Canada does not have the same langua
921.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>we will start departing in hordes and take that American Dream appeal with us. And where will you go? I can't think of very many nations which are remotely competitive with the US as a place for tech work. Either their infrastruc
922.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Oh please. Congress has been stuffed with GOP people who are in league with him. The only time they complain is when he does something that isn't conservative enough for them, like when he issued a statement that his administration w
923.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>What I think would really help America (and the world by proxy) is if for every immigrant a tech company imports, they must hire two rural American workers from a community that's average income is less than the national median. Th
924.
by Arizhel 10y ago
I think it's safe to assume that a greater percentage of Trump voters are cable TV subscribers than non-Trump voters. So I don't see the problem; the Trump supporters are getting what they voted for.
925.
by Arizhel 10y ago
If you don't like the way the company treats you as a (potential) customer, then don't subscribe to their service. This isn't like AT&T. For one thing, cable television is a luxury service, not a necessity for modern lif
926.
by Arizhel 10y ago
If people actually cared about it that much, at the very least there'd be some 3rd-party program available for Windows that would improve the UI, and it'd be selling like hotcakes. I've never heard of any. Same goes for MacO
927.
by Arizhel 10y ago
The other problem you're missing is what happens when you have health problems? No health insurance means you're screwed as soon as you have any kind of problem at all.
928.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Look, I don't like the flat-UI trend any more than you, but there's two simple facts here: 1) It's not just MS pushing the flat-UI trend. Apple and Google are too, along with every other Web/UI designer out there. Ever
929.
by Arizhel 10y ago
To be fair, NYC is very, very different from the rest of the US. Reading over many of these comments, the people saying that kids can't roam in their areas are living in suburban places where you need a car to go anywhere, and it&#x27
930.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>You pick your stuff, you weigh it yourself, you choose the right tag (without anyone looking over your shoulder) and then you go to a (nowadays potentially automated) cashier. The US has its faults to be sure, but it's not that dif

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