Frondo

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by Frondo 9y ago
The "lowest bid" thing is actually now starting to change. Government buyers are starting to get trained--and there is an accompanying culture shift--on the idea of best value, which is a combination of price, timeliness, ability
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by Frondo 9y ago
You aren't the only person with that view, of course, but certainly there are many of us now who disagree with your assessment. Even using words like "fragile" seems out of line--she's a talk show host who refused to tak
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by Frondo 9y ago
Heh, that's a really interesting point. If I can go into Google and click a box to completely expunge my google history, why can't I do the same with a credit-reporting agency? I get that the thinking is, well, you could just expu
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by Frondo 9y ago
I know the point you're trying to make, and I'd say more to that point: we already recognize that you can't sign a contract that strips you of some basic human rights. You can't sign a contract that enslaves you, etc.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Frankly speaking, if we're going to be tracked (and we are, lots and lots), I want the government as involved as possible, whether through strict regulations or through being the central repository for that information. Maybe do it sta
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by Frondo 9y ago
You may have no plans to ever invite the public into a commercially-zoned facility, and in that case, making it wheelchair-accessible might make no sense. But if you suddenly had to up and move, and sell the space, well, it's still zon
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by Frondo 9y ago
Please don't use that whataboutism here. But, since you asked, businesses that offer services to the public can refuse service to anyone UNLESS they're refusing a member of a protected class, for being a member of a protected clas
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by Frondo 9y ago
What's the external cost of a smoker's choice to smoke, on shortened lifespan, lost time to medical care, whatever? What's the externality society bears for the individual's pleasure? Figure that out, and assign tobacco
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by Frondo 9y ago
Reproduction is one consequence of one specific sex act. Hetero vaginal intercourse often doesn't result in procreation, and that's your best shot at it anyway. There isn't really any universal default consequence, just
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by Frondo 9y ago
Unions don't have to pay based on seniority. They are democratically organized, and as such, are structured to reflect the will of their members. Don't want seniority-based pay? Don't set up your union contract that way.
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by Frondo 9y ago
A union is also a democratically-run organization, so if you disagree with it, you have some recourse. A workplace is not democratically run, so if you disagree with it, you are also screwed, only this time you have no recourse.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Over 10 years ago, I had my gallbladder taken out. I spent two nights in the hospital (one in the ER, where they diagnosed it, and one more after they took it out). I was uninsured at the time, and at the end was given a bill for $18,000.
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by Frondo 9y ago
1) No, on a desktop, you will almost certainly never notice. (I don't, and I've been on systemd-using distributions for some time. It's a workstation, and as long as wake/sleep work, wifi works, and all that jazz, how
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by Frondo 9y ago
What is an alternative to unions that gives workers some power in the relationship between worker and employer?
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by Frondo 9y ago
I also have direct experience with the opposite: an older friend (late 50s), socially isolated, who over the last year or two has self-radicalized into a hardcore Muslim hater. A few years ago he was just a plain ol' gentle soul, and
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by Frondo 9y ago
I also skipped getting health insurance in my 20s, which I deeply regretted when I needed unexpected emergency surgery to remove a diseased organ. The hospital that did it was religiously affiliated and knocked a huge amount off my total ho
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by Frondo 9y ago
Preface: this is an honest question, stemming from my own life and current group of friends--the circumstances that frame the issue for me--it isn't intended as snark or a take-down or anything... Do you have many friends right now who
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by Frondo 9y ago
Just FYI, Telugu is spoken by like 70 million people. It's nice that there are 365 more articles written in it, but there is also a wide variety of media being churned out in Telugu every day, like Tollywood cinema.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Yep. I have relatives who voted for him because, in their words, "look at the markets!! We're doing great!" They really don't give a shit about anyone or anything but their investment holdings. Nothing but some number
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by Frondo 9y ago
Personally, I agree! I'd get the government out of marriage entirely, except to recognize whatever union you wanted. Because again there are real-world consequences, like being considered a family member if your loved one's in a
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by Frondo 9y ago
My heart goes out to those lonely people. I think, though, the reality is that politics (and concomitant voting choices) has consequences on the lives of others, and this pattern of some social isolation is in turn a consequence of that. It
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by Frondo 9y ago
My friends and I would like to pay our rent and buy our food and maintain our cars with the thing you propose we keep score with, instead of money.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Yep, this is the end-game of "customers buy benefits, not features" marketing writing. Don't get me wrong, I'm fully on board with the idea of marketing your benefits, not features, but so very much of the marketing writ
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by Frondo 9y ago
Of course it's achievable, if you just look at the money. This is a vastly wealthy country, the money's there to provide for every social program imaginable. It's not culturally achievable because Americans buy into a just w
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by Frondo 9y ago
I would love for software engineering to have the same licensing requirements as civil and structural engineering. For simple stuff, like building a deck, you don't need an engineer. For a lot of basic-enough construction projects, yo
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by Frondo 9y ago
That's it in a nutshell. There are people here who'll do the work, do any work, for the right money. Employers don't want to pay, though. You've seen those charts about productivity graphed against worker pay, and how f
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by Frondo 9y ago
I know a few Tesla owners (I'm not one myself). The Tesla's a fun car for them, and a daily driver for one of them, but in no case their only car. None of them has any interest in doing their own repairs, and never will.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Scalping's a good example of how markets break down for what we want as a society . Most of us have a visceral reaction to scalpers because we want to live in a world where music and shows are a cultural experience more of us can sha
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by Frondo 9y ago
Reminds me of my favorite taoist saying: We honor what lies within our sphere of knowledge, but fail to acknowledge how much we depend on what lies beyond it.
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by Frondo 9y ago
Sorry, but this is nonsense. Eliminating racism doesn't turn society into a monoculture--it permits lots of different cultures to coexist without threat of violence. The world would be better off in every way without racism (except for

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