Ill_ban_myself

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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Started as an intern at Boeing in 1985. 34 year career down in flames. Ouch.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Considering the cost of the machine is inevitable, but that cost calculus will ultimately include a lot more variables than the MSRP. Ultimately these machines need to be insured. The fact that the decisions can and will need to be pre-prog
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
If you solve a technology problem and ignore the legal one and it hasn't resulted in a profitable enterprise then capitalism should do its job.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
True conservatism can be appealing when every new thing is a means to strip away rights, money, and privacy.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
If pay weren’t a consideration I would have been working at a coffee shop years ago. I love working with a complicated temperamental machine and cranky demanding sometimes charming people. Which is why I went with my 2nd choice: programming
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Family requires compromise and, like diplomacy, cannot effectively function with unlimited transparency.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
There's one big difference here, I'd bet. Do you have children? Or a spouse? Because as assiduously as you can corral your own content for pesky ads there will be devices, services, and platforms that your children or your spouse
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Bet you giggled.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Did you know Mussolini helped pioneer one of the first effective biofuels? He was a horrible fascist but the trains ran on thyme.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Consultants have usually seen 10-20 successful versions of what you are trying to do and 3-4 failed versions materialize over the last three years. The difference is usually whether the companies involved had the money and focus to mostly f
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Here, take your father’s parentheses.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
In 10 or 15 years the the better way to effect change will be armed conflict in addition to economic recession. In another 30 years there will be no way to effect change. The time to act is now.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
There's a whole movie about it if you haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA unless this was an intentional reference, then, whoosh
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
The effect on housing you see is a unique artifact of unconstrained unregulated capitalism: Property investment firms and private, "house flippers" have been buying up old houses at market value in many US cities for over a decade
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Who let their Markov chain in here?
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
I worked for HS2, they are now "Bounteous" after rebranding and acquiring some promising eCommerce and marketing agencies. They did the pizza tracker and consulted on the marketing and some design work (mostly for Dominos Canada)
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Many AGs in the United States agree and have taken major steps to put into law or set strong precedent that non-competes are exclusive to senior leadership and always come with explicit compensation packages. See NY, CA, MA
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
history. and that's a big deal.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
I hope you speak barbar
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Exactly. The rule should be that China must pay western wages and subsidize western working conditions if they want western trade secrets
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Because if it did not stop it would imply the Chinese government accepts and approves of the criminal acts
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
They are really shooting themselves in the foot over HK
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Total control of the lives of your citizens is evil. It’s an evil goal. It’s evil if you’re Chinese. It’s evil if you’re European. It’s a goal for insects. Not humans. I will morally judge total control of citizens with my voice, my wallet,
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Soft influence. Release a couple more international films. Allow at least one major American company unfettered access to the Chinese market (better if it were an underdog American company whose brand is an up and coming younger hip version
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Exactly!
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
China has intentionally conflated dealings with government cartels with capitalist enterprise. Its just a means to obscure what would otherwise be called "treason" and sweep under the rug any notion that your business can be, &quo
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
>I suffer from deep depression because I wageslave for a surveillance capitalist and I'm also terrible at writing JavaScript. Should I start microdosing lsd or just kill myself? Ouch.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
People don't talk. HR departments talk. If you consider them people then that's on you.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
Move jobs after a year or so for more money regardless of whether you like your employer. Circumstances change. Your salary stays with you long after that great manager has moved on.
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by Ill_ban_myself 7y ago
I think this misconception stems primarily from the 2008 Obama campaign where groundbreaking work was done directly by Obama's campaign staff using social media for outreach and organizing. This was largely driven by open and direct ch

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