Jochim

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by Jochim 6y ago
Only explicit collusion would be new there. The big tech companies have been strangling any particularly strong looking startup in the cradle through acquisition for years now.
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by Jochim 6y ago
It's a view that I once held and it's easy to agree with reflexively because it appears correct at a surface level. Poor white people hearing about "white privilege" does alienate them, it implies they've failed eve
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by Jochim 6y ago
It hasn't though, the rate of gain for the wealthy has increased.
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by Jochim 6y ago
> It's weird how so many people are apparently in denial about this. It's worrying how many people think it's the way things should be.
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by Jochim 6y ago
In regards to society computers are still a relatively new invention. The behaviour we're seeing at the moment will either be regulated away or the affected populations will end up as neo-serfs, subjects to decision making systems they
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by Jochim 6y ago
I wouldn't characterise them as a hardware business, their main focus is on software and they happen to be willing to produce hardware when they feel they need to.
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by Jochim 6y ago
I was able to get latency down to 10-20ms using steam link over ethernet, it works great for pretty much everything. It might give you problems if you're playing at a very high level in csgo/fighting games, but for most people it&
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by Jochim 6y ago
I do wish valve would put some cash into publishing some high quality VR titles though. So many quality VR games are Oculus exclusives, it's saddening watching Facebook try to monopolise the space.
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by Jochim 6y ago
It used to be much better, but publishers cracked down on it when it started gaining traction. I think it's ridiculous that a publisher can prevent me from using my license on what is essentially rented cloud hardware. IP laws have com
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by Jochim 6y ago
Ah, that's interesting. I had assumed any partnership would have integrated with the desktop steam client rather than a third party app, although I can see the benefits of separating it out in terms of pricing/billing models.
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by Jochim 6y ago
Valve have their own VR headset, the Valve Index. Steam Link was previously a hardware dongle but has been replaced by android/smart TV apps with the same name. I'm surprised Nvidia didn't attempt to partner with them rather
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by Jochim 6y ago
I guess it depends on the ratio of effort to reward. Personally I think arguing for levelling the playing field through tax reform would lead to quicker/easier results than arguing for altering the ways in which companies may invest in
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by Jochim 6y ago
I think increased employment would have a negative effect on the road to that more perfect world by masking the underlying issues. Pursuing increased employment as the goal distracts from the real changes that have to be made in order to fa
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by Jochim 6y ago
That assumes that they need more employees in the first place. Even then I don't believe companies hiring more employees is necessarily a good thing, unless you believe in work for work's sake. Robust corporate taxation pays for d
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by Jochim 6y ago
> In the same way that a 401k is set up for a specific purpose, IKEA's foundation was also set up for a very specific purpose. If anything, the purpose was criticized as being overly narrow, and they recently updated it to be more b
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by Jochim 6y ago
Class solidarity is non-existent in the US. Racial issues are much more visible. Poverty tends to be chronic and society to this day attempts to dismiss it as laziness or personal failure on the part of the individual, there isn't real
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by Jochim 6y ago
It's possible to be technically correct but still be an asshole. Making use of the ability to employ considerable resources to reduce your corporation's tax burden in ways that organisations without those resources cannot is absol
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by Jochim 6y ago
A 401k has the specific purpose of helping individuals fund their retirement years, something society has agreed is worth providing some benefit for. There is an element of intention to the exemption and it serves a specific purpose. > I
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by Jochim 6y ago
I'm sure Amazon isn't the only place that can afford to pay more, but they are definitely a great example for why our current economic system isn't fit for purpose.
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by Jochim 6y ago
> The US left appear to be descendeding into full bore anti-conservative hysteria. This is exceptionally dangerous because when the left has taken power in the past with that kind of mentality it ended up in bloodshed on massive scales.
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by Jochim 6y ago
This only holds true for places where there's no room to increase the staffing budget. There are some industries where it might have an effect, restaurants/coffee shops in particular. But I wouldn't expect mass produced goods
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by Jochim 6y ago
The US and to a lesser extent the EU sold their manufacturing sectors to China without any idea of what to replace them with or what to do with the populations who relied on that work, we are feeling the pain of a self inflicted wound. They
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by Jochim 6y ago
This is the same kind of mental gymnastics that gave us trickle down economics. The societal ethics, morality and the spirit of the law should all be taken into account when judging behaviour. Exploiting tax structures in order to conceal i
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by Jochim 6y ago
I used to think this. I used to watch a lot of media from youtube creators that were previously part of the atheism movement and gradually transitioned into right wing content. Once I started also consuming media from people on the left, I
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by Jochim 6y ago
There appears to be two camps of people in this debate. Those who expect corporations to behave according to the ethics and morals of society and those who believe corporations should attempt to extract as much profit as possible. To those
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by Jochim 6y ago
You really can't imagine why a person kicked out by their religious parents for being gay would be apprehensive about entering a homeless shelter operated by that same religious group?
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by Jochim 6y ago
The point is that giving poor people clothing, and a home is the start. It's the first step in a process that allows you to target narrower segments with more specific needs and it's both better for society and cheaper than lockin
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by Jochim 6y ago
I can see people taking issue with the word "prefer" in relation to getting drunk. It makes the tone of the OP seem dismissive of the fact that by the point you're putting alcohol/drugs before shelter and food you'r
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by Jochim 6y ago
Nazis do exist however and they seem to really like Trump's rallies. Obviously most Trump supporters aren't Nazis, but they also don't really seem to mind having them around.
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by Jochim 6y ago
Is it annoying because it seems disingenuous? If so what makes it so? I used to be much more cynical about unwarranted praise/positivity. My mind has pretty much been changed by my current job, our team lead doesn't communicate ho

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