OjotCewIo

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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> Written by a European. Well, I live in Central-Eastern Europe, and even though I 100% agree with the problem statement, the proposed solutions sound unrealistic to me as well ;)
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Sitting on death row is psychologically devastating.
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> I personally don't understand why people need so much money - healthcare (where I live, we have public health care, i.e., my salary is taxed to oblivion, but if you want good for yourself and your family, you'll pay a second
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Agree with your points about public institutions and NGOs. Where I live, having NGO projects on your CV could even work against you (in case you were looking for a government job, down the line). > floor tiling, plumbing, roofing, ...
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> company that isn't looking to grow I don't think such a thing exists (unfortunately). Show me a business leader that says, "oh we've been successful, we've got orders and new clients lined up, but no, I won&#x2
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> The idea that you'll escape by "Working for a public institution" is goofy. I agree. Where I live, "public institution" is code for "infinite inefficiency and corruption".
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> It's okay to make money doing one thing, and enjoy yourself by accomplishing something great doing another. Maybe. First, the thing done for money (or the way it is done) shouldn't at least be at odds with your identity (and&
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Good for you! Alas, as you say, this is mostly pure luck. And not sustainable over the longer term, financially speaking.
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Assuming that you save 1/3rd of your monthly net income, and spend only 2/3rds of it on expenses -- which I believe is already beyond what most people can do --, and that you are already frugal (which means that you don't
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> I want significant change, but not to my income! That's not it. The issue is (as the GGP mentions) irreversibility (and, I'd add, unpredictability). When you go for a less-paying job, two things are sure: (1) it'll be ne
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> tech being filled with high paying jobs where you effectively work on issues that directly damage humanity is the issue. And after you have a high paying job its hard to justify leaving it, and every other similarly paying job is basic
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> I think you are misreading the person you're replying to. [...] They're saying "don't quit just because you aren't great on day 1." That's not what they're saying. They literally wrote, "you
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> as though subscription software is something which has been sneaked in on us Oh but it has (IMO). > users today expect things like instant updates [...] constant bug fixes and patches Nah, this is in reverse. With boxed software, th
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> What is needed, imo, is to leverage the power of centralised, professional operations and development, but to govern it democratically. This means cooperatives where users are active participants in governance alongside employees. Utop
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Right. I don't even understand why this article had to be this verbose. It's not like we need to be "convinced" that local is better. Everybody who values privacy and independence knows already. But this stuff is unimple
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> unavoidable Well, no. Depends on the person. For some people and for some new undertakings, especially if those people know themselves well already, they can hit the ground running. I've seen it.
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Counterpoint: you'll stop enjoying a new hobby, like learning to play the guitar, when you decide to get serious about it.
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> you'll be bad at anything new I disagree. Innate talent / affinity and transferable experience exist. I agree with "10% inspiration and 90% perspiration"; however, given equal effort, people with innate talent are g
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
Awesome, thanks! :)
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
yep, you need both; and in fact the definition includes both: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> The trick works on any Abelian group ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group -- I'll use ⋆ as the Abelian group's operation, and ~ for inversion, below.) I believe you are implying: (g(1) ⋆ ... ⋆ g(
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
UEFI variables or not: who in their right mind serializes raw pointer values to any kind of storage (network, disk, nvram, ...)? Why is it that the most security-sensitive areas are ravaged by the sloppiest programmers and the most neglig
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> it is the reorganization of the economics of work and the overwhelming majority of humanity will be worse off for it
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by OjotCewIo 1y ago
> this stinks: “This transparency transforms git history from a record of changes into a record of intent, creating a new form of documentation that bridges human reasoning and machine implementation.” That's where I stopped reading