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DOJ sues eBay for selling 'rolling coal' devices; fines could hit $2B(cnbc.com)
6 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|4 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
If there was more industry in space, it would make some sense. The problem now is there isn't enough demand for it, and if you don't maintain the orbit for this stuff, it'll cause problems. The most likely problem is that it&
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
What do you mean by collusion? Do you mean an explicit agreement like the old FAANG no poaching agreement? Or something more subtle?
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
All societies have an attention economy and spam is a "great" way of getting it. It's incorrect to assume other economic systems would not have this problem.
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Canada Plans to Regulate Search and Social Media Use of AI(michaelgeist.ca)
2 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|1 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
> Sorry I mean giving people houses and not charging rent - the two most evil things you could ever do. No. You explicitly advocated for Communism, not "free houses". A social structure that actively grinds human rights into du
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Dude. Are you actually stating that the multiple genocides that have been committed in communist countries were fabricated? Downplaying the killing fields or the Holodomor as invented by the media or landlords is incredibly offensive.
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Zoning codes, building codes, and grandfathering. Many places have extremely specific rules about building housing. You need 'X' ft around the outside of your house which means lots must be massive to have a house on them. So you
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Are you sure it isn't the long history of failures of communist countries that has caused people to be soured on this idea?
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
It's because housing is very expensive to build, lasts decades, and people absolutely freak-out if you plan to build any amount of housing at all.
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
I've always wondered how modern cities would look if employers had to bear partial responsibility for the commute. Would we see a lot more mixed housing around the place? Would transit be much better?
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State of startup compensation, H1 2023(carta.com)
1 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|0 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
There's this really neat section of law known as administrative law. One of the tenants is that you are allowed to have pretty much any rule that you want to have but you have to apply it in a reasonably impartial and fair manner. This
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Ask HN: What did you do during your sabbatical?
2 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|0 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Why did you shut it down?
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Restaurant Surcharges Banned in California(contracosta.news)
2 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|0 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
This boils down the Right to Repair and Maintain. I always advise my friends and relatives to NOT buy smart appliances. The doom scenario is buying a $20k furnace that becomes useless. Imagine a scenario where you need an app (that's n
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
We have already seen this. In Iran you can buy a kidney for $5000, which is around 2 years of rent in the country. So I'd argue it's substantial but not really life changing.
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90% of Companies Will Return to Office by the End of 2024(resumebuilder.com)
9 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|5 comments
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Govt of Canada proposes a 4% Link Tax(michaelgeist.ca)
93 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|143 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Sorry man, I just don't trust you to correctly identify a nazi.
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
The alternative is doing what Newfoundland is doing. They're "buying out" whole communities. Residents get a substantial amount of money and all public services are permanently withdrawn. It's basically like living in th
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
This is why OpenTF will be the dominant tool in the future.
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City of Yellowknife is evacuating due to wildfires(cabinradio.ca)
2 points by Plasmoid 3y ago|1 comments
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Start with how you know they're under-performing. What externally visible indications do you have that they're not working? Eg, if bob was working well at WFH he'd do X, Y, Z, but he only did 0.3 of X. You could even compare
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
I think RTO would have been a lot more palatable if most offices weren't intentionally built with 1hr+ commutes from residential areas.
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
> One could easily argue the side that is saying we should stick to the working conditions we had all this while under which most people were hired, This is an appeal to tradition. It can be the right choice, but you need to be to justif
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Quick napkin math. Direct air capture is about $300-$600/ton of CO2. The numbers for this are terrible as everyone is posting estimates of what it'll cost by 2030. So let's pick $300/ton of CO2. If we could convert captu
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
Words mean things. If you say open source, people are going to expect that your license is going to follow the existing expectations set by OSI. Think about this as setting expectations. You can avoid all the controversy by saying that your
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by Plasmoid 3y ago
What are you talking about? You can restrict your software from being used for anything at all. iTunes is famously prohibited from being in the making of nuclear weapons.

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