UtopiaPunk

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by UtopiaPunk 4y ago
I don't want to be inflammatory and am genuinely curious: if I'm understanding you correctly, you are frustrated that this conversation alienates people like republicans, is that right? What is a way to have a productive conversat
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Tech workers don't own the code they write for their employer, or the infrastructure they maintain for ops. Tech workers don't receive a share of profits that result from the value they create for the company. Tech workers don&#x2
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Lol, did a CEO or HR rep write this? "Ewwww, unions are for dumb rich people and are also corrupt" lmao Unions are a way for workers to have more bargaining power in their workplace. When one employee sits at a table with their bo
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Wages tend to be set by "the market," not by how much money the company is making. Companies will pay as little as they can get away with, maybe a tiny bit more than their competitors, but that's it. I work in a company where
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That's FUD.
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Anecdotes are neat. I have a lot of friends and family who work in education and in medicine. Some are union, some aren't. The unionized workers are really happy to have the support of their union. The COVID pandemic was brutal on both
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Yeah, it's tons of fun. It's a big goofy action movie, and they really lean into it in all the best ways. It's basically a superhero movie.
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Single family zoning has become the norm in most of the United States. It's so broken. Even simple duplexes or quad-plexes are not allowed in most single-family zones. Homeowners benefit because it drives up the prices of homes, which
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Woah. I personally wish that Cloudflare had taken action sooner, but I understood the position. I disagreed with it, because as a free and private entity, Cloudflare can choose to serve whoever they wish (so long as they do not discriminate
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It's a complex topic that challenges people's long-held beliefs. I'm under no illusions that a pithy comment on HN is going to change minds. But I hope that if a few people are open to engaging with a serious, long-form prese
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I'm seeing several comments here demonstrating that some people do not understand the long conflict between Palestine and Israel. That's too bad, but understandable, as the United States government in particular has been uniquely
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I don't share the confusion, but I generally don't like the real time format. In an office setting (whether remote or not) , I think something like Discord or Slack is useful. I'm on the clock, and I know others are, too. I&#
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Having a kid is cool. It definitely makes some things more difficult, but then they giggle and you share your world with them and it works out. The first few months can be pretty rough as the new kiddo really interferes with your sleep sc
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I sometimes wonder if I would make a good teacher. Teaching others is something I enjoy, I've worked with kids a few different times in my life and it seemed positive for everyone, and a college professor I admired said multiple times
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There are anarchist experiments that lasted much longer, even in the United States. Modern Times in New York was a town that used "labor notes" instead of dollars (within their own community at least), and they had no jails. They
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Yeah, it's a problem. By treating housing as an investment, any profit motivated entity becomes interested. Companies start buying and holding them like stocks or gold because it is an asset that reliably appreciates in value faster th