WeylandYutani

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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
It has been working for the US for a very long time and will continue to work as long as the US dollar is the world's reserve. Even the Chinese can't stop using it.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Their business model is based on dodging labour laws and taxes. Works flawlessly in America I'm sure. A sweat shop with an app.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
If you are going to use water at least let it be used for an industry that ads to the economy. Intel provides a few thousand high paying jobs. Agriculture is heavily mechanised with the remainder of the work going to immigrants. Farming in
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
This is why I'll always vote against privatisation of utilities.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Digital banks are finding that you literally CANNOT make money with a simple checking account. Banks make money with mortgages, loans, credit cards and other financial services. Hell banks would rather dump most of their customers if they w
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
In my experience if you hate people the city is actually the best place to live. Yes you're surrounded by a million people but they all ignore you. In rural areas nobody has a personal bubble and you're supposed to do small talk a
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
It is the price one has to pay for living in the city and being fashionable. I see this in Amsterdam: rich expats who barely grasp that there is a country outside the city.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Literally jailing billionaires that get out of line instead of giving them a platform. Social unrest is the only thing that keeps Xi awake at night.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Yeah but you're on HN. Everyone here has healthcare payed for by their corporate sponsor and nice stock options. Life has become worse for the poor but it is easy to ignore that.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Timeline means "buy low sell high" for investors. Who cares if the whole thing collapses after your exit?
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
For the last century we have glorified greed and individuality and now we get upset about it when it overrides nationalism and sense of community? Capitalism and globalisation has freed the elites and charged us headlong into a cyberpunk wo
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
The only way to find out what the majority of the world population wants is free elections.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
There is no balance of power. That's the thing Putin doesn't get: Russia is small time. This is not the cold war.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
European countries signed multi billion dollar contracts with Russia and ignored all the human rights abuses. Russian elite was welcomed with open arms in London and Paris without questioning the source of their wealth. There was no shunni
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Let's not rewrite history. The West was willing to give Putin Crimea. It was he and he alone who decided to poke the bear and overplay his hand. Russia spent the last 10 years pissing off NATO.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Self rule is never "given" it is taken. If it was European powers that had bestowed them independence I dare say it would not be independence at all. And look at Saudi Arabia today: they are standing up to Biden. Things worked out
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
America is weird because you can actually make a lot of money waiting tables. But in the Netherlands nobody tips so it is not exactly a very desirable job. Restaurants have to literally close because they can't find staff. Automation
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
True but that won't save men. Already women are better suited for jobs that involve communication and empathy. I was in a hospital last week: almost a full female staff.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
Automation only happens when it's cheaper than the human counterpart. In the US there are plenty of immigrants whom cost peanuts to employ. I don't expect the robotic future to come from North America.
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
The Netherlands is really fucked up in this regard. I don't think Americans truly understand how some European countries are AGING and how much birth rates are declining. The US would be the same if it wasn't for immigrants crossi
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by WeylandYutani 4y ago
And almost everyone lives on the coast. Europe because of its vegetation and climate can sustain 500-1000 million people. Australia is a desert.