abiox

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by abiox 10y ago
> It would be weird if human labor became worthless and that didn't lower the cost of living, though it's something that could very well happen in a depression and extensive structural unemployment. the problem with economic ev
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by abiox 10y ago
this notion doesn't seem relevant. how does this relate?
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by abiox 10y ago
does intent ever matter when evaluating a circumstance?
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by abiox 10y ago
one might be that people are not fond of obsolescence and would prefer to keep putting food on the table.
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by abiox 10y ago
> due for a Mao depends on whether that includes 45 million or so dead, i guess.
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by abiox 10y ago
i think that the idea that new jobs will always be created is a bit faith-based. historical precedent tends to be relatively narrow, centered on the use of human physical labor. traditionally this has reduced the demand for such, and moved
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by abiox 10y ago
i think that's essentially how recession works. some job market or region becomes outmoded or otherwise disadvantaged; the lack of wages means the workers lack income to engage with other businesses, which are in turn financially impa
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by abiox 10y ago
which, of course, is the true tragedy in all of this.
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by abiox 10y ago
> After all, on the grand scale of things, if we're all fed, clothed, housed, but simply bored... i think there's a likely middle stage of skyrocketing unemployment where nobody has a job to earn money to buy food, nor a roboti
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by abiox 10y ago
> I've never met a doctor who wants people to be sick. i don't think this is meant in an interpersonal, malicious sense.
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by abiox 10y ago
i thought the radio feature played a fixed set of five random songs over and over and over.
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by abiox 10y ago
i wonder if this post demonstrates a sort of nihilism.
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by abiox 10y ago
(Not being familiar with New Zealand myself) my impression was that they were referring to govt accepting or accommodating private monopolies.
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by abiox 10y ago
there was a candidate that wanted to address the "crippling amounts of debt" issue, but that movement was cut off at the knees.
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by abiox 10y ago
this seems like an equivocation
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by abiox 10y ago
> it's a logical fallacy to assume that people who downloaded your work would have discovered it and actually paid for it if there was no free option it's a "logical fallacy" to assume they wouldn't
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by abiox 10y ago
> It absolutely is while i agree with your sentiment about not at all utilizing the potential of an advanced education, i'm not sure how google is "at fault" here... assuming this resume requirement is real: is it google&#
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by abiox 10y ago
> Your job shaming just reinforces the notion that everyone must get a higher education degree or GTFO. i think they were simply remarking that someone had an advanced degree and it wasn't being put to use. this point is really abou
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by abiox 10y ago
> a "Lust Killer" and not a psychopath are these exclusive notions?
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by abiox 10y ago
afaik, firefox is an "existing browser"
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by abiox 10y ago
> If none of these companies hired non US citizen cheap-labor, would they still be suing? Would they still care? what makes you assume "cheap"?
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by abiox 10y ago
> Good luck, Trump's executive order is perfectly legal within his delegated executive authority, whether you agree with it or not. i think that's an assertion that a judge would have to establish. the states sued obama over im
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by abiox 10y ago
can it be both?
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by abiox 10y ago
> affirmative-action-as-erasing-privilege (which shouldn't penalize Asian students) under the usual AA paradigm, wouldn't an over-representation of any particular group demonstrate unequal privilege?
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by abiox 10y ago
> Forced diversity is AS racist as discrimination against blacks. for which definition of racist?
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by abiox 10y ago
node has sails ( http://sailsjs.com/ ) which i believe is rails-inspired. haven't used it though.
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by abiox 10y ago
walmart is a massive outlet for chinese manufacturing. if trump interferes with chinese imports... it will not be good for walmart. it will also be bad for those who invested billions in china for manufacturing.
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by abiox 10y ago
health is an industry where you have the potential for "hard capture" of consumers. the "choice" is pay-or-die in the worst cases, pay-or-physically-suffer in others. price gouging can in effect become a sort of extorti
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by abiox 10y ago
vr has a variety of applications outside of games. assuming people can realize that potential, i think it could be. especially if lower price point stuff evolves like the samsung kit.
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by abiox 10y ago
> Overly terse named types and keywords that don't communicate their purpose, like Vec and Cell i'm of the opposite view here; though, i think i get where this is coming from. for me, if i look at it from a "broader timeli

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