andkon

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by andkon 13y ago
Hah, not the best link to open in a busy café :) But kudos to them! I'd love to know what the philosophy -> google progression was like.
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Ask HN: Any philosophy grads who have turned into hackers?
14 points by andkon 13y ago|17 comments
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by andkon 13y ago
So those are empirical questions: how much do prices drop? Do they drop enough to offset the loss in wages - wages that get put principally towards the cost of living? I think the empirical question has been answered unequivocally: wages, c
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by andkon 13y ago
Good points. I think I agree with pretty much everything, and your fourth paragraph about the problems that automation generates for folks are pretty spot on (hadn't thought about the patronage system emerging from wealth inequity, but
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by andkon 13y ago
My beef with this piece: automation probably isn't the only thing killing jobs, but it's the only thing that the author provides any evidence of having a causal role in driving job losses. Everything else mentioned (e.g. the finan
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by andkon 13y ago
Exactly. Thinking that "the world" will miraculously support anyone is to be willfully ignorant of how power and money actually get distributed. And while "the market" (lol) will create new jobs every time some previous
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by andkon 13y ago
Why? They may grow their customer base by bringing on bigger projects, but how would that alienate the customers who are already using it?
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by andkon 14y ago
Y'know, Google has been doing this for a long time with AdWords: if your site doesn't have a high PageRank for the keywords you're targeting, you have to pay more. I think the real problem here is the PR problem of charging for something th
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by andkon 14y ago
Philosophy grad here, so bear with me. Byrne's point about "where one draws the line with 'higher morality' used as a justification for breaking the law" is deeply fucked up. He seems to be saying that civil disobedience is right if and onl
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The Optimal - a response to The Best and The Worst(dangerpoint.net)
2 points by andkon 14y ago|0 comments
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Forget about everything but customers(goinstant.com)
1 points by andkon 14y ago|0 comments