anth_anm

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by anth_anm 8y ago
> it generally seems like alternatives to capitalism perform worse (world wars, Stalin murdering 16 million, Mao's five year plan). > Except in edge cases which might not really be capitalism Oh well then those weren't real
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by anth_anm 8y ago
Wouldn't the argument be the other way around, that capitalism is inherently corrupt? Same as any other system which allows largely unchecked power.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
I don't think there is any point, it's just poor government design in general.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
No, you can have the lists of voters without having any information about who they voted for (or in this case, party affiliation which gives who they probably voted for).
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by anth_anm 8y ago
It's not just PII, it's anything the government just doesn't want people to know. For whatever reason. I'm just pointing this out because I'd like to see a movement towards actually more open government.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
> This is how Bezos built AWS Bezos didn't build AWS, people who worked for him did. They also didn't do it as part of the normal day to day at Amazon, no matter how much Amazon pushes the "it's the tech we use alread
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by anth_anm 8y ago
They don't, they write a library and others consume it. It's not a "you must find some data or service to expose". If you have data and someone wants to use it, they do it via service.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
For 2 shows, I'll just buy them. I'm not paying for star trek simply because I don't want to support all access.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
It hurts customers, but the big companies will be fine. HBO and Disney can afford to do this. They can also put things onto more combined services like Hulu. Amazon selling individual shows and movies also makes it easier. I'll probabl
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by anth_anm 8y ago
> is working on an ad-supported model streaming service that it plans to make available in early 2020. and hopefully fails by 2021. I see an ad, I pirate instead. That simple.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
Why? That's the differentiator they chose to go for. You can argue that's it's dishonest, but i don't see the problem with the marketing.
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by anth_anm 8y ago
It's not a corruption of capitalism, it's just capitalism. They found a market, they sell on that market. They dominate that market. That's capitalism, no need to make up a new term.