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by batmaniam 3y ago
Jon Stewart touches on this issue (but for the US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3rGFyN5uQ It's rather funny (and sad) to watch the entire conversation reflecting how inflation solutions are geared towards benefit
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by batmaniam 3y ago
> “Amazon is one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth $1.3tn and its founder, Jeff Bezos, is one of the richest men in the world worth nearly $150bn,” Sanders wrote in the letter. “Amazon should be one of the safest places
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Twitter’s former CEO has a new app that looks a lot like Twitter(cnn.com)
3 points by batmaniam 3y ago|2 comments
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Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding horseshoe crabs with little accountability(npr.org)
3 points by batmaniam 3y ago|1 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
> Why don't you have Mr Beast financial or influence level? > What's stopping you or anyone else? Ad hominem fallacy. Life is not lucky for most people in the world. Don't really have to explain this if you look at how
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Exactly. What's stopping them? Nothing, right? They've got all the money they'll ever need, and powerful friends if they need something money can't buy. Yet like you said, what's being done to fix structural issues
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Right, that's on the individual level. You and I can donate to a medical organization that helps people 'see and hear' too. Or fund a go-fund-me to help that person. It's great that person got immediate access to the hea
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by batmaniam 3y ago
> Can someone give me some examples of philanthropy that is NOT predatory/extractive? Richard Stallman and his work on free software? I think what OP is saying is that at Mr Beast's income level, he can effectively create a las
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Well nothing can be done about that, Google's trying to force people back and it's gonna do what it's gonna do. Unless people get together an exert their voice. Though an interesting question is whether people who took a pay
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Mysterious species buried their dead and carved symbols 100k years before humans(cnn.com)
55 points by batmaniam 3y ago|6 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Yes, they used these employees statements to establish wrongdoings that Theranos committed... for the sole purpose of proving that the investors were defrauded. Not for people who had incorrect results, who then had to make hard life decisi
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by batmaniam 3y ago
If the court system can try kids as adults for their heinous crimes, then the "should've known better" reasoning doesn't stand up. Plus she went to fancy schools, and was highly educated. She already "knew" bet
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Do you only sell e-books? Or you self publish physical books too?
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Are you sure it's a new replacement monitor? Every warranty product I received was always a refurbished one, even if the product broke in less than a month (confirmed by support as well). I also will never buy dell in my lifetime, and
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Another story about RTO just came on the front page of HN: "Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35944295 So yea, business gonna business.
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Remote work isn't going to go away because of this. If the business wants people to return to office, then they'll force it with any excuse. We already heard some of them claim people are 'more efficient' in the office a
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Microsoft skips salary increases for full-time employees this year(cnbc.com)
2 points by batmaniam 3y ago|0 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Did companies reach out to you for brand deals, or did you actively reach out to them asking for sponsorship?
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IBM CEO says we 'work better together' as he plans to cut jobs that A.I. can do(fortune.com)
5 points by batmaniam 3y ago|0 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Yea maybe it was a bad example. I meant to say what type of enforcement is behind the FTC's order? With bail, the enforcement is through expensive monetary forfeiture and the guarantee of jail time. And if any laws were broken during t
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by batmaniam 3y ago
If a person is out on bail, violating that bail order forfeits their bail payment and they also go back to jail. So if FB has not been complying with FTC's order, then what's the penalty they have to pay for their failure?
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Google employees complain about CEO's pay raise as cost cuts hit company(cnbc.com)
276 points by batmaniam 3y ago|207 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Wonder if this study was also funded by the champagne industry. Wouldn't be surprised it was.
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Surgeon general declares loneliness epidemic, poses risks as deadly as smoking(cbsnews.com)
16 points by batmaniam 3y ago|1 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
No, I'm saying the only way to actually fight back is not through a system that's already inherently corrupt. You'll never win that fight, you'll just end up losing your hard earned savings. The only fight worth fighting
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Except the fire is not on your side. It's on the money's side. So really, it's just money vs money. Or specifically, YOUR money vs billionaire's money. Who do you think will win that fight? The fundamental flaw of the co
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s compensation topped $200M in 2022(cnbc.com)
1 points by batmaniam 3y ago|1 comments
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by batmaniam 3y ago
Good info, but just double checking... HGST is different than Seagate drives right? Or did Seagate buy HGST and now they are crap too?
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MillerKnoll CEO told workers to “leave Pity City” over lack of bonuses(cbsnews.com)
5 points by batmaniam 3y ago|1 comments
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by batmaniam 4y ago
How are you going to deal with scammers who buy your product but then do a chargeback once you ship it overseas?

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