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by billy99k 2y ago
This is why they are striking against automation. Those 25K will be out of jobs. It's funny how conservative (anti-technology, stuck in the past, don't want to make anything efficient) labor unions end up being when it suits the
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by billy99k 2y ago
You can't possibly give that much value to a single answer to a question that would be considered 'suspiciously useful'.
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by billy99k 2y ago
In the short-term, UBI will work. In the long-term, when generations of people are on UBI and don't want to work, the system will either collapse or government forced-labor will need to be enacted to pay for it.
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by billy99k 2y ago
So the can of worms here now shifts to piracy. Whenever it comes up, a large percentage of people here on HN support it. "you wouldn't have purchased it anyway", "the original authors don't lose anything". The
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by billy99k 2y ago
1. I disagree 2. How is it not ethical or moral? As stated above, you are allowed to resell software based on the Apache license and integrate it into a service. The original authors haven't lost anything.
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by billy99k 2y ago
In 2005, I used to blog about PHP, Linux, and web development. I got my first software job right out of college because the senior manager liked my blog.
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Just what we need from the same company that tracks its warehouse workers down to the few minutes during the day when they are in the bathroom.
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by billy99k 2y ago
I've worked remotely for around 12 years and love it (it's even better now that I have kids) I had a good 10 years in the office, when I was starting out.
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by billy99k 2y ago
“Repeat after me. Don’t build on someone else’s platform.” Initial growth on someone else's platform is a good idea. However, once you see some small success, it's best to think about diversifying. Mr. Beast has already done thi
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by billy99k 2y ago
Why does this matter? You can find all of these books in any library outside the school or order them online.
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by billy99k 2y ago
1 and 2 were already tried..and failed. Just like you want to do with Musk, should we prevent Robert Reich from speaking as well? I've seen lie after lie posted on his account over the years (and reposted on the Reddit antiwork subre
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by billy99k 2y ago
"The context matters here." It shouldn't. I have two young kids. My youngest has started making loud noises/talking during events like this and I immediately headed for the door with her. It's completely inconsid
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by billy99k 2y ago
Japan: Tokyo Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh city Vintel, yes. I also noticed free wifi at restaurant and cafes were much faster in Vietnam as well.
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by billy99k 2y ago
"where the learners start with a standard user account on the AD domain with the goal of full domain compromise" Doesn't this make it easier? I took (and passed the OSCP) last year. When I took it, I needed to compromise fro
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by billy99k 2y ago
I traveled to Japan and Vietnam last year. I got far faster Internet speeds in Vietnam. Sometimes double or triple the speed.
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by billy99k 2y ago
"I think that "kick men out completely" is hyperbole, but the "one-sided thinking" is spot-on." When you make it clear that you don't want a group there, eventually that group will leave.
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by billy99k 2y ago
Wow, what a one-sided view of GamerGate. "Gamergate was a valuable and terrifying illustration of the sheer adolescent rage that overtakes some men when they discover that something is no longer designed exclusively for them" I fi
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by billy99k 2y ago
I think this was all before their huge recession in 90s. These industries never really recovered and it created a culture of being risk-averse.
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by billy99k 2y ago
AI was over-hyped. It can do some simple development tasks well, it won't be replacing humans any time soon.
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by billy99k 2y ago
I have a difficult time making something my life, when I know it can and will be taken away at any time.
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by billy99k 2y ago
A decade ago, I had a successful book business online, which included used college textbooks. I had IP lawyers (the same that represented the music and movie industries) send me threatening cease and desist letters on at least 2 occasions
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by billy99k 2y ago
It's interesting United Airlines is mentioned here. I am a security researcher and found vulnerabilities through the United Airlines bug bounty program last year. They pay you in miles instead of money. The problem is that they gift
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by billy99k 2y ago
While Delta may have poor IT practices, CrowdStrike still fucked up the update, which causes millions of dollars in damages. I can't see them not paying anything in terms of damages .
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by billy99k 2y ago
14-hour days are crazy. I work for a company that outsources lots of work to eastern Europe. We basically cut our deadline in half last year because of mismanagement, didn't change the contract, and the team still had to complete it
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by billy99k 2y ago
I work directly with two introverts and I've worked with many over the years. More so than not, what comes along with introversion is passive aggressive behavior (mostly because introverts don't like confrontation). This makes wo
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by billy99k 2y ago
Why do introverts think that they should be protected, at all times, from doing something that makes them uncomfortable?
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by billy99k 2y ago
"insurance companies decide which treatments should be given to patients, not doctors" In counties that have universal health-care, the government gets to decide which treatments are given to patients. "One way to break the c
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by billy99k 2y ago
It's already turned into cancer by the time it's detected in most cases with this test, which could be too late. My brother died of colon cancer at 42 because they found a tumor and couldn't operate due to its location. Colo
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by billy99k 2y ago
This looks like it barely detects pre-cancerous growths, so it's pretty much too late by the time it finds something, as it's already turned into cancer.
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by billy99k 2y ago
He was probably paid in Crypto during his drug lord days, so it's not that far of a stretch.

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