billysielu

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   by billysielu 9y ago

   delete it. /thread
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   They don't pay people more because they don't have to. I think that's because of oversupply, but will consider other explanations if they're forthcoming.
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   I don't think these problems are caused by economics. I think they're caused by the agenda. For example. People are paid too little, because there's an oversupply of workers, because women are working. If women didn't wo
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   Thanks for the down votes agenda pushers.
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   I automatically delete anything with an attachment, that's so effective I didn't bother going any further with it.
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   Good point about phone battery. This stuff is not 'free' for all sorts of reasons.
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   It's equivalent to email, but more convenient if you only know the people through facebook. E.g. I admin a facebook group, so admins have a chat to discuss group-related things. If I don't have notifications enabled it's beca
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   Competition. It's just like advertising. The more your competitors advertise the more you feel you have to. Notifications from people are fine, e.g. 'x messaged you'. Notifications from machines are the problem, e.g. 'x
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   by billysielu 9y ago

   This guy has been talking about it for a while, see: http://www.timewellspent.io/
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    Economics + Agenda = New way to learn economics. Not a more correct, or better, way.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    You could invest that $10k and the profit would yield infinite trucks.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    Totally agree. If we focus on our differences we'll end up divided.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    Generally agree. Potential distinction between content consumer and content producer though. E.g. it might be a right to consume electricity, but is it a right to produce it, say.. with solar panels?
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    Wasn't it because their service was custom messages on cakes? So they had to expect those messages would be often not to their liking?
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    The whitelist is the problem (because it's white of course), so make it a blacklist instead.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    This topic seems to bring out the worst in people. HN is usually better than this.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    I achieved this by unfollowing everyone and changing my browser bookmark to my most commonly used group. I never visit the news feed anymore because there's nothing on it besides adverts.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    Further thought: this is a similar problem to creating too many standards. https://xkcd.com/927/
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    My choice is 'survival'. Less easy for business-types to dismiss.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    I agree. It's especially pungent in JavaScript, in which the average 'JavaScript developer' is playing some perverse game of library pokemon.
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    by billysielu 9y ago

    I love your website. My experience (web app for heavily regulated industry): - Customers don't want major versions to be continuously deployed. Each deployment involves validation and training. They want the software to be left alone,