blacktonystark

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by blacktonystark 1y ago
The ham radio community is basically kept alive by senior citizens and the 42 of us under 50.
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Private Equity vs. "Barbarians" at the Gates: The Race to Ruin(blacktonystark.medium.com)
2 points by blacktonystark 2y ago|0 comments
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by blacktonystark 3y ago
To be fair, its hard for anyone to know anything about hardware these days unless its a company with a large on-prem footprint and it doesn't make financial or regulatory sense to put in the cloud or co-locate, which is a vanishingly s
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
It never was too high, the bar for what constitutes an education in at least the US has been far too low for far too long.
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Those financial encumbrances exist due to VCs taking a larger share of the pie than their efforts are worth, and we can't look at their bank balances now and ignore all context as to how that money got there in the first place.
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Its like if spanking was your fetish but the person spanking you believes they are punishing you. It's irrelevant to the person being spanked as long as they enjoy it.
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
So, to put simply, VCs are only interested in those who already are full of multi-generational advantages and privileges built off the poor. No wonder startups are bascially for white guys only.
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Part of me is like "this is dope!" and another part of me is like "are we so lazy/poor due to income inequality that actually learning how to build things is out of the picture now?"
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Well, most managers at any pay scale definitely act like they don't know better.
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Also core to the main plot of "Sorry to Bother You".
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by blacktonystark 7y ago
Maybe there shouldn't be "bottom tier" vendors at all if their existence means pushing and exploiting an inequitable standard of living.