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by burnerburnson 3y ago
"Intentional mass murdering of civilians" is what Palestine did to start this war in the first place. So even if Israel were deliberately targeting civilians (there's no evidence for this) they would still be on the right sid
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
He said "friendlier than apple." Please read the comment in its entirety before replying next time.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
I like how you put "problem" in quotes as if Palestine does not regularly shoot unguided missiles at Israel with the goal of killing civilians. Maybe you need a quick history refresher but the Jews were not doing that in 1930s Ger
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
Seeing megamillionaires complain that the common man only has to pay $10/month to listen to their music is getting pretty old.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
The benefit to society is the same as patents or copyright. Companies will be more likely to invest in developing new technology if they are confident their competitors won't be able to use the result.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
Streaming services refusing to let me watch episodes of shows like Always Sunny and the Simpsons for political reasons is my primary reason for supporting piracy. These companies care more about pushing an agenda than they do about their cu
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
Don't let this blogger find out, but I too have installed apps on my employer-provided phone.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
Only on HackerNews could I find some idiot trying to drum up sympathy for phone scammers.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
You sound like a terrible parent.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
It's disappointing that the US government hasn't done more to stop this. In this specific case, the author should probably see if he can get his parents put in a conservatorship. That would at least help limit the damage when one
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
That's not an interesting thought experiment at all. The workers in aggregate are clearly more valuable than the CEO alone. That's why their cumulative salary is way higher than the CEO's.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
It's obviously wrong. NBA teams are a good counter-example. Nobody talks about the team's president/CEO/etc when prognosticating which team will be the best.
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
That's moronic. A good CEO at a fortune 500 company could have a $100M revenue impact. That same CEO could never be worth $100M to a local restaurant. The idea that the bigger company can't offer more to attract a better CEO just
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by burnerburnson 3y ago
I'm a manager of a team that's mostly H1Bs at Google. It's mostly fine but a few of them just refuse improve their English, and it's frustrating spending hours every day just being an English teacher to an engineer who w