burrows

25 ms·

241.
by burrows 6y ago
Yeah! Another job well done by Minitruth!
242.
by burrows 6y ago
Everyone is dead by 29, it just takes a while for the rounding error to get sufficiently large.
243.
by burrows 6y ago
It’s a rule of thumb, not a law of nature.
244.
by burrows 6y ago
For all X?
245.
by burrows 6y ago
Ah yes, I too have seen that companies are punished for their greed!
246.
by burrows 6y ago
It’s my life. If I want to stick narcotics up my ass then who are you to stop me?
247.
by burrows 6y ago
Nah. If the current crop of developers leaves the platform then another crop will take their place.
248.
by burrows 6y ago
If it takes 30 years to do something, then you’ve not actually done it.
249.
by burrows 6y ago
In what way is a debugger not already this? Are you asking for better visualizations?
250.
by burrows 6y ago
Are most heretics highly literate?
251.
by burrows 6y ago
But he isn’t critiquing the content only, he’s also questioning whether it should exist or not. He says, “Calling something “satire” doesn’t give you a free license to be rude...”
252.
by burrows 6y ago
Agreed. But being offended and pressuring someone to stop doing the thing that offends you are different.
253.
by burrows 6y ago
Is there a precise definition for ‘exploitation’? Is it a function of feelings?
254.
by burrows 6y ago
Am I playing poker with my insurance companies?
255.
by burrows 6y ago
Can we make some other assumptions, then the gyroscope data is useful?
256.
by burrows 6y ago
How does one calculate the amount someone “should” be paid?
257.
by burrows 6y ago
You responded to me. In what specific way is its legality relevant? The bare observation that it’s illegal doesn’t mean anything.
258.
by burrows 6y ago
Which point are you making? * It’s illegal and therefore people shouldn’t do it. * It’s illegal because people shouldn’t do it. * It’s illegal which raises the cost of doing it. * Other?
259.
by burrows 6y ago
Valuable for who?
260.
by burrows 6y ago
Why is it surprising that hiring managers consider candidate age?
261.
by burrows 6y ago
Why is private equity bad?
262.
by burrows 6y ago
> Lots of executives aren't judged on their final contribution to the bottom line but the size of their 'empire' or project 'successes' they can point to. Who is incentivized to hold executives responsible for th
263.
by burrows 6y ago
> People should not be required to work to survive. What does "be required" mean?
264.
by burrows 6y ago
> It's way to easy to "create jobs" which are essentially busy-work with 0 to negative productivity. If firms have workers with negative productivity, aren't executives incentivized to fire them? And if so, why are th
265.
by burrows 6y ago
Given your reasoning I should setup “Burrows Household Ltd.” to hold my assets. Then when the economy goes tits up I’ll say, “I don’t have 6 months savings, but that’s okay because I’m a business not a household.”
266.
by burrows 6y ago
Alternatively, “The government ought debase the currency right up until people start to notice.”
267.
by burrows 6y ago
It's crypto-"State ownership of production".
268.
by burrows 6y ago
Who decides what it means to "live decently"? Maybe I believe that I can't live decently without a yacht and manservant.
269.
by burrows 6y ago
> If they were receiving a livable UBI, I have no doubt that they would choose to raise their children full time rather than work for an absurdly low wage. Having a child isn’t some externality requiring government intervention. Your fri
270.
by burrows 6y ago
> If I have a lot of money, I can invest it and for almost no work grow my wealth or get another income stream. How is that fair? One doesn’t just “have” a lot of money. People work hard for their money. A high wage is a signal saying,

More ›