claydavisss

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by claydavisss 8y ago
Simple solution, you just move again. People escaping high costs are typically moving to a place where they will probably have few roots and connections, so there will be little reason to stick around if costs rise again
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Menthol cigarettes are also favored overwhelmingly by African Americans...as pointed out in the SF debate on menthol cigarettes, this is another bit of astounding racism masquerading as benevolence
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by claydavisss 8y ago
> That's why people at the head of companies producing these systems keep them out of the hands of children. ? Does Apple stop my kids from placing orders? No. Does Youtube stop my kids from watching videos? No. In fact, they make a
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by claydavisss 8y ago
So you are asserting that nuclear fission is benign and working on it is unassailable? There are plenty of people who would disagree.
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Define "nefarious end". This is why the OSI guidelines are correct to stay out of the tarpit of value judgements. Edit: BTW This is another reason OSI does not discriminate against intended use...to protect otherwise rational peop
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by claydavisss 8y ago
> Refuse to work on systems that profit from digital addictions. > Refuse to work on systems that centralize control of media. > Refuse to work on systems that prop up an unjust status quo. > Refuse to work on systems that requi
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by claydavisss 8y ago
One of America's most famous battles - the Battle Of New Orleans, was fought well after the treaty ending the War Of 1812 had been signed News travelled slow
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by claydavisss 8y ago
they also pay taxes and rent my point was....how much will they "pull in" for the thirty+ years of their retirement? public employees also don't have to worry about obsessively sharpening their skills every four years or fore
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by claydavisss 8y ago
firefighters work four days on, four days off, their quality of life is much higher than yours chance of injury in firefighting is very low as structure fires become rare...
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by claydavisss 8y ago
bullshit that the "average" googler is making $400k after just five years, come on, thats just fantasy football. remember Google employs people like HR and Accounts Receivable and lots of rank-and-file tech there's really not
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Zero chance that is typical
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by claydavisss 8y ago
You will probably be retired for thirty years. Public employees are getting paid for those years, techies aren't. I have a relative who is retired CHP. $200k a year total retirement benefits. Show me a rank and file Googler who has tha
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by claydavisss 8y ago
How much do you think a firefighter pulls in AFTER retiring? Most public employees with pensions will probably pull in well over a million after they retire and before they die. Tech workers are still young as a group so pension envy is sti
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by claydavisss 8y ago
95% of Googlers in NYC will be lifetime renters just like they are in the Bay Area. Hardly the gilded class
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Counterpoint: these jobs are increasingly meh and will not be impactful on the local economy. Lifetime comp (salary + retirement benefits) for Amazonians in Crystal City will probably be less than for comparable Federal workers. Google is l
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by claydavisss 8y ago
I applaud the perl6 folks for bringing experimentation and FUN back to dynamic languages. Perl6 is a hoot.
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by claydavisss 8y ago
I have no doubt that better app builders will emerge in the future, but I expect them from cloud providers, not gig agencies. Look at something like Aurora from AWS - what are you paying for? You're paying partially for the functionali
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by claydavisss 8y ago
And this already exists to a certain extent - people selling Windows UI widgets, people selling React components...most of this stuff has gone away and been replaced by open SDKs or services. This just seems like gig-economy + 90s Windows W
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by claydavisss 8y ago
The "building block" industry is already a decade+ old - its called AWS. Most development is already relegated to just doing the masonry between the blocks. "Building blocks" without operational support is useless. How d
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by claydavisss 8y ago
not needed: 1. more money (we can't buy back the environment) 2. more information (we already know) badly needed: 1. action to reduce consumption
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Do you own a car? There are plenty of homeless without transportation. Can we rip the keys out of your hand? Don't worry about the fact that you paid for it, this is for justice! We'll pay you a "fair market value" - 10%
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by claydavisss 8y ago
You're missing the ten years of lawsuits. Eminent domain cases have gone to the SCOTUS.
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Exactly. There is absolutely no way anyone sane would want to live in a society where eminent domain is free and easy. Today its funny because they are tearing down some NIMBY mansion, but tomorrow they are tearing down your house. In the e
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by claydavisss 8y ago
They are. But it will be built in the context of a market economy. If you want someone to pre-build a city for a million people, try China, which still has "ghost cities".
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Where does the government get the money to buy out all of these owners? Or are you proposing just throwing a wrecking ball through someone's home without compensation? And these one million new apartments...where shall they get their w
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by claydavisss 8y ago
the best camera is the one you have with you
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by claydavisss 8y ago
Yet you are the one telling us we all have to spend ourselves into the poorhouse or society will tip over....
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by claydavisss 8y ago
As long as my boat is afloat, I care not about yours. If the US fails, I will sail my boat elsewhere. We created the scenario these people are reacting to Worry not, we will not run out of people willing to impoverish themselves buying baub
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by claydavisss 8y ago
You as an individual are not responsible for saving capitalism You are responsible for your own welfare though, particularly in the US What are these people supposed to do - stay broke to make some soundbite economist happy? It is perfectl
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by claydavisss 8y ago
No - they are ahering to the first principle of capitalism - take care of yourself!

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