cnelsenmilt

5 ms·

1.
by cnelsenmilt 2y ago
This largely mirrors my thought. I was unpersuaded that non-technical management grasps the technical aspects well enough to leverage them as described.
2.
The labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity(baldurbjarnason.com)
44 points by cnelsenmilt 2y ago|27 comments
3.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
The clear solution should this stand is to include a Terms of Incorporation when a business is created stipulating that they waive their right to a trial and that any labor disputes will be settled by independent arbitration.
4.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Okay, but the workers' pay was not adjusted upwards to match those best years, so if not now, when?
5.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Thank you, I was composing a reply along these lines as well. The essay is pseudo-erudite, using a lot of words to convey an impression of depth but in actuality saying very little, and repeatedly. I will also add that the Biblical exegesis
6.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Regulatory capture is a real problem, but are you suggesting we'd be better off if the same Big Pharma could just market and sell whatever it pleased?
7.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Thorough and enforced training requirements for gun ownership I think would shift a lot of opinions from the somewhat opposed to the accepting column.
8.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Sure, it is hard. But there's a gigantic middle ground between "no photographs ever that contain any part of your house" and "permanent digital video camera whose footage is invisibly passed on to the government". I
9.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
The irony is well-taken but it goes a little deeper. Even for someone who bought a house 20-30 years ago and could sell far below the current market without losing money...that person then can't afford to buy anything else. (Doubly s
10.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Sure, in the same way that when I'm trying to lose weight and want a snack I will make a choice between a celery stick and a cookie, or I can forestall the choice by not having a cookie in the house in the first place. The story of Ody
11.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
I have lived both in suburbs and cities and there are just as many poorly-kept and dangerous dogs in one as in the other.
12.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Said elsewhere previously[0] but the reason is simple: because the only way we as a society have to distribute a stable supply of food and shelter is for (most) every individual to have a job. "more jobs = more gooder" flows direc
13.
by cnelsenmilt 3y ago
Well, second problem is that we don't have any rules for access to the raised material standards for anyone who's not providing inputs to the system elsewhere. In plainer words you need to be employed to have money so you can buy
14.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
That's fair, and as I said they have a place, but I think we can agree it's not a majority case.
15.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Yes, but AirBnB units are not that. The prices are an order of magnitude higher than prevailing monthly rates, if they're even available on a long-term basis. And yes, short term, furnished rentals probably also have a place in the mar
16.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Charging more because your costs are higher is not really gouging. Obviously there's no precise definition -- it's a social judgement -- but generally it's taking more profit than is "fair" for a situation, like t
17.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Almost no reasonable regulation will be effective if this is the standard of behavior. To punish a cheater when cheating is part of the game, you need incredibly strong rules and almost perfect enforcement. The subjects of the regulation wi
18.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Tempting, but then maybe you're escalating blindness into a head-on collision...
19.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
But they operate in a democracy, and part of a healthy democracy is having policy debates in public, exactly like this.
20.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
There's, uh, a large middle ground between "no humans, zero impact" and "so much impact that we're altering global weather patterns".
21.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
A policy change to allow people holding these visas who get laid off -- not fired for cause, not quit -- extended time to find new employment seems like a no brainer to me. An H1B holder can't have caused the layoffs themselves, so t
22.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
What measure are you using for "largest"? The US is 3rd in the world by population and 1st by GDP, so in absolute terms it's to be expected that they would be "large" in many categories, simply by having more peop
23.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
This is a convincing argument to me, but there's no telling whether it is enough to convince five+ of The Nine.
24.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
You...understand that was a fictional event, right? In fact it was specifically conceived by its author to be shocking, horrifying and extraordinary.
25.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
> people out there are not qualified to make a medical assessment for themselves about the severity of synthetic substances You'll be pleased to hear then that the law we're discussing requires trained supervision: https:&#x2F
26.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Perhaps you know already, but for the record the Oregon law only allows psilocybin use under trained supervision. In the case of alcohol, in my opinion we need a similar cultural attitude. Your state flips on your 21st birthday from absolut
27.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
That reduction is lossy. There's a large middle ground where free individuals make agreements with each other to cooperate in ways that make them all better off. The previous commenter's handle alludes to one possible item, crysta
28.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
That's not what the comment you're replying to said.
29.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
I think you're right, and an additional factor is that the vaccine is tangible and certain where the virus is invisible and may or may not be present in any given situation (and in unknown quantity).
30.
by cnelsenmilt 4y ago
Is $130 plus whatever a state ID costs a reasonable fee to pay (to the government) to access Facebook?

More ›