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1621.
by cudgy 6y ago
And a warehouse worker would have to work 7 to 10 times longer in their “hell” to earn what you made.
1622.
by cudgy 6y ago
Doesn’t the existence of the website validate that Amazon considers the union to be favorable for workers and, therefore, unfavorable to them? Otherwise, why would Amazon care enough to create it? I doubt it was truly due to Amazon’s concer
1623.
by cudgy 6y ago
Here is a graph of historical temperatures over millions of years ... note how projections at end of graph are wildly out of character from millions of years of data. https://phys.org/news/2020-09-high-fidelity-earth-cl
1624.
by cudgy 6y ago
Why are historic fluctuations in global temperatures rarely mentioned in these articles? Actual historical figures are more trustworthy than future models based on multiple potentially false assumptions. Are we seeing a cultural desire to b
1625.
by cudgy 6y ago
Uh ... a 5 day lockdown due to 1 case per day in a city with over 2 million people! Talk about an overreaction.
1626.
by cudgy 6y ago
End of what story? Most people cannot make money while locked down. Who pays their bills? Are they expected to burn through all savings to become destitute enough to qualify for aid? Are landlords and mortgage holders supposed to deal with
1627.
by cudgy 6y ago
“ New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Iceland and Taiwan got it right. They went to zero and eliminated the virus. Atlantic Canada and the North got it right, too.” These countries are all islands. How is that representative of the rest of th
1628.
by cudgy 6y ago
Stock market was already “gamified” when the alternative to invest in bonds and cash savings was virtually eliminated by the Fed and the bailouts of large financial companies by the US government. Now, real estate has been equally affected,
1629.
by cudgy 6y ago
Totally understand the desire to not tip off personal details. However, it would be nice to hear what you consider to be blind spots on HN. I have found discussions here to be far more professional, courteous, and productive than most any o
1630.
by cudgy 6y ago
True, but they haven’t come out and stated it explicitly yet. Now’s the time ... don’t miss this opportunity, Google.
1631.
by cudgy 6y ago
It wasn’t “decarbonization” that caused the shift, it was the “deconstruction” of the Western manufacturing complex. China assumed the environmental pollution of the previously significant manufacturing industry of the United States and oth
1632.
by cudgy 6y ago
Google should go ahead and adopt a new slogan “We are evil, so let’s let the world know it.”
1633.
by cudgy 6y ago
“ Those who spend more time in the office will develop stronger networks and relationships, will be able to advocate for themselves more easily, and thus will be more successful. People will snowball back into the office as they see this ha
1634.
by cudgy 6y ago
Sounds like a great employer ... asking permission to move. What’s next? Provide them with spousal income figures so the employer can adjust your pay accordingly?
1635.
by cudgy 6y ago
“ Advertising companies put a lot of effort into not being known as advertising companies.” That says a great deal doesn’t it? They are too ashamed and know it is an immoral business.
1636.
by cudgy 6y ago
He didn’t understand the problem he created, so why should we expect him to understand his new position?
1637.
by cudgy 6y ago
Seems obvious that millions of people that aren’t “supposed” to be in the labor force with a high concentration in low wage jobs would have a negative impact on said wages for those jobs. Sure there are benefits from the purchases from thes
1638.
by cudgy 6y ago
No. It just means that he shifts with the wind. Trump pulled the ugly band-aid off the China problem and now even the Dems and some Republicans have realized the mess that economists like Friedman got the US into.
1639.
by cudgy 6y ago
This article is completely hypocritical to be coming from Tom Friedman. He has been one of the primary cheerleaders for globalism which has been a major driver of corporations gaining more favor from the government. This favor has been in t
1640.
by cudgy 6y ago
I understand perhaps sole enterprise or small partnership having the right to control who they serve. However, if it is a public corporation, it is no longer an individual entity, a citizen entitled to control over whom you serve. Once your
1641.
by cudgy 6y ago
No. It’s quite clear. People should have the right to pursue dangerous, stupid, crazy, ugly, offensive, illogical activities as well as safe, brilliant, sane, beautiful, flattering, and logical activities. Your approach results in a star c
1642.
by cudgy 6y ago
Yes. Imagine if the telecoms could play ads before, after, and during your conversations on your phone(s)? Why do we accept it from big tech social media?
1643.
by cudgy 6y ago
“You can make the same argument in the opposite direction: for those who support unbridled electronic speech amplification, are you prepared for it to fall in the hands of people who are bent on changing minds en masse to fill society with
1644.
by cudgy 6y ago
Recipes are also guilty of cultural appropriation...
1645.
by cudgy 6y ago
So true, but next bailout? The bailout is continuous so long as the Fed keeps rates near zero, delaying the inevitable adjustments to asset prices and allowing large hedge funds with access to these extremely low rates to gobble up even mo
1646.
by cudgy 6y ago
Poor grammar in this title. Reads like Facebook advocates for decentralized social networks. Replace “it” with “user”.
1647.
by cudgy 6y ago
Good point. Similar circumstances here, but excess risk taking can also backfire tremendously, especially as you get older. Rags to riches and back to rags. It’s easy to blow money away ... harder to hold onto it.
1648.
by cudgy 6y ago
The article is missing some very important points. How effective are these disinformation campaigns? Are they effective enough to, for example, significantly impact an election or sway enough people’s opinions about a vaccine to affect it
1649.
by cudgy 6y ago
What service from Wikileaks is Visa/MasterCard dependent upon? How does that apply here?
1650.
by cudgy 6y ago
Netflix will not necessarily be considered “liberal” forever. More importantly, the barely ruling party will not remain liberal forever. Lawyers get paid well to think about these contingencies.

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