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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I love this idea of taking "taxation without representation" and using it at a lens for companies which are often as powerful as governments in some ways. I'm not sure what a good solution would be, but something like the BBB
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
Yeah the title seems backwards - this is capitalism corrupting computers, not the other way around
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I don't think the pay rate really matters, and you could always decline it. I think this is more meant to safely allow someone to put most of their eggs in one basket - generally that's a risky move and the client could simply ref
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I think this is a feeling everyone should meet at some point, FWIW my perspective is that it adds to your experience - it's unique and temporary. On the other hand nothing matters too much because it's all so temporary, so that he
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
Agreed - I'm betting that it's a small percentage of people, because anyone making that much is motivated more by the societal recognition than the money - at that point even in the US all your basic needs are met and you're
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
The "U" part means everyone would get it, so you don't have to opt for it, and everyone would still pay taxes Another way to think of it is as a negative income tax - as a simple example the equation could be ((income * 0.2)
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
> UBI is a bane because it kills meritocracy. The reason most people are successful is because they risk a lot if they weren’t This seems kinda backwards - UBI gives people the ability to take more risks. Success is mostly determined by
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
This is also ignoring the kinda simple case of buying for IP - if you're a toy maker and you want to sell toys for movies, you can do that for free if you also own the movie and avoid licensing fees. Or maybe you need some specific pat
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I agree with you, but I think the main argument is that it lets companies provide better products and potentially cheaper prices from vertical integration. Sometimes acquisitions are only done for the human resources, and the customers of t
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
So many on this list are using "Lemmy", but it seems like they explicitly don't want to recreate a reddit experience there https://lemmy.ml/post/70280 > Lemmy.ml has always been a niche site, and it w
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I think there's generally considered to be three classes of authentication methods - something you know, like a password - something you have, like an RFID card - something you "are", like a fingerprint You can add multiple o
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I think GDPR was a great step in this direction, even with the annoying cookies popups. There's some states in the US with similar laws basically saying "it's legal for you to collect this data, but if you do you need to buil
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I'd hope that this can be a foothold for future legal action - maybe someone could argue that bottom-trawling is an extreme slaughter method and then bad that Definitely glad to see this being the direction we move though
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
Caffeine can cause pupil dilation - might be useful for low light conditions, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of other effects and uses. Same for any other drug
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
This seems similar to a lot of "automation" concern - it helps consumers but you're still cutting a lot of jobs. I think we need a better social safety net before we can truly see the benefits of improving production chains.
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
> in the natural world, species sometimes end up moving from place to place I think the difference here is the small scale for time and the large scale for space. With humans moving these animals around the planet and mixing ecosystems y
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
This seems like the main point - it's not that court won't accept a deepfake defense, but you would have to prove that it was faked, just like any other convincing evidence
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by e_i_pi_2 3y ago
I don't think there should be a social pressure but I'd hope there would be some internal moral pressure. If I knew I had 10x the wealth of someone else I would feel bad not paying for things when we're together, like bringin
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> Folks can't afford to live where the job is, on what the job pays We could make some fairly simple formula like "The minimum annual pay must be at least 10% of the median house price" - the percentage can be whatever but
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> We don’t pay enough and then complain there is a labor shortage Definitely this - there should be no such thing as a labor shortage under capitalism, you can always pay more to get workers, and if the business can't afford that th
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
If you're the owner of the car then I'd say it doesn't change - you chose to take that vehicle out on the road knowing it didn't have a way for you to control it. You can take the steering wheel off of your car with a wr
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
This is somewhat true but also somewhat not - we have a lower chance of childhood mortality, but only in some countries. We have a general higher standard of living, but income inequality is worse than it's ever been. We have less peop
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I think this is mostly based on different needs at different times - most people play more games when they're younger and have more uncertainty in their life. As you get older there's less uncertainty and less need for things with
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Definitely agreed - I read my own documentation more than anyone else, and writing it out does make for a better system design, but I never refer to documentation until I _need_ to and I don't expect others to do any differently
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I nice twist I heard recently - it's more like a song, and I'm getting really tired of going back to the same chorus over and over again
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
This seems good right? Lowering rental prices means lower operational costs, so more of the money can go to the employees ideally
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
There's a (supposedly) marine biologist in the comments of the video saying it looks like it's about to die so that could explain why it's so far up. I have no background there but doesn't look too healthy to me and that
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
This even happens to people politically or emotionally, when you're exposed to something you weren't able to imagine before it changes the way you look at the world going forward
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I think of it similarly to the "fish in water" story - there's a lot of things about your perception that you won't can't really realize until they're changed - like how your nose is visible to your eyes and ea
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I think it'd make more sense if they said something like - we got 20k as a gift and this is what we did with it, and here's what we can do with X more

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