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Staff of The Atlantic to Unionize(twitter.com)
2 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
It seems more desperate. I think he's jealous of musk, as he should be. Musk is doing so much net good for humanity, while Bezos seems more like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.
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by eplanit 5y ago
I have a lot of sympathy for developers like this, and this kind of story is too common. It seems like a problem that could be turned into opportunity. If one's software is becoming that popular, and the demands for changes so many t
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by eplanit 5y ago
Steve Jobs used his means to game the system to make a liver transplant available for himself; his wait time for an organ was much shorter than less wealthy and connected people. I recall no moral outrage over that[1]. A CEO who's sma
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by eplanit 5y ago
I think the CEO who encourages emotionally charged political activism at the office will fail, and rightfully so.
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by eplanit 5y ago
He is black, and there is a double-standard -- but don't dare call that racist. It's all absurd, but it's actually good to see examples of "you become the thing you hate". Hate is a horrible, corrosive emotion.
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by eplanit 5y ago
20 years ago, I saw home schooling as ill-informed and harmful to the kids. As time has passed and I've gained more insight as to what public schools have become, with the impact of the horrible teachers unions, and especially after t
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by eplanit 5y ago
900% of 0 = 0.
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Next Steps for the Gnome Foundation(ramcq.net)
2 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
Further, willfully damaging or destroying physical buildings and "things" is _not_ violence. [1] https://nypost.com/2020/06/03/ny-times-reporter-says-destroy...
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by eplanit 5y ago
"The digital wallet will securely store payment details and passwords and allow citizens from all 27 countries to log onto local government websites or pay utility bills using a single recognised identity" I find it amazing that a
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by eplanit 5y ago
You may be conflating class and race (it's a common error). A neighborhood of wealthier, successful people (regardless of race) probably want their neighborhood to be a quieter, nice-looking, pleasant place. I've lived in both H
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by eplanit 5y ago
Meh. I lived in Marin County for 12 years, and visited Bolinas several times. The descriptions of people and the 'culture' in the TFA are really good -- but overall IMHO is a grand romanticizing of the place. It's a genuin
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by eplanit 5y ago
There was a us navy ship (Bonneham Richard) that burned in the San Diego naval shipyard last year. From 30 miles away the stench of burning plastic was intense and nauseating. It lasted days before they could extinguish it. In that case
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Restricting Reliable Energy Sources Is Expensive and Dangerous(reason.com)
8 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
I've always seen people who need/crave loud noises, bright/flashy colors, lots of bling, etc. as just not very bright people. It seems to correlate with lower-than-average intelligence. My theory is that those minds need mo
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by eplanit 5y ago
But many would argue that there is damage to society from that, too.
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by eplanit 5y ago
"get the vaccine or you are a bad citizen and will kill everyone" Yep. Notice how the "follow science" phrase isn't used anymore. It's now just a demand to comply, or else you're a horrible person.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Did you support the passage of GDPR?
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by eplanit 5y ago
I live in a state (California) that prides itself for its environmentalism, and has been vocal for many years regarding climate change. But...that very same state is doing nothing to prepare for it aside from lecturing others and virtue-si
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by eplanit 5y ago
Now Amazon truly becomes a faceless corporation.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Yes. I'm not sure why this would be celebrated -- it's the first step in turning Uber into a taxi company. That'll teach those low-skilled workers that an independent, self-managed career is just not in the cards for them.
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's political. Trump accused the Chinese of negligence and/or intent. If Trump said it, then all left leaning folks rejected it outright as horrible and racist. Their hatred of him was so intense that they'd take the side of
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by eplanit 5y ago
Your comment makes mostrovs point in the comment above.
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by eplanit 5y ago
You're right. And yes, we could use those laws, but we're also now at a time in history where the combined power and influence of "big tech" is greater (by far, I fear) than the will and character of Legislators (i.e. l
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by eplanit 5y ago
These lists get longer every time I see one. The first I saw in the 90s listed 12.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Yes, and it's annoying. It's pseudo-intellectualism that uses the tactic of confusion, of shifting the argument from its substance to deconstructing the discussion itself. When that happens, declare victory and leave the conversat
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's amazing how many people think that the Babylon Bee isn't satire, while there's little confusion over the Onion. Both state clearly that they're satire. Does Snopes fact-check the Onion? Do you think they should?
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by eplanit 5y ago
"they retweeted news that was significantly lower in quality and higher in partisan slant, and their retweets contained more toxic language." Change the word "retweet" to "publish/broadcast", and that desc
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by eplanit 5y ago
Me too. I always thought it was because throughout childhood my seat at the table was next to my noisily eating stepfather. Actually, that would have desensitized me, I guess. I don't even like hearing myself eat... there must always

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