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by esarbe 5y ago
I don't really understand the global corporate structure. I guess you're right that much of these profits comes from other countries. Here's an idea; how about the workers in these countries get a pay raise? Seriously. All th
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by esarbe 5y ago
Yes, now we're talking! Enough of the "we've accomplished so much" rhetoric already. Thank you! > What do many people do when they are in a state of despair, the state your messaging is portraying? They get fearful an
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by esarbe 5y ago
Very nice! And if they get paid an honest pay, they can even have a full belly and a roof over their head along with the work ethic an the pride in their accomplishments. And all of that without corporate-socialism. Win-Win!
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by esarbe 5y ago
> the employees wouldn't have any more bargaining power to demand higher wages. That's what you get for demolishing every ounce of bargaining power of the unions. Corporate overlordship where workers are exploited like it 1870.
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by esarbe 5y ago
The problem here is that the interests of the companies are not aligned with the interest of the workers. That's why you have vast expenditures in the management that go largely unquestioned while there's a constant pressure to pa
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by esarbe 5y ago
Then why are these workers dependent on food stamps? It's self-evident that someone working full time should earn enough to support themselves and their family. > We should want to see more employers raise the fraction of their work
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by esarbe 5y ago
> Show me where I downplayed need for action. >> It's been going down since 2008. Our emissions are mid-80s level and we have over 50% larger population than we had then That's pretty downplaying, at least to my reading.
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by esarbe 5y ago
Well, since your first reply didn't acknowledged that there's a problem and instead even downplayed any need for action, hysterical laughter seems to be the appropriate response. I fail to understand how rational persons - like yo
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by esarbe 5y ago
Awesome! We've solved climate change for the USA. Join in the chant everyone! https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emi... Oh, dang! It seems we're still spewing out tons of CO2 on a g
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by esarbe 5y ago
My hope is that effects like these that turn up the heat - so to speak - will finally allow this to break through to the general public: we're at the brink of an existential crisis. For most people it's still business-as-usual. Bu
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by esarbe 5y ago
You're quite right. I'm very hopeful that this will get trough to people. Someday.
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by esarbe 5y ago
It's fine, actually. I've been working many teams over the last eight years using Scala. The important thing is to know where you _don't_ want to go and you'll be fine. Clean code is a developer's agreement. > My
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by esarbe 5y ago
Yeah, sorry, no. Unfortunately, today's robber barons appetites are never satisfied, they never sleep and the devastation they wreck is destroying the livelihood of all mankind. They need to put in check, not matter how good of an auth
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by esarbe 5y ago
> I don't see how these two things are at all related. There's no fundamental reason I can't have distro-independent software that is also able to run with root privileges if the user desires it. Nope, you're absolute
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by esarbe 5y ago
I guess that's because "this sort of thing" is really a very special use-case that is the primary focus of flatpak. That said: nothing prevents people from specifying an appropriate portal. I guess the intersection of people
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by esarbe 5y ago
Gnome is awesome. Gnome 40 brought some nice performance improvements. Using it on a six years old netbook with 4 GB of RAM and i3.
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by esarbe 5y ago
As mentioned in the issue[0], these limitations are not inescapable. It's just tedious to specify the permissions portal and currently there are no other applications that would require such a portal. So, not really a low-hanging fruit
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by esarbe 5y ago
There's no reason for a flatpak application to load slower than a 'native' application. It just namespacing[0] to separate the application Do you have measurements? Snap seems to be deeply flawed however. They use compressed
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by esarbe 5y ago
Yes. Flatpak is a game-changer.
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by esarbe 5y ago
Never underestimate people's vanity.
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by esarbe 5y ago
It will go down as with any unconstrained leader figure: at some point they'll have some stupid idea (see; the great leap forward, cultural revolution) and no one is there to stop them. And of course there will be purges. Never forget
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by esarbe 5y ago
It's good to see this start to be part of the discussion. To remind everyone; we're headed for a global calamity of unprecedented scale. We need to change our approach with regards to our life support system (i.e. the eco ecosyste
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by esarbe 5y ago
I agree. Although I'd put it like this: We're racing towards extinction and almost everyone tries to put the pedal to the metal because it benefits them just enough in the short run. Classic tragedy of the commons!
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by esarbe 5y ago
They are. Unfortunately it's difficult to explain scientific details to a largely uninformed public.
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by esarbe 5y ago
It's funny how many people take offense. We really aren't rational creatures, are we..
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by esarbe 5y ago
To quote evolution; why go for perfect when you can go for good enough?
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by esarbe 5y ago
Because we didn't evolve to be rational. We evolved to reproduce as often as possible, not to thing as precises as possible. We're not thinking machines, we're reproduction machines. That we are able to think somewhat rationa
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by esarbe 5y ago
Damage to the eco system. It's been well documented[0] that a lack of predator species can cause lasting damage. [0] https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-r...
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by esarbe 5y ago
Next thirty to sixty years?
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by esarbe 5y ago
Well, yes. Might makes right, no question there. The question is how far the powerful are willing to push the system in order to maintain their relative status (relative to each other, not to 'us') and how much the disenfranchised

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