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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
Holy moley, that does explain those 4 skinny dudes on horses I saw the other night. This'll enable crazy large single-VI spaghetti monsters. There'll need to be a Guinness record for geometrically largest VI. Next step is 3D VIs
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
Yeah, public benefit corps are an example of a better way to organize an institution that has extreme power over humanity. Those aren't even legal in all 50 states. Are any giant multi-nationals organized as a PBC? Illegal and enforc
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
Yes, executives can and do excercise personal judgement. But if their actions are unprofitable for long enough, shareholders will vote them out. You're right that legally there's little way to enforce the intent of CEO actions, t
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
You're completely right. But that doesn't change the fact that current publicly traded companies are legally required to maximize profits to shareholders above other goals. That's 'the game' that's the problem
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
That's fair. But the root issue is that the US government (who at least should create at enforce the system) is beholden to $ and not constituents. Lobbiest only lobby because they can. If we legislated lobbying to be equivalent to
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
I don't think 'good for Microsoft' is quite right, but your sentiment is true. If a business can spend $x to save $2x, they will. Regardless if that savings is due to tax dodging, wage theft, or switching from AWS to self-h
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Ask HN: Database of writable CAN bus data for cars
1 points by fndksksvdk 3y ago|1 comments
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
I've seen lots of shops running labview, but never on a Mac. I doubt NI's losing many customers with this move. Maybe with a focus on Windows they can finally implement zooming in and out of VIs. It's like a text editor tha
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by fndksksvdk 3y ago
Is anyone else having trouble with the singing? I was able to get through the mic portion of Rhythm, but I've failed every attempt at the mic questions in Ear Training. All I need to do is sing 2 descending notes - am I really that ton