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by freediverx 3y ago
It’s only better this way from the corporation’s POV. Without labor unions, any salary negotiations are heavily weighted in favor of the corporation.
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by freediverx 3y ago
Reason: the propaganda rag for libertarians.
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by freediverx 3y ago
This is what Cory Doctorow has described as the enshittification of companies and platforms. It's not a fluke - it was the plan all along. First you treat your customers well to build up a user base. Then you make things crappy for the
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by freediverx 3y ago
But that's expected from a website that derives all of its revenue from advertising. That is NOT expected from one's operating system. That is unacceptable. When your operating system can't be trusted, it's time to move
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by freediverx 3y ago
Now do the rest of the world.
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by freediverx 3y ago
I think many overlook the degree to which the housing market has been distorted by banks, private equity, and companies like AirBnB. With a housing crisis in America, any decent, democratic government would have implemented regulatory chang
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by freediverx 3y ago
A reminder that “Reason” is a libertarian propaganda rag.
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by freediverx 4y ago
That’s a very pro-capitalist way of saying you don’t really care about free markets. If the airport authority allowed competition and/or if they only granted exclusivity tied to reasonable pricing, then this issue wouldn’t exist.
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by freediverx 4y ago
After visiting the BVD website, what’s remarkable to me is that they’re priced from $32-40k. From the photos at least, it looks like a $100k+ car, much more luxurious than a Tesla Model S. But then again, I’m probably just used to price gou
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by freediverx 4y ago
Is there a lot of crossover appeal between fans of Apple products and GM cars?
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by freediverx 4y ago
https://twitter.com/emilymbender/status/1640920996768288773?...
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by freediverx 4y ago
Why longtermism is the world’s most dangerous secular credo https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-da...
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by freediverx 4y ago
Not sure of the premise behind this, so maybe I’m missing the point, but why not curate quality news sources and access them via an rss news reader like NetNewsWire?
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by freediverx 4y ago
ACA was useless when I was unemployed years ago.
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by freediverx 4y ago
I'm in the US and I'm sick of the focus on SUVs and crossover vehicles. Shopping for a Mazda3 recently and the company seems to be bending over backwards to persuade me to get an SUV instead.
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by freediverx 4y ago
BMW seems to strike the right balance between software and tactile controls, including the ergonomically-placed I-Drive buttons and knobs.
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by freediverx 4y ago
I refuse to buy any car that replaces key physical controls with software. Of course, Tesla is off the list, but less because of design decisions and more because of Space Karen/Phoney Stark.
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by freediverx 4y ago
VW will sell this car at $26K the same way Tesla sold the Model 3 at $30k.
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by freediverx 4y ago
When we hear political hacks using the word “freedom” we must always ask “freedom for whom to do what?” The answer is always some variation on “the freedom for sociopaths to exploit and oppress others.”
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by freediverx 4y ago
I wish they’d invested a little less on the technology and a little more on the writing.
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by freediverx 4y ago
Yes, they need to come together to figure out how to blame and punish poor people for this.
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by freediverx 4y ago
The fact that this company was founded by a couple of Harvard Business School grads, and that they and their investors didn’t immediately see this as a gimmicky and unsustainable business model, tells you everything you need to know about b
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by freediverx 4y ago
I love the part about the tech industry having a "moral imperative".
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by freediverx 4y ago
Why does anyone still buy anything from HP?
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by freediverx 4y ago
It’s already been demonstrated how most inflation has been caused by corporate profit seeking, much of this confirmed by corporate executives boasting to shareholders. Please stop amplifying capitalist propaganda.
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by freediverx 4y ago
How about a companion piece against the romantization of capitalism?
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by freediverx 4y ago
I can think of many valid reasons for not wanting to use Windows. Religion ain’t one of them.
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by freediverx 4y ago
Does the NLRB have any teeth? Can they impose fines? I’ve yet to see any of these rulings result in any meaningful changes.
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by freediverx 4y ago
I’ve been using Kagi search for a while now. Is their API an option?
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by freediverx 4y ago
https://archive.ph/yuk6a

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