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by gretch 3y ago
Yeah maybe it does and maybe it doesn't. Do you have any theses to add instead of saying "maybe no?". A data point to support the original comment is that there are arbitrageurs all over the place. If you are trying to raise
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by gretch 3y ago
> Real MSFT stock beats a theoretical could-have-been with a 10x upside. As someone who has done startups, I highly agree with this statement. But for a lot of people doing start ups for the first time (including my younger self) they do
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by gretch 3y ago
You're saying that your CLs were invisibly modified? Like no other author is attributed to have made the changes?
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by gretch 3y ago
>If you want me to trust your system, show me the complete source code Sounds like you set yourself up to never trust anything. I mean, do you fly on airplanes without having inspected the flight code? Or do you put your money in a bank
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by gretch 3y ago
This is the worst type of comment. Speculation about the author’s motives, without putting in any work of your own to confirm any of it, then just assuming the worst possible case. This is a forum for technologists to discuss interesting ne
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by gretch 3y ago
If we’re talking about the US (reasonable because that’s where Zuck is) the role of the govt is defined in the constitution. If you search for “disease” or “curing disease” you get 0 hits. Meanwhile the thing they advocate for is protected
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by gretch 3y ago
> How do you know you could fix all if you haven't shown you can fix one? I never claimed I could. In fact I never claimed I could fix even one one of those things.
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by gretch 3y ago
> just because it hasn't managed to resolve your favorite issue yet Healthcare is not my favorite issue. It’s a fundamental human issue. That’s why I selected it. In comparison, right to repair is a niche “favorite issue”. One of th
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by gretch 3y ago
I've certainly thought about it. But I don't think I have what it take to win an election. And yeah the fundamental problem with democracy imo is that skill to win an election does not equal the skill it takes to govern. We system
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by gretch 3y ago
> "Universal health care is such a complex beast that only 32 of the world's 33 developed nations have been able to make it work." Please note that I didn't say Universal health care. I'm a consumer of healthcar
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by gretch 3y ago
> Apply a 100%, 1,000%, or whatever percent necessary excise tax on manufactured products. With a sufficiently high premium for new products, consumers will automatically start prioritizing device longevity and/or repairability whe
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by gretch 3y ago
Maybe this doesn't apply to your govt, but I live in the US and I don't have any confidence in the govt to "fix" tech related problems and get e.g. right to repair right. Why? Because they can't even solve the class
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by gretch 3y ago
Well taxes on cars and fuel are being paid. So what additions are you talking about? Also, it's certainly fair to be in favor of something and to have an opinion. It's a different matter to get a bill written and passed by democra
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by gretch 3y ago
I don’t think it’s new at all. Fb marketplace takes inspiration from Craigslist which takes inspiration from newspaper classified ads. If you went to a classified ad and bought a toaster or something and it was bunk, would you think about h
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by gretch 3y ago
The system literally is working. Spotify still exists and you can get music there. Most employees kept their job. The system that’s not working is literally the one in your head. Literally, your imagined ideals sign zero paychecks and add n
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by gretch 3y ago
A lot of people are commenting on the merits of UBI vs no UBI. The article is mostly about lump sum vs periodic distribution and the effects it has on recipients behavior. I recommend everyone read it - even if you’re generally against UBI
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by gretch 3y ago
> This is a completely frivolous argument. > The 19th Century has jack all to do with it. Okay well why don't you tell that to the GP who posted the comment: "We are devolving to the status quo from the nineteen century and
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by gretch 3y ago
> Every dollar in a billionaire's bank account is a dollar that could be in someone else's instead. This is not an example. Today the government can print more dollars out of thin air. So no, dollars is not zero-sum. Even then,
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by gretch 3y ago
> decreases in class mobility and increased concentration of social power > The parent comment seems to focus on the latter Okay but it's still not a very good argument. Like really? That's when you literally had to be _born
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by gretch 3y ago
This is true if you view the world from a zero-sum perspective. If the rich are winning, then the poor must be losing. But I would argue the world is not zero-sum. Modern life for middle class or poor class people is a lot better than the v
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by gretch 3y ago
What about a Dyson sphere? Or time travel? Or FTL travel?
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by gretch 3y ago
> You can either meticulously plan your factory so that every worker always has something productive to do and pay for expensive safety equipment that also slows down the machines, OR you can just pack your factory with enough workers an
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by gretch 3y ago
If the factory is inefficient (bad capitalists) then sure, this can happen. I'm sure bad capitalists exist all over the place then get darwined out of the marketplace. No need to argue for or against the strawmen here. If the capitalis
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by gretch 3y ago
They stop the line because they can’t just materialize a worker out of thin air, not because they feel sad. What exactly do you imagine happens?
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by gretch 3y ago
Your comment is pretentious because it implies I haven’t studied the history of industry, which I have. I was answering to the prompt, because the parent comment said “then there's no reason to be proactive about safety.” I pointed out
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by gretch 3y ago
Um yeah there is? Even the most ruthless cartoon capitalist knows that it’s bad to lose workers and then have to pay $ to train new ones. You at least have to stop the line for the day while the 1 guy who got hurt gets a replacement schedul
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by gretch 3y ago
Unfortunately this guy broke the first and most important rule of telling a joke -> it has to be funny.
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by gretch 3y ago
I really liked S1 and went into S2 bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Woe, it wasn't the same at all... Hope they bring back Joel and the S1 formula for success
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by gretch 3y ago
It’s not sad at all. Modern life is complex and we all know some stuff more than others. Should doctors think it’s sad when you don’t know enough about your body to self diagnose? What about legal disputes? You are a power user of society a
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by gretch 3y ago
>I've learned to pay close attention to what salesmen do, rather than what is said. Yes this is always a wise thing to do. >Most of them say nice things to be likeable, not because they actually mean or will do what they say. I d

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