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811.
by hkt 4y ago
They're only an income tax if you can't pay them off. Call it a tax on the poor and normal, while as ever the wealthier cohorts get a nice break. This is why there should have been an actual graduate tax. That and the fact that a
812.
by hkt 4y ago
Only five? I'd like to invite you to read this. Subheading: "The average house price is 65 times higher than in 1970 but average wages are only 36 times higher. " https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/202
813.
by hkt 4y ago
I find it deeply, deeply annoying when companies that are very obviously not owned by the "community" use the term in their name. I looked thinking they might be a cooperative and it appears they are not. Not totally on topic I re
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by hkt 4y ago
His other example, Snikket, is self hostable and interoperable with the wider xmpp world. The pattern is largely related to companies wanting to build walled gardens. On that basis, most open source tech has "failed" in the sense
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by hkt 4y ago
This isn't really accurate: xmpp isn't p2p, it is hub and spoke. All comms (except optionally some VoIP and file transfers) go through the server. XMPP can also do store and forward pretty easily with common server addons. I'
816.
by hkt 4y ago
It was more of a bridge of stardom for Mr Wheaton..
817.
by hkt 4y ago
Justice simulator: same concept as sim city, but focused on how policing, social services, education, welfare and prisons tie up. Aim is net zero crime, with all policy options available from totalitarian state, through centrist manageriali
818.
by hkt 4y ago
Third post now, but I'd like to see a kids' game built around schemas ("up", "down", "on top of" etc) that uses voice recognition to promote and reward speech in young children. My specific use case i
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by hkt 4y ago
Cities: skylines but with no private transport - no regular roads etc. Also, more scope for political economic choices, in particular state owned enterprises, cooperatives, etc. There's real world evidence they behave differently in ho
820.
by hkt 4y ago
I'd like Stellar is 4X strategy but with the chance to drop into a Freelancer style dog fight to tip the scales on battles that could otherwise be predicted on a calculator. Bonus points if my friends can pilot over a lan, too.
821.
by hkt 4y ago
When I saw this title, I instantly found myself thinking "could I encode my backups in random videos, with parity bits, and treat them as long term storage?"
822.
by hkt 4y ago
In the UK we have a category of "worker" which is between self employed and employed. I strongly suspect the fact that google play is the sole marketplace for most apps has an effect that brings people into that definition. It is
823.
by hkt 4y ago
It refers to the fact that if you hit "save" it'll first modify its own code, then spit it out again as a download. So it does output its own code, and not in the sense of just having viewable code.
824.
by hkt 4y ago
S3 credentials and WebDAV are also options for tiddlywiki.
825.
by hkt 4y ago
I hear that. We can put bike lanes and a tram track beside the building, shops and amenities at the bottom, and room for food trucks to come and go. It'll be perfect. More seriously, sorry to hear about the car. It sucks to be that way
826.
by hkt 4y ago
The same might be said of electorates in representative democracies. How do you distinguish?
827.
by hkt 4y ago
Even so, the fact is that the more hierarchy there is, and the greater the bounty at the top, the more perverse incentives for managers and would-be managers there are. Good management is, by its nature, very minimal.
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by hkt 4y ago
Maybe the solution is dense, high rise concrete buildings surrounded by woodland. The size of the woodland being determined by the net emissions from the concrete.
829.
by hkt 4y ago
Very good point. (Excuse the smugness here, but I've wanglee a four day week WFH and my life is amazing)
830.
by hkt 4y ago
Google are vile. Decisions like this should always be appealable to an independent tribunal, the way that employment disputes are. I'd go so far as to suggest that app developers are de facto employees, on that note: a recent ruling in
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by hkt 4y ago
I love the fact about them being coops and having the ability to borrow with their cheese as collateral. It is so old world and so wholesome. I'd like to borrow against my cheese one day.
832.
by hkt 4y ago
> voluntarily giving it up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis
833.
by hkt 4y ago
This is beautifully put, I'm saving it in my notes to remind myself of it later. The point about market cap was especially striking.
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by hkt 4y ago
The speculators betting against it added to the bank's difficulties, in fairness: they didn't stand outside the process, they were part of it.
835.
by hkt 4y ago
Well yes, that too. But the facts from around the world are that the market power of even benign retailers is less effective at creating high standards than regulation.
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by hkt 4y ago
Conventionally, neoliberalism is described as a doctrine that commodities and commercialises everything it can. It is the growth of markets into areas traditionally without them, the belief that choice is more important than standards, and
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by hkt 4y ago
Alas, people might get the wrong idea about what kind of colon you mean.
838.
by hkt 4y ago
While it is true that Spotify does recommendations, I'm sceptical that the majority of users value this part most. I'm happy to be corrected, but I'd guess it is simply the ability to stream music on demand that remains its m
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by hkt 4y ago
I was more making the point that CEO salaries are crazy and unjustifiable, to be honest.
840.
by hkt 4y ago
Finally, a way young people can get a mortgage deposit saved up.

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