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by hoaw 8y ago
Here is the qoute from the article: > “We were the Linux of social media,” as Hassan puts it. “We never had the clear mental model of what the site was, but we had the features. We had the knobs and tuneables and features. Every feature
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by hoaw 8y ago
Dedicated reading glasses is the proper solution.
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by hoaw 8y ago
I can only say that I find it silly that you are suggesting things like German labor laws when it was a divided country, half literally communist, until 1990. Far more likely that SV is largely a result of the US lead in semiconductors whic
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by hoaw 8y ago
So your proposed solution is collective bargaining (which isn’t really arbitrary) as long as it isn’t actually legally protected which is what a union is? I guess that is choice, just seemingly not a very realistic one.
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by hoaw 8y ago
My whole argument was essentially that you don’t have choice. So how does your wish matter? I would argue that it doesn’t since you couldn’t change it even if you wanted to. Or I guess you could say you’re in luck since you are getting exac
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by hoaw 8y ago
No, it isn’t. SV didn’t happen anywhere in Europe, very likely because of WWII. Norway is mostly concerned about oil these days, but Sweden have been doing very well in tech for its size. Second most unicorn per capita in the world after SV
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by hoaw 8y ago
Unfortunately I don’t believe regulation would work in this case. Not because it wouldn’t be effective, but because it wouldn’t happen. People tend to wonder why e.g. Nordic unions are so strong. It is because they have real power. They hav
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by hoaw 8y ago
A lot of people are not having a good time in the US. Every once in a while that shines through. Like in this article where Ford (the company) is commenting on hiring: “The company said it takes about two weeks to collect enough résumés fro
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by hoaw 8y ago
It is a tangent for sure, but I would say a very different conversation as we are discussing wheter it is hype or not. When countries like Sweden produce international successes it is because substance matters. That is the absolute essence
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by hoaw 8y ago
Don't worry I wouldn't be writing if I didn't find it interesting. I do think it is a pretty important issue. Can countries like Sweden actually produce companies that do the things you say they do these days? I, just as you,
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by hoaw 8y ago
1. I don't really think it is a different question. I am just saying that a lot of the revere for "boutique" gear isn't in its utility. (which is related to what the OP was saying). I don't deny there are use cases
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by hoaw 8y ago
We can probably agree on that situation, but I don't think that is the greater point so much as whether technology actually empowers you to make decisions. I might certainly also have rose tinted glasses, or was only exposed to certain
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by hoaw 8y ago
What does fake usually mean? Deceptive maybe? I think a lot of what is being sold isn't substantial. It isn't supported by utility, but other things like marketing. I think a lot of the market for these items aren't people wh
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by hoaw 8y ago
That is what I am saying though. If you spend a ton of money and time on marketing and product development don't have people essentially pretend to be building it. Or say that it is modular when the case seemingly only supports your mo
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by hoaw 8y ago
Sure, but why not actually have something that you need to assemble for a good reason? Like some eurorack cases go for ~300€ and those are just a PCB, some wood and a metal rail. You make that modular in a flat pack for 30€ instead with the
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by hoaw 8y ago
Unlikely for a number of reasons. For one Stockholm (and Sweden) is very expensive and their products already show more advanced manufacturing techniques. This suggests some sort of contract manufacturing. Their products are also already ex
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by hoaw 8y ago
That is certainly good to hear. Though I would argue that it is those manufacturers who deserve a lot of the credit. I don't want to be a buzzkill. I just hate when people get to to have their cake and eat it too. All these words like
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by hoaw 8y ago
If it is so stupid, explain this to me. 1. Who actually needs boutique gear? I am not saying it isn't fun. I am not saying that it can't be a hobby in itself nor am I saying some tiny percentage of the music industry might need it
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by hoaw 8y ago
It's all fake of course. It probably costs <$50 to produce, most likely in China. It isn't custom by any means. It is modular, but seemingly it wouldn't make a lot of sense since that isn't what you are paying for. Do
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by hoaw 8y ago
What IKEA is good at is continuously decreasing the work involved, error rate, quality issues etc. I can see no practical purpose to folding the metal yourself in this case, other than to make it feel more special than it is.
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by hoaw 8y ago
I would say those are two different things, but they are generally both bullshit. One is menial jobs with no future, essentially lost potential. The other is taking a position in something rather than do something, like middle managers. I k
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by hoaw 8y ago
> in Europe - where even the lower middle class seem to get taxed heavily. This is because, at least in Sweden, the first ~25% isn't strictly taxes, but fees for public benefits. Like 10% pension and 2% parental leave.
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't think UBI would work like that. The thing is that you can essentially simulate UBI yourself if you work in tech. Go and work a high paying job, or contract, for 3-6 months. Then take the rest of the year off. The problem is of
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by hoaw 8y ago
Elon Musk had a similar argument against, I think, flying cars on Joe Rogans show. I guess it is one of those things were imagination is greater than reality. Like a lot of space stuff (mostly in regards to distance). Though I guess high an
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by hoaw 8y ago
Contractors aren't employees though. Most employers wouldn't want to pay for expansive contractors for the bulk of their workforce nor does society really support that. The lesser and lesser rights of employees is a power grab. Em
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by hoaw 8y ago
As someone who is usually fairly "socialist" I always mostly disagree when people want to use the government, or companies for that matter, to promote innovation. There is already a mechanism for innovation called the market. You
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by hoaw 8y ago
Wealth is ultimately about outcome. On average more of my non-tech friends had to invest in education, work, housing and family because they didn't have a choice. Those things compounds just like money does. So now my non-tech friends,
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by hoaw 8y ago
I expected a better article to be honest. Some of the ideas are correct, but I think the perspective is overall wrong. For one he is probably ten times richer than the average tech worker. But you don't want to be rich as much as you w
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by hoaw 8y ago
I really can't agree though. There are a lot of people not having a particularity good time working low wage jobs without a future. Whether you want to say that this is the same, or even better than, before or not it certainly isn&#x27
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by hoaw 8y ago
I don't disagree with your point, but I do at least slightly disagree with your perspective. This isn't something like an unavoidable feature of the future that is going to affect a subset of society. It is that we are fundamental

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