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hueving
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It is not the job of companies to give excess capital to their workers. Where did you get that idea from? The rate workers are paid depends on the market for their skills and what retention the company wants. Worker pay will increase as the
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hueving
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If a widget company is pretty much dominating its total addressable market, any excess cash it has should be used to buy back its shares as a way of returning cash to shareholders rather than try to expand into unrelated businesses. The mar
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hueving
8y ago
Yes we can separate it. You've just likely never personally dealt with someone in a high US office that you've disagreed with so you're venting on every outlet available to you.
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hueving
8y ago
Positive racism ("I'm trying to help the stereotypical image of what I think you are") is still racism. There is no such think as 'hardly racism'. That's an excuse for racist behavior you agree with. It definit
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hueving
8y ago
Ugh, poor money management skills have nothing to do with morals. It's fine to say someone has poor money management skills just like it's fine to say someone has poor C++ coding skills. Creating a budget and sticking to it requi
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8y ago
>Lastly, we have consulting and support, which I think is a dead end Given that the only large company that is actually successful with open source as a business model long term (Redhat) follows this model, that shallow statement seems p
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>I'm sure the vast majority of citizens in those states where freedom of speech is most advocated for would prefer censorship over living in a destabilised nation mired in endless conflict and divisive free speech. The US seemed to
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8y ago
Of course your value is relevant to your salary. It sets the upper limit.
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I think you missed your opportunity to learn something because the parent post was being too subtle. Both student loans and the housing loans leading to the crisis are blinding examples of the government interfering with the risk assessment
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>It's a system that provides for the few instead of the many, unlike Germany that provides for the many instead of the few That's a silly argument. US citizens make more on average than German citizens. Both systems provide for
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8y ago
There isn't a drop of evidence that staying in the same school would have prevented this. Claiming "this was preventable" and then tying it to your pet political cause is gross. I know someone personally that attempted suicid
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hueving
8y ago
While this is true, it's whataboutism. You can be fixing a fuckup resulting from your government's previous actions, but it's still fixing it.
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8y ago
>people who can't think for themselves. If this is really your mental model of people who join, I suggest you do some deeper research; or, you know, talk to them. As a general rule of thumb, if your view of a group of millions of pe
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8y ago
Not really comparable given the delayed effects of black lung as opposed to a burn from a coal dust fire.
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>only talks about the global rise in CO2 in terms that make people think Because the levels in the global rise are negligible in comparison to what is dangerous for breathing. Here's a hint, if you think you've spotted somethin
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hueving
8y ago
That presumes flavor and longevity are mutually exclusive.
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Curious, do you offer GMO products for people that care about sustainability and the environment or is it too hard to serve both markets?
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>A lot of americans don't approve of many things the government does but we don't call them a dictatorship oppressing the people. Because the government doesn't block you from saying those things. It's concerning to m
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8y ago
You don't need input to realize that the government oppression of millions of individuals is wrong.
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hueving
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Did you just say that the law shouldn't force us to honor human rights? Are you serious?
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If you think someone looking over your shoulder while you solve a problem with your future career on the line is anything like "working as a team", I weep for whatever work environment your developers work in.
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That is a lens. Wages are increasing, lots of people do have healthcare, and homeownership is increasing.
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This was a suicide, not violent extremism.
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>It seems to me to be a continuation of the pattern of labor 'Going Postal' in the labor hostile environment that has emerged since Reagan. What evidence do you have that this is a trend? >I'm sure an MBA will surface a
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That's what bankruptcy is for. You get to start over after making crappy debt bets (unless it's a student loan).
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hueving
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Wasn't the last suicide by plane in Germany or Switzerland with a plane full of passengers?
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Does this second person live in the cockpit 24/7? This guy got in an unoccupied plane.
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Pointless attempt to tie a political view to a tragedy, please don't do this. There have been massacres, bombings, dramatic suicides, etc long before the Reagan administration and none of them have claimed "If I would have only ha
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Ugh, communicating with a whiteboard has no overlap with developing a solution to a completely unexpected quiz (if you didn't cheat) on a whiteboard in front of someone scrutinizing your every move with your future career on the line.
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8y ago
You need opex and to show that a one hour shift is worth anything close to that. People in cold climates need heat in the dark. People in hot climates need air con in the evening after work. A 1 hour shift does little for that.
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