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by hyko 6y ago
Why should I pay $99 per year for a hey.com email address? Robbery! I demand the courts lower this to 9¢ immediately, which I deem to be the true value of an email address. Hey are abusing their monopoly power over the hey.com domain...this
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by hyko 6y ago
I’d say you can’t really be rich without living an easy and private life :)
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by hyko 6y ago
The idea that you need LinkedIn to further your career is a myth straight out of the LinkedIn marketing budget. It was a weak signal that is now pure noise.
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by hyko 6y ago
The utopian dreams of the 80s and 90s haven't really gone anywhere (in both senses). What has happened is that the internet as a tool has largely been colonised by corporate interests. If you’re looking for a business adventure, Don’t
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by hyko 6y ago
Avoid the global lobotomy, “please support me on Patreon”.
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by hyko 6y ago
It is sad. It’s the nature of the beast; oversight is as weak as water, foresight limited, opportunities for misuse and insecurity boundless. Trusted organisations have become the frontmen for all this bullshit, and people are frankly being
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by hyko 6y ago
And that's why we don't trust "the good guys" with our data. There are no good guys, keep your damn data to yourself no matter what.
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by hyko 6y ago
Bet they work with law enforcement on “encrypted” calls as well.
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by hyko 6y ago
If we can’t even make a regular shower sustainable, then our civilisation is fucked. Next month: how to enjoy your weekly sponge bath!
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by hyko 6y ago
Very cool.
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by hyko 6y ago
I made that claim and I stand by it. Britain in 1945 was effectively broke and seeking to plug massive holes in its workforce. That’s the context in which Britain spent its Marshall Plan money trying to support the flagging empire: http:&#
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by hyko 6y ago
“The US system does not raise the same concerns about racism” I have to disagree strongly with this, as we’re talking about differences of degree and not kind; the unique status of Peurto Rico is literally the result of a racist law effec
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by hyko 6y ago
I fully concede that you know more about Puerto Rico and its politics than I do, however the point I’m making is not really diminished by that. What I’m saying is, there should be no option of quasi-citizenship. Either you enjoy all the rig
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by hyko 6y ago
Do you genuinely believe that this drop in relative output was caused by inward migration, considering all the other historical factors?
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by hyko 6y ago
We’re not talking about international migration; we’re talking about having different classes of citizens within the same nation state. The British Isles wouldn’t need to let in an enormous number of people, but they could if they wanted to
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by hyko 6y ago
That’s why it’s all the more galling; the UK is trying to build a brand around multiculturalism while issuing BS passports for those deemed not British enough. The UK establishment embraced multiculturalism when it was flat on its back econ
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by hyko 6y ago
Yeah, and I’m sure slaves got three meals a day, a job for life etc. etc. Let’s agree that having different classes of citizenship is just a terrible idea for the precious values of freedom, justice, and democracy. No other argument reall
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by hyko 6y ago
It’s not technically disbanded yet :) https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ The comment really applies to the US empire, or indeed any empire in general. I hear why you’re saying, but the economic argument just doesn’t make any
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by hyko 6y ago
No, it’s not. They actually voted to become an official US state: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puerto_Rican_status_ref... Besides, they are already U.S. citizens by right, they don’t need to vote on anything. T
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by hyko 6y ago
"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king"
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by hyko 6y ago
Yeah, time for that racist bullshit to end. Same stunt that the U.S. pulls in its colonies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_o... You're either a full and free citizen of the empire or no
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by hyko 6y ago
"It exploited the colony and local residents of HK as much as China does now." nope: https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/07/01/hong-kong-proteste...
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by hyko 6y ago
Yes. All these examples seem to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding about what a flywheel is and what it can do. They are primarily for storing and releasing energy; they don’t generate their own momentum. https://en.m.wikip
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by hyko 6y ago
That’s not my argument. What I’m saying is that a flywheel is a poor analogy for what is being described. If you understand what a flywheel is, and I tell you that there is such a thing as a “marketing flywheel”, you’re no closer to underst
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by hyko 6y ago
That’s not what is being described though: “You put in the same amount of work (or less) each time, and get more and more out of it the more you repeat it.”
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by hyko 6y ago
The term “Marketing Flywheel” doesn’t really enlighten anyone, because that’s not how flywheels work. Flywheels are a store of energy, not an energy multiplier. In a true marketing flywheel, you’d only ever get out slightly less than you pu
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APOE e4 genotype predicts severe Covid-19(academic.oup.com)
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by hyko 6y ago
I agree, instead of targeted support for parents we should just give everyone the same basic standard of living so they can choose to support themselves independently if they choose to procreate. Edit: I can understand the notion that some
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by hyko 6y ago
“DevOps is a conspiracy by major tech companies. The goal was to save money by transferring the tasks of system administrators and network specialists into the area of responsibility of common software developers” ...I thought this was mean
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by hyko 6y ago
Oh ffs. Where’s the justice department when you need them?

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