i_haz_rabies

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by i_haz_rabies 5y ago
Some meritocracy, eh? It blows my mind how the idea that compensation has anything at all to do with how important a job is or the quality of character it requires has survived this long.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
What skills can you guarantee (or at least say with high confidence) will be valuable in 20 years? I can't really think of any except maybe "soft skills" and whatever skills allow you to build a large network.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Jailing the people responsible seems like a way better option than putting potentially tens of thousands of people on welfare.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
that just burns all the regular people working regular jobs at that org.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
the flagged comment said something along the lines of "because meat eaters don't want to feel guilty," which seems like a reasonable take to me. it's at least part of the answer.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Why is it that any criticism of factory farming seems to get downvotes (like your comment and parent comment) on HN?
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I feel a certain degree of guilt over my (relatively low, even in Canada) developer salary. I didn't do anything to deserve my comfortable life. I can't imagine how people with billions sleep at night.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
not to mention worsening air quality, ocean acidification, rising ocean levels, and massive loss of biodiversity!!
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Completely unrelated, but I think it's a damn shame the new Matrix movie isn't going to be a machine wars prequel.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
It's not on me to find sources for your numbers. Besides, doing a trivial, quick Google search comes up with a few links to anti-tax lobby groups (such as the one you provided). However, a slightly less trivial, slightly less quick loo
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I'm also discounting this position based on the fact that the prime directive of government is not efficiency. Do you have a source for your numbers?
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
The whole point of taxes is to normalize quality of life in society.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I think you are tilting at imaginary dragons considering that the plutocrats and largest corporations in America pay basically nothing in taxes. I don't disagree that government should try to be efficient, but government by its very na
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
One problem with this is that we've distributed our families and social circles. I would love to ditch my car, but then I wouldn't be able to get to my parents, siblings or friends.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
"photos on her phone" is pretty damning.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Absolutely. My comment was meant as a generalization.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
My wife works for a manufacturing industry association and is regularly in meetings where owners and executives rant and rave about single use plastic bans like it is the worst thing to happen to them since the 5 day work week. It's in
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I hope you don't get downvoted for this. If you care about childrens welfare, you should be 100% in support of pedophiles coming forward and seeking help.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Who exactly is orchestrating this massive, species-spanning conspiracy?
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I will go on the record calling this person crazy. We need to stop pandering industry interests and the people they have deceived.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying you won't always be right.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
I don't trust anyone in the American context to determine the line between controversial speech and hate speech.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
The argument that no topic should be taboo or unavailable for discussion is not hateful, it is not an attack and it is not conservative.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
"plainly" is an extremely loaded word in this context.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Doubtful? Famine due to unusual climate circumstances is not unusual, and we are entering a new era of historically "unusual" climate circumstances (not to mention the many other faucets of human-caused environmental collapse). Fa
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
This is the sort of thinking that erodes the ground underneath society.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Unique skills are rare by definition.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
That's a weird contortion of logic. Your point is still that raising children isn't an economically valuable activity, unless you also think that men should be paid somewhere around 2x if they are supporting a stay-at-home mom...
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
Spreading out would use up so much land that we would effectively destroy the biosphere in the process.
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by i_haz_rabies 6y ago
You could survive for a long time on this, and if you add cheap produce like carrots and beets for a few cents more you could survive indefinitely.

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