impatientduck

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by impatientduck 7y ago
90%+ of all tech meetups in Austin are this. Such sad garbage. I'm in NYC now, and haven't been going to meetups because I feel burned out on them from having so many bad experiences. Hopefully the new charge that meetup is foisti
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by impatientduck 7y ago
Nonsense - beautiful soup is free. Don't pay for something you can program yourself.
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by impatientduck 7y ago
Complete and total nonsense. "Passion" is a buzzword meaning work for free until we deem you worthy of payment - and that time frame keeps getting longer and longer as the race to the bottom in labor keeps happening. NAFTA was a p
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by impatientduck 7y ago
Exactly. And we have that magnesium and other macro-nutrients are declining in fruits and vegetables ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163803/ ). Unregulated capitalism will grow "food"
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by impatientduck 7y ago
But, importantly, not the current account balance ( https://www.bea.gov/news/blog/2019-03-27/us-current-account-... ).
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by impatientduck 7y ago
Except if we outsource all the jobs...Likewise, no one would be forcing Automattic to list on a first world exchange - there are many other ones where they could be free to float their stock. How come all's fair for labor, but not for
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by impatientduck 7y ago
I guess, but then how are developers in first world countries supposed to pay the rent? If a company wants to source all their developers from third world countries maybe they shouldn't be allowed to list their stock in first world exc
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by impatientduck 7y ago
How much would it cost the US to source all of its products in countries other than China? I imagine it would be expensive, but possible over something like a 5 year span.