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by insert_coin 5y ago
Doesn’t require A, but the I is absolutely required, intelligence is what the Stasi did. Automating what we know is a dangerous policy should not be treated as lightly as you’ve put it just because you are bored of people quoting 1984 to yo
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by insert_coin 5y ago
If things were different, yes, things would be different.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> If you want a senior for a junior's salary and think you'll get one by leaving the salary range blank, go pound sand. No one thinks they are getting away with anything but you. I don't get why you are so mad most people
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by insert_coin 5y ago
So you are ok with stealing if the victims are "rich"?
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> Salary is the single most important thing to know about a position. That's like, your opinion. Millions of people go on job interviews everyday without first knowing the salary offered and in fact in most meetings the salary is th
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> SF has massive neighborhood diversity as far as living situations go. Yeah, the downtown and tourist areas suck. The fact that you needed to say that says a lot. While describing most cities of the world, most third world country citie
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by insert_coin 5y ago
The asymmetry is in more than one area, those where only examples, and they probably have an asymmetric advantage over you in all areas. That is why, even if you know who to lobby you can't get a meeting, but they meet everyday. You do
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by insert_coin 5y ago
They already can do it better on Android!
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> The at&t monopoly came about via government power,... That is what I wrote, yes. AT&T knew who to "lobby". That is information asymmetry.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
And you can not buy iPads. I know it is completely anathema to suggest something like this on HN these days as the socialist wave completely took it over and the mere suggestion that people have the freedom to not buy something if they don&
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by insert_coin 5y ago
The financial power comes from somewhere. > Or maybe a company is on top because of their execution. I already explained that part.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Where is the "dominant market power" coming from? Asymmetry of information is what got you to the top. You know more than your competition, more on a productive process, on consumer behavior, on business partners, on leveraging fi
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by insert_coin 5y ago
But they don't and yet you still have a job (I hope). And the reason is because when you are looking for a job other things are more important than knowing the salary even before you apply or they seriously consider you. Everyone does
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Secure or not you still have two blockchains and people have to decide which one they prefer. Do you understand there have been bitcoin and ethereum forks where exactly that has happened?
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by insert_coin 5y ago
It is said about all fiats, of which tether is one. And the confidence seems to be at the endpoint.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Sure, you can be against anything, pro anything, and believe in anything. What I believe is what I wrote, you can believe governments should control plutonium if you want.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
I could also fork the blockchain, now you have two blockchains. It's the same thing.
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Do you think there is no point to PayPal, or do you think your GitHub repo is an equivalent replacement? Is forwarding an email to a bunch of people equal to twitter? Yes, and yes. Paypal is superior to a github repo, but that doesn't
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by insert_coin 5y ago
The real reason is twofold, first and more importantly, because you don't know the unintended consequences of proposing something like that. Who knows what else would get caught between the regulatory framework needed to prevent someon
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Everyone stands in the shoulders of those who came before, and that is a good thing. The US didn't invent physics, didn't invent gunpowder, oil, math, textiles, ROCKETS, etc. But they did "acquire" them all, somehow. &gt
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by insert_coin 5y ago
I don't have a problem with what Apple did, they should be able to fire anyone for any reason without explanation at any time. Apple took the easy way out to avoid more short term damage, and that was their decision to make. > becau
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> Since when has "diversity" included having to keep bigots on payroll? Since...always? That is what diversity means, aren't you employed? Diversity is not only about what you look like, or the color of your skin, and it d
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by insert_coin 5y ago
You don't seem to understand the difference between thought and conduct. If he was harassing "anyone", there are already many laws and many lawyers waiting to take everything he owns from him. The courts are there exactly for
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by insert_coin 5y ago
It is very very sad that this has to even be said, but freedom means tolerating things you don't agree with, diversity means tolerating viewpoints different than yours. Is the US a nation of laws or a nation ruled by mob?
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Safe spaces have made their way into the corporate world, truly sad to see freedom of speech and diversity of thought getting destroyed being celebrated around here. But in a way is also refreshing, we are near the bottom (or nearer), corpo
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by insert_coin 5y ago
Again, that you don’t consider what I wrote a counter argument and are trying to dismiss it as ad-hominem to not have to actually generate a rebuttal or accept it says more about you than the opposite. Society decides its morals, not I, cer
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> You misunderstand. The question is whether individual value structures converge/approximate to a superstructure outside every individual, not whether individuals can use environment, history, each other etc as an inspiration for t
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> You can certainly see some countries (e.g. Scandinavia, or Australia, or even Canada) finding a different balance point than other countries (e.g. the US). Three very resources rich regions. They are exploiting their natural resources
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> The problem is not about being hard working or not hard working. It is about the constraints around that hard work; or lack thereof. In late modern labor society the normativity is to achieve in itself, without any philosophical or eth
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by insert_coin 5y ago
> In a game where everyone has some guaranteed basic standard of living you would expect the competition to be less fierce. And how can you, or anyone, guarantee something like that? The standard of living we have, however imbalanced it

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