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by ionised 8y ago
Traction in what context?
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by ionised 8y ago
Amazon didn't pay their workers a living wage for a long time, having them subsidised with taxpayer money and used their position to be be able to sell at a loss to destroy competition. Plus their dubious tax arangements. Facebook is F
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by ionised 8y ago
propaganda for what purpose?
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by ionised 8y ago
> How do you think people become wealthy in the first place? It's almost always connected to providing value to lots of people. I find that hard to believe, honestly. It seems like the biggest gains are to be made in rent-seeking, m
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by ionised 8y ago
> Is it more beneficial for yourself to blame others or figure out how to improve your situation? Part of improving your situation is observing where the unfairness in the system lies and addressing it accordingly. Legally preferably.
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by ionised 8y ago
This generation is, by and large, yes.
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by ionised 8y ago
> They definitely don't pay 0. They actually pay a significant portion of all taxes collected. You won't pay as much in your entire lifetime as the annual bills for some of these people Because they have more money than I will
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by ionised 8y ago
Not if you're ignorant of the choice.
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by ionised 8y ago
That's because most of the money goes to them in the first place. So they pay the majority. Good. They can pay more too.
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by ionised 8y ago
No, he's right. Nothing you said made his point wrong.
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by ionised 8y ago
There is absolutely nothing about Facebook that is essential or irreplaceable.
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by ionised 8y ago
That's not a good excuse.
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by ionised 8y ago
> Google, as far as I know, was never caught in dark ui patterns Are you serious? Google uses dark patterns all the time.
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by ionised 8y ago
> So honest Q here if you feel so strongly why haven't you got your Ceng / E status I don't feel strongly about it. I don't need people to call me an engineer, because I'm not an engineer and I have no intention
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by ionised 8y ago
Seems pretty easy to blame them to me.
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by ionised 8y ago
Tangible improvements for people who already have money. GDP doesn't tell you where the money is going, and who benefits from it. GDP may as well be a measure of how well the rich are doing because it tells you next to nothing about ho
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by ionised 8y ago
Software development is not one of the 'Professions', and never will be until it has a governing body and some degree of accountability for the shoddy work they can put out.
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by ionised 8y ago
And being in service of the patient often requires not doing what the patient wants, because the patient is not a medical professional and doesn't know shit.
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by ionised 8y ago
Real engineers should probably look down on us from a great height.
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by ionised 8y ago
> The West has no need to resort to underhanded tricks History suggests otherwise.
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by ionised 8y ago
No.
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by ionised 8y ago
Pirates of all media types tend to also buy legal media far, far more than people who never pirate.
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by ionised 8y ago
Nope.
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by ionised 8y ago
> the median income is a better metric to measure that. I disagree. So you have a bit more than you had last year but as time goes on your percetage share in the overall wealth, prosperity and influence in your nation is decreasing. Grea
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by ionised 8y ago
> Hyperbole and trash-talking is common at such things. As it should be. Why?
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by ionised 8y ago
Is this wikipedia page supposed to make a point?
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by ionised 8y ago
He said in his experience. Then you tell him he's not thinking clearly or critically. Could you be more any more patronising and dismissive?
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by ionised 8y ago
Wait what? US police don't actually have to lift a finger in the case of a crime being committed in front of them? How is that a thing?
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by ionised 8y ago
Investing in the future is great. Doing so while exploiting workers and dubious tax arrangements is not.
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by ionised 8y ago
I've been thinking of picking up Sorcery on Steam. I never managed to get stuck into those books during their peak.

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