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811.
by ionised 8y ago
So you're not a fan of laws then? Just might?
812.
by ionised 8y ago
Plenty of people saw this shit coming. You and others just opted not to listen to them.
813.
by ionised 8y ago
In comically simplistic terms I suppose, yes.
814.
by ionised 8y ago
The US became the largest economy on Earth because it had 1700's era technology with which which to settle a colossal landmass rich in natural resources and with no real enemies to contend with, plus all the immigrants from all over th
815.
by ionised 8y ago
> "With great power comes great responsibility". Remember this is HN. That saying has been warped to read: "With great power comes great piles of cash"
816.
by ionised 8y ago
He's on HN. It's an American-centric site.
817.
by ionised 8y ago
> It's a different standard of measurement. American anti-trust is about preventing a monopoly from harming consumers via perverse incentives; European anti-trust is about preventing a competitor from driving other laborers out of t
818.
by ionised 8y ago
I'll be happy if we get the point where we consider Friedman and Hayek to be misguided hacks and put an end to the fundamentalists purveying their damaging economic philisophies.
819.
by ionised 8y ago
Seems he was correct in this too.
820.
by ionised 8y ago
So you're not interested in hearing arguments you don't like?
821.
by ionised 8y ago
When does the US act in the interest of the consumer?
822.
by ionised 8y ago
Finding the thing you are good at is difficult though. I'd wager most people will die without ever finding it.
823.
by ionised 8y ago
You mean they mixed up the babies and gave them to the wrong parents?
824.
by ionised 8y ago
Yes.
825.
by ionised 8y ago
Still sour about that Google fine then?
826.
by ionised 8y ago
In fairness to the people slating the entire banking industry, no other industry (that I'm aware of) has so consistently and repeatedly been responsible for financial crash after financial crash in the way your industry has. It display
827.
by ionised 8y ago
Would people just not bother replying to you if you sent them a message over SMS or Signal?
828.
by ionised 8y ago
That's true of a lot of things in history, and doesn't seem very interesting to me. Some things were instrumental in the past that are no longer necessary.
829.
by ionised 8y ago
We really shouldn't be holding up purveyors of lies and snake oil as examples to follow.
830.
by ionised 8y ago
The Pantheon is great but I would have preferred to see it as it was before the Catholics came in, gutted it and turned it into another Church.
831.
by ionised 8y ago
As an outside observer of the US, Ron Wyden seems to be one of the few that tries to stay informed and isn't totally self-interested. He seems like someone I would vote for.
832.
by ionised 8y ago
You learn things in every job you are in. You become more experienced. Do your employers have a right to all that too? That would be ridiculous.
833.
by ionised 8y ago
That's an incredibly narrow view of morality you have there.
834.
by ionised 8y ago
Sounds like scopolamine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscine
835.
by ionised 8y ago
He's not in possession of anything. He handed over everything he had to journalists in Hong Kong.
836.
by ionised 8y ago
Developing on Windows 7/10 is a painful experience that I never wish to revisit. I flat out refuse to work on Windows systems for development now. I would choose either Debian or Arch as my daily development machine, with OSX as a seco
837.
by ionised 8y ago
It is worth remembering that the UK was the only EU nation to try diluting/blocking wide-reaching legislation to combat tax havens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/uk-reject-eu-p... h
838.
by ionised 8y ago
Doesn't seem like a good deal.
839.
by ionised 8y ago
Please don't open new accounts just to reply to your own misinformed comments.
840.
by ionised 8y ago
It could have just been LSD. Going into a trip with anything weighing on your mind, or any stresses or worries can lead to a bad trip.

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