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by kafkaesq 9y ago
There's plenty of issues, of course. Which again, is why I referred to it as the "lesser of nightmares".
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
This is pretty standard, isn't it? Actually it's a fairly recent invention. It only seems "standard" if one has no recollection of a time and a place (not so far back) when outsourcing (and the systematic discounting
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
It isn't paranoia when the entire history of the "free market" demonstrates that... (not all, but a far to high proportion of) these entities pretty much will screw over everyone and everything they can, in exchange an extra
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
If Food Service workers are underpaid that's a fair point but it's not something for Facebook to fix. Well, we'll see about that. Being as, you know, it's not like companies such as Facebook have some inalienable right
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Nice. An ability to filter by price (and actual availability), application / submission deadline, and volunteer opportunity would be useful, also.
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
My experiences as an on site contract worker don't always line up with that. You keep getting back to your experience as an on-site, and highly paid (compared to most folks) tech worker. The whole point of the original article is
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
So I'll say the regulate-the-problem-away impulse is a pipe dream in the long run. I'll call it "the lesser of nightmares". Being as we've seen where "just let property owners do whatever they want" has
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
I don't personally see a difference other than the average wage for what I do. There's this "respect" part, which is one of the major points of the article. And the fact that you apparently don't even see it as
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Yep, it's best not to confuse reality with pipe dreams, generally.
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Then there's, you know, "capitalism in actual practice". Which is what the Dude above was referring to.
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
That's how capitalism and meritocracy work unfortunately. The Dude is absolutely right and spot on with this of course -- and in any case shouldn't have been downvoted for pointing it out. Systematic social segregation and perva
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
They are excluded from events because they are working not for Facebook, but a food service company that contracts for Facebook. This may be technically true, but ultimately it's just window dressing. And for FB (and many other comp
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Yeah, people are people I guess. Even so - I find the stance "You're super easily hurt / offended / etc" (or as the above commenter put it, "ruffled") - "and I'm not, so I need to do what's
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
These are problems that any park that has high traffic has to deal with. No, they're not problems of "high traffic". That would be things like too many people on the lawn above intended capacity, and what not. The point is
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
then when they get used, they cry out legally to stop the use. The parks weren't just being "used", people were littering, staying after hours, trampling on flowerbeds and stuff. Or did you miss that part of the article?
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What Uber Drivers Say About Uber(citylab.com)
5 points by kafkaesq 9y ago|0 comments
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
so <insert excuse here> that makes them feel better about rejection. .... Give them some <come back when> that doesn't ruffle them too much. Do you really think these people are that emotionally fragile? That they really
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A despot in disguise: one man’s mission to rip up democracy(theguardian.com)
5 points by kafkaesq 9y ago|0 comments
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Rise of mega farms: how the US model of intensive farming is invading the world(theguardian.com)
2 points by kafkaesq 9y ago|0 comments
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
If we contrast it with .. stressful hard work, Then we'd be shifting the goalposts. The point is that, while it's not like he toils away in a coal mine -- and we know he ain't no brain surgeon -- whatever it is that Branson
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Not sure your point is coming across. Okay, he's no Jobs or Gates, that's for sure. But something tells me probably does something besides sit around and sip Daiquiris (or read HN) all day. "Networking", if you want to
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Made people rich, who definitely didn't deserve it.
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
That should be "8-12 hours a day .."
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
If you try to drill down to real specifics with these people, then eventually you have to give up because there aren't any. They're fixated on not having anything that looks or feels like a job. They can't be convinced that
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
It's almost like these people hate money for some reason. No - they just hate wasting time . Like time spent living someone else's dreams, for example. And I can have conversations, share what I know, and learn at work. That
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Trump regrets 'bizarre mistake' of Paris climate pullout, Branson claims(theguardian.com)
11 points by kafkaesq 9y ago|4 comments
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I really suspect you don't understand how broad tech-noncompetes are. Yeah, that's the issue basically. These things (and a lot of the golden handcuffs companies, especially inexperienced startups, like to slap on new employees
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
I still don't understand the almost violent resistance to noncompetes. It's not "violent". It's the exact opposite of that, in fact.
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by kafkaesq 9y ago
Anytime they say that -- what they really mean is that they only way for you to "improve" is to GTFO. Another (not so gentle reminder) to follow this poster's advice, and make sure to always have a decent emergency fund saved

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