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by kazen44 6y ago
> Companies don't pay your equal to the value you provide, they pay you as little as possible. this should be rather obvious, extraction of wealth through employment are one of the basics concepts in capitalism.
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by kazen44 6y ago
the idea that people do not treat their children as other people seems so bizarre to me. I get it, kids can be annoying and drive you mad, but giving them appropriate responsible (this depends on the age ofcourse) and discourse seems like o
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by kazen44 6y ago
as someone from another country where homeschooling is not allowed and private education is shunned upon, let me give you the other side of the argument. private education created a large divide between people of different social classes an
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by kazen44 6y ago
I would even dare to the say that post keynesian economics has been worse for a major part of the population inside a western economy. Economic growth in and of itself might be better, but how much of the population sees the result of that?
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by kazen44 6y ago
Also, a lot of countries have far more centralized authority to figure things out.
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by kazen44 6y ago
you also have far more influence on your financial problems then a disease. Financial problems are, aslong as the basic needs are met (food, water, housing etc) purely a societal problem. A disease with a deadly track record and no cure is
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by kazen44 6y ago
> It’s impossible to force a parent into the choice between working a life-threatening job interacting with the public or eviction so long as they have a child at home Impossible? definitely not. (i would argue this is the exact issue ma
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by kazen44 6y ago
how are normal pants uncomfortable when working from home exactly? How is your home enviroment different from work that makes this clothing uncomfortable?
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by kazen44 6y ago
thank you for this link. That interview was actually rather interesting and gave off a different perspective then most.
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by kazen44 6y ago
yes, it is fashion. But it has a far slower pace of change then the fashion industry. Formal attire for males got out of style a couple of decades ago, but besides the suit (and tie) mostly dying, most people still wear shirts to work.
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by kazen44 6y ago
The collapse of the fashion industry does not mean the clothing industry will collapse. People still need clothing obviously (cheap and of good quality preferably). Also, what do we consider the fashion industry exactly? Most long term clot
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by kazen44 6y ago
This is something that suprised me with apple. Apple has the physical aspect and support done very well. My SO's iphone broke and it needed some parts replaced. Instead of having some online warranty dram
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by kazen44 6y ago
This is something that suprised me with apple. Apple has the physical aspect and support done very well. My SO's iphone broke and it needed some parts replaced. Instead of having some online warranty drama, apple just changes out the d
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by kazen44 6y ago
Also, thinkpads are still a bussiness line of laptops aimed at the corporate market. having a ton of options makes a lot of sense when it allows you to bring the price down. Making a change that saves you 50$ of a 1000$ laptop might not see
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by kazen44 6y ago
Lending seems to be far less of a thing in most european countries. Not taking into account bussiness loands, the only loan most people take on in their lives is a mortage. (Which has a lot of requirements). Also, a "credit score"
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by kazen44 6y ago
> From what we see on European roads it's quite common for people in Belgium and the Netherlands to drive to Southern Europe for the summer holidays. Don't underestimate the amount of people who borrow some relative's car
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by kazen44 6y ago
what about cutting costs in all other areas besides the battery. An eletric car in it's essence is a quite simple system (especially compared to a gasoline car). Personally, i think having a minimal car with the bare basics that is el
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by kazen44 6y ago
i don't know about the US, but in europe a ton of these smaller, local parties exist. (usually called something like managed infrastructure or thereabouts).
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by kazen44 6y ago
Mind you aruba is not in the same playing field as cisco. These conveluted license schemes are mainly designed for the higher end datacenter and connectivity hardware. (And with that hardware comes support). It's the same reason optics
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by kazen44 6y ago
this would probably be a solutions yes. Getting there politically is a hard and long process. The EU exists partially to prevent large multinational companies from playing smaller countries against each other (by having a common market). Pe
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by kazen44 6y ago
In the end, it comes down to the amount of resources and influences different parties have in society. Corporations have become more powerful than ever thanks to globalization. Globalisation has also reduced individual goverments power over
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by kazen44 6y ago
an interesting anecdote on the pessimism aspect. As someone from another northern european country, "pessimism" seems to be a phenomenon that is very common in most western/northern european countries. People are critical abo
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by kazen44 6y ago
the reason for this is obvious. Having a modular car with a high degree of customization would be a huge hassle in keeping cars safe.
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by kazen44 6y ago
what high bandwith requirements do exist for an infotainment system that you would want in a car? Navigation and playing music? Both are done by other systems as CAN already.
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by kazen44 6y ago
to be fair, how large should a field be? specializing in physics as a whole is way to broad. but is specializing in front end software development to broad? Once you have learned the fundementals of computer science and its assosicated fiel
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by kazen44 6y ago
Also, the massive size of the US and it's larger cities isn't helping. For comparison, (it might be my limited experience with people from the US) but several people i know move across the continent for jobs/school never to m
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by kazen44 6y ago
as someone not from the US, The american mindset of moving out at 18 seems bizarre to me. (also, moving halfway across a continent aswell). Most people in my country don't move out of their parents homes until their mid twenties (usual
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by kazen44 6y ago
im wondering, is the device a good PDF reader? most ereaders have bad PDF support, and this device seems perfect as a device for study.
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by kazen44 6y ago
you would be quite suprised actually. especially in cities. Also, appartment buildings are far easier to heat, not to mention a lot of soviet era appartments only have communical heating available. Which basically means the heating gets tur
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by kazen44 6y ago
i don't know where you are from, but the education about the holocaust i received was especially memorable because it went through great detail explaining how the holocaust was different from the millenia of bloodshed and genocide that

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