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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Is it a choice when alternatives are die poor and homeless? Oh wait, that is their fate after they leave the army. Think about how many people take jobs they don't like: why did they choose it? Pretending like you have a "choice&q
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
So we know what we must do.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Close. There are no incentives for a government or a standards body to malign profit for the sake of anything other than longer-term profit. So, capitalism does not work... in any configuration. If regulation truly worked we would not be so
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
That's American culture for you. Capitalists force a narrative that everyone is inherently "lazy" and will be good for nothing if not for the jobs/existential crises they so conveniently provided by the capitalists. I re
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
From the few content creators in my circle -- they all despise advertising as a way to monetize their production. It almost forces the content creator to refactor their content in such a way that plays nice with advertising. Not to mention
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Not really. An individual can absolutely value their output at any value they so choose and be correct. The idea that "the market" is a "fair" determinant of value should be challenged at every step lest we allow people
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Rather, it's a bunch of artists sitting around saying, "Hey, what if we got paid fairly?".
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
What then about skills or creations that society deems less useful? Think of the classic starving artist trope. All those underground artists who make little to no money.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Usually? Revolution.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Yes! I wish people would take a better look at history and recognize that _throughout_ history we've had the ruling class make claims about the structure and survival of society and invariably those claims require the status quo of opp
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Especially considering many start programmers and engineers seemingly exist to increase revenue of complete luxury services like Netflix.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
It would also be nice to frame "necessary" and "unnecessary". I would think developments like saving the environment, healthcare research, improving public transportation, energy consumption, etc. are all "necessary
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
As common with articles that speak about "human nature" or other such things, they make an assertion that the study does not. The study seeks to provide a possible explanation for the _origin_ of exploitation in society. It does n
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
> In Europe in particular, police officers are not such an enemy. Everywhere in the world the police are your enemy. They exist as the manifestation of a state's domestic violence.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
Right. Under capitalism everyone is acting rationally here. Everyone is using whatever methods they can to accumulate profit.
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
What discounts are these?
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by kjsbfkjbf 7y ago
> While I do believe what was said above, it seems that whatever choices they are making that supposedly are resulting in a failing company from an engineering perspective, are resulting in a successful company from a financial perspecti
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
I'm not sure why Mozilla is still held on such high esteem despite multiple gaffs.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
I'd definitely be interested in a guide on how to set up a proxy on a free-tier cloud hosting site. Finding that ProtonVPN does not let me watch content I legally pay for if I'm in a different region...
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
Police departments exist to perpetuate the interests of the state and those in power. They exist to defend private property. I would strongly disagree with your assertion especially in America. :)
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
Also known as the alienation of labour.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
Hopefully the planet understands that 25000 people can find other jobs in NYC and still take the subway to work? Your math is way off.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
And even if they could that's more money into Big Tech oligopolies. Not something we really need to be supporting.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
And not having a commute or the obligation to do groceries, etc. No mental fatigue, etc.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
What GP is describing is not populism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
I've luckily read HtDP already for school. :) I'll check out serverracket!
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
Do you have any resources to start with Racket? I did it in first year but I haven't really seen (or searched too hard for!) materials that explain how I'd use it in production.
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by kjsbfkjbf 8y ago
Thus once again revealing -- to those who believed otherwise -- that the police do not exist to "protect" the citizens.