mandelbrotwurst

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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
I think we're just using different definitions here. There will still be a non-zero amount of hierarchical order within social systems even if it doesn't come from the government.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Ah, thanks, that's fair since most people are going to make those sort of voluntarist associations. I guess I was imagining an edge case for people who opt to not do that, but that feels an awful lot like when people today make argumen
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Dictionaries are neither objectively descriptive nor apolitical - their definitions reflect the biases of their authors and the systems they exist within which allowed them to obtain positions of relative authority.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
I agree that it's silly to assume that's what people would do without coercive hierarchy (I think this conflation is often intentional to make the concept less attractive to folks who aren't paying attention), but surely it w
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Gotcha. This is the one pre-installed on MacOS 11.6.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Mine does not ~ $ cal apr cal: year `apr' not in range 1..9999
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Preventing competition in social media won't eliminate it - it will prevent innovative new entrants from solving its issues, while allowing the status quo to continue and likely deteriorate further.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
The comment you're replying to didn't imply otherwise.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
I'm not arguing and don't know the state of the market deeply, but for what it's worth Sentry is an uncommonly good product.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
What languages? No option to configure any character as quote character or delimiter?
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
He's saying it's a mixture.
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
I should have asked a slightly different question - I was just looking for any information you could share around what the tech scene is like there, i.e. what kinds of things are people working on, what specific companies, anything that be
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
> It reduced the bias in the system from ICs writing up their own packets, which disadvantaged poor writers and poor self-promoters less. It got employees thinking less about promotion, since there was less they could control or do. I ag
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by mandelbrotwurst 4y ago
Hi, what sorts of companies are in that area please?
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Yes, and if they pull that trigger too frequently they'll earn a reputation for firing people, which isn't a great way to attract talent.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
There are other things that people might reasonably care about. Someone might honestly want to have influence because they care about the team's output.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
> If I am unable to be productive I still expect to be paid my full salary regardless of output. Sure, for a reasonable amount of time until either you are able to be once again, or they let you go. > Productivity is the company’s pro
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
I interpreted the assertion there as being that you're bribing them for better service, and an argument that this is "corrupt" because there is a belief that the service should be provided at a single price that is known to e
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Get another job and then sue before leaving your current one?
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
It's additionally better because you now have the option to call and ask "Is the car from the ad still available and will you hold it for me until I arrive?"
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Thanks, I thought that this person might have been describing something other than that because they said "no-focus" as opposed to "focus", and also because they made mention of scheduling meetings during "no-focus
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Try calling them on the phone.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
What are "no-focus times"?
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Does a situation like this actually exist? Managers succeed when their teams perform well, which is more easily accomplished when the people reporting to them who compose those teams perform well.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
There are a large number of BTC that have not moved since its early days which are largely believed to be / have been controlled by Satoshi, and if they were to move now, there would most likely be some sort of at least temporary price
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
Will a Diet Coke give you the same effect as a Coke? I'm curious how much of your bouncing is due to the caffeine versus the sugar and/or some synergism.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
That sort of rule of thumb is going to be most accurate for average salaries, because large amounts of the non-salary costs are relatively fixed (e.g. health insurance costs the same amount whether you earn $50K or $200K annually). As salar
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
There are multiple points of friction in this scenario. Their asking you to install spyware is friction for you, your asking them to buy a laptop is friction for them.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
It also creates friction for the client, making it less likely that you get paid.
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by mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
The BLS includes rent in the CPI basket. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/owners-equivalent-rent-an...

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