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mycroft-holmes
11y ago
I don't think you know what a ponzi scheme is.
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11y ago
Yeah, the fact that political views are an issue for this CEO is a sign that I'd never want to work with this CEO.
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11y ago
People like to complain even when they create their own problems.
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11y ago
Exactly. I've been told I don't look like an engineer but it doesn't matter because I'm a man.
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11y ago
Exactly. The new entrant into a market isn't the one who can afford to get into the lobbying game.
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11y ago
There's a such thing as regulatory capture.
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mycroft-holmes
11y ago
The real question to ask in this case is whether those regulations should be there in the first place.
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11y ago
That post still makes me cringe.
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11y ago
> People of colour Are Asians not POC?
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mycroft-holmes
11y ago
I didn't literally mean everyone. I meant the overwhelming majority of people.
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11y ago
Meanwhile in the real world everyone, including women, addresses a group of people as 'guys' - even a group that's entirely women. I'm not saying this is right or wrong but saying it's an aggression against women is
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11y ago
That's just not true. I've seen women online, women I know irl, who have said things along the lines of, "If you see a woman alone in a coffee shop, don't talk to her." Meanwhile, the same girls will complain abou
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11y ago
They don't want to come across as a creep.
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11y ago
The first thing I thought when I read this one, "Someone is going to rip sama apart on Twitter for his binary mindset."
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11y ago
Oops. I accidentally typed is instead of isn't.
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
Exactly. The government is going to be receptive to an activist asking them to stop bulk data collection and mass surveillance because they're trying to change from within.
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
Do you have any friends who smoke weed? Ask them and I'm sure you'll be able to find it.
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12y ago
It's truly amazing how powerfully people can be conditioned by the government and law.
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12y ago
I do the same to protest stupid laws.
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12y ago
I've never been asked to negotiate my salary. But I have been contacted about a position while I had a job. They kept pressing for me to leave and join them. Once they gave me an offer, I said it wasn't enough to leave so I negoti
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
Unfortunately this is what's considered "equality" today.
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
But wouldn't "reasonable" comments trigger an "oh crap this person is like me" alarm?
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
Maybe it's just me but I see a lot more liberal leaning comments on here than I do libertarian.
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
You don't understand the parent's comment. Check my other comment.
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12y ago
I'm in America right now. Eastern coast.
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12y ago
Prices would adjust and everyone's purchasing power would revert back to what it was before the increase. Your standard of living would be the same while your paycheck has more digits.
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
> We have more people asking us to build tools than we could ever build What are a few examples?
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mycroft-holmes
12y ago
Serious question: do they count government money as VC money? Haven't they received a considerable amount of money through NASA?
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12y ago
Any relocation options?
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12y ago
> We have achieved a level of social equality barely imagined by progressives 50 years ago, but economic equality has gotten much worse. The is essentially the main point of the op-ed. I wish everyone could read PG's How to Make Wea
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