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901.
by nickpp 4y ago
Eagerly awaiting for some examples of corporations exploiting everyone without alternatives. Meanwhile my government is taking 50% of my monthly income giving me in return the shittiest services, services I would gladly buy from the free ma
902.
by nickpp 4y ago
> These alleged people aren't here though. Marx is one of those people. His written words paraphrased here by you.
903.
by nickpp 4y ago
Why would a government be non-shit? Corporations need to make something useful to someone to get their profits and they are also kept in check by their competitors (unless they have a government-granted monopoly, of course). Governments o
904.
by nickpp 4y ago
Planned economies have been historically unable to even feed their citizens. Let's hope EU won't make that mistake.
905.
by nickpp 4y ago
Rationing and price controls is how you end up with shortages. A functioning market will provide the motivation to search, find and finance solutions instead.
906.
by nickpp 4y ago
My monthly plan allowed unlimited your own texts and replies. Limited number of characters each though. There are also some settable canned messages and an emergency signal options, but I never used them. Do you hike, sail or otherwise trav
907.
by nickpp 4y ago
Went pretty far at sea recently, weeks from any land. For keeping in touch with loved ones I bought a Garmin inReach Mini 2 device. Together with a monthly data plan I was able to send and receive short messages in the middle of the ocean.
908.
by nickpp 4y ago
When working with money, the rich are also more likely to hit the countless rules and limitations the banking regulations impose on us "for our own good". Just like as a programmer I am going mental when encountering absurd and in
909.
by nickpp 4y ago
Maybe we could’ve put all that regulatory effort and politician time into resolving not even climate change, but just EU's dependence on cheap Russian fossil fuels.
910.
by nickpp 4y ago
I actually love the choice and the separation. And when an innovation good enough appears on a platform, it is quickly copied on the others (reactions…)
911.
by nickpp 4y ago
Funny enough, France's failed internet, the Minitel would probably be the solution pushed today by the EU. The Internet won on the free market, through its own merits. No politician intervention necessary. Even if plenty tried to captu
912.
by nickpp 4y ago
Let me guess: they are planning to use the amazing mechanism that proved to be so effective at reducing prices and improving availability for stuff like food, clothes, computing, communications and entertainment: the free market. Consequent
913.
by nickpp 4y ago
Displays are significantly better on the MBPs though: PPI, refresh rate.
914.
by nickpp 4y ago
The whole existence of the 13” MBP is kinda pointless and anachronistic?! It sticks out like a sore thumb with the old-school display and touch bar next to the 14” MBP.
915.
by nickpp 4y ago
Excellent observation. But I will add that it seems to me that Microsoft also removed ClearType in Windows 11 as well… at least partially.
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by nickpp 5y ago
> People with the right ideas and knowledge can start ventures easier than they would elsewhere in the world, especially silicon valley In reality they don't though. So why do you think that is?
917.
by nickpp 5y ago
Everybody has the freedom to follow the rules or try to skirt around them.
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by nickpp 5y ago
Price-fixing is the best way to create shortages. How this problem is solved in pretty much any other area of economy: improve supply, or in other words make sure it is as easy as possible to import or create and sell competing products. Ho
919.
by nickpp 5y ago
But corruption itself if used to become wealthy. Such a rich person will be corrupted and corrupt furthermore. Positions of power will attract people who are willing to be corrupted. Is a very important motivator for politicians. Being rich
920.
by nickpp 5y ago
It's both rich and poor who corrupt such systems though.
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by nickpp 5y ago
Incidentally, both chemotherapy machines and radiation machines are made by corporations. Corporations which are built and run by managers and executives which you could say "thrive in managerial hierarchies". The value they add t
922.
by nickpp 5y ago
> If "corrupt" means "willing to cheat" Since when it doesn't?! > If "corrupt" means "willing to abuse power bestowed on them by society" You've just described any public administratio
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by nickpp 5y ago
Because corruption is a characteristic of public ownership of resources. It happens when valuables are administrated by employed officials. "Western" administrations keep corruption under control through education and culture. Non
924.
by nickpp 5y ago
Ask the millions starving under communism then improving their lot under capitalism which system they prefer. Debating the various theoretical aspects of various *isms is fun and all but there is practically no immigration from capitalism t
925.
by nickpp 5y ago
> Nuclear is phasing out, renewable is coming. Shouldn’t one have the replacement first and only then close the existing producers?!
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by nickpp 5y ago
Old communist propaganda worked a lot like that. The sci-fi of the era described a future deeply permeated by their ideology. The nice part was that is was universally optimistic - no dystopias allowed in the red future. The bad part was th
927.
by nickpp 5y ago
But how would that work, what would Russians gain from such a stunt?
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by nickpp 5y ago
Let's not change the subject with some whatabout-ism. We are talking about CNN.
929.
by nickpp 5y ago
Sure they would say it, but none of them would be willing to live under Russian occupation.
930.
by nickpp 5y ago
Invading peaceful countries, bombing innocent women and children and threatening nuclear apocalypse is how Russian "democracy" works.

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