nivenkos

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by nivenkos 5y ago
Except when there's only one bus a day on Sundays, etc.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
IMO the issue isn't so much the taxation, although this has a big impact on hiring since you need to be very certain about anyone you keep past their trial period. The bigger issue is that the US has a massive advantage, in that a US t
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The issue isn't so much Zoom, as meetings without clear actions. So much time is spent discussing stuff rather than just doing it together.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
How about actually supporting the European Tech industry instead of just adding endless bureaucracy? Ban Oracle and Microsoft from public procurement and start supporting the European equivalent of Baidu or Yandex. With ARM (prior to the ac
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The former PM of Luxembourg was also the head of the EU. They're running the dog and pony show.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Looker is the best example IMO. Don't bother with "no code" but make it a lot easier for people to write the code/markup and also much easier to edit en masse (one sed command in a Github repo, rather than editing every
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Huh? I opened it and immediately in the centre was "Königreich Preußen"
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Why haven't Germany, France, etc. pressured Ireland to stop this?
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by nivenkos 5y ago
You mean the basics of Microsoft products, not computers. In Europe they've bribed most of the school systems so computing is basically just Word and Excel.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
That isn't what a wealth tax is, or how they are implemented. Mainly land value tax, inheritance tax and property tax would be a good start. And we already have capital gains tax to cover the sale of appreciating assets as you describe
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Sort out those countries with sanctions and gunboat diplomacy. The sanctions can also be used against the shareholders and executives of the companies taking advantage of these situations. And use some protectionist measures to help grow na
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by nivenkos 5y ago
That punishes working people just for working! How are you meant to afford a house and stuff with taxes like that? We need wealth tax - go after the shareholders and landowners, who don't directly create value and dodge a lot of tax.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
And the EU loves it! Absolutely no support or protection for local companies, Linux, etc. Where is our Baidu, Samsung, Yandex, or Sony, etc.? The whole continent is practically a vassal state of the US, under German administration.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The US is the biggest surveillance state of all, why is this a step forward?
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by nivenkos 5y ago
I'd like the idea of the government having a monopoly on landlordism - like the Systembolaget, etc. but for renting.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
The EU never stands up for itself anyway. Never supports its own Tech companies, etc.
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by nivenkos 5y ago
Isn't that pretty much always the case though? A standard is only as good as it's most popular implementation.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
That's an incredible output for such a small country really.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
They executed Joe Hill and Fred Hampton, and imprisoned Eugene Debs for years. Just look at COINTELPRO for example, that's what happens.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
What has renaming the master branch got to do with Marxism?
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by nivenkos 6y ago
I had similar treatment after nasal polyps and didn't notice anything. What was the surgery like by the way? it sounds painful.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
But why use Bitcoin for that? You could use GME shares and get the volatility without the crazy power usage, or use a stable ETF.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
It's almost like a parody of private property ownership. As when you think about it, what gives some rich aristocrats the right to own all the land? It's not as though God Himself came down and gave it to them (though they used to
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Electricity prices?
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by nivenkos 6y ago
I'm even skeptical of Bitcoin as a store of value. Sure it's deflationary, but it only has value if people will buy it. The only thing that ensures some value are transactions being made, and right now that is just a low level of
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Is the internet really to blame though? It can be a great way to meet new people and establish local groups. I think the bigger issue has been the lengthening of working hours (imagine working just 9 to 5), and recently of course, the lockd
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by nivenkos 6y ago
It just reminds me of the people who pay to get "titles" in Scotland, etc. or "land" in Ireland - when you just get some pretend certificate. Like the NFT isn't directly linked to the real world, it's only usef
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Like digital Landlords.
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by nivenkos 6y ago
Is it still propaganda if it's true?
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by nivenkos 6y ago
While I agree this level of possible exclusion isn't great, what is the alternative? In Germany for example, that had resisted a lot of technological progress (online credit cards, Google Street View, etc.), I had to cancel my internet

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