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by p0pcult 4y ago
I think you would actually achieve your goal of advancing vegetarianism more effectively, if you left off the whole last paragraph. You had me very convinced in the first half, because i recognise the risks discussed by Van Oosterhout, but
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Cars existing != car centric culture. Have you been to, say, the Netherlands? There are plenty of cars in Amsterdam, but it is the opposite of a car centric culture. Bikes and pedestrians abound (including bikes with places to "shlep&
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Crazy! What's the relevant law?
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by p0pcult 4y ago
So then it isn't the language they are using, or the way they are presenting it, but instead the negotiation itself.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Instead of being a parrot and squawking, read the article. The source for the data is Cal-Maine's own financial statements.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
>I'd say it's at least as guaranted [sic] as calling you p0pCult You don't know me by any other name; you have no other option. >What's your point? That he did nothing special. He was a benefactor of circumstance.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
You're just wrong. https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/record-breaking-eg...
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by p0pcult 4y ago
None of this disproves the point that the parent poster is making. 60MM = 2.5 daily culls. that's not a lot, in context. Now, if you had different numbers, that would be a thing worth discussing.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
To be faaaaaairrrr...
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by p0pcult 4y ago
That part is fine, but you are also whining about the negotiation process and calling it extortion. You are also implying thay the prospective employee is doing something untoward, which they are not.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Negotiation isn't extortion. No prospective employer is being extorted. There are no consequences for failing to agree.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
And then I became a shoe salesman, because education seems to have a lot of intractable problems.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
So now Labor is not even allowed to bargain individually?
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by p0pcult 4y ago
I'm not convinced that "Zuck" (are you friends with him or something?) did anything better than happen to be in the right time and place for the thing he did.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Yale Undergrad,then Teach For America for 5 years. I felt it was my moral imperative to actually help people, in particular, because I eas well served by the public shool system where I gre up.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Last summer, my piece of shit 2014 Kia Soul was stolen by our local "Kia Boyz" franchise. The thieves totaled it. I got a check for more than it was worth at the time. We were contemplating going down to one car anyway, because o
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Rather than assurances, how about some data?
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by p0pcult 4y ago
This does seem to be a pretty good summary, and also includes what seem to be the most major criticisms of the work.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Have you ever read any Julian Jaynes? Check out "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"
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by p0pcult 4y ago
>i can imagine So, no, you haven't seen 12? Just imagined them?
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Yes, he told Engels that in reference to some military maneuvers he suggested the English take, when he was writing as a war correspondent.[1] Not his economic works. Please, do yourself a favor: stop digging. The hole is only getting dee
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by p0pcult 4y ago
You really don't understand what a capitalist is, do you? Fortunately, I have enlisted ChatGPT to help you! p0pcult: Explain what Karl Marx would tell a five year old a capitalist is ChatGPT: Karl Marx would tell a five year old that
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Cool story.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
English may be a shitty programming language, but wouldn't that imply that wrangling it to get what you want is--in and of itself--a skill, and not "shitty programming" as you put it? It's definitely a form of authorship
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by p0pcult 4y ago
>Gross Ironic, when you are on a site that seems mainly dedicated to people who use specialized language to direct computers to do repetitive things at scale.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Is a film director an artist? They often charge others with the realization of their vision. What about the Sistine Chapel? Jeff Koons? http://artandobject.com/news/artist-workshops-their-history-...
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Sexual shame damages people. I grew up in a Catholic household where my sex ed consisted of Focus On The Family's workbooks, and their blame and shame, sinful outlook on what turns out to be a normal part of most mammalian lives. Echo
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by p0pcult 4y ago
P0pcult permissive: "The new artist jobs will be the people who direct the AIs creating the art."
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by p0pcult 4y ago
I suppose, through a certain carceral and inhumane viewpoint, your approach works too.
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by p0pcult 4y ago
Fair point, perhaps I should have said "achieve a lower equilibrium price point." Maybe that would have been wordy and technical enough for HN?

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