pietrovismara

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by pietrovismara 5y ago
The price I found was for a 4 pack (100€), my bad. > How is this a privacy/security nightmare, when you literally get Did you even read the article? I may be full of myself, but you seem to take personal offense over an apple produc
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
The tech existed already and it was cheaper. Airtags just ripped off existing technology without substantially improving it, while causing a privacy/security nightmare that none of the other devices ever caused. But hey if you want to
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Is there anything left in this world that hasn't been corrupted by greed and thirst for power?
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
> lots of technology that took billions of dollars and decades to develop? Why would you give that away for free? I don't know, ask Alexander Fleming maybe. To save lives? Make the life better for scores of other people, no matter t
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
> There are politically powerful people who would see these things used to ends that hurt others for their own gain. It happens all the time, and likely will as long as humans are what we are. Don't you think this group of political
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
I was referring to Chile, as mentioned 2 comments up, not Argentina
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Inflation adjusted salaries would have had the same effect in terms of enabling the housing ladder climb. If you only lock interest rates to inflation what you get is a population of insolvents, and richer banks.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
1. That 55% doesn't go in the trash bin, it goes to pay the schools your children will attend, the hospitals your family might need, the streets you use to commute etc. 2. It's insane for individuals to give up equity just to avoi
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
A common solution is to use employers of record, intermediary companies residing in the country you want to hire in that hire the employee for you using local contracts. Then as an employee you can travel where you want, you will work under
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
That's what it has become in an economic system that failed at its only task, ensuring proper distribution of resources. Most jobs serve only the purpose of making a restricted group of people richer, while stealing the workers' t
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
> I'm saving as much money as I can to escape wage slavery then just coasting the rest of my life without living another productive second. In the meantime, don't forget to steal as much as you can ( https://repeaterb
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
OP doesn't realize that 87% of the US population (being one of the richest in the world) makes less than $90k. That means that by his view 9 persons out of 10 won't be able to retire. Which I actually believe is true. The irony of
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Then why shouldn't states do the same?
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Yeah, it's the system that the "fruit company" (it really is a powerful multinational corporation, you make it sound harmless) lays its foundations upon that privates me of my freedom.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
The X1 comes with a variety of CPUs depending on the gen and the price tag AFAIK. Make the comparison on CPU power and available RAM, not on the model. I owned an X1 carbon for a year and half (work laptop) and it would handle any workload
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Lenovo Thinkpad and Dell precision are two product lines of the same tier or higher. With both you can choose your OS and with most Thinkpad models you can even customize the hardware, plus you get 3 years of on-site express assistance for
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Except when your tool stops working as intended because the company that sold it to you still has more power over it than you do and suddenly you can't work to sustain yourself with the tool you paid for.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Why not? Sell your overpriced mac and buy a new better non-apple laptop for less money. It It would have been faster than trying to deal with apple's customer support.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Oh well, the 24 millions dead soviets thank you for the Jeeps. That definitely made a difference. What a sacrifice for America.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Why can't I flag this disgusting comment?
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
It depends on which kind of "works" we're talking about. I seriously doubt that passionate authors would refrain themselves from writing because they've been denied a few extra bucks after their death. Many would probabl
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Isn't for a game to be thrilling usually the ultimate goal? I'm not concerned about games being fun to play, that's what they are for. I'm more concerned about the dopamine exploiting patterns implemented in modern games
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
But if the community reacts like this then you didn't really solve a problem for them. At least they didn't see it this way. Perhaps a more apt analogy: you invent a better water filtering system and provide it to the world for fr
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
Well, it's a shame but I guess that individual asking twice as much as everyone else will be left without a job... There's a better way to get higher salaries: fight so that everyone gets a higher one.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
I'm more than willing to pay tickets to watch that guy dig a hole perpetually and learn what a bullshit job is. Let's do it.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
I found "on the suffering of the world" by Schopenhauer to be eye opening, especially his thoughts on death.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
> That violates the principle of equality before the law Quite the opposite. It would restore equality in the punishment, as it should hurt the same to the offender no matter how wealthy they are. As it is now, we're favoring the ri
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
As always, if a fine is only a fixed amount it becomes just a regular transaction for the rich. Ideally the amount would scale with your size/wealth.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
I tried and can confirm it works exactly like that for me.
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by pietrovismara 5y ago
> I would hope top performers get paid better than mediocre or below average employees We have bonuses for that. No need to deceive people into taking less than others. Bonuses also have the advantage of being tied to your actual perform

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