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by plonh 11y ago
Not to Godwin, but, the Swiss supported plenty of money stolen by Nazi government. Much of the money being "protected from corrupt government" was obtained through corrupt activity.
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by plonh 11y ago
Doctors and small practice lawyers work 80%... School employees get summers off...
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by plonh 11y ago
They make a lifetime supply of money each year, and plenty from non-league sources (endorsements, etc). Their energy is better spent learning how to manage the money they have, than fighting over who gets paid more of it.
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Considering what happened in Iraq, maybe our definition of winning isn't well chosen.
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by plonh 11y ago
? Spiral is the opposite of waterfall that people like these days
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Interestingly, this is the similar to how municipal services are funding. Authorities build out the police and internal government pork, and then cut the parks and schools projects and go to the pulic for tax increases.
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Stock options are not part of the median income. Tuition reimbursement is far less than govt subsidized education and even regular private education cost in the past. Higher benefitd mean nothing if they are directly routed to massively i
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by plonh 11y ago
Dollars are illusory so they cannot rot. The government can always stimulate actual productivity by printing dollars to pass around.
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by plonh 11y ago
That is nonsense. The first social security recipients paid 0 in. SS has always been a redistribution from workers to retirees, with no actuarial basis for the connection between how much you put it and how much you get out.
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by plonh 11y ago
Have you not noticed that a few centuries ago society and technology made evolutionary instincts for reproductive success mostly obsolete? Do you think that a boy with a stay at home dad will fail to impregnate a woman before be dies?
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by plonh 11y ago
Have you ever been obsessed with a hobby, past the point that it is really fun? Spent all night debugging a program? Kids are like that. How we find meaning and what we find fun aren't always the same.
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by plonh 11y ago
"Filing a counter notice" is a much lower standard than "proven innocent"
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by plonh 11y ago
"Agar.io" is not copyrighted. It is trademarked if anything.
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by plonh 11y ago
This is good government as a public service , better than viewing the public as criminals-in-waiting: >Since 2007, the New York City DEP has multiple programs to combat the illicit opening of the city’s hydrants. With very few exception
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by plonh 11y ago
If you have foot pain from feet that don't match the standard shoenshape, try gap lacingm
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by plonh 11y ago
Link goes to s/retard/git/ commit Where is the issue mentioned in the title "threatens tonshut down"?
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by plonh 11y ago
Should "gimp" be banned from github?
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by plonh 11y ago
Do you support banning all github projects that use the word "insane"? I assume you must, to be consistent in your morals.
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by plonh 11y ago
Uh, you might want to look up "idiot" in the OED. "moron" also.
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by plonh 11y ago
FWIW, this is rentals, not sales. Slightly different. But still, Redfin long ago gave up on eliminating the middleman, and is now content to try to be a better middleman.
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by plonh 11y ago
Hey, after last week, Iran is not evil anymore. In fact, Iram has never been evil now.
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by plonh 11y ago
I hear his sort of comment often. I don't understand why people value "being honest to a lawyer who is obstructing justice" over "fulfilling their civil duty to serve on a jury".
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by plonh 11y ago
This will continue as long as people keep alternating voting for "American Empire" Republicans and "slightly fewer wars of opportunity" Democrats. There is a point where Third Party Candidate FUD is less scary the Two P
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by plonh 11y ago
The petition process has one purpose, to provide an outlet for short attention span outrage, in a forum that poses 0 threat to the White House.
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by plonh 11y ago
The 1986 magazine article linked elsewhere in this thread talks about the great effort his parents put into cultivating his education+exploration without pushing him into burnout. It also helps that his field his math, where a person and th
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by plonh 11y ago
Fadell didn't launch Glass. Fadell recognized Glass was dead and have it a funeral.
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If the company does a good job codfying your contribution in a role+level, there is no problem giving everyone in the same role+level the same pay.
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And since rock stars are toxic on teams , this is great. Of eveeyine agrees X is a rock star, they'd happily push for X to be their lead.
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by plonh 11y ago
It sounds like the role reviews did curb recency effect,and the new system throws that away
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by plonh 11y ago
Yes the proper term is "variable compensation"

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