prodmerc

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by prodmerc 9y ago
God forbid you live in nice clean cities.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Living costs are proportionately lower as well, even within the US (and many have chimed in saying most US devs don't make anywhere near SV salaries).
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by prodmerc 9y ago
You should be happy about any US anti-immigrant policies. It'll stop some brain drain from everywhere else :)
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Of course you're downvoted. You know who benefits from mass immigration of cheap skilled and unskilled labour? Growth/profit oriented businesses, aka the majority. And you know they'll fight for their profits. After WW2, immi
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by prodmerc 9y ago
I recently learned lede (leode) was Old English for People. Which was interesting for me since Leute is still in use in German.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Some philosophical/theoretical thinking about space. Ain't nobody got time for that.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Because continuous growth is not the sanest decision.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Well, how does your community owned and operated business work? Oh right, it doesn't. It would work if everyone was equally educated and motivated , but for most human purposes, a hierarchical command structure always works better. Th
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by prodmerc 9y ago
By welfare state you mean states with extreme income inequality? Because Europe does pretty well on welfare, because it taxes the rich more. And it has protectionism too, which helps.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Trump, a billionaire who continues to make the wealthy wealthier and fuck over the poor. Anyone would've been a better choice, but hey, American propaganda is amazing (I'm serious, it's amazing, I'm glad most European co
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by prodmerc 9y ago
I can't believe so much money was spent on this shit. Unlike alcohol, cannabis is less addictive and way more pacifying, it doesn't make people violent, at worst it makes them dumb, unmotivated and complacent - just like alcohol.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Azerbaijan is not rich, wtf.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Everyone has plenty to fear. Any sexual harassment/rape accusations (no matter how untrue) are incredibly damaging, it's very biased towards the accuser. The people who actually do this shit are scumbags, but there's plenty w
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Alcoholism (abuse/misuse/problems) increases suicide rates. As does caffeine overconsumption, which makes me want to punch those "caffeinated as fuck" T-shirt wearing (but against cannabis or amphetamines) people in the
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Swearing in English just doesn't have the same effect for me.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Well, that makes sense. It reduces stress for a while and postpones suicides.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Every time I ask what defines a "drink" in absolute terms of alcohol content I get downvoted too.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Well, of course it is. You don't go rioting in the streets while thinking rationally.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
I'm not Russian, but it feels like emotional responses are more... emotional in Russian. Like thinking about something or swearing. English is a more rational language, and my "native" (I don't use it much) language is a
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Maybe not, but they don't discourage/illegalize encryption and companies are supposed to delete your stuff on request.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
There's so "few" of them because they're in a dozen different languages. And they're not startups, just small businesses, the difference being mostly the funding. Investing a million for some people to burn through
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by prodmerc 9y ago
It will prevent people from innovating in profiling, ad serving and keeping peoples data private. What a shame! Really wish the EU would see how great it is in the UK where they want to be able to access anything ever posted online, which c
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Why not just skip the elephants and make real good fakes? Tons of money to be made by the looks of it, and you can end this bullshit by dumping a whole lot of "ivory" on the market.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
There should be no communications that the government can't read. Said the PM. So, the EU gets extra security while the UK can get hacked by literally anyone unless they Great Firewall the whole island. Which should be easy to achieve.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Please reconsider that. There's a fuckton of Turks who barely speak German running their own successful small companies. If they can do it, anyone can do it.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Sorry, spent too much time reading Trump.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
But they did so covertly. Which is very important, since this is how the USA operates - "we help you guys" while getting benefits for themselves. Trump just openly bashes everyone, like a complete moron.
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Well, it's more like with each president over the past two decades, everyone became more aware that the US is not the benevolent/welcoming/whatever democracy it said it was. And with Trump's open imbecilic statements, it
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Just smoke some weed on the weekend, works better than antidepressants. Sadly, you need the right strain - if you live in a state where cannabis is legal, you're lucky. I have 3 different types right now, only one is actually good for
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by prodmerc 9y ago
Same way you can own the rights to touch screen gestures I guess?

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