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by rayvd 7y ago
It's a supply side issue. I guess we could take steps to start forcing people's career choices?
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by rayvd 7y ago
https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2019-June/101614.h...
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by rayvd 7y ago
If they were willing to work for that wage, why wouldn't you allow them to? Why would you favor an opportunity for someone pricing themselves higher?
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by rayvd 7y ago
Failure of lobbying mainly. Companies need to donate more to politicians to regulate their competitors out of the market!
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by rayvd 7y ago
The sun and natural variables in the incredibly complex climate system are FAR larger factors. Prove me wrong.
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by rayvd 7y ago
I can't imagine how horrible a single captive solution from the IRS would be compared to one spawned by the competitive marketplace. Now why our tax code needs to be so complex that it requires software like Turbo Tax is certainly a
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by rayvd 8y ago
Leads to the same place.
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by rayvd 8y ago
Don't think I disagree with Bryan's take, but to be fair, he's generally pretty down on the whole higher education thing across the spectrum, not just for Computer Science.
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by rayvd 8y ago
CPI includes housing already.
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by rayvd 8y ago
There's the question to ask! ;-)
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by rayvd 8y ago
Because he doesn't like it and doesn't consider government "tyranny" harm.
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by rayvd 8y ago
Taxing and regulation stifles innovation, risk taking and productivity. It also encourages cronyism. I prefer breaking up monopolies if the end result will be a healthier, consumer-focused and competition driven market. Given that this is
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by rayvd 8y ago
Makes me think of Rendezvous at Rama[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
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by rayvd 8y ago
Why is it desirable to transfer money from job-producing companies and investors to the government? In any case, Netflix is still cash flow negative and probably carrying forward previous losses. If that's undesirable, change the tax
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by rayvd 8y ago
No SOX!
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by rayvd 8y ago
Cool. Back to the feudal times, folks!
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by rayvd 8y ago
> "All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room." - Blaise Pascal Most human good comes from this, too...
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by rayvd 8y ago
People choose to work where they work, right? Why should you or someone else get to define the conditions they think are mutually acceptable? Also, last I knew, Uber wasn't driving around forcing people to work for their service. The
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by rayvd 8y ago
Score one for Big Taxi!
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by rayvd 8y ago
Less blowback typically when you can blame a third party though.
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by rayvd 8y ago
As with anything run by a huge, unaccountable bureaucracy, some special interest group has no doubt done a more effective job of lobbying for this status. I'm sure monies will be allocated, etc, etc.
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by rayvd 8y ago
Modern civilization is a triumph of the free market.
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by rayvd 8y ago
A sometimes unintentional and often intentional side-effect of regulation is helping the big guys fend off competition from the scrappy upstarts. What seems like something aimed to protect the consumer may have unintended consequences furth
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by rayvd 8y ago
Should the "employee" also have a say in this?
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by rayvd 8y ago
Depends on where you live.
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by rayvd 8y ago
Northern California winters aren't harsh, but still don't compare with Southern California's.
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by rayvd 8y ago
How do the issues with the F-35 platform stack up against those of earlier models? I've read anecdotes that early on the F-16 and F-15 also had significant flaws, yet those were eventually sorted out and both have become mainstays of
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by rayvd 9y ago
IBM's GPFS+LTFS (tape-based) is also a very low cost way to go on this and a commonly used solution in M&E as well as Geospatial Imagery space (I work in the latter). Assuming you have the facility and staff to run it, of course.
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by rayvd 9y ago
Sounds good for the taxi cartels... not good for the drivers who would now have fewer job options and less control over accepting work on their terms. And of course a huge blow to consumers which is the whole point of Uber's existence
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by rayvd 9y ago
Clearly we need a morality board to determine what is or isn't in the best interest for someone to do with their private property. /s Slippery slope right there.

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