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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Except in this case nobody is holding a gun to anyone's head." No, I flat out reject that notion. The fact that one must have a job to survive in this world removes the ability to chose "not having a job". The illu
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Freelancers had the ability to set their price. With most of these gig apps, you have exactly zero say in how much is being charged.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Consent" is tricky in this situation, because for many, it's do this or starve.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You may want to check out some of the neighborhoods involved before you make such a statement.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Blaming the victim for being discriminated against isn't going to help anything.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Well, not so bad if we use the mirror to reflect on ourselves and our biases, and work to negate them. Fairly bad if they're used for recommendations and for rankings.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I don't see it being any more or less viable than getting everyone on Git.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I don't believe that argument is relevant to the discussion.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Hg actually cared about the user interface. Git didn't.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Gcc for the longest time was the only open source C/C++ compiler. It worked fine, but you really could not consider it "polished", despite a lot of people being affected and interested to make it good. It wasn't until LL
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I think the other way; git doesn't have much to offer over Hg, so we should all be using Hg.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
So jump on Hg, and get everyone to do so. Problem solved.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
It's not like someone sends an anonymous text message to them and they immediately publish it. They start investigating based on that tip.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But, why would Amazon want to do that? Right now they get a lot of brand recognition from doing it themselves.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
What, besides the fact that they've been there before, makes you think that we won't run out of low skill jobs?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Trickle down economics was long ago shown to be a complete fraud.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
And in an emergency situation, that is a morally wrong system to have.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Not true. You can set limits on how much people can purchase. And you're assuming that more would be wasted by the first to get there, and assuming that the rich wouldn't waste any.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
With what money?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That's what the government is for, to bring in those supplies.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Which is why gouging is evil.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Your scenario is completely wrong given that most places will put limits on how much you can buy. And you say you're making fewer people suffer; I say you're disproportionately forcing the poor to take the brunt of the suffering.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
By encouraging price gouging, you're saying only the rich deserve these life critical supplies. I find that far more unethical than price capping.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Unfortunately, not everyone is in that position, or has access to an employment attorney, or even knows that they can challenge them.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Not if Puerto Rico isn't able to tax those super-rich using them as a tax haven.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Except you have no say in what the mafia does. You elect representatives in government. Trying to compare government to the mafia is not at all conducive to a civilized discussion, as it brings nothing to the discussion other than a "r
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I fail to see any of that being a problem.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"I don't see any reason to forbid two willing parties from entering into an agreement that includes a non-compete provision." Because they're inherently abusive, and there's absolutely nothing in it for the employee
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Non-competes offer no benefits whatsoever to employees, and should be banned outright. There is zero legitimate reason that an employer should have any say whatsoever on what someone does after that employer stops paying them.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Calling bullshit on an argument that is not made from fact is not being uncivil. I'd argue that making an argument that is such bullshit is far more uncivil than saying the word "bullshit".

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