snagglegaggle

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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   >“We’re colleagues, but we can also laugh as friends!” It doesn't even take time. Statements like the above are invariably lies. Seeing friends and acquantances or their friends and acquantances harassed or fired for innocuous or mi
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   That just replaces serfdom to a landowner with serfdom (or sharecroppage) to another landowner, the government. Problematic with property taxes is you can not simply exist , you must be turning some profit.
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   I suspect shell languages see widespread use because they are optimized for interactivity. The barrier between thinking of an action and making it run is low. At a certain point there is diminishing returns for particularly complex actions,
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   As an aside, I think the clearance and seniority requirements are the most detrimental. If you aren't of a specific mindset at a specific time you will probably never enter into a form of service that permits you to advance in governme
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   I have. The history of economic models is rife with those that were upset by a voiding of a simple inherent assumption, much as the author of that comic addresses. He provides citations, does he not?
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   Hmm... I think you are misreading his point. He seems to be pointing out that there are other things that are more important and that this seems to be a waste of time. Broadly I agree. One problematic reply I think is: >We should fix bot
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   I saw them but am not sure they made a point. Can you add anything? They're appealing to emotion by (re)stating that bad things can happen to nonpersons and that the nonpersons have some capacity to feel bad about those things. Which i
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   I agree, just not that the special status should be codified as law (yet). There are plenty of people problems to solve.
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   by snagglegaggle 7y ago

   I am not necessarily religious. I included the quote from the Bible as a counterpoint that provides some kind of justification. The Egyptian army was at one point routed by a Roman(?) general driving "holy" animals before his men.
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    It is not intended to be cold. I still appreciate nature, enjoy the company of animals, and want to work towards conservation. But a line does need to be drawn and that is where I think it should be drawn. Giving not-people the privileges
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    I tend to agree with OP. I do see some improvements in F#, but a lot of effort porting those back into C#. I'm not sure if there's any pull away from F# for that effort, but there may be.
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    This is definitely not as bad as the Saudi robot that is a person. Though despite the intelligence of nonhumans I am not sure I can support granting personage to things and property at this time. I think the Old Testament has interesting th
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    And arguably going to be overturned after a couple attempts at enforcement. Backpage was taken down with the law after making themselves a political target. If they hadn't been painted as supporting sex trafficking I think people would
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    These out-of-network bills have successfully been challenged and a law passed to address them in NY ( https://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/health/OON_guidance.htm; I think). But, in the first place, these bills were ne
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    I suggest referring people to http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/ . It has some very good explanations of the flaws in a lot of pro-globalization economic arguments.
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    The issue is perhaps not salaries and benefits. Often a lot of effort is taken to try to fill a position internally. This would explain your anecdote -- after some staff churn people were promoted to a position they had no business occupyin
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    by snagglegaggle 7y ago

    I feel much the same. D.C. and even a lot of political positions are a bit divorced from common life. In my experience it is seen as a lack of knowledge of the cost of things, and the hardships of most of the US.