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by st3v3r 10y ago
No, I presented the consequences of their goal. Removing paywalled results from search engines will result in it being harder for people to be paid for their work. Why is it considered bad form to remind people of that?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Probably because the world of TNG, at least that of the Federation, is the diametric opposite of the Randian universe?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Droids are expensive, and people aren't?
334.
by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm not seeing the repeated incivility. That comment was on the line, but none of the others were. Please provide an explanation as to why it was uncivil.
335.
by st3v3r 10y ago
The guy who said that he wants paywalled sites punished for trying to get paid for their work.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
How is this incivility?
337.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Why shouldn't people be able to get paid for their work? No one is forcing you to pay them; it's just the same as anything else has been: If you want the product of someone's labor, you pay them what they ask for.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
So the conclusion is that the people who actually build the thing don't matter, so the company should feel free to fuck them at will. So why should anyone ever work at a startup that isn't guaranteeing them market rate compensatio
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by st3v3r 10y ago
If I'm not being paid market rate, I am being given equity, and I'm expected to work the typical startup bullshit hours, then there is absolutely no way you can say I'm not risking both money and time.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
SO much not this. They are a public company and a government contractor, not a person.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I guess the question is, do you want to motivate, or do you actually want to reward? Cause equity seems pretty good for motivating without having to actually pay out.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
"I understand you're only relating your previous misunderstanding but to others reading this, they need to realize that it's unrealistic for employees not to be diluted." It's only unrealistic because of greed. Ther
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Because founders usually don't get fucked out of their stock. Employees regularly do.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
What're the odds that equity actually ends up making up for the difference in salary, though?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm sorry, but no, it doesn't. Sometimes people just do things the wrong way, and there's nothing that can be done other than to tell them they're doing things wrong.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
That tends to get you a reputation, which makes it harder to find more freelancers.
347.
by st3v3r 10y ago
I think the point is that line of reasoning is pretty self-defeating, because the guy left. But if they had paid him in line with what value he was bringing to the company, he might not have.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
At the same time, it still sounds like you're making a huge ton of money. More than most of us.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm sure, but the money definitely helps. If only because it enables them to do what they do.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that some 85% of people reading this do not have 1 million in the bank, let alone a few. So that's just worrying about a problem that most are never really going to encounter. That being said, mo
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Yes and no. If you're unhappy with your job, having a big bucket of money thrown at you is unlikely to make you suddenly happy at your job. But raises also usually come with the recognition that you're doing a good job; that the c
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by st3v3r 10y ago
It's just an illustrative example. And I'm going to bet that most of us, the vast majority of us, really only have experience with household usage. So it would make no sense to get into other usages, which most people won't u
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Are you trying to say that reaching an agreement means you didn't get screwed?
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Only if people get into the habit of providing backup for their claims. I feel it is completely warranted, as there really is no evidence whatsoever for their claim.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
At the same time, no one should be screwed simply because they aren't good at negotiation. This applies to both men and women equally.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Probably because there is an even split of men and women in the general population (more or less), but nowhere near that in tech. And don't bother bringing up other industries; I'm not in those other industries, so I have no opini
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm sure they are. That doesn't really change things, though.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
Because no company has ever been less than truthful when describing a role and it's responsibilities.
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by st3v3r 10y ago
I cannot disagree more on the idea that HN is "rarely toxic". Especially when it comes to the topics of discrimination and sexism. When those topics come up, the place is filled with "I didn't see it, so it doesn't
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by st3v3r 10y ago
There are plenty of citizens who desire to have work. Can't the government accommodate their simple desire to be able to support their families?

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