strbean

37 ms·

511.
by strbean 6y ago
So people without enough savings to tide them over to the next job (about 70% of the US [0]) should be destitute if they are laid off? And in cases of national disaster, we want vast numbers of destitute people? Preventing people from bec
512.
by strbean 6y ago
See quelltext's response. Or, have your customers ditch you for the convenience of Target/Walmart/etc. who can afford to eat the losses rather than make the checkout process more painful.
513.
by strbean 6y ago
Not to mention the total lack of affordances for "I want to see this something from 2 years ago" in most implementations. Usually even the back end works on a "last ID" cursor system, so even savvy users can't jump
514.
by strbean 6y ago
Excessive information can be overwhelming. I fully hate these design decisions, but I can see where the original drive to reduce clutter came from. This seems like "way too much of a good thing" rather than an outright bad thing.
515.
by strbean 6y ago
I mean, it's pretty hard to argue it isn't his property at this point. And overall, he stole from the rich and is giving to the poor.
516.
by strbean 6y ago
> Right now all of the burden is on the credit card companies. Any fraud is their liability. Tell that to retailers who lose a gazillion dollars to fraud reversals every year.
517.
by strbean 6y ago
Genius! Someone tell r/noearthsociety
518.
by strbean 6y ago
> They replaced existing ones - namely, taxis, and they achieved disruption via unsustainable economics & exploitative practices. Corrupt, exploitative industry gets replaced with less corrupt, equally exploitative industry while als
519.
by strbean 6y ago
I think we just need a way for unemployment insurance to include independent contractors.
520.
by strbean 6y ago
Regarding the whole declining rides thing... Wouldn't most companies keep performance stats for their contractors, and if one started refusing lots of jobs, stop giving them work? Seems like Uber is just automating what is a normal par
521.
by strbean 6y ago
The OP says ridesharing can't be profitable, parent says taxis are too expensive. These are statements are not inconsistent with one another.
522.
by strbean 6y ago
Taxi drivers pay the company for a shift upfront and absorb the risk on not getting enough rides to break even. And they are independent contractors without benefits. So yeah, what parent was talking about doesn't exist.
523.
by strbean 6y ago
> We have PLENTY of evidence to suggest that inflation is harmful for everyone, ESPECIALLY for low income workers. I'm under the impression that inflation is disproportionately hurts those with large amounts of cash saved. In this h
524.
by strbean 6y ago
(this statement based on a theory with backed little to no evidence)
525.
by strbean 6y ago
I mean, person A argued that it was none of person B's business if someone endangers others. I think it was an effective argument.
526.
by strbean 6y ago
I'm jealous, I'd love to go spearfishing :) I personally enjoy calamari, but it definitely doesn't hit the spot for bony fish / shell fish cravings. And it is missing the omega-3's of oily fish. :(
527.
by strbean 6y ago
Well, my own view is that NAIRU is a complete crock. shrug
528.
by strbean 6y ago
You want contact tracers to compile a database of the exact times every person with COVID was in a grocery store? This reeks of bad faith argument.
529.
by strbean 6y ago
People seem to think reductio ad absurdum is a fallacy just because it is Latin, but it is a perfectly sound mode of argument.
530.
by strbean 6y ago
Sorry, I was fixated on the grandparent comment ("It's none of your business if people...")
531.
by strbean 6y ago
It isn't a straw man. The theory states that inflation will continuously increase at an accelerating rate as long as employment is above the "natural level". For any definition of hyper-inflation, proponents of NAIRU believ
532.
by strbean 6y ago
> companies have more power in negotiation, they have more information and, most important of all, they can deal with a job opening not being covered most of the time This will be the case as long as we have monetary policy based on the
533.
by strbean 6y ago
The risk exists of getting impaled with a piece of rebar falling from a construction site. So how dare you criticize people for stabbing others?
534.
by strbean 6y ago
> how is a gymgoer endangering you Perhaps they are an essential worker, and don't have the option to stay at home? Perhaps they have medical issues that leave them immunocompromised and may require hospitalization, putting them at
535.
by strbean 6y ago
See cma's comment. In fact, they already are doing this. Google "Fortnite Android" and you get a page directing you to http://fortnite.com/android and get the APK. So that doesn't sound like a legitimate
536.
by strbean 6y ago
I got to see Alton Brown talk about sustainable seafood there! His message was pretty much "Eat calamari, eat it a lot."
537.
by strbean 6y ago
I think increased CO2 concentration in the atmosphere more than offsets the decreased solubility of CO2 in the ocean due to temperature rises. We are talking about a couple of degrees increase in surface sea temperatures, versus a much more
538.
by strbean 6y ago
Jumping ship instantly from one engine to another isn't possible. You're talking about developers doing a full rewrite of their games. Sure, plenty of mobile games are crap that can be cranked out in a coke-fueled weekend (see Zyn
539.
by strbean 6y ago
Agreed that Epic is no stranger to corporate shittiness. I think the parent's point is that somebody looking for a fight is how lots of unjust practices are ended. Complaining that Epic went into this trying to start a legal battle, an
540.
by strbean 6y ago
> There is no reason to think that anyone is qualified to tell others what products they should or shouldn't buy. What nonsense is this?! Do you maybe mean "can or can't buy"? Otherwise, I don't see how this stat

More ›