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by syshum 5y ago
Because not everyone agree's that a nationalized system is the best solution to the bigger problem, hell we probably do not even agree what the bigger problem is i.e I am sure you believe the market is the problem, where I believe gove
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by syshum 5y ago
As I get older I remember more about what the grey breads I learned from would say "everything in tech is a cycle. What we have now will be replaced with something new which was which will be replaced with something old reimagined.&qu
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by syshum 5y ago
True and if your goal is to only ever work part time as a 1099 (i.e over employed) then it would be fine to look at it like that However if your goal is to work to replace your employment you should start out looking at the full picture, an
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by syshum 5y ago
>>supportive parents. supportive parents are the key to success, rich, poor, black, white, asian, Hispanic, gay, strait, etc. children with rich parents may have more doors opened, and access to things, but proclaim wealth is the on
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by syshum 5y ago
$150 / hr as a 1099 Contractor, is more like $75/hr has a W2 employee after you factor in employee benefits (normally 30-40% of your total comp) and taxation (10-15% more for self employment depending on your deductions)
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by syshum 5y ago
Yes... I will cash out any vacation my employer allows me to, unfortunately they require that I take most of it as time off not cash
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by syshum 5y ago
>> rules of the platform. Which are themselves politically bias to one world view, that of the US political left. To be clear I am not talking about the enforcement of the rules, which is a problem in itself, but the actual rules as
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by syshum 5y ago
One of the things I always thought Copyright law needed was some kind of FRAND style provisions, if we as a society give an owner exclusive rights we should require that owner (if the choose to distribute the work) to do is in a non-exclus
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by syshum 5y ago
My position on those organizations political bias is from ratings by several independent organizations such as Ground News (but not only them) which I have been using more recently. I read 100's of news sources weekly, and if topic I
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by syshum 5y ago
Well IMO one of the problem here is thinking in either "pro" or "anti" group stances. I am neither pro police, nor anti police. I am pro enforcement of laws that protect people from being victimized by others. That is
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by syshum 5y ago
If the only news media on consume is New Yorker, NYT and The Atlantic (all of which are rated as Left Bias news sources) then you are likely already in an echo chamber, so when exposed to a non-echo chamber source with comments (like HN)
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by syshum 5y ago
for most political reforms it seems the news media purposely chooses the most polarizing examples of the problem to highlight. Does not matter if police reform, abortion, welfare, or any other topic, the media chooses the examples that wil
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by syshum 5y ago
They claim that after the fact, after the bad press, I believe neither JSTOR or MIT
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by syshum 5y ago
it is sad we have fallen as a society so far that there is not even any remove left to discuss liberty, that the nanny state has such a hold on people that there is a honest believe that "wearing a seat belt" mandates protects ot
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by syshum 5y ago
lol, nothing could be further from the truth, I have to say though this is the first time I have been called an egotist for advocating for a voluntary, individualist society. That is a new one, I thought I had seen all the ways people tha
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by syshum 5y ago
I do understand that. And it is one of the reason I do not support them. I am an individual, I support individualism not Majoritarianism Direct democracy normally end badly because simple Majoritarianism is bad This is way in most democrat
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by syshum 5y ago
Unionization in the US is very different than in Norway. Anti-Union bias in the US is well founded and rational due to the terrible union laws we have, combined with the terrible track record of US unions
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by syshum 5y ago
"many". No. Very few (in the USA) in fact act in that way. And a union for white collar workers would most certainly not. A union for white collar workers would be closer to UAW or AFLCIO and would most certainly have fixed comp
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by syshum 5y ago
>>Wearing masks doesn't lead to more indirect deaths. Wrong, I know many people right now that are putting off seeing the doctor because of masking policies at many medical facilities. >The conversation isn't about gover
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by syshum 5y ago
>> There might be only a handful of deaths once that happens No that is what is ridiculous, the idea we will get down to only a handful. At best it is going to have numbers at the same level as the seasonal flu. At best, most likel
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by syshum 5y ago
Now we are going to get in to more controversial regions of this debate. We have to look at those 1,000 per day, and ask are they dying WITH covid or FROM covid, currently there is a monetary incentive for health providers to label as many
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by syshum 5y ago
>> Utilities must go to the public utility commission to raise rates Which I have never seen a denial of so I am not sure that is much of a check
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by syshum 5y ago
That Scenario has always been the case for all of the history of man kind So what is your position, everyone should always wear masks at all time for the rest of time? Nope, not going to do that
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by syshum 5y ago
The pandemic ended for most people months ago, for me personally it ended the moment I was vaccinated.
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by syshum 5y ago
Going carbon zero "right now" will just trade one disaster for another. And some argue an even bigger diaster. Energy is required for human life to live now. We cant go back with out massive famine and death. Just cutting boff e
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by syshum 5y ago
There have been a few attempts. It never goes anywhere and never will
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by syshum 5y ago
Google, Amazon, and the rest clearly disagree
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by syshum 5y ago
I am aware of the community edition, which the most recent versions have a VERY restrictive license on the acceptable uses for the community edition The fact this edition exists does not change my point, or really add anything of value to t
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by syshum 5y ago
The fact that they dont is another big problem with public schooling. The fact that all teachers are trained the same is a big problem. Personally I am fan of not having "trained teachers" for anything beyond grade school After t
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by syshum 5y ago
I will agree with your position the second compensation for teacher is tied to performance. However unions do not want any compensation tied to performance, nor do most people on the "left" They simply want the high salaries wit

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