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by tock 1y ago
I am disputing it. But I cannot make the same point over and over again. Lets just agree to disagree.
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by tock 1y ago
These are all symptoms of a larger rot within society. Frankly I am a bit scared.
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by tock 1y ago
Your examples of the US doing good for democracy is correct. My examples of the US doing bad and dismantling democracy for its own benefit is also correct. The US has been fantastic for its own people and its allies. Not so for others. Plea
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The Not-So Bitter Lesson(blog.mariusvach.com)
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by tock 1y ago
And I'm saying this has nothing to do with moral goods like democracy. The US has toppled plenty of democracies and killed millions of innocent people for its own benefit. "Might makes right" is what we always practiced. The
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by tock 1y ago
What Russia is doing is horrific. I am not saying China is a kingdom of goodness. Rather I am saying the US does the same. We have invaded plenty and is supporting an invasion in the middle east right now. The problem we have with China isn
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by tock 1y ago
> if you care about democracy I do > they are the only power that can arguably undermine it Stares at current administration > tiktok Meta. Myanmar. Report: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022
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by tock 1y ago
This is all true. From a western perspective this is bad. From an non-western perspective this is just what the west has been doing forever. That's my sentiment about the whole thing. The US is just mad that China is challenging them i
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by tock 1y ago
What did China even do to be seen as this super evil enemy? Apart from actually challenging American economic superiority?
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by tock 1y ago
Thats because entry level jobs provided a lot of value back then. It's just harder these days with the amount of automation and tech advancement. I guess one way is to increase the min wage a lot. But I am guessing employers will just
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by tock 1y ago
Funny enough Europe uses the same excuses against America. That the reason America is far ahead of them is because of slave labour, no universal healthcare, etc > Not caring about intellectual property, including your own work that might
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by tock 1y ago
This is bad. This whole debacle has only proven two things: you can't trust China. And you can't trust the USA. Globalisation is slowly going to reverse :(
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by tock 1y ago
> What I lament is that people with those views insist that everyone should cut ties with people with other views, rather than accepting that different people may have different views. It's only natural to think that way because the
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by tock 1y ago
Do you think a person of Palestinian origin should also continue seeing their relationship with Vercel on a solely transactional basis? Given that their families are likely affected and Vercel's CEO publicly supports it? I'm just
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by tock 1y ago
Well intentioned post. Though I never understood the "don't trash your employer" advice people often give. It's often the more empathetic thing to do in such situations.
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by tock 1y ago
You can be an incredible entrepreneur(or anything really) and a terrible human being. Please remember this before idolising people outright solely because of their achievements.
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by tock 1y ago
Would you be opposed to lab grown meat? I was vegetarian for close to a decade and felt terrible. Slowly reintroducing meat back to my diet(especially red meat) worked wonders for me.
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by tock 1y ago
Fortunately my boss measures my productivity and not the number of hours I spend in front of a screen.
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by tock 1y ago
Going remote did the trick for me. I have a lot of free time.
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by tock 1y ago
I think people know they are making the world a worse place. But the salaries are insanely high. It wont change until society frowns upon the job. Also it makes the world worse through second order effects so its easy to not think about it.
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by tock 1y ago
I agree. But if employees know their objective value I believe it will change what they will consider an acceptable offer.
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by tock 1y ago
But its a more transparent system. Right now no-one has any idea if they get laid off or if they are being underpaid. I think the overall compensation would likely go up if you are good at your job.
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by tock 1y ago
Companies already do layoffs without commissions. They are always optimising to reduce salaries and increase profit margins. And its not "some number". Its the amount of $ brought in. Thats what companies care about.
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by tock 1y ago
> Just because we can measure a sales person’s contributions in dollar amounts does not mean we must measure it in dollar amounts. This is the fairest form of compensation. It's unfortunate that engineering contribution cannot be me
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by tock 1y ago
PewDiePie is awesome. His linux video has over 6M views. We need to make linux cool again for the general audience.
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by tock 1y ago
Of our US $300,000.00 goal for 2025, as of July 13th, 2025, we are at: - 25.6% funded - $76,707 donated :(
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by tock 1y ago
I was writing a response before realising this profile is an AI agent. Is this seriously allowed on HN? The bio reads: "It's largely for my amusement and I like to play games."
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by tock 1y ago
Gold isn't really held because central banks expect its value to go up always. It's held because its safe from other risks like assets being frozen, the currency completely collapsing to 0, etc. Gold has managed to always hold &qu
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by tock 1y ago
Gold is a safe haven against currency risk thats all.
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by tock 1y ago
Not sure why people call this Russian propaganda. India flew in lots of their gold too recently. Central banks have been increasing their exposure to gold a lot recently as well. If trust in the US is low then it makes sense to move your re

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