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by tomdell 6y ago
That GM entered into a highly valuable partnership with this transparently fraudulent company doesn’t inspire confidence about their future. Milton’s last company was accused of not delivering on deal terms, and it seems as though that comp
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by tomdell 6y ago
This argument boils down to 1. It’s difficult to prioritize multiple things (the environment and public interest are mentioned as examples), so why bother? 2. Prioritizing profit has worked so far Regarding 2 - strictly from the lens of sh
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by tomdell 6y ago
A good way to *spread wealth is to tax it.
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by tomdell 6y ago
Uber and Lyft’s sole “innovation” is in driving down the value of driving by reclassifying drivers as contractors and not having to pay benefits while the drivers barely earn more than they spend to keep working, so I don’t think they’re go
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by tomdell 6y ago
The truth is over the top?
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by tomdell 6y ago
If it was sufficiently long ago, which it sounds like it was, they could. Minimum wage would be significantly higher now if it had kept pace with inflation and cost of living increases over the last few decades.
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by tomdell 6y ago
Hydroxychloroquine is frequently used for malaria. It has shown no effectiveness with regard to coronavirus. “Oh no, I can’t spread dangerous misinformation without consequence!”
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by tomdell 6y ago
It’s actually even MORE weighted in favor of major label artists like Lady Gaga, thanks to special deals between the big majors and Spotify. My numbers aren’t exact here, but this is the principle of the deal - let’s say Lady Gaga gets 2% o
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by tomdell 6y ago
On the large scale, wealth reliably collects progressively higher percentages of return the higher the base capital.
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China starts major trial of state-run digital currency(theguardian.com)
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by tomdell 7y ago
I would argue that smaller metros in America have a much more diverse housing stock than what you say here - while there are certainly plenty of houses in far-flung, low-density neighborhoods and ugly apartments in massive complexes, there
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by tomdell 7y ago
You're a senior software engineer and yet somehow you can't pay for content?
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by tomdell 7y ago
I hope they hear me complaining about how poorly Skype works.
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by tomdell 7y ago
Independent distribution is still extremely cheap and easy - there are still platforms out there that will upload music to Spotify and many others for free or for a small annual fee. Spotify offering the service directly isn't necessar
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by tomdell 7y ago
This is uninformed and off-topic.
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by tomdell 7y ago
I'm criticizing you, not the idea of sharing music or playing cover songs.
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by tomdell 7y ago
Music piracy is theft, period. Don't lie to yourself. Bloviate over it however you want, but in the end, you're stealing from musicians. It's one thing to steal and acknowledge it, but it's a completely different thing t
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by tomdell 7y ago
There are more convenient and ethical ways to consume music than theft. Don't lie to yourself about what you're doing by pretending you're on some moral high ground for stealing music. Funds going to Universal filter through
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by tomdell 7y ago
That's 100% what this is. The company is going back to the video masters and remastering at higher quality levels than was done back in the day. The old master videos are of high quality but were only mastered to a certain quality leve
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by tomdell 7y ago
Play the victim? From the post, it sounds like this person legitimately is the victim of a technicality and lack of personal oversight from university staff.
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by tomdell 7y ago
Sure, if the people financed the creation of this music or purchased the masters, then they could own the masters too. Would you expect Apple to put its iPhones in the hands of the public for free and easy copying and distribution? Why do y
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by tomdell 7y ago
The most commonly used IQ tests all use language and specifically test verbal comprehension (Wechsler, Stanford-Binet, Woodcock-Johnson, etc.).
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by tomdell 7y ago
Different communities use different variants of the English language - different words, different grammar, and different meanings for the same words. The standard English on most English IQ tests is not going to be as accessible or understa
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by tomdell 7y ago
Facebook was uncool before the outrage really took off. It's bloated and fewer young people from each cohort take to it each year.
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Pinterest's First Earnings Report - Revenues Up, Losses Down(techcrunch.com)
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by tomdell 8y ago
A high-level representative of any industry is going to have personal connections in that industry and personal reasons for not wanting to regulate the industry as it should be regulated in the best interest of the people. I don't see
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by tomdell 8y ago
Politician mind: You've just got to find some passage of the Constitution that can be construed as somehow giving the federal government that power, though - or push an amendment through.
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by tomdell 8y ago
That is not the argument. Tests are written by people who talk a certain way, in a way that is easier to process for people who talk the same way. Different communities use different language, and this is reflected in how quickly different
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A Debate Over Plant Consciousness, Limitations of the Human Mind(qz.com)
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by tomdell 8y ago
All right, then - how is it productive?

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