tsotha

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871.
by tsotha 12y ago
You can count me as one. I work for a very large telecom in which management has basically surrendered control to HR and IT Security. Between the two our operations are slowly grinding to a halt.
872.
by tsotha 12y ago
>But since the first two actually did it... Did what?
873.
by tsotha 12y ago
Right. Are VC's normally using public money?
874.
by tsotha 12y ago
Of the three, I think private investment would have done better than the first two. Even DARPA is notable for a handful of home runs that may have been just luck.
875.
by tsotha 12y ago
Instead of unions or new laws or strong-arming from DoE, what really needs to happen is people need to realize there are far too many people trying to teach at the college level. Stories like this in WaPo are a good start. There's no
876.
by tsotha 12y ago
It's a patronage job. Most of them are.
877.
by tsotha 12y ago
This is one of those instances where if you get caught they'll arrest you but you probably won't get charged. At least where I live, if it went to court your attorney could spend all kinds of time exploring where it came from, wh
878.
by tsotha 12y ago
Arrest you for what? The other option would be to find a long-haul truck.
879.
by tsotha 12y ago
Oh I'd definitely do it while they were buying donuts.
880.
by tsotha 12y ago
I agree, however "activist" is only part of her identity. This could easily be a jealous lover.
881.
by tsotha 12y ago
They wouldn't know where it was after I disconnected the battery.
882.
by tsotha 12y ago
Why pay extra if you don't have to? Looks perfectly serviceable to me.
883.
by tsotha 12y ago
That can't possibly be legal.
884.
by tsotha 12y ago
I think I'd try to pop it into the wheel well of the nearest police car.
885.
by tsotha 12y ago
Why would anyone work at a place like that? Even if you were somehow special in that they couldn't fire you , the whole thing would be inefficient and depressing.
886.
by tsotha 12y ago
IMO Fire fast is a mistake, even from a purely green-eye shades perspective. It takes time to bring a new employee up to speed, and while they're coming up to speed they need attention from other people who are supposed to be workin
887.
by tsotha 12y ago
It's not realistic, though. You can't possibly research the povenance of every garment, food item, piece of electronics, drop of oil, shelter, and building material you buy. It's impossible.
888.
by tsotha 12y ago
That's probably best.
889.
by tsotha 12y ago
>I don't accept your premise. Men don't go into sex work to the same degree because there isn't enough economic demand for their services. You missed my point. There isn't much demand for men as sex workers and yet t
890.
by tsotha 12y ago
Rape is sex. It may be violent. It may be criminal. It may be abhorrent. But it's still sex. The feminists are really out to lunch on this one.
891.
by tsotha 12y ago
Yeah, there's a reason 98% of cases never go to trial. Adding up all these kinds of charges allows the prosecutor to say "Hey, with these charges you could go to jail for 300 years. Or... you could just plead guilty to what we w
892.
by tsotha 12y ago
>If it's the best option because of some lack of educational opportunities or social policy that puts people at a disadvantage (eg by creating a ghetto) then that's a problem. I don't accept that as some form of coercion.
893.
by tsotha 12y ago
By this logic prostitution is no different than any economic transaction. Goods are made by people who are virtually, if not in fact, slaves. Does that mean you refuse to buy anything you didn't make with your own hands?
894.
by tsotha 12y ago
True. I'm sold. We need a law against having financial dealings with poor people. Think of the children.
895.
by tsotha 12y ago
There are cities in Southern California who have used anti-prostitution statutes to arrest people doing porn. It's logical, IMO, if a bit irregular.
896.
by tsotha 12y ago
>There are lots of women who are coerced into prostitution, either directly or structurally. "[s]tructurally"? What does that mean? I agree forcing a woman into prostitution should be against the law, but if she see's it
897.
by tsotha 12y ago
Then it's not an argument against prostitution so much as an argument against selling things to poor people.
898.
by tsotha 12y ago
That implies every financial transaction is rape.
899.
by tsotha 12y ago
"...an act of violence against all women"? What a load of hyperbolic crap. How does the act of two people making a mutually beneficial transaction amount to "violence" against anyone? Of course other women don't l
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by tsotha 12y ago
Prison reform, drug policy, foreign policy... there are lots of areas of overlap. But these are groups with who have diametrically opposite views regarding the basis of society. I don't know if and how long they'll be able to wo

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