unapologetic

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by unapologetic 7y ago
Please explain the problem with my comment on slavery. The first part is factually accurate, the second is a valid opinion to express. I was downvoted, why? You know what whatever. I know better than to ask HN moderation for any sort of tra
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Still no punishment for Musk committing fraud on twitter?
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Steve Jobs died an obscenely wealthy man. Elon Musk will probably die an obscenely wealthy man. Every billionaire has a plan to save the world. None of them involve paying taxes.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
There was a fair bit of ego. Turns out when you have a project staffed with extremely high up engineers and no real production deployment, it's easy to keep up engineering standards. The idea that a normal team with normal issues wasn&
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by unapologetic 7y ago
My experience with Midori people was a little like the jokes people tell about BMW owners and vegans. You knew who they were because they wouldn't stop talking about Midori. It's a neat project, I liked hearing the stories.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
They also have the incentive make those things happen. The boss doesn't. The boss has incentive cut costs and increase profits. Even if the current boss is good person, the next one might not be. Situation might change the boss might g
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by unapologetic 7y ago
> e.g. a sliding scale cost for domains, so Amazon would have to pay $50,000,000/year for its domain at which point the government suddenly feels an urgent need to step in.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Yes, there always was. ICANN has always been a lousy system, now it's a lousy and extremely corrupt system.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
> In 2014 the Obama Admin decided to cede control of ICANN. > This is a classic case of regulation being abused by those in power to give each other a bonus. He dropped regulation and oversight, and the result is we now suffer because
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by unapologetic 7y ago
> The registration costs are also a tiny fraction of what any desirable domain name would sell for on the secondary market That's rent seeking. They provide no value, they simply try to corner the market and jack up the prices.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Except the new people coming in are just rent seekers same as the scalpers.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
We never bothered to properly build ICANN as a lasting public service. This is what happens.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Nah, they just change the rules then immediately jump into companies built specifically to take advantage of the rule changes. See the theft of dot org or the opening of TLDs.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
The union doesn't get credit for his performance, he just places value in the union. The point is he's had a tremendously successful career while supporting the union. It hasn't hurt him. He missed out on star wars by choice.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
because brining up youth unemployment and nothing else is an honest argument about the merits of unions? It's low effort. It's not useful. It provides no evidence for the argument being put forth. Really it's not even making
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by unapologetic 7y ago
That's fine, but you're still a boss and your opinions on unions should be treated as those of a potentially bad actor. That's just the way it works. I can't trust you to tell me a union is a bad idea. You have too much
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by unapologetic 7y ago
https://boards.fool.com/letter-from-an-ea-spouse-long-215884... Not new. Not recent.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
I was pointing out that the claim this sort of thing is new is complete and total bullshit.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Pay is only part of the equation. We work extra hours, we don't get extra money. We go oncall, we don't get extra money.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Incorrect. Advocating for direct violent action is illegal. Indirectly, saying that violence can be justifiable depending on circumstance, etc... all legal.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Because if they don't then the union has the capability to severely harm the company. This is why we need unions.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Yes, I do mean violence. Employers have also heavily utilized violence. Then they turned to the law and misinformation. Violence is a last resort.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
You're free to quit a union job whenever you want. Be part of the group or don't work here. My justification is that it drastically increases the strength of the union.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
a decades long career as one of the more respected actors in the world and eventually an oscar.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
They don't. They exist all over and work fine.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
> The majority of bad sentiment has come in the past five years Literally the first 3rd party gaming company was because workers were unsatisfied with Atari.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
That will just drive more employers towards part time employees and outsourcing. The latter, I agree with the former reforms. You also aren't getting this sort of top down reform without obtaining more political power than the upper cl
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Good on Gary. "I don't do non-union work" is a perfectly reasonable position to take.
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by unapologetic 7y ago
> I am saying that running your own show or a show with other people If you're running your own thing then you aren't a worker. You aren't part of the union. Your input on union activities is not valuable, because you are
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by unapologetic 7y ago
Those people can sign up to carry a wealthy person from place to place and get their independence fix that way.

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