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by wernercd 6y ago
Never give up, Never surrender. You will face obstacles, problems, bugs, disbelievers, etc. The only way to succeed it to keep at it. You won't believe you can do it... until you do it. One step at a time. Next thing? It's ten yea
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by wernercd 6y ago
We have comcast and finally removed "tv" because the pricing changed from internet+tv = internet prices... to internet + tv = more. The answer? was a streaming box. I expect to see a monthly rental fee for the streaming box...
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by wernercd 6y ago
and people were free to choose other operating systems when MS was found to be abusing their "monopoly". Just because there are some other options... doesn't negate the fact that Apple is using monopolistic and anti-competiti
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by wernercd 6y ago
Maybe... or they are using metrics from above as drivers. To create and monitor Jira ticket counts, there has the be Jira tickets for management to pay attention to and compare against other employees. Maybe the employee is gaming the numbe
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by wernercd 6y ago
"for free" and yet Apple will still make a profit due to physical phone sales, $99/year fees, etc. To imply that they aren't profitable outside of the 30% cut is laughable. Plenty of companies "research, develop, pr
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by wernercd 6y ago
Your "hope" is tactic admission that there is no alternative and admission that Apple is willing to limit choice on their platform. "But Android" doesn't challenge the idea... it simply proves you can't defend
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by wernercd 6y ago
So what alternatives are there to the Apple Store on Apple Devices? Can you point me to an alternative store that I can create, upload, sell and purchase games from that isn't the Apple store? I'll gladly buy some games from the a
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by wernercd 6y ago
The difference is plenty of companies can make storefronts - look at Steam vs GOG and all the other options for gaming on Windows. You act like companies wouldn't produce viable alternatives given the opportunity... and you act like St
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by wernercd 6y ago
"It's not like the mafia is forcing you to open a business in Chicago. you don't like it? You can move elsewhere. People move to Chicago because it's highly profitable." Pretending this doesn't have deep parall
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by wernercd 6y ago
> aggressive consumer protection stance Aggressive Protection? Sounds like the Mafia. Protection, paid for by you whether you want it or not. Pay the 30% or the mafia's going to break your kneecaps.
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by wernercd 6y ago
it's also stifling innovation to be restricted to one store front. Imagine if all you had was Walmart, Target and KMart (iPhone, Android and Windows). "you can't build a new store because of all the R&D Walmart has put in
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by wernercd 6y ago
The crux is you have to have experience to get experience. I took the first job I could get as a programmer in 2010 at the first place that would accept me... making 21k right after getting my 2 year degree. I now work for a major bank as a
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by wernercd 6y ago
I would. Because I don't talk down to people or change my speech patterns around people. Unlike, say, those who "champion" people and then speak down to them. https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/yale-stud
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by wernercd 6y ago
crying about a word is reactionary... especially when you are getting offended for other people who haven't asked for your help.
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by wernercd 6y ago
The article doesn't mention current mining methods (that I remember). Just "There aren't a lot of scandium importers and miners, and the few that exist charge a premium.".
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by wernercd 6y ago
Not sure how "democrat" is an option... it's an American political party. Unless you mean DS: "democratic socialism" - which is still socialism. Look at the Green New Deal where DS wants to go - control of industry
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by wernercd 6y ago
> aren't consistent Those idea's aren't opposing and aren't the brunt of my point. "Free Education" causes an increase in cost? Self evident. No market feedback and an increase in demand? Massive cost incre
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by wernercd 6y ago
"What's stopping you" It's a 3 day weekend?
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by wernercd 6y ago
and you also pay a MASSIVE amount more in taxes and your education is more controlled with shortfalls and limitations. https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/free-college-w... https://www.aei.org
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by wernercd 6y ago
> if you're a rich white guy Amazing how skin color is the first thing brought up by those (presumably) fighting racism. Ironic? And my point is that aside from the pendantry about DDGs affect specifically... the result will be sco
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by wernercd 6y ago
isn't government funding? it's literally redistrubtion of wealth by the government. I never said they had control of what's spent... just that government help leads to higher prices. And it's easily provable that where g
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by wernercd 6y ago
> probably Government funded things go up in price. Prime example: eductation and child care. Government funded problems that lead to government funded solutions.
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by wernercd 6y ago
I think the denial to credit for DDG is less about credit worthyness and more about "deplatforming" based on personal details. Or thats what it'll become.
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by wernercd 6y ago
> Are you citing absolute numbers? https://medium.com/the-radical-center/the-triumph-of-the-mid... Plenty of info out there that wealth is getting distributed globally. The absolute poor are decreasing and the midd
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by wernercd 6y ago
Well, honest question... what's the alternative? because all the other options have proven to be worse by magnitudes of order. Calls that it's not sustainable are like cries of impending starvation and privation... yet "famin
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by wernercd 6y ago
IL code. .net compiles to intermediate language which runs on a local interpeter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Intermediate_Language https://www.i-programmer.info/programming/other-language
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by wernercd 6y ago
The problem is that more people are middle class+ than ever... so while you complain of "decades of waiting" the fact remains that all boats ARE rising. The only difference is that you now have a direct connection to the few that
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by wernercd 6y ago
Except things change from year to year so even if YOU don't change, the underlying tax laws move over time.
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by wernercd 6y ago
I mean in some aspect I agree in spirit with your point but your point is off topic. It may be questionable to have your stuff advertised on a page about the history of Germany... But lets be honest... that's not why these things are b
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by wernercd 6y ago
Associated with words defined in a dictionary? How pedantic do you have to be to say "I don't want to advertise with Britannica because their dictionary has the word rape"?

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