wilkommen

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by wilkommen 9mo ago
Not true - the fix is to start enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act, the Sherman Act, and every other piece of legislation already on the books which was written and passed by congress for the purpose of eliminating private monopolies. Walmart
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by wilkommen 9mo ago
The existence of monopolies is a political issue, and it is a political problem that must be resolved in order to restore any semblance of a free market in the United States.
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by wilkommen 9mo ago
Also, leverage recruiters - give your resume to as many professional recruiters as you can. They're often better than applying directly now. Also apply at staffing companies, that's a good way in.
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by wilkommen 9mo ago
Make multiple versions of your resume, each of which emphasizes a different aspect of your skillset, and use the one that most closely matches the job description when you apply. When I am really interested in a job, I usually make a new ve
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by wilkommen 9mo ago
You know that that "angry tiger inside you" feeling can go away completely right? That angry tiger is not biological part of who you are, it's a dissociated memory of how you felt when you were a child, which continues to liv
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by wilkommen 10mo ago
What is the Bitnami/VMWare/Broadcom Helm charts thing?
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by wilkommen 11mo ago
In the short term, it may be unrealistic (as you illustrate in your story) to try to successfully navigate the increasingly fragmented, fragile, and overly complex technological world we have created without genAI's assistance. But in
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Yes, there are still people who start with microservices, unfortunately. There are where I work.
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Wow I did not know that. I might switch to something weighted/tilted differently.
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I would say if you're holding a lot of money in a S&P 500-tracking index fund, switch to holding a total stock market fund instead. It's probably a bad time to hold SP500 right now, but you don't want to get out of the ma
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I think they can afford it one more time, but this will be the last time. I think this will be the time that wrecks the economy.
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Big is bad, actually. Centralization of power in a small number of hands creates structural market distortions, generates corruption, and diminishes the freedom of all.
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I think that the Fortune 500 is so invested in AI that AI has potentially become "too big to fail". There are increasing political and financial connections between big tech and the executive branch as well. As long as the Trump a
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Or maybe, if you don't want to do the thing, that's your true values showing. If it's your true values showing, then you should consider listening, and maybe just don't do the thing at all!
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I was thinking the same thing. The entire war in Iraq seems to contradict any putatively held ideals around the idea of not redrawing borders.
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I agree. Common stock has basically become a special currency that by design experiences high, sustained inflation, which wealthy people use to suck wealth out of the real economy. If the rules were changed such that every stock has to offe
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by wilkommen 1y ago
> I'm sure trading on margin is for some reason actually a positive concept for the economy at large for reasons I can't understand. Don't underestimate yourself! A lot of times when something seems stupid and socially cor
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Another related truth is: 3) The stock of most companies actually doesn't entitle you to a share of the profits, because they either don't pay a dividend (very common), or if they do pay a dividend, the size of the dividend that t
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I have the same view on it as you. The "abundance" people are carrying water for the establishment while trying to co-opt disaffected voters (who might otherwise find their way to the populist left) into a way of seeing things tha
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by wilkommen 1y ago
Monopolistic activity and corporate consolidation are driving up prices in many industries in the United States. Why wouldn't corporate consolidation be a major factor in driving up housing prices, like it is in so many other sectors
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by wilkommen 1y ago
I think you got it in one. Eventually there will have to be a sudden "falling off the cliff", but the main question is what will happen after that. If the right ideas are in the air, it's possible that the opportunity that th
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by wilkommen 5y ago
It's worth it, you'll be glad.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
I never thought about it like this. This really helped me, thanks.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
Well if that’s true then we just shouldn’t try to unseat him.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
I was homeschooled until 7th grade. If your parents aren't monsters maybe it can be good. But many if not most parents who choose to homeschool their kids are zealots of some kind or another, or have serious control/paranoia/
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by wilkommen 5y ago
That's a good point. I hope that Russia doesn't fall into civil war and instead just gets a new government and new leader.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
I would also be interested to know more about that.
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by wilkommen 5y ago
I agree. I don't think humanity is happier given more resources, above a certain relatively small amount. But humanity's desires are limitless. If we are able to invent a free energy machine we'll just use it so much that it
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by wilkommen 5y ago
It’s true in my experience too that most workplaces are really inefficiently managed. At the beginning of each new job I tend to give benefit of the doubt for processes and decisions that appear nonsensical, but eventually I usually find ou
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by wilkommen 5y ago
I love the idea but it needs pictures really bad. I’m not gonna be able to pick a recipe based on a text description, the photo is what reels me in.

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