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by zeroname 8y ago
If you criticize somebody's work, they'll get defensive. That's a totally normal human reaction. Users rarely say things like "sorry I don't like it", it's more likely they file their pet peeve as a major
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by zeroname 8y ago
I don't see an issue with Ulrich's behavior here. Calling somebody an idiot after being called "a terrorist" seems rather fair. Being a somebody, of course he is going to be the center of attention, not the dozens of n
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by zeroname 8y ago
Obviously, no FOSS developer can deal with all user's issues, especially when they don't pay. They have to drastically limit scope. That means saying "no" to some users and their issues. FOSS developers nevertheless sh
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by zeroname 8y ago
> I read a really interesting thread recently, can't find it but the gist of it was Index Funds appreciating isn't guaranteed (as they're pitched) and localizing at a country level is a mistake for the future w/giant
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by zeroname 8y ago
Thus, after I shame you in an unjustified way, I also get to shame you some more for profiting off of your newfound victim status, thus proving that I was morally right about you all along, even when I wasn't. This is exactly what&#x27
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by zeroname 8y ago
You're thinking too much in terms of modern debt. In ancient (and not-so-ancient) times, the ordinary peasant always owed something to the landowner/sovereign for the privilege of dwelling on their land. Sometimes, that debt would
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by zeroname 8y ago
...implying that the Keynesians are really empathetic and that the Chicago school folks are cold-hearted technocrats. That kind of emotionality is what keeps people from making reasonable decisions on economic policy. It would be nice if
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by zeroname 8y ago
UPDATE: SIPC CEO rejects claims of coverage: https://www.barrons.com/articles/activist-investors-on-the-m...
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by zeroname 8y ago
Recommendations are not based on political alignment, they're based on how interests cluster. If watching a video on Austrian economics is correlated with watching "Louder With Crowder", that's what they'll recommen
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by zeroname 8y ago
People have never been "in touch" with reality, they're characters in a drama play of their own imagination. Every drama needs villains and heroes.
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by zeroname 8y ago
Conspiracy thinking is a form of paranoia, education cannot fix it. Case in point, the moment you start educating about conspiracy theories, you're part of the conspiracy. You can't win.
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by zeroname 8y ago
It's never them, it's always the "other" people that need to be "protected" from "toxic" content. Having said that, fake news and conspiracy theories have played a major role in setting the groundwork
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by zeroname 8y ago
Okay, it seems like you don't understand the very basics. A checking account holds 100% cash (dollars), not securities. That cash is insured by SIPC up to $250,000, just like the cash in your bank account is only insured up to $250,000
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by zeroname 8y ago
...which is appropriate when "risk-free" government bonds hover near zero percent. The US 10-year is on the other hand is near 3%.
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by zeroname 8y ago
I don't think understand that correctly. There's no such thing as a SIPC-protected checking account that holds securities. A checking account holds cash. There's SIPC protection for your cash and securities (stocks etc.) that
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by zeroname 8y ago
What has been lost is confidence. High stock valuations boost the wealth effect. This has a real impact economic activity. It's not just NVIDIA, a lot of tech stocks have tanked and the market in general is close to turning into a bear
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by zeroname 8y ago
That presumes this raffle is really a secret ploy to get rid of unproductive workers. I'm not presuming that.
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by zeroname 8y ago
1. Amazon is paying a living wage (and more) 2. FDRs politics to this effect failed
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by zeroname 8y ago
Amazon warehouse still pays better than those retail jobs it destroyed.
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by zeroname 8y ago
Yes, but that is besides the point. These jobs can either be low-paid or non-existing. The money that could make these jobs well-paid does not exist because the value is not there. Going on strike cannot change that either.
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by zeroname 8y ago
> It's undignified because it's prizes to the highest performer, instead of bonuses to everyone meeting a certain goal. That's not how a raffle works. You earn tickets which increase your chances of winning. The highest pe
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by zeroname 8y ago
> Come on, the solution is to pay people so they can live a decent life and have a family if they want to. That's not up for a company to decide, they don't control all the prices and sentiments that determine what is and isn&#
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by zeroname 8y ago
A warehouse worker doesn't add a lot of value. To be specific, the average profit extracted from one of Amazon's 500,000 workers is 6000$ and that includes all the far more profitable business segments. You also should be properly
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by zeroname 8y ago
I've actually looked at it, taking all $3 billion of Amazon's 2017 profit and dividing it among its 500,000 employees adds up to 6000$. To be fair though, they aren't making money on fulfillment really, they're cross-sub
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by zeroname 8y ago
> Or US voters could do the more efficient thing and ask for nationwide paid maternity/paternity leave, vacation, and removal of “exempt” employees. Who is supposed to pay for that? If it's the employer, they'll just take
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by zeroname 8y ago
He's not even branding it really. He's just shipping junk from China wholesale and selling it locally, like many other people do. The only difference is that he's somewhat prominent, so he gets some free publicity out of it.
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by zeroname 8y ago
> How is he expecting not to get sued by every game dev and manufacturer from the last 30 years? Probably by being broke. Nintendo might still prosecute to make a point though.
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by zeroname 8y ago
> That is an explicit statement that the legality of abortion necessarily implies the ethical acceptability of abortion. No, it isn't. Read carefully: If aborting a fetus for no particular reason (as in "general legalized abo
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by zeroname 8y ago
> What we'll prepare for is the fallout of inexpertly/incompetently applied technologies resulting in fragile, heath-compromised people by the thousands. In other words, something that we are already dealing with as a consequen
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by zeroname 8y ago
> It’s legal because it’s not done, thankfully. You don't know that it isn't done. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-selective_abortion#United_... Those who strongly favor male offspring may be a small min

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