FlownScepter

5 ms·

1.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
And preferably from insurance companies too.
2.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> We need money that has actual value that can't be manipulated. That is why the gold standard worked. At the same time that is why those in power ended the gold standard. No, the gold standard worked because at that time, manipulat
3.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
Your point presumes that the spread of the globalized market is a boon to the countries it touches. Like, fair dues, now people in remote island nations can buy televisions and smart phones, but now they also have Facebook which is being us
4.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> I’ve responded to some of your other comments with corrections. You’ve been stating falsehoods as facts throughout this thread. If you really believe that we could “take all of Bezo’s wealth” or that it would improve the situation rath
5.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
They often repackage a shit ton of open source software developed by volunteers, all of which is running on Internet standards originally developed by the Department of Defense for military use. Most of the tech in the servers was developed
6.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
I dunno man, you tell me. We're perpetually running out of money every time we're talking about doing things like helping people not die or freeze to death, yet miraculously we always have trillions around to funnel into more tank
7.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
Oh it absolutely serves a purpose, it's a shared value that speeds the exchange of goods and services. However as the monetary system exists now, is mainly as a tool of oppression to keep people locked in a cycle of working themselves
8.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> American assets can be repossessed abroad if a judgement is served - look at what happened to Argentina in NY. Yeah, that happened to Argentina, who is not America. I'm saying if that's the consequence, which you seem to agre
9.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> If you have a mortgage or a car loan or a credit card, you’re part of that number. And you certainly owe real money to real lenders. Yes and on an individual scale like that, it makes complete sense. It's borrowed against my futur
10.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
And we've been doing it for as long as I've been alive. I'm certainly never going to make enough to pay it down, and nobody else in my generation is. So like... who's paying it and when? Or again, do we just acknowledge
11.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> This is factually wrong. We've been miraculously efficient since 18th century. Being more efficient than the 1700's is an astonishingly low bar.
12.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
And public sector money props them up each year when they pay little if any taxes, and we also fund their research endeavors because corporations are notoriously shitty at that sort of thing. 99% of private sector "innovation" is
13.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
Who the fuck do we owe, the Martians? How long before we just accept that money is made up and free ourselves of this make believe game? Just give people what they need to survive and let the unwieldy and inefficient private sector die, we&
14.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
This is just wrong. Apple disallows apps that duplicate existing functionality, i.e. browsers. You can write whatever wack headless browser you want, and there are tons of frameworks for this exact purpose, too: All manner of methods to do
15.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
This is an incredible jump. By this logic, literally any format or given protocol can be called into question if it isn't 100% transferable between all platforms. That basically renders everything newer than line telephones, email and
16.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
You don't know my mother. :P
17.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
Anti-trust law is entirely irrelevant despite how often it gets brought up in this discussion. Entering into the restrictions of an iPhone is 100% voluntary. You do not currently have the right to run whatever code you want on anything you
18.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> Instead, automation looks always fun and clever, until your growth-hack goes wrong. "We found we can increase the number of people subbing for the newsletter by skipping double opt in" "Why are we getting so many spam fl
19.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
I actually have a Mac too, but I also have Bootcamp configured because Mac doesn't do everything I need. I'm just like, what do I need to do right now, and what's the most reliable tool for that job? My phone, ultimately, is
20.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
That's still nothing close to a monopoly.
21.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
That would be the meaning of "alternatives," yes.
22.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
A quick Google says iOS' market share is 14%. I don't understand this position at all. Google is by far and away the market leader. Their ecosystem is free and you can do just about anything in it. Their Play store's standard
23.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
A nonexhaustive list of FaceTime alternatives: Skype, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Spike, ICQ, Tox, Viber, WhatsApp, Line, WeChat, Wire.
24.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
I dunno if I'd qualify a military dictatorship as Fascist though, since the typical hallmark of a Fascist government is the singular leader who enthralls the public. Which I guess you could say the emperor, but I dunno, it doesn&#x27
25.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> The way I end up reading the situation is that some people want to aid the police to find package thieves but they don't want to aid police in finding people suspected of crimes during protests. Well that depends highly on what&#x
26.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> If someone hits 12 of the 14 markers, does that make him a fascist? What about six, or three, or one? Am I 1/14 fascist because I critique various aspects of modernism? > To the extent they someone does match the list, all that
27.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> nobody's ever asked me to denounce my friends for believing bad things Probably because you aren't in a position of social influence, and/or your friends aren't propagating dangerous ideas? That's all the more
28.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> Not everyone is a rich socialite looking to be viewed well at the finest private dinner parties. These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever. One does not need to be rich to have social capital. > You know the
29.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> So he denounced the works of one person who believes bad things, but he also linked to a second person, who may or may not believe bad things, but is liked by a third group of people who also believe bad things, so...logically...that m
30.
by FlownScepter 6y ago
> I just wanted to point out how it is absurd to simply claim that "as long as people keep recommending recompiling stuff open source won't work" when actually A) people recommend it _because you can actually do it_ , unli

More ›