VexXtreme

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by VexXtreme 7y ago
> I think this advice is cutting your nose off to spite your face. Ah, the standard phrase used when people try to get you to work against your interests. The rest of your post amounts to: "Doing the imprudent thing X worked out for
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by VexXtreme 9y ago
> So, the sales organisation managed to "create" $400k of "value" Yes, it's called "fraud".
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
That makes sense if you're a 3rd world immigrant, because the value delta between your old life and your new life is immense. For someone born in a 1st world country, it makes little sense to compare their situation with that of a 3rd
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
You are entitled to your sentiment, but calling people and their approach to life "toxic" is a good way to alienate them and dismiss what you have to say. There are many ways to run a business, and I've run teams that have sh
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
I've been in a similar situation and all I can say is I feel you. I've become very distrustful and suspicious of people in this industry, especially the fast-talking "we're changing the world" kind. Ultimately, if p
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
I don't see it either, but I guess people can justify whatever they want to justify.
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
And Bitcoin.
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
> Based on my experience I am 100% convinced that people that can't find joy in the happiness of others should remain single and even more important: never, ever have kids. As a counterargument, I've seen a few people turn into
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
What if you value your consciousness and the here and now more than the idea of your DNA staying alive well after you're dead? To me, my consciousness is my identity (myself). The body is just a vessel for it, and once it craps out, an
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
A counterargument would be that it's harder for a big government to change direction easily, once decided and set in motion. Wrong decisions can compound because it's easier for a large organization to stay its course, even in the
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
Possibly, due to a lack of long term stability and job security. When every round of financing results in a different VC installing its own people in the company and shaking things up, I don't feel comfortable betting the life and well
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
As I'm entering the fourth decade of my life, I have actively started avoiding any company that 1) self identifies as a startup, 2) employs less than 50 people, 3) is VC funded in any capacity. It's not because I have anything aga
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
You have fallen victim to the outcome bias. It is a mistake to attribute the quality of a decision to a specific outcome when the correlation between their determinants is low or unknown. In layman's terms, you don't know that it
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by VexXtreme 10y ago
> I also generally don't like the idea of someone else telling me what my contributions are worth. By putting in all those extra hours, you're basically pinning all of your hopes on someone else's judgment. If they like yo
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by VexXtreme 11y ago
I think you need to reexamine the meaning of the word "monopolized". Having a single state-sanctioned business (and therefore backed by the threat of violence) is somehow less monopolistic than having a free market where the best
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
And you are ignoring a much bigger issue. For instance, the Fed has expanded the USD monetary base by about 4 trillion in the past six years. So why not take that figure, divide it by the total number of transactions in the past six years a
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
> A bitcoin's value is 100% based on what the public values it at. So just like any other currency and commodity then? Intrinsic value doesn't exist. Everything is relative to where you are and what you're trying to achiev
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
Since the concept of "culture" is so vague and no one using it seems to be able to describe what exact set of criteria it represents, it appears to be whatever a hiring manager wants it to be. If you don't like someone's
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
I think you'll find that most people will "get along" with you just fine if you're a decent person, pay well and don't ask them to sacrifice a too big portion of their life. If they're competent and willing to
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
I understand the individual words in your post but have no idea what you're actually trying to say. Have you thought about running for congress?
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
The whole "culture fit" concept is a direct result of corporate hubris. When a company mentions "culture", I don't walk, I run for my sanity.
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
Your argument is completely disingenuous - same as the people who are nitpicking and torturing the language in the constitution in order to get what they want. When people are using the internet, in some contexts there is a certain expectat
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
You didn't really address anything he said; instead you resorted to name-calling and disengaging from the conversation. I always see this from religious people when their beliefs are challenged in a coherent, logical manner. You can&#x
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
Normally I'd just tell you that I don't subscribe to moral and philosophical relativism, but for the sake of this discussion, I will oblige in explaining further. First off, what is the definition of valid and correct? What is the
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
I mean look, I understand what the philosophy is about, and I think it would never work in the real world. We've learned time and again that entrusting a lot of executive power to one person is a horrible idea - extremely exploitable a
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
They even seem to have a subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkEnlightenment/ The whole "ideology" is basically just fascism and institutional racism dressed up as something else. Despicable. I would n
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
Yes, I agree with everything you said. When I said VPN, I actually meant Tor (and even mentioned it in my original post), because the concept seems to go over some people's heads.
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
That's a very good point. Perhaps being overseas is not an option. In that case, I guess the best she could do is use a disposable OS (Tails) and VPN at the time of posting sensitive information online, and never use her whistleblower
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
I did, and it clearly says that other citizens were sending her information to post online. I don't know much about her situation, but presumably that wouldn't require her to be in the country. And even if that's not the case
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by VexXtreme 12y ago
If you're going to whistleblow on your local government online (be that a legitimate government, or a violent drug cartel), the only reasonably safe way to do it is from outside the country AND using Tor. It amazes me that people don&#

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