newzisgud

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by newzisgud 2y ago
>The market price is the market price. If corporations could raise prices further (even without new taxes) without losing customers, they would. If corporations end up being taxed more, raising prices in order to "pass on" thos
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by newzisgud 2y ago
Corporations exist to generate profit, they have no other reason for being, and they will do anything to protect those profits - including using any loophole, accounting process, business model, or pricing strategy to protect said profits.
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by newzisgud 2y ago
If profit is always protected, it really doesn't matter where it ends up going - the fact that profit is protected means that it is an expense passed to the consumer (and employees in the form of low compensation). If anything, like co
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by newzisgud 2y ago
I'm not aware of any efforts to reduce law enforcement in the DOGE effort or within this administration. Quite the opposite, in fact. I agree that republicans, probably more than democrats, like to hide behind "free market" t
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by newzisgud 2y ago
Who 'pockets' the profits is not relevant. Fact is corporations exist to generate profit, and they will do anything to protect those profits - including using any loophole, accounting process, business model, or pricing strategy t
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by newzisgud 2y ago
Corporations protect their profits above all else. They will lie, cheat, steal, and change their revenue models to protect profits. Customers pay the taxes, just indirectly.
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by newzisgud 2y ago
Most of the problems you call out here would be addressed by actually enforcing anti-trust laws, which is something we need to get way better at on both sides of the political isle.
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by newzisgud 2y ago
1) I conflated debt vs GDP with spending vs GDP. Debt levels are at WWII levels. I was wrong here, but directionally accurate. We've been spending way too much. 2) USAID has nothing to do with humanitarian efforts. It is not "aid&
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by newzisgud 2y ago
The core question is less about the cuts themselves and more about if we the people are getting what we're paying for. 1) It kinda doesn't matter if it was caused by the pandemic or not, what matters is it needs to be fixed. Cherr
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by newzisgud 7y ago
This... this sounds like a torture device.
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by newzisgud 7y ago
https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1/blob/87a3b787d166a...
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Death by PowerPoint: The slide that killed seven people(mcdreeamiemusings.com)
387 points by newzisgud 7y ago|127 comments
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All I need to know about personal development I learned from Pokémon(medium.com)
2 points by newzisgud 7y ago|0 comments
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by newzisgud 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Briatore#Personal_life
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Tao Te Dev 5: effectiveness in chaos(medium.com)
2 points by newzisgud 8y ago|0 comments
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by newzisgud 8y ago
I remember being 8 years old, having a real copy of this magazine and typing this into my TI-99/4A. It worked. It was amazing. This silly program undoubtably helped me get interested in technology.
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Supporting AI in the Enterprise(medium.com)
3 points by newzisgud 8y ago|1 comments
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Dev pipelines and rollercoasters(medium.com)
1 points by newzisgud 8y ago|0 comments
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Main Street Metaphors(medium.com)
1 points by newzisgud 8y ago|0 comments
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Lessons from Magic Kingdom: How to hack positive impressions(medium.com)
1 points by newzisgud 8y ago|0 comments
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by newzisgud 8y ago
https://taotedev.com An "interpretation" of some writings applied to software development. Not very serious, but sometimes rather interesting. If I have to pick a favorite it's probably https://taotedev