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by pixelatedindex 1mo ago
“oscyloscops” is a way better spelling I gotta say.
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by pixelatedindex 1mo ago
> You're obliged to maximize their earnings. Sometimes I think it’s time to give shareholder supremacy a rest. If they don’t like what they own, they can sell it. But this is probably also why I’m not on a board of directors.
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
The word comment can be both a verb and a noun though. Are we pedantic enough yet? (:
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
What? How do you marry a state?
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
I certainly get to say what is and isn’t acceptable for me. I also don’t get to say what is and isn’t acceptable for others. Don’t understand why your tone is so accusatory.
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
A lot of the big companies are massively allergic to building infrastructure, even when they get government grants to do it. Look at how badly the broadband rollout was bungled. Shot their own foot at this point.
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
I’m a little confused by the fees. In their pricing page ( https://opennode.com/pricing ) it says: You request $100, the customer pays 0.00152 BTC, and then you get $99. But 0.00152 BTC is almost $100? If I’m a business why w
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
The ouroboros circle seems infinitesimally closer to completion
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
America is so massive, these trillion dollar companies can surely build these out in the boonies with very few people around? ETA: I would rather no data centers be built, but my point is if we have to, let’s minimize the number of people w
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
Not at my workplace, the highest as far as I know is two levels below the CEO, usually a VP of some kind.
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
Can’t really spy / collect data if they’re expensive
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
Haha I appreciate your offer for checking but this was like a decade ago. I figured the teenagers working that shop had no idea! And agreed on being the dinosaur :)
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
Funny story… I was on a trip to Europe (Poland) using my US credit card that didn’t have tap to pay or chip and pin (I believe it was swipe only) and the store literally did not have a way to accept payment and I had no cash on hand. They w
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
It’s extremely good, at least in terms of user experience and how practical it is. Adoption is massive and at small chai shops it makes transactions a breeze, allowing businesses to serve more volume. The downside is making it incredibly fr
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
> And there was a lot of billboards in front of these manufacturers' shops. And when they uncovered, we could see through the window a lot of Bolivian people like sleeping and working at the same place. They earn money, just enough
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by pixelatedindex 2mo ago
> I suppose trillion-dollar companies aren’t as willing to take risks. Which to me makes no sense, surely you have some budget for risks if you are a 1T company? I suppose their risks are more moonshots to some degree like the Apple Car
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Presumably at the time of sale they had rights to it. They lost it later, but should have at least had secured rights to people who bought the damn thing.
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Steam is probably the best example of how you can be a middleman and a store. I’ve never felt wronged by them unlike Sony and Discovery.
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Turns out that I was really out of my depth when it comes to ins and outs of a car at the chassis level. I also realized that if I can’t toy with it in my free time then I’m not going to pursue it as a career. Working on cars needs a lot of
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
> I closed my linkedin, and I went to go work in the trades as a diesel mechanic. Love it! A score of years ago, I considered being an auto mechanic after graduating HS but then ended up back in CompSci. Did you have to go back to school
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Free market doesn’t mean no regulations / rules / laws / protections. Of course all rentals are on a free market.
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
It’s not like they don’t have insurance (they do) to cover the cost of damages.
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
If everyone did that then how’s the person with a new job able to get a home? They might not all do it but it severely affects choices. You also have more capacity to absorb a short vacancy in case this person is to lose their job. Can’t de
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Yeah but you can’t eat your cake and have it too. Part of renting is responding to complaints. If you don’t want to do that then you shouldn’t be renting. I had a landlord ask me “you’re not going to call me for basic things right?”. I’m pa
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
None of the landlords I’ve rented from wanted to do that. Sample size of like 8.
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
> Does this "first tenant" rule not incentivize people to apply immediately, sight unseen Is that a bad thing? Presumably that means they liked something about your rental. Happened a ton during COVID. > Or maybe they can ev
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Homes do have a lot of expenses but it depends on when you bought your home. If you have a cheap mortgage then rents can quite easily cover repair costs. Landlords also minimize the maintenance costs by cutting costs wherever they can. I al
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
I get where you’re coming from, but none of them are scarce inelastic resources. The work one especially doesn’t feel like discrimination. It’s also very different - you’re hiring someone to do a job for you, vs wanting someone who’ll pay r
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
I’m not denying any of that. If you don’t pay rent it makes sense that you’re evicted. This is completely okay with me, and the city should change their rules around it. The issue is that housing is a necessity, and the relationship isn’t a
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by pixelatedindex 3mo ago
Sure but the rent will follow the increased purchase price. They also don’t go down, or at least they’re extremely sticky.

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