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by throwaway9980 3d ago
Yes, I often wonder if Martin Luther King felt at all concerned by the Feds tracking him on his way to church.
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by throwaway9980 5mo ago
Those jobs are as good as loost already. There's no endgame where knowledge workers keep knowledge working they way they have been knowledge working. Adapt or be a loosing looser forever.
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by throwaway9980 5mo ago
Who hurt you?
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by throwaway9980 5mo ago
Ruining innocent people’s lives is what government is best at doing. Don’t think of as convenient. Think of it as realization of purpose.
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by throwaway9980 6mo ago
Nicholson entered the mantrap and the double doors closed behind him. He emptied his pockets and disrobed before donning the clean suit that had been provided to him by the orderlies. The camera watching him appeared satisfied that he was p
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by throwaway9980 6mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Taxi
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by throwaway9980 6mo ago
Look on the bright side, you've lived to see 2026 where these four things have collapsed into each other. Like a rainbow refracted into pure white light.
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by throwaway9980 8mo ago
Reads like AI, very long, maybe I’ll have my AI summarize your AI.
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by throwaway9980 2y ago
Everything you are describing sounds like the phenomenon of government in the United States. If we replace a human powered bureaucracy with a technofeudalist dystopia it will feel the same, only faster. We are upgrading the gears that turn
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by throwaway9980 2y ago
If someone in my organization buys IBM, I will fire them. That said, I’m confident that they know better.
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by throwaway9980 2y ago
This sounds in line with big law and big finance. Those are exactly the type of people who have flooded into tech over the last decade. It shouldn’t be surprising that compensation structures mirror those industries.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
Pinned comment on the video: “I listen to the whole book almost everyday. A true masterpiece.” Wow.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
Same. Sample of 1 anecdata reporting for duty: can confirm 100%.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
It usually takes government to tie people up in these sorts of knots. These people have enthusiastically done it to themselves. Resume driven development is a hell of a drug.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
That seems like a very broad way of classifying assets. Are people assets? Certainly not on the balance sheet I hope. What about a contract? Is a contract an asset? I’m actually curious, not trying to be a smart ass.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
> Also, your belief … is irrelevant. This is true everywhere and always. I agree with you, lots and lots of software definitely has the properties of an asset. There’s also plenty of software that’s hastily written, untested, and basical
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
The average roof has a lifespan at least an order of magnitude greater than a k8s cluster. Most roofs being put on today will outlast k8s itself. Software is a liability, not an asset. Treating the construction and maintenance of this horri
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
Are bike manufacturers going to pay for bike lanes? Or is it going to be a regressive transfer? What about Big Walking Shoe, are they going to pay for these sidewalks or are we going to continue to subsidize their profits?
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
Everybody needs somebody to love. It could be anybody. You just need someone to love. Seriously, are you ok? Life doesn’t have to be meaningless, but that’s up to you. You get out what you put in.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
People who remove books from libraries are scared pitiful people. People who claim that removing some books from a library is akin to banning or will have any affect on the actual dissemination of knowledge are fools at best and liars almos
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
We have twice their population and double their propensity to incarcerate, so it’s our top 25% versus their total gen pop. America wins again.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
Hacker News is my river.
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by throwaway9980 3y ago
> the extent of their misbehavior and misconduct of Harvey Weinstein-level proportions That’s a pretty significant accusation considering Weinstein is rotting in prison for the rest of his likely short existence. I’ve never heard any of
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
The Chuck Norris of tech.
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
Guns. Guns are how. Guns are how governments achieve their objectives. There is no crypto scheme, no algorithm, no possible arrangement of private keys and Merkle trees that can escape the reality of men with guns.
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
I share a lot of these characteristics and while I don’t think I’ve actually been discriminated against, internally I feel like it’s inevitable and it makes me incredibly self conscious. More than anything I just want to be invisible. Remot
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
Watch a couple of the YouTube videos on the other side of some of the links posted above. The guy seems very intelligent and genuinely nice. It’s also clear that he needs to seek mental healthcare.
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
> iPhones intentionally don't support modern cellular messaging. There's nothing wrong with insisting they support LTE spec (RCS), like every modern smartphone does. Clearly every modern smartphone does not support it because i
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
> Fuck 'em. Progressive taxation. At least you’re honest about how you want to wield the cudgel.
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by throwaway9980 4y ago
EquityBee looks really interesting, but your startup has to have raised over $50M to participate. Does anyone recommend any alternatives for companies in the range of $25M-$50M raised and ~$200M valuation?

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