unnamedprophet

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by unnamedprophet 6y ago
While this sort of quashing of free markets may be permissible for sovereign nations, it comes with a heavy cost. Trump, and by proxy the U.S., moves to force the hand of ByteDance to divest itself of all interest in TikTok at fire sale pr
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by unnamedprophet 6y ago
It's about damn time. One of the clearest things on display during Zuckerberg's Senate grilling is that tech as an industry has proportionally smaller influence when compared to other industries (automotive, airline, finance) desp
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by unnamedprophet 7y ago
Why not just provide both options to drivers? They can choose to be full-time employees, with whatever conditions that demands (e.g. exclusivity, hours, wages), or they can choose to take the independent contractor route, choosing their ow
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by unnamedprophet 7y ago
Agree, you take someone's money you have to give up something in return. It's a quid pro quo. To think that only means a hollow stake in the company without strength to influence the company's direction, culture, ethos, or
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by unnamedprophet 7y ago
This is no different than what Hollywood already does. E.g. demonizing conservative values as antithetical to a stable government (abortion, gay and lesbian rights, income discrepancy). I recall Hillary Clinton being interviewed by Terry G
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by unnamedprophet 7y ago
This is a terrible policy. These factors aren't subject to being quantified, and thus can't be compared equally. You can't compare one zip code versus another to say which is geographically more "adverse". Poor wh