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by wootland 2y ago
All humans have a will to live, Hamas is fighting against occupation not to commit suicide. The Israeli theocracy however seems to have lost control of all logic and instead is operating in the death throws of an apartheid state coming to i
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by wootland 2y ago
MAD is a well established doctrine for deterrence. The people running Iran are running Iran, not the world. The people running Israel however have undue influence on my and many other countries.
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by wootland 2y ago
I'm far more concerned about Israel's nuclear capacity. If anything, Iran will help keep them in check if it can develop its own nuclear deterrence.
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by wootland 2y ago
The US supports Israel and itself causes terror in the Middle East. US citizens are safest if we withdraw completely and sanction Israel, like we would any other country violating human rights.
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by wootland 2y ago
It simple actually, Iran has no impact on my life where Israel has a very negative impact on my life. I barely want to remain in the tech industry because all of the VCs are pro-genocide. My tax dollars, military and political capital all g
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by wootland 2y ago
Nothing, Israel is trying to broaden the war and drag the US and western countries further into it.
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by wootland 3y ago
I don't think he's expecting anything, just protesting and drawing awareness. It worked too because we're now talking about it.
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Israel's economy shrinks more than expected on Gaza war(bbc.com)
39 points by wootland 3y ago|48 comments
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Tell HN: YC is censoring stories about Reid Hoffman and Jeffery Epstein
3 points by wootland 3y ago|1 comments
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by wootland 3y ago
And just to confirm Reid Hoffman and YC's affilation: https://twitter.com/ycombinator/status/1656675146588110850
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by wootland 3y ago
I've never seen "productivity" tied to compensation. Those with connections and the ability to self-promote receive the most pay. Those who don't understand this focus on being "productive" to help improve thei
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by wootland 3y ago
There are reasons beyond direct redistribution of the CEO's salary to take issue with the vast inequality represented by that 1,000X. The board and CEO will place all of their network in the executive ranks, cutting off access to rank
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by wootland 3y ago
If by the cheaters you mean the executives and investors who personally capture all of the profit, then I couldn't agree more. The reason that we're suffering from "inflation" and see record high wealth inequality is bec
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by wootland 3y ago
This isn’t a problem. That’s the point.
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by wootland 3y ago
I’m saying that it’s pointless to get upset at someone getting a raise when the person in charge makes orders of magnitude the amount of money you do. That is the problem, not labor doing what it can to eke out a microscopic amount of lev
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by wootland 3y ago
I'd add d) when all of the gains are captured by execs and investors, if you don't do everything you can to maximize your return and minimize your input, you're being exploited. It's strange to me that anyone would care
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by wootland 3y ago
I strongly disagree. Celebs and athletes are innocuous compared to billionaires and politicians.
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by wootland 3y ago
I can only speak for myself but I would never work non-remote again, even if I had my own private office.
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by wootland 3y ago
> “I strongly believe the office experience should be at the same level as luxury residential and hospitality,” Shvo previously told The Chronicle. “In the last two years, we’ve made our homes into our offices, now it’s time to make our
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by wootland 3y ago
> No. They dont. I'm responding to this post: > If the UK ever needed to revolt against the government the monarch serves as way in which the public (and armed forces) could side with the state over the government. I cannot ex
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by wootland 3y ago
> It’s getting tiring to read journalist pieces who look at the extreme outliers of tech (Holmes, SBF, Hsieh) and try to tell us that everyone is like this. I think the message is that these people were created by throngs of investors,
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by wootland 3y ago
Your statement is somewhat contradictory. The monarch has zero power but also controls the military and can violently oppose the government? He’s also powerful enough that people can be arrested for protesting his coronation. Democracy was
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by wootland 3y ago
Those people are complicit with all of the human rights abuses perpetrated by the royal family. Without them, the monarchy could be abolished. They are the very source of the problem.
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by wootland 3y ago
> Newborn babies aren't anti-monarchy either. Actually they are since monarchy is at odds with the basic human rights we are all born with.
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by wootland 3y ago
As someone who is anti-monarch I have to admit that this seems like the logical extension of monarchy and exactly what democracy is meant to help with. Can I ask why someone wouldn't be anti-monarch in 2023?
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by wootland 3y ago
> While I agree that disrupting a ceremony now is in poor taste Most people would consider coronating Jimmy Saville's BFF king to be in extremely poor taste. The protesters are the only respectable thing about this farce.
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by wootland 3y ago
If the executives are "just human" then they should be paid like humans along with everyone else. They shouldn't have their cake and eat it too. If you get paid orders of magnitude more than everyone else, you should take on
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by wootland 3y ago
I think unless you're firing the executives that overhired, you're not fixing the root cause of the problem which is bad leadership. There's a "hack" that's causing the market for leadership to be highly ineffi
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At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with conflicts(reuters.com)
140 points by wootland 3y ago|99 comments
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Google co-founder Larry Page subpoena in Jeffrey Epstein case(cnbc.com)
54 points by wootland 3y ago|9 comments

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