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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never attribute to capitalism that which is adequately explained by stupidity.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And the original expression was wrong, too. Ignorance is real, but so are malice, greed, jealousy, hate, etc. Sometimes someone does something shitty and our instincts said they meant it and we’re right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The first point, more than anything else, is to use the word “we” when you actually mean it. If you can’t do that, you can’t handle a complicated societal situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't tall people also wider?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is interesting physics in this, because you can look at height and say “double it” but our bones are three dimensional. So, what exactly are we doubling? Our height and girth? But then what about our weight? Our intuition doesn’t quite tell us these things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A swing and a miss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn’t "Democrats would never get away with this" seen as a problem for the left?”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think if you look at specific examples you’ll learn more. Who is getting away with what?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We’re All So F’d | NVIDIA x Palantir, Global Surveillance, "Pre-Crime" Arrests, & AI [GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We. Who is we? Most of the world is not fucked. :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux user here. I want to read dramatic complaints. Any kind, if it’s dramatic. Or write a boring one and I’ll move on. Starting a flame war for complaint style is boring. Better topics for flame wars exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If he had received a valid court order to not delete anything on his phone, then doing so could put him in legal trouble. So what you said is not true in general. But most of the time, for almost everyone, almost all of the time, then, yes, it’s okay to wipe your phone… And because the article did not mention a court order, we can be sure that there wasn’t one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We can play that game too⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the “but I don’t use that so I shouldn’t pay for it” argument. Like come on, my dude, that’s what a society is about. If you don’t want to live in society, move to Siberia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can posts like this actually be real?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doubtful. Rare situations exist, of course, but this post has no real objective, so best to assume it’s fake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always question those who are the "teachers"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They find it entertaining. Sad, maybe, because OP didn’t bother to use their brain for a few seconds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JD, you dog.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Better the couch than me.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you looked up sexual assault or rape rates in your community or country? It is definitely a high enough number to scare a normal person. Probably many of those crimes are repeat offenders, but that doesn’t help the victims.

  There’s another question that I don’t think you can answer. How often do women close to you talk about this subject? And if they never have, then maybe there’s a good reason for it. Because we can find the above data and we know that people around us have gone through some horrible stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure who’s she targeting because I know a lot of guys who would love to have birth control pills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was no need to ever improve upon THIS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really interesting that I agree with you, but so many people insist that they’re new and fancy tools are somehow making their lives significantly better. And obviously it’s an opinion question, it’s not like they’re lying, but I just don’t see the value that many of them do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, and we should protect them by passing laws penalizing companies from such shitty software. Cuz the average person can’t access the source code.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Might wanna get that return shipment prepped, my insomniac friends out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course a massive stock market collapse would affect regular non-investing Americans. When companies go out of business, when inflation kicks into high gear, that affects entire communities.

  But exactly how, that’s the question. If you know the answer to how, then you can easily prepare for it. Still, pretending that it won’t hurt you because you’re poor seems to be at odds with the past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say Japan never recovered. The yen is weak, the cost of living is skyrocketing, and Japanese people have said in large-scale national polls that they struggle more to make ends meet than they ever have. Also, the rich are getting richer, and there are far fewer permanent jobs than there were two decades ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way the average American can insulate themselves from the AI bubble bursting?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here, OP is asking about their situation even if they have almost no investments. In other words, they’re asking about the downturn on the national and global economy, and how that could make their life bad. Since it obviously can (through, for example, job loss or difficulty obtaining groceries), then some amount of preparation might be reasonable.

  Another good question is what to do if you have medium-size investments and you don’t want to see them tank. That’s what you are talking about.

  “That was never real money anyway.” Rich people sometimes say that, but everyone else knows you’re wrong. We save a percent of our paycheck every month to make sure we have money for retirement. We all wish we had guaranteed benefits, but that system was scrapped by greedy rich assholes decades ago, so now we are gambling that our savings will increase, because if they don’t, we’ll be working until the day we die… So if we feel like that money is real, maybe we’re right.

  And if you feel like the money isn’t real, can you give it to us? Couldn’t hurt, after all, because it’s all fake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insuranace is a joke⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s basically untrue. If a building is rotten and full of mold, then it might have to be torn down before anything new could be created. Then it might have negative value, but the property itself could still have a lot of value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insuranace is a joke⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So it sounds like your insurance company is trying to game the system. This isn’t necessarily a problem with insurance as a concept, it’s just something that happens because private companies are greedy m************.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the GOP think “ANTIFA” is bad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So look. That’s like asking why people are not Libertarians. A name is just a name. Everyone knows this. Actions matter a lot more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. Standards exist so you don’t waste money on things you already own. As long as the package is clear about what it contains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨photopea.com now locks out users blocking ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The garbage took itself out. I love how that works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask them for evidence. Rather, ask your union rep to ask them for evidence.

  But don’t get all “brutal honesty” on me. You can always truthfully talk about wanting to earn your paycheck or get through each day in a smooth and productive fashion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do companies always need to grow?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a myth. The law is actually far more complicated, at least in the U.S., and presumably elsewhere too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we have a static vintage web?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except we do, in so many ways. I think one simple example is RSS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do companies always need to grow?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you can avoid it in a capitalist system, though. The capitalists are greedy, that being the whole point of their position, so they will always want more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do companies always need to grow?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exceptt that case is not nearly as clear-cut as people pretend it is. Actually a company boss has a ton of flexibility in how they run their company and spend money because nobody knows the future.