porkins

@porkins@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A genre of Country Music...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure that the Saudis are compensating him for his losses on Twitter. This was a planned demolition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It matters what the definition of you is. If it is the most abstract form of you then your thoughts are everywhere you deem them and the 7 inch rule is nullified and you can be transported anywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Long It Takes the Largest Companies in America to Make One Employee's Average Annual Salary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but I really do write like that. CGPT just saves me a ridiculous amount of time explaining things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Long It Takes the Largest Companies in America to Make One Employee's Average Annual Salary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Being a social liberal and a fiscal conservative involves specific stances on two different aspects of governance. Social liberalism emphasizes individual rights, equality, and social justice, often advocating for policies like marriage equality, abortion rights, and anti-discrimination laws. It’s about how society should be organized and how individuals should be treated within it.

  Fiscal conservatism, on the other hand, focuses on economic policy. It advocates for reduced government spending, lower taxes, and minimal government debt. This approach is about how the government manages its finances, aiming for efficiency and reduced intervention in the economy.

  Libertarianism, while it can share some aspects of both social liberalism and fiscal conservatism, is a broader political philosophy. It emphasizes individual liberty as its core principle, advocating for minimal government intervention in both personal lives and the economy. This includes a strong emphasis on free markets, personal freedom, and limited government across all aspects of life.

  So, while there are overlaps, especially in terms of economic policy with fiscal conservatism, libertarianism as a philosophy extends beyond just economic or social issues. It’s a comprehensive worldview about the role of government and individual freedom, whereas being a social liberal and a fiscal conservative usually refers to specific policy preferences within the existing political system.

  I believe in appropriate regulation of the free market to prevent monopolies and improper collusion, however it is not fair to criticize companies in a vacuum for how quickly they cover employee overhead costs, because that is just one line item on their budget. The point being made by the author is that the company may have more money to give, but that is shortsighted framing of the issue to blame companies without understanding the economics of their business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Long It Takes the Largest Companies in America to Make One Employee's Average Annual Salary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I came here to tear this apart as being liberal propaganda, but was pleasantly surprised that others already took care of it. I am liberal, but not when it comes to economics. You can’t go throwing around numbers when you don’t understand how the economy operates and businesses function in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Born on the wrong side of the fence.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hamas wants to lure them into a ground war where they can also ensure the maximum amount of martyred. Hamas is causing these deaths. No one is safe either way. It’s a war zone. Hamas is shooting people that are fleeing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't use DISTINCT as a "join-fixer"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Distinct is really only meant to be used like count(distinct x). If you have dupes in your output then you didn’t understand the cardinality of the data. He claims that his method is faster that just grouping by the account in the orders table. If that’s the case then SQL server is terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon anti Union propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they have kids when they can’t afford them and I don’t do that. They are a burden on society by making bad decisions. I don’t hate them, but feel that they shouldn’t get handouts for being failures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon anti Union propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My problem with paying more taxes so everyone gets healthcare is that I put in the work, so that I get to see premium doctors. The socialized system lowers the incentive for their to be a spectrum of quality care. Instead you get the government standard, which is going to be like the DMV of healthcare. You are getting as good as can be what is offered to all, which is the antithesis of a capitalist system where your benefit from the fruits of your labor with a variety of options. The person on welfare with ten kids and no job shouldn’t get access to the same doctors as me, a working professional who knows not to have kids until I can afford them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steve Jobs: The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s common sense. If you have hundreds of operating systems, then it becomes a pain to get the right software. First, developers are discouraged because they don’t know what platform will be best to develop on and users will be discouraged because they might need to install twenty different OS partitions in order to run the software they want to run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steve Jobs: The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This sells Musk short. He is making smart entrepreneurial decisions for the most part. I hate the monkey testing controversy though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steve Jobs: The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The standardization of operating systems was an important step though. If there were hundreds of different OS’s on the market, then the PC generation would have stalled. The fact that there were basically only three dominant platforms meant that we could have market stability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding a heading to a picture or article is a form of classification. It actually should qualify as an acceptable use-case in the same way that I would identify the contents of slide. “A female is seen doing blank” is purely scientific classification. I think that the mod is being anti-science. The ultra-left is a bit regressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If bad people adopt a word or mannerism, does that become immediately cancelled from the acceptable lexicon. Shouldn’t Webster’s update their dictionary or something. Is their a rule book. It is hard to keep up with the times. In the context of classifying the content of an image in a very scientific manner, the poster correctly identified that this person was the female gender based upon their outward appearance. Are we really going to get to a point where we can’t assume someone is male or female and have to refer to everyone as a person and they/them until the person has identified themselves. As someone edging upon 40, that reality seems overly complex and makes it feel like everyone has to walk a fine line or be cancelled.