I don't see why you dragged minimum wage into this? The above poster is correct. Employee productivity has increased immensely the past 40 years, while wages have remained practically stagnant. Meanwhile costs of…
I mean that's only if you have some over arching entity that does all of the planning that commands from the top down. Some people argue for planning at a regional level and cooperating on a larger scale as needed, or…
Wow, it really is a small world, I can't believe you replied to my comment. You're one of the only aliases I still recognize from those days as I was about 12 at the time. SCAR and the other scriptable clients were a…
Definitely have to agree with you. I do believe it possible to have a functional capitalist society, however it will always devolve into something like the present day as groups natural accumulate large amounts of…
Note: I'm not an advocate of central planning. However, I do believe that technology could make it viable. Our purchases in markets are used as inputs to companies so they can plan and allocate resources. I don't see…
Income inequality is just the symptom, capitalism is at the heart of the problem. This is what happens when you get a saturated labor market and employers have all of the bargaining power as the vast majority of people…
Reminded me of the SCAR tool many of us used to use back in the day for botting on Runescape. Will have to look into this for QA automation, as Selenium isn't always too fun when you've got a hairball of ASP.NET…
Great empty platitude there. Socialism is about economic democracy and worker self management + ownership, although the term has become increasingly nebulous in recent years. Classic socialism, as in what was spoken of…
Agreed. It does not address the high concentrations of wealth which allow a small minorty of people to be in direct control of the majority of our resources and economic activity.
Fair enough, I'm definitely with you on the point of people not giving themselves enough credit. Unfortunately society tends to beat independent thinking out of us, and where I grew up it was definitely hammered into…
"I did it, so anyone else can"
Do you have sources on this? Because from what I've learned in my cognitive psychology / neuroscience classes and talks, the brain works very much like a processing machine. Incredibly different than the electronic…
I'm probably getting this wrong since I haven't looked into it, but I think they're talking about the idea of an infinite number of universes that contain the totality of all that is possible. When one dies, they only…
I wonder if a software shop structured as a co-operative would be good for this. Let the employees themselves control the workplace and set it up as they see fit. I know I'd personally be a lot more invested in my…
Because they're an ancap. From what I've gathered they seem to believe markets should essentially determine everything
I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain?
I don't think it's so much goal post moving as a lot of us never claimed it buys elections. My assertion has always been that generally speaking if you want to be competitive politically you need to scratch the backs of…
Are you sure it wasn't a mental issue? How were you measuring fat? 5'9 and 148lb isn't close to being overweight. I'm just under 140lb at 5'9 and I'm quite thin. It looks like I have some around my stomach due to poor…
I haven't extended my use of org-mode outside of simple outlines for taking notes and todos, but for that it's been wonderful. Something always irked me about Microsoft Word, it didn't work quite right. I didn't like a…
Reviewing the common nature of the disagreement in replies is also a good way to practice presenting unpopular opinions. There's a lot of pitfalls I've learned to avoid when being tactful
Yes, with technical writing I (generally) just want the author to help me get the information into my mind with minimal cognitive effort. There are times where being poetic can help, such as selling me on a new…
I'm a bit confused, where does the effectively paying less come from? I suggested they increase their pay while also giving them a discount at the store to give them an incentive to spend their new income at the store.
It's not a bug, it's a feature! Just because it can be taken advantage of doesn't make it a bug. There are reasons these features developed, they were/are evolutionary advantageous. Things like bias are important…
You mean to tell me a subject still in its infancy, studying some of the most complex and dynamic systems, has some bad findings? Shocking As someone who studied psychology, I've always recognized a lot of it is a bunch…
I wonder if this is different for companies like Walmart / Costco / Meijer where they carry the majority of goods you need day to day. What if they started paying their employees higher wages, meanwhile giving them…
I don't see why you dragged minimum wage into this? The above poster is correct. Employee productivity has increased immensely the past 40 years, while wages have remained practically stagnant. Meanwhile costs of…
I mean that's only if you have some over arching entity that does all of the planning that commands from the top down. Some people argue for planning at a regional level and cooperating on a larger scale as needed, or…
Wow, it really is a small world, I can't believe you replied to my comment. You're one of the only aliases I still recognize from those days as I was about 12 at the time. SCAR and the other scriptable clients were a…
Definitely have to agree with you. I do believe it possible to have a functional capitalist society, however it will always devolve into something like the present day as groups natural accumulate large amounts of…
Note: I'm not an advocate of central planning. However, I do believe that technology could make it viable. Our purchases in markets are used as inputs to companies so they can plan and allocate resources. I don't see…
Income inequality is just the symptom, capitalism is at the heart of the problem. This is what happens when you get a saturated labor market and employers have all of the bargaining power as the vast majority of people…
Reminded me of the SCAR tool many of us used to use back in the day for botting on Runescape. Will have to look into this for QA automation, as Selenium isn't always too fun when you've got a hairball of ASP.NET…
Great empty platitude there. Socialism is about economic democracy and worker self management + ownership, although the term has become increasingly nebulous in recent years. Classic socialism, as in what was spoken of…
Agreed. It does not address the high concentrations of wealth which allow a small minorty of people to be in direct control of the majority of our resources and economic activity.
Fair enough, I'm definitely with you on the point of people not giving themselves enough credit. Unfortunately society tends to beat independent thinking out of us, and where I grew up it was definitely hammered into…
"I did it, so anyone else can"
Do you have sources on this? Because from what I've learned in my cognitive psychology / neuroscience classes and talks, the brain works very much like a processing machine. Incredibly different than the electronic…
I'm probably getting this wrong since I haven't looked into it, but I think they're talking about the idea of an infinite number of universes that contain the totality of all that is possible. When one dies, they only…
I wonder if a software shop structured as a co-operative would be good for this. Let the employees themselves control the workplace and set it up as they see fit. I know I'd personally be a lot more invested in my…
Because they're an ancap. From what I've gathered they seem to believe markets should essentially determine everything
I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain?
I don't think it's so much goal post moving as a lot of us never claimed it buys elections. My assertion has always been that generally speaking if you want to be competitive politically you need to scratch the backs of…
Are you sure it wasn't a mental issue? How were you measuring fat? 5'9 and 148lb isn't close to being overweight. I'm just under 140lb at 5'9 and I'm quite thin. It looks like I have some around my stomach due to poor…
I haven't extended my use of org-mode outside of simple outlines for taking notes and todos, but for that it's been wonderful. Something always irked me about Microsoft Word, it didn't work quite right. I didn't like a…
Reviewing the common nature of the disagreement in replies is also a good way to practice presenting unpopular opinions. There's a lot of pitfalls I've learned to avoid when being tactful
Yes, with technical writing I (generally) just want the author to help me get the information into my mind with minimal cognitive effort. There are times where being poetic can help, such as selling me on a new…
I'm a bit confused, where does the effectively paying less come from? I suggested they increase their pay while also giving them a discount at the store to give them an incentive to spend their new income at the store.
It's not a bug, it's a feature! Just because it can be taken advantage of doesn't make it a bug. There are reasons these features developed, they were/are evolutionary advantageous. Things like bias are important…
You mean to tell me a subject still in its infancy, studying some of the most complex and dynamic systems, has some bad findings? Shocking As someone who studied psychology, I've always recognized a lot of it is a bunch…
I wonder if this is different for companies like Walmart / Costco / Meijer where they carry the majority of goods you need day to day. What if they started paying their employees higher wages, meanwhile giving them…