I know it's hard - but I was referring to companies taking tax dollars and not doing anything with it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/att-took-283-mil... >AT&T falsely told the US government that it met its…
>So the health insurance alone doesn't come close to covering the gap. You're right - I was also including all the other taxes - SS/Medicare/Unemployment/State/city etc. For ex: someone living in NYC, with 150-200k…
>You should start that company and guarantee that you will never lay anyone off. Long term does not mean "never". It just means looking beyond the next quarter and/or hiring based on business needs and not based on hype…
It's "Do More Evil" now.
>Would you rather they never hire those people? Because that is one option. Yup, and that way those people should be hired by companies who are in it for the long term and not looking just at the next quarter (and using…
>Now compare your cousin’s yearly salary in Belgium with the average salary of a US employee doing the same job. Take home is about the same after including health insurance and all the myriad taxes that US employees…
>Do you think those natural resources would have been taken advantage of as well in some other system? Yes. See Norway for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor...
>It was not okay for them, they had to pay one billion dollars. Essentially peanuts compared to what they would have to pay to obtain the rights of everything they pirated.
And then there's this one which always manages to horrify me: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh...
>It did also make me a bit worried about the expected level of driver education... Not just driver, but of the general population. A few decades ago, the general reading level was at the 6th grade (thanks to the…
>Although it's a no no to anthropomorphize on HN, it's worth noting that some folks think humans are post-hoc rationalizers as well: There's enough behavioural research to show that it is the case. For ex:…
>I don't think people are happy to give it over, gullible and naive maybe? Or tricked and bamboozled via dark patterns into giving it over.
For the same reason we allow expat cats into the country.
About the only "ethical" billionaires (did not exploiting anyone) would be the ones at the end of your list. That would be Taylor Swift, Beyonce, J. K. Rowling, Roger Federer (and no George Lucas is not on that list). >…
I would add another one: 5. The people working some jobs (notably in the service sector and farm labor) are expected to be poor and remain poor.
>1. One started a healthcare company, and bad things happen in healthcare, and you aren't going to look into any more than that. I did some more oldfashioned lmgtfy: This is not just "bad things happening in…
>By your logic, we can assume that the existence of these lawsuits and payments means that the entire value of the government can be attributed to exploitation. In the US? most def. I don't even know where to start with…
> Someone working a job they freely chose is not being exploited. This article from 2022 has something to say about that: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-wo... Amazon is right to be worried –…
I just took a quick look at the first person on your list: Judy Faulkner of Epic Systems Umm - a healthcare company selling patient health records. I'm willing to bet a lot of those records were not obtained through…
> Amazon can now deliver me stuff the same day of the next morning. That’s amazing, considering that it’s all done with trucks, warehouses, and other things that already existed in the 1990s. Whoever made that happen…
>To solve this, New York City (basically) banned Airbnb's and home ownership is now famously more accessible in the City? I don't know about home ownership - but not having random strangers in the building at random…
>Immigrating to the usa is not a right. It is granted. It's not about rights, it's about keeping your promises. "Join the army and get a green card" -- oops did we say that? But then we have only been fair weather…
> The kind that invented the internet Seriously did not expect a MiniTel reference here. Vive Le France‽ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
See: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ He's been "numbering" for quite a while now.
>Lightsail, it'll cost you a lot more than almost anything out there, Lightsail is pretty competitive (price wise) with other providers. Been running s B2B app on it for a few years now - nothing much, just your basic…
I know it's hard - but I was referring to companies taking tax dollars and not doing anything with it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/att-took-283-mil... >AT&T falsely told the US government that it met its…
>So the health insurance alone doesn't come close to covering the gap. You're right - I was also including all the other taxes - SS/Medicare/Unemployment/State/city etc. For ex: someone living in NYC, with 150-200k…
>You should start that company and guarantee that you will never lay anyone off. Long term does not mean "never". It just means looking beyond the next quarter and/or hiring based on business needs and not based on hype…
It's "Do More Evil" now.
>Would you rather they never hire those people? Because that is one option. Yup, and that way those people should be hired by companies who are in it for the long term and not looking just at the next quarter (and using…
>Now compare your cousin’s yearly salary in Belgium with the average salary of a US employee doing the same job. Take home is about the same after including health insurance and all the myriad taxes that US employees…
>Do you think those natural resources would have been taken advantage of as well in some other system? Yes. See Norway for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor...
>It was not okay for them, they had to pay one billion dollars. Essentially peanuts compared to what they would have to pay to obtain the rights of everything they pirated.
And then there's this one which always manages to horrify me: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh...
>It did also make me a bit worried about the expected level of driver education... Not just driver, but of the general population. A few decades ago, the general reading level was at the 6th grade (thanks to the…
>Although it's a no no to anthropomorphize on HN, it's worth noting that some folks think humans are post-hoc rationalizers as well: There's enough behavioural research to show that it is the case. For ex:…
>I don't think people are happy to give it over, gullible and naive maybe? Or tricked and bamboozled via dark patterns into giving it over.
For the same reason we allow expat cats into the country.
About the only "ethical" billionaires (did not exploiting anyone) would be the ones at the end of your list. That would be Taylor Swift, Beyonce, J. K. Rowling, Roger Federer (and no George Lucas is not on that list). >…
I would add another one: 5. The people working some jobs (notably in the service sector and farm labor) are expected to be poor and remain poor.
>1. One started a healthcare company, and bad things happen in healthcare, and you aren't going to look into any more than that. I did some more oldfashioned lmgtfy: This is not just "bad things happening in…
>By your logic, we can assume that the existence of these lawsuits and payments means that the entire value of the government can be attributed to exploitation. In the US? most def. I don't even know where to start with…
> Someone working a job they freely chose is not being exploited. This article from 2022 has something to say about that: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/22/amazon-wo... Amazon is right to be worried –…
I just took a quick look at the first person on your list: Judy Faulkner of Epic Systems Umm - a healthcare company selling patient health records. I'm willing to bet a lot of those records were not obtained through…
> Amazon can now deliver me stuff the same day of the next morning. That’s amazing, considering that it’s all done with trucks, warehouses, and other things that already existed in the 1990s. Whoever made that happen…
>To solve this, New York City (basically) banned Airbnb's and home ownership is now famously more accessible in the City? I don't know about home ownership - but not having random strangers in the building at random…
>Immigrating to the usa is not a right. It is granted. It's not about rights, it's about keeping your promises. "Join the army and get a green card" -- oops did we say that? But then we have only been fair weather…
> The kind that invented the internet Seriously did not expect a MiniTel reference here. Vive Le France‽ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
See: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ He's been "numbering" for quite a while now.
>Lightsail, it'll cost you a lot more than almost anything out there, Lightsail is pretty competitive (price wise) with other providers. Been running s B2B app on it for a few years now - nothing much, just your basic…