>deleted all data that was uploaded. Hahahahaha... Well, if you believe that, I've got a bridge for sale...
> Mark "they trust me; dumb fucks" Zuckerberg There's also Mark "company over country" Zuckerberg.
Another point for "Pretty Privilege / Halo Effect"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_privilege
I had to replace a fire alarm last week, so sometimes they do shriek at us at all hours!
Yay capitalism! Imagine how much value is being created for shareholders by this destruction! Another example of "great work" being done! Jokes aside, I don't know what I would do in this situation either. Maybe find a…
It's cheaper for the manufacturer. Not necessarily for the consumer.
All of them. Don't you know you're supposed to make fun of people that a "different" from you? Get with the program already. (/s if it wasn't already clear.)
There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-... But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper…
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…
>I see that it has a size of about 85.5 thousand square miles (and about 2 million people). >I've never understood the value in comparing relatively densely populated European countries to America. The practical…
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:…
For the same reason we allow expat cats into the country.
>I won't color any large entity uniformly bad at all times and aspects. Oh yes, I would color Meta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_emotional_manipulatio... "Company over country!" -- Mark Zuckerberg…
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). >…
>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 –…
>deleted all data that was uploaded. Hahahahaha... Well, if you believe that, I've got a bridge for sale...
> Mark "they trust me; dumb fucks" Zuckerberg There's also Mark "company over country" Zuckerberg.
Another point for "Pretty Privilege / Halo Effect"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_privilege
I had to replace a fire alarm last week, so sometimes they do shriek at us at all hours!
Yay capitalism! Imagine how much value is being created for shareholders by this destruction! Another example of "great work" being done! Jokes aside, I don't know what I would do in this situation either. Maybe find a…
It's cheaper for the manufacturer. Not necessarily for the consumer.
All of them. Don't you know you're supposed to make fun of people that a "different" from you? Get with the program already. (/s if it wasn't already clear.)
There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-... But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper…
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…
>I see that it has a size of about 85.5 thousand square miles (and about 2 million people). >I've never understood the value in comparing relatively densely populated European countries to America. The practical…
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:…
For the same reason we allow expat cats into the country.
>I won't color any large entity uniformly bad at all times and aspects. Oh yes, I would color Meta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_emotional_manipulatio... "Company over country!" -- Mark Zuckerberg…
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). >…
>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 –…