The price I found was for a 4 pack (100€), my bad. > How is this a privacy/security nightmare, when you literally get Did you even read the article? I may be full of myself, but you seem to take personal offense over an…
The tech existed already and it was cheaper. Airtags just ripped off existing technology without substantially improving it, while causing a privacy/security nightmare that none of the other devices ever caused. But hey…
Is there anything left in this world that hasn't been corrupted by greed and thirst for power?
I wonder how many people actually believe Ayn Rand to be "their favorite person", after having met her. I believe one could count them on one hand.
> lots of technology that took billions of dollars and decades to develop? Why would you give that away for free? I don't know, ask Alexander Fleming maybe. To save lives? Make the life better for scores of other…
> There are politically powerful people who would see these things used to ends that hurt others for their own gain. It happens all the time, and likely will as long as humans are what we are. Don't you think this group…
I was referring to Chile, as mentioned 2 comments up, not Argentina
Inflation adjusted salaries would have had the same effect in terms of enabling the housing ladder climb. If you only lock interest rates to inflation what you get is a population of insolvents, and richer banks.
Nothing. The statement reeks of capitalist/american fragility. People can't tolerate the idea that capitalism isn't the absolute best choice in completely every aspect of our lives.
1. That 55% doesn't go in the trash bin, it goes to pay the schools your children will attend, the hospitals your family might need, the streets you use to commute etc. 2. It's insane for individuals to give up equity…
A common solution is to use employers of record, intermediary companies residing in the country you want to hire in that hire the employee for you using local contracts. Then as an employee you can travel where you…
That's what it has become in an economic system that failed at its only task, ensuring proper distribution of resources. Most jobs serve only the purpose of making a restricted group of people richer, while stealing the…
> I'm saving as much money as I can to escape wage slavery then just coasting the rest of my life without living another productive second. In the meantime, don't forget to steal as much as you can…
OP doesn't realize that 87% of the US population (being one of the richest in the world) makes less than $90k. That means that by his view 9 persons out of 10 won't be able to retire. Which I actually believe is true.…
Then why shouldn't states do the same?
And how is the global market not unnecessarily complex? It is optimized for the wrong metric (profit) at the cost of every other one, causing additional complexity and hurting overall resiliency. The market is a…
Yeah, it's the system that the "fruit company" (it really is a powerful multinational corporation, you make it sound harmless) lays its foundations upon that privates me of my freedom.
The X1 comes with a variety of CPUs depending on the gen and the price tag AFAIK. Make the comparison on CPU power and available RAM, not on the model. I owned an X1 carbon for a year and half (work laptop) and it would…
Lenovo Thinkpad and Dell precision are two product lines of the same tier or higher. With both you can choose your OS and with most Thinkpad models you can even customize the hardware, plus you get 3 years of on-site…
Except when your tool stops working as intended because the company that sold it to you still has more power over it than you do and suddenly you can't work to sustain yourself with the tool you paid for.
Why not? Sell your overpriced mac and buy a new better non-apple laptop for less money. It It would have been faster than trying to deal with apple's customer support.
Oh well, the 24 millions dead soviets thank you for the Jeeps. That definitely made a difference. What a sacrifice for America.
Why can't I flag this disgusting comment?
It depends on which kind of "works" we're talking about. I seriously doubt that passionate authors would refrain themselves from writing because they've been denied a few extra bucks after their death. Many would…
Isn't for a game to be thrilling usually the ultimate goal? I'm not concerned about games being fun to play, that's what they are for. I'm more concerned about the dopamine exploiting patterns implemented in modern…
The price I found was for a 4 pack (100€), my bad. > How is this a privacy/security nightmare, when you literally get Did you even read the article? I may be full of myself, but you seem to take personal offense over an…
The tech existed already and it was cheaper. Airtags just ripped off existing technology without substantially improving it, while causing a privacy/security nightmare that none of the other devices ever caused. But hey…
Is there anything left in this world that hasn't been corrupted by greed and thirst for power?
I wonder how many people actually believe Ayn Rand to be "their favorite person", after having met her. I believe one could count them on one hand.
> lots of technology that took billions of dollars and decades to develop? Why would you give that away for free? I don't know, ask Alexander Fleming maybe. To save lives? Make the life better for scores of other…
> There are politically powerful people who would see these things used to ends that hurt others for their own gain. It happens all the time, and likely will as long as humans are what we are. Don't you think this group…
I was referring to Chile, as mentioned 2 comments up, not Argentina
Inflation adjusted salaries would have had the same effect in terms of enabling the housing ladder climb. If you only lock interest rates to inflation what you get is a population of insolvents, and richer banks.
Nothing. The statement reeks of capitalist/american fragility. People can't tolerate the idea that capitalism isn't the absolute best choice in completely every aspect of our lives.
1. That 55% doesn't go in the trash bin, it goes to pay the schools your children will attend, the hospitals your family might need, the streets you use to commute etc. 2. It's insane for individuals to give up equity…
A common solution is to use employers of record, intermediary companies residing in the country you want to hire in that hire the employee for you using local contracts. Then as an employee you can travel where you…
That's what it has become in an economic system that failed at its only task, ensuring proper distribution of resources. Most jobs serve only the purpose of making a restricted group of people richer, while stealing the…
> I'm saving as much money as I can to escape wage slavery then just coasting the rest of my life without living another productive second. In the meantime, don't forget to steal as much as you can…
OP doesn't realize that 87% of the US population (being one of the richest in the world) makes less than $90k. That means that by his view 9 persons out of 10 won't be able to retire. Which I actually believe is true.…
Then why shouldn't states do the same?
And how is the global market not unnecessarily complex? It is optimized for the wrong metric (profit) at the cost of every other one, causing additional complexity and hurting overall resiliency. The market is a…
Yeah, it's the system that the "fruit company" (it really is a powerful multinational corporation, you make it sound harmless) lays its foundations upon that privates me of my freedom.
The X1 comes with a variety of CPUs depending on the gen and the price tag AFAIK. Make the comparison on CPU power and available RAM, not on the model. I owned an X1 carbon for a year and half (work laptop) and it would…
Lenovo Thinkpad and Dell precision are two product lines of the same tier or higher. With both you can choose your OS and with most Thinkpad models you can even customize the hardware, plus you get 3 years of on-site…
Except when your tool stops working as intended because the company that sold it to you still has more power over it than you do and suddenly you can't work to sustain yourself with the tool you paid for.
Why not? Sell your overpriced mac and buy a new better non-apple laptop for less money. It It would have been faster than trying to deal with apple's customer support.
Oh well, the 24 millions dead soviets thank you for the Jeeps. That definitely made a difference. What a sacrifice for America.
Why can't I flag this disgusting comment?
It depends on which kind of "works" we're talking about. I seriously doubt that passionate authors would refrain themselves from writing because they've been denied a few extra bucks after their death. Many would…
Isn't for a game to be thrilling usually the ultimate goal? I'm not concerned about games being fun to play, that's what they are for. I'm more concerned about the dopamine exploiting patterns implemented in modern…