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joeblow9999on Center for Humane Technology

"These are just some areas that governments could help with that could potentially help people achieve more of what they want in life without infringing on what anyone wants to do with software."

Governmen should get involved with whether or not YouTube autoplays the next video? Are you serious?

Out of curiosity, what do you think government should NOT be involved in?

joeblow9999on Jeff Bezos’ Quest to Find America’s Stupidest Mayor

Also: definition of 'loophole': a tax rule I don't like.

joeblow9999on AIs have replaced aliens as our greatest world-destroying fear

Don't use Facebook or Gmail. It's not that hard.

joeblow9999on Jeff Bezos’ Quest to Find America’s Stupidest Mayor

"For years, the company took advantage of a loophole in tax law so that it did not have to collect the same sales tax as its brick-and-mortar competitors. "

Literally every single customer who bought anything from Amazon was happy about this.

joeblow9999on Stocks plummet as interest rates keep on rising

". And this difference (paying it back, which negates the effects of QE over the long term) is why QE is okay."

You can't be serious. Why not QE to to tune of 100 Trillion?

joeblow9999on Center for Humane Technology

the smug, it is strong with these ones.

They might as well say "We are your betters and you should live how we think is best for you"

Maybe I like the YouTube feature that autostreams the next video. It's like they didn't even consider that maybe not everyone wants to live exactly their way.

They even go so far as "We are advising governments on smart policies and better user protections." Please save me from the Youtube autostreaming feature! Please save me from looking at my friends' selfies on Instagram.

Jesus Christ people.

joeblow9999on Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control

"According to the Internet Association, governments should be prohibited from requiring that certain kinds of data, such as sensitive personal information, be stored or processed in the country where it’s acquired. They should be banned from treating platforms like Facebook and Google as publishers and holding them responsible for the content that appears on their sites. They should be forbidden from requiring companies to disclose the secrets of their algorithms, such as the all-powerful Facebook News Feed. They should be prevented from regulating online services as public utilities, or imposing tariffs on digital trade."

These all sound reasonable to me.

joeblow9999on The hustle is dumb and killing you

"We need to take a page from Sweden’s book and push for a 6 hour work day. None of this 14 hour, grind-until-you-die, chase-the-money, bootstrap-your-life, live-lean-and-stay-hungry crap."

Please. Feel free to spend your day however you like but don't presume to tell me how to spend my day.

joeblow9999on Are You a Target for Nation-State Propaganda?

If you live in a nation-state, you are definitely a target of that nation-state's propoganda. Possibly others as well but certainly the one you reside in.

joeblow9999on Governments Worry That Cryptocurrencies Could Be the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’

Thank you for agreeing with me and providing supporting examples.

joeblow9999on Governments Worry That Cryptocurrencies Could Be the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’

"“We don’t think this ecosystem can grow without regulation,” Beck said."

Uhhh its already grown by leaps and bounds. Control for the sake of control. That's all they want.

joeblow9999on Governments Worry That Cryptocurrencies Could Be the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’

While true, that's not really the point of the parent comment.

joeblow9999on Governments Worry That Cryptocurrencies Could Be the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’

Most people believe you shouldn't have the right to take a risk they wouldn't take themselves.

This is pretty much basis of the majority of laws on the books to be honest.

joeblow9999on “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards

I was going to say "unbelievable" but more like "unsurprising".

joeblow9999on FBI chief calls encryption a ‘major public safety issue’

In other news, their inability to read minds also limits their ability to solve crimes.

Lack of time travel as well.

Torturing suspects leads to more confessions, and thus convictions, so that's a problem too.

Hell, the fact that they need a warrant to ransack your house is also an impediment.

joeblow9999on Bring on the female superheroes

Don't. Care.

Give me a good story. I could care less if the hero is male or female, black or white. Just make a good movie dammit.

joeblow9999on Ask HN: What does the richest person you know do?

The richest person I know works very very hard and is still going.

joeblow9999on Iceland becomes first country to legalise equal pay

This is such a terrible, terrible plan.

A lawyer's dream come true.

An employer has two choices: don't hire any women, or create a flat uniform compensation structure that can't possibly attract star performers. This only works for janitorial, fast food, and the like. This does NOT work for high skilled high value knowledge workers like lawyers, programmers, etc.

If you DO hire women, prepare to get sued. If you DON'T hire women, prepare to get sued.

<smdh>

joeblow9999on Iceland becomes first country to legalise equal pay

how do sales bonuses work under this system?

joeblow9999on Iceland becomes first country to legalise equal pay

how is this downvoted? Unbelievable

joeblow9999on Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B

definition of loophole: legal tax condition I don't approve of.

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Because cops have lethal force at their disposal for non-lethal responses.

joeblow9999on Ask HN: Why do so many startups invest so little in design?

I have seen this first hand many times. Many startups won't spend a dime on design. A $5k design budget is unthinkable. They are being pennywise and pound foolish IMO.

joeblow9999on Is Silicon Valley Actively Biased Against Certain Viewpoints?

Utterly unsurprising as the majority of SV employees are in a demographic that leans heavily left and has been shown (over and over) to brook no dissent. Duh.

Yeah, Trump supporters, libertarions, social conservatives and all others who are not lock-step mainstream liberals have a hard time when they expose themselves in a work environment mostly staffed by liberal millenials. This is not a surprise nor something even worthy of discussion.

Don't talk politics at work or at Thanksgiving dinner. It's not that hard.

joeblow9999on Bitcoin is a Bubble

"Humanity’s earliest, truly transformative general purpose technologies were the ability to cross-fertilise plants and cross-breed animals. Suddenly, it made more sense to farm than to hunt and gather"

This article opens up immediately with a stupid and facile analysis of the birth of the Agricultural Revolution. I stopped reading here.

joeblow9999on Should I fire someone who unnecessarily wrote 500 lines of code?

I would have fired him after two warnings. He is negative productivity.

joeblow9999on Should I fire someone who unnecessarily wrote 500 lines of code?

Yes, but only the second time they do it. After you've explained to them why it was a bad idea the first time.

joeblow9999on Men favor men in job performance reviews

links?

I'd like to know what the studies say about womens' performance evaluations of men vs. women. Either way, (favoring women or favoring men), that will be interesting data.

joeblow9999on Self-Determination: The Tyranny of Freedom (2000) [pdf]

"but I challenge you to present one example of "freedom" that does not end up being oppression to someone else."

Freedom to make hyperbolic comments on internet forums?

joeblow9999on Ajit Pai is right

Ajit Pai isn't right, but here's why it doesn't even matter: he's ignoring the will of the people.

This is not ipso facto a bad thing.

The will of the people is sometimes evil and wrong. I can list hundreds of examples where going with the majority sentiment was wrong.