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>That worked out pretty bad for him but also bad for everyone else, because now we had a guy to blame for it, instead of asking the harder questions like "why aren't drug prices regulated?"

I would say it went very well for the pharma industry.

>The open source maintainer problem isn’t going to get much better in the near future.

>People are gonna keep blaming “Capitalism” for this.

Capitalism is great, there really is no need to defend it at every opportunity, especially if no one is attacking it.

>The ones who fight corruption are the most corrupt.

>The ones who fight injustice are the most cruel.

>The ones who fight intolerance are least tolerant.

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. This is what this sounds like to me.

I know food prices in Germany and US ... US is more expensive in my experience. Not by a lot, but noticeable.

I know the prices in Germany. I can see how one would spend €300 or even €400... but €600 just seems a lot. Maybe if you eat a lot of expensive imported items and such.

Society allowed Facebook to emerge and grow into what it is now, so I can't say I disagree.

If you say Bing/DDG is as good as Google for most searches, you might as well say Samsung phones and laptops are as good as iPhones and MacBooks.

I had a similar interaction with a doctor once. It was a regular check-up and at the end I asked him: "Is it possible that my eyesight gets worse as I get older because of my particular condition?". He replied with "What makes you think that?". He was offended that I'd dare to ask a question, as if I was not supposed to speak at all.

>My general monthly bill on food is 600€.

This is crazy, are you on a meat only diet or do you go to very expensive restaurants? Otherwise I struggle to believe it.

Google itself is a torrent search engine. Just google

  <anything> filetype:torrent

So when is Google going to delist Google?

>Specifically, will masks limit the total number COVID cases given enough time, or just slow the time it takes for everyone in the population to be infected?

Slowing the spread in order to not overburden hospitals (which causes death & mayhem and affects not just COVID patients) was always _the_ reason why we wear masks and have lockdowns. It's about slowing the pandemic, not ending the pandemic (that's maybe what the vaccines can do).

So yes, masks have an impact, they saved countless lives already. And yes, people will continue to break the law, but that's not a good reason to abolish the law and accept many many deaths.

>How can smart people miss the point so completely?

They want to miss it so badly, it's simple cognitive dissonance. Some people don't want to accept that they had luck while others didn't. They have successfully convinced themselves that we are not all equals, that somehow there are people who are more deserving.

Plutocracy is under attack, not meritocracy.

You still owe them the money technically.

There are many studies on this; parents are less happy than non‑parents on average.

Many programmers can save >50% of their net income. I realize that this is not possible in every part of the world or in every situation, but if anyone is stable financially, it's probably us.

>but I can't afford not saving, especially having in mind where does the world seem to go (potential economical crisis on the horizon)

That was always the case in history and I would argue we are living in one of the best periods ever when it comes to that.

Or maybe I'm just not picky?

I see what you mean now. What I meant is that I like Neapolitan pizza, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, New York pizza... pizza is just really great and it's best when I'm hungry.

>When compared to pizza, tacos, or bagels, all scallion pancakes are pretty similar.

Bad example, as most pizzas _are_ pretty similar. And in my opinion the best pizzas are not too different from average pizzas. And yes, I had a lot of pizzas in my life, in Naples and elsewhere.

>If you were Jeff Bezos, of course you could bet a million and walk away with an eventual win before running out of money.

Are there really casinos with no maximum bet? Usually there is a maximum so you run into the problem that at some point you can't double anymore and have to take the loss, even though you would have enough money left.

A lot of people get this one wrong, risk is not volatility, risk is losing a portion (or in some cases all) of your money.

There already is:

* https://apps.apple.com/us/app/babyname-find-it-together/id95...

* https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kinder-find-baby-names/id10684...

>I moved from LA to Dublin then back to San Diego for a year (bad idea, that!) then back to Dublin and recently to a dirt cheap place an hour away from Dublin

I'm sure all those long distance flights help the planet a great deal.

>thus shareholders would be affected

Why not just tell it like it is then? Dear shareholders, I'm leaving because I'm rich / bored with Github and not because there was a falling-out.

>why does it bother you so much? Simply do not read it.

So you're suggesting people should just not read or listen to anything that they don't like? And just keep quiet?

I know a lot of senior developers who were hired this way. I don't understand why that would make anyone feel ashamed.

Of course there can be a labor shortage. If there are 10 open positions but only 8 qualified people, then there's a shortage. It is impossible to fill all 10 positions, even with all the money in the world.

It's really hard to estimate the size of crowds without the help of technology.

Offended no, it's hard to take it that serious. But yes, I do disagree with blatant racism and child sexual abuse. And I don't think it's particularly witty or edgy even.

>Our greatest artists and thinkers have been condemned throughout history.

Our greatest artists and thinkers were typically not nazis or child molesters.

>4chan is sharp and smart.

Well, it can be. But the main boards usually aren't. A lot of smart people have left the platform. What's left is mostly "bad" people who have nowhere else to go: nazis, child molesters, edgy teenagers and so on.