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mason240··on Christmas in 19th-Century America (1995)
>Hark, the Herald Tribune sings,

>Advertising wondrous things.

This line bangs

mason240··on If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wage would be $24 an hour
Bus drivers are not making MW anywhere.
mason240··on Facebook widens ban on political ads as alarm rises over election
They ask for proof, and then when you give it try to hide your comment through downvoting. Followed by saying that it doesn't even matter.

Very topical example of why these "benevolent censorship" schemes are are worse than the problem they are trying to fix.

mason240··on Facebook widens ban on political ads as alarm rises over election
Ben Schapiro has literally written books about how terrible the alt-right is, yet he that is what he is frequently called.
mason240··on Facebook widens ban on political ads as alarm rises over election
And who at the companies are making decisions about policy? Employees.
mason240··on Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says
>How would the food arrive at the store?

Large, also reusable containers.

mason240··on Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says
In rural areas many people feed their table scraps to chickens.
mason240··on Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy
>hackers tied to Russian intelligence hacked the DNC

That was debunked this summer.

mason240··on Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy
There is a coinvent sidestep to this issue.

Distributing sexual images of someone without their consent is a clear crime against that person. Children can not consent.

mason240··on We Hacked Apple for 3 Months
This is very fair criticism for standard jobs like a regular software developer.

For a role like this, where outsized skill of someone who is and needs to be elite should be rewarded with enormously outsized pay, I think this a good model.

mason240··on Reading privileged memory with a side-channel
Suppose you have transportaion company that owns 80% of the market share for everything transported on the roads. By car, van, truck, semi, everything.

Suppose your company also has a team that inspects public bridges to make sure they don't collapse.

Is it really altruistic, or given your market share is it a cost of business?

mason240··on Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
It wasn't an internal memo.

Marked down for spreading alternative facts.

mason240··on Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
Diversity of thought - of which google is now less of.
mason240··on Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to Market
>But it's interesting how I just got swarmed by 3 commenters.

Losing an argument? Better accuse the other side of being paid shills.

mason240··on Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture
Corporation caught in a scandal over censoring political speech against the right?

Better have the The Verge write a puff piece on them.

mason240··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
The other poster is comparing wage growth, not gross salaries.
mason240··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
Nearly all of that spending was simply added directly the national debt, very little actually came out of the general fund.
mason240··on Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise?
>- Farmers in Alabama are fretting that crops may rot in the ground for a lack of workers to bring in the harvest.

The oil field boom in ND didn't have a problem getting skilled workers from across the country to live in tents because they paid them well.

They AL farmers are not worried about finding workers, they want to lowball American laborers so they can throw their hands the air and claim that they need a supply of immigrants laborers, which they can exploit.

mason240··on In Blow to Tech Industry, Trump Shelves Startup Immigrant Rule
Last time I checked the Electoral College is the election.
mason240··on In Blow to Tech Industry, Trump Shelves Startup Immigrant Rule
We live in a democracy, which has legitimized him by electing him President.
mason240··on EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans
>There is no "right to purchase an electronic device without replaceable parts".

It's part of living in a free society, which means you have the right to do what you want by default.

So by default, yes, you have that right to free exchange of goods and services.

mason240··on EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans
>Access to specialized equipment by repair shops is not a problem.

This is already not true for independent auto repair shops. Manufacturer specific computer diagnostic tools can cost them tens of thousands each and often they don't have the same level of tools as the dealers.

mason240··on EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans
>You do realize that the disc world books aren't actually economics research papers, yes?

Based on your downvotes, it seems that people on HN think that fiction can prove economic theory.

mason240··on Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby to be Forfeited
That's not how time works.
mason240··on Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby to be Forfeited
This was in 2010 - so according to you that makes it President Obama's fault.
mason240··on Silicon Valley has a new vision for the pizzeria. It involves lots of robots
Labor is the largest cost for a restaurant.
mason240··on Photobucket limits displaying of images on external sites to $40/month plan
e) you have to self-police against CP and terrorist groups using your servers to host their illegal content.
mason240··on Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Companies to Make Money
By removing subsidies. You are making a great argument for why subsidies should never have been put in place.
mason240··on Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Companies to Make Money
That is completely false.
mason240··on Texas Is Too Windy and Sunny for Old Energy Companies to Make Money
What about it?
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