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blacktonystark

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    Comment #45419046

    The ham radio community is basically kept alive by senior citizens and the 42 of us under 50.

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    Comment #37966465

    To be fair, its hard for anyone to know anything about hardware these days unless its a company with a large on-prem footprint and it doesn't make financial or regulatory sense to …

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    Comment #20149243

    It never was too high, the bar for what constitutes an education in at least the US has been far too low for far too long.

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    Comment #19963111

    Those financial encumbrances exist due to VCs taking a larger share of the pie than their efforts are worth, and we can't look at their bank balances now and ignore all context as …

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    Comment #19963077

    Its like if spanking was your fetish but the person spanking you believes they are punishing you. It's irrelevant to the person being spanked as long as they enjoy it.

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    Comment #19961243

    So, to put simply, VCs are only interested in those who already are full of multi-generational advantages and privileges built off the poor. No wonder startups are bascially for wh…

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    Comment #19939730

    Part of me is like "this is dope!" and another part of me is like "are we so lazy/poor due to income inequality that actually learning how to build things is out of the picture now…

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    Comment #19931642

    Well, most managers at any pay scale definitely act like they don't know better.

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    Comment #19930006

    Also core to the main plot of "Sorry to Bother You".

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    Comment #19929975

    Maybe there shouldn't be "bottom tier" vendors at all if their existence means pushing and exploiting an inequitable standard of living.

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    Comment #19929953

    "I figured out if I treat my slaves better than the plantation down the road, I would get more results!" -CEOs Slavery is the problem, not the treatment. Making 200x more than the …