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Bonus points: Instead of employees use contractors, and instead of making capital investments make your contractors do it. Just make sure you can change the terms of service at any…

For example, they thought that if they had a 2/3 chance of winning, they should win practically every time and thought it was unfair when they lost Like that time I lost my entire …

One time quarterly hit vs ongoing expense. Same amount of good press, but much cheaper.

One guest, after spending time at Dynamicland, held up his smartphone and shouted, “This thing is a prison!” Holy crap. This is really, really cool. Actual magic. But most importan…

I highly recommend the 2017 Massey Lecture that deals with genocide and the history of human rights. It's called In Search of a Better World by human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan. L…

If it's not an app, yup. I'd have actually read the article if had been titled: You won't believe how I increased sales by 10% with this one simple trick.

> That bad guy student (Ambrose?) has no motivation beyond just being a deliberate antagonist Ambrose is a bully. You've never met a bully? "The researchers found that children who…

At best, this is a way to sweep unaccountable decision-making under the carpet of "the software said so". Quite likely, though, is that such products will make society a living hel…

And little things, like if you're in a relationship, how often do you do the laundry and dishes? I've been in a relationship for 3 years. I do literally all of the dishes, all of t…

Even hate speech is free speech. Is it? Really? Many people disagree. Many countries[0] have laws against hate speech. In Canada, for example: > it is a criminal act to "advocate o…

"I think we'd better get downstairs before those kids get engrossed with those damned beasts again." Just then they heard the children calling, "Daddy, Mommy, come quick -quick!" T…

Adam Smith is such a commie. The man clearly has an agenda. Good thing no one takes his work seriously.

Quite right! There should be laws against the poor reproducing. Perhaps a tax on children? Or some sort of permit system? Maybe a one child policy, exceptions only for the rich? Or…

Bingo. Marriage is a responsibility, but it also provides rights. A system that financially punishes marriage is cruel.

They might want to look into not being married. Wow. Just wow. For some people, marriage is more than a financial arrangement. They'd also save a bundle by not having kids. Maybe t…

It is possible to make one’s ledger and contacts private, but many users overlook these options ... I'm sorry, what? The default is to make all of my transactions public? What the …

1. Capitalism is very simple. Okay ...? 2. Capitalism as an economic system is essentially defined as the process of private expropriation of public wealth. My economics textbook d…

capitalism isn't a ideology at all. ideology, noun 1. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy [capitalism is] a…

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I have this great idea for printing out the top news stories for reading offline. You could print them off early morning and have them waiting for people at train stations, coffee …

> Many currently profitable conventional farming methods would become uneconomical if their true costs were incorporated into market pricing. Direct financial subsidies, and failur…

Indeed. Less a love letter than a cheap porn adaptation, IMHO. As a long-time GITS fan, the new movie was a complete disappointment. It added nothing new or interesting, and droppe…

Oh man, and I bet you were really eager looking to! Kept looking at everyone who came your way with an expectant smile? I would totally have mistaken you for a sales person.

I showed up my first day in a suit ... and thinks I'm a salesman as they had an issue with salespeople crashing the place. If I see someone with a suit, clipboard and lanyard, I ru…