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Reminds me of one of these: https://imperatorworks.com/ They are very expensive, but I've always wondered if getting one would be worth it.

I see what you mean and that's a good and interesting idea. However, I think while it would be revealing in some areas, it would mask other problems. For instance, if you look pure…

But we're not talking about treating workers badly by any reasonable definition. These are workers that were paid more than the average Australian worker, they got far more Christm…

I think you've moved the goal posts a long way there. A living wage as defined by the Harvester judgement, which seems to be what you are referencing, was based on begin paid enoug…

I'm not advocating what you are suggesting. I agree that workers should be paid extra for working additional hours. I also agree with you that it's important to get an accurate rea…

You are right that per FTE is probably a better measure technically, but this just leaves the unions a loophole: they can just classify workers as something other than FTE. They ar…

When annual salaries get reported in this context, you have to watch for the pea and the thimble trick where they take the base hourly rate and multiply that by standard hours to a…

The labour unions were unwilling to compromise to stay competitive with international factories. I was surprised when it was reported that Toyota wanted to reduce the Christmas shu…

Not for me. I think The Fall of Hyperion is my favourite in the series, although it's hard to split it with Hyperion. The pacing is very different between each book, almost to the …

I do a select first using the where clause I intend to use to get the row count. Then open a transaction around the update with that same where clause, check the total number of ro…

I think displaying anger can be useful sometimes. Actually being angry isn't that useful as it usually means you've lost control of the situation.

>Money saved is the very definition of economic inactivity When people save money, do you really think they put it under a mattress? No, they put it in a financial institution like…

>Actually, the markets created some of the most disease-ridden, sewage-infested hellholes The two most polluted places in the world currently exist in China and Russia and stem fro…

> Your "solution" is also well on its way to making the earth uninhabitable It's not just my solution. It's the solution consistently voted for in many countries by the most educat…

Considering that markets when combined with stable institutions, property rights and the rule of law, have done more to reduce poverty, increase lifespans and health than any else …

>Those are two absolutely different things. One stems from production, transportation, and financial improvements across the board, the other comes because fewer people want to buy…

Wasn't the organisation that built Chernobyl a state owned company and in many ways equivalent to a not for profit? Government owned or not for profit doesn't necessarily mean bett…

Everyone is scared of deflation, but is completely comfortable with the rapid drop in the price of electronic goods over the last few decades. I'm simplifying a bit. The traditiona…

I find it frustrating that so much journalism these days exaggerates environmental issues, with any factual errors seemingly brushed off as just showing an excess of virtue.