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snappyTertle

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    Comment #38958595

    How is that relevant to the layoffs?

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    Comment #27857622

    You're coming from privilege. Just because you can afford it doesn't mean everyone else has money to spend on entertainment.

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    Comment #20349280

    Blames free markets. Describes non-free markets.

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    Comment #19330950

    That's assuming the area under the curve remains constant, when it doesn't. Redistribution will make the total wealth shrink.

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    Comment #19328507

    If only we had private companies that can freely experiment with different business models...

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    Comment #18391115

    It's conservative to let people keep what they earn. It's progressive to take from people (tax) and give to Amazon in the form of subsidies.

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    Comment #18142821

    Comic Sans was ahead of its time

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    Comment #18079694

    I'm in the camp of the fewer regulations the better, but one thing I think needs more regulation is how the private sector and public sector interact. There is just way too much co…

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    Comment #17368261

    What about OTP?

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    Comment #17324307

    Destructuring in almost any functional language and ES6 JS.

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    Comment #17256292

    The wealthy get handouts? What redistribution?

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    Comment #17049084

    Individually weak people can band together and vote to steal from the less weak, but smaller groups. Does voting and being represented make stealing moral?

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    Comment #17047874

    Democracy is a threat to capitalism.

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    Comment #16387432

    He's probably being paid to start the investigation too.

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    Comment #16213677

    Java, C++, Python, Golang, and Swift/ObfC for iOS apps

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    Comment #15912970

    Are you saying non males don't have confidence and can't fake it until they make it?

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    Comment #15877185

    What would you value a technology that aims to separate money and state? Does it have no value?

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    Comment #15841832

    Government backed crypto? No thanks...that defeats the entire purpose.

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    Comment #15804443

    Learning Erlang/Elixir is like learning a new paradigm, or a new way to think about programming. You can then apply these concepts to other languages. It's made me a better program…

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    Comment #15799751

    His arguments are the same. Regulation causes burdens. Government regulating enforcing their version of net neutrality is a burden on the market.

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    Comment #15797317

    The definition of a Ponzi scheme is paying off existing investors with money contributed by new investors. If it's a successful Ponzi scheme due to people dying, then that's a diff…

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    Comment #15797291

    I agree, voluntary interaction between each other is what creates wealth. Not the shuffling of stuff from one group of people to another.

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    Comment #15797269

    Why tax income?

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    Comment #15797261

    The state is the only entity that can actually money grab