Pieces of Shit • Hacker News Board

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Post by vetinari » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:16 AM UTC

tentacleuno wrote: post #4

> Continue to let huge ad companies (stop calling them tech companies) rent seek and nickel and dime you on everything What is he referring to here, out of curiosity? Does a company like Google own an apartment complex, or is it some sort of on-site housing programme?

"Rent seeking" has nothing to do with housing. It is about manipulating the environment (legislative, market, etc), so you get a cut from a transactions. E.g. make a state-mandated standard, that others have to license and profiting from such a licensing is the "rent".

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Post by vetinari » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:19 AM UTC

legerdemain wrote: post #3

Some policy proposals from a person whose education in the humanities began and ended with listening to Green Day's "American Idiot."

If you want to be constructive, consider pointing out problems with his proposals (which there are plenty, I agree), instead of personal attacks.

You won't get nothing out of personal attack, only two sides that won't be able to talk to each other.

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Post by dabbledash » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:22 AM UTC

funwares wrote: post #6

> I wish you short sighted fucks in the PMC could actually do something about it. What is the PMC the author is referring to here?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional–managerial_clas...

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:40 AM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #9

More than a little hypocritical to complain about crypto scams, when he himself created this "cheap eth" coin, gave himself a bajillion coins in the fork code without telling anyone, and then started shilling it in his stream. More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26175655

Maybe to show how easy it is? And how any crypto is ponzi?

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Post by ihusasmiiu » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:40 AM UTC

pixelpoet wrote: post #9

More than a little hypocritical to complain about crypto scams, when he himself created this "cheap eth" coin, gave himself a bajillion coins in the fork code without telling anyone, and then started shilling it in his stream. More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26175655

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Post by goatsecxkirk » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:40 AM UTC

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #14

pixelpoet wrote: post #9

More than a little hypocritical to complain about crypto scams, when he himself created this "cheap eth" coin, gave himself a bajillion coins in the fork code without telling anyone, and then started shilling it in his stream. More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26175655

Maybe to show how easy it is? And how any crypto is ponzi?

No. He didn't do it as a joke or anything.

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Post by Wronnay » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:47 AM UTC

WTF? That guy is literarry a capitalist himself with a company full of shitty gatekeeping tactics ("solve a programming challenge before you even apply") and now he writes some communist shit?

Please - take his money away till he finds to himself again.

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Post by nbzso » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 10:59 AM UTC

I cannot deny the observation. I am not from the privileged, ivy league educated, nurtured and after all I am not an American, but I see the same patterns in Europe and cannot come up with any constructive suggestions.

As you can see, I don't search approval. I write from a big distance and react.

And seeing the individuals attacking the character of the messenger without getting the message makes me sad. Really sad.

When I started creating things for the web I had no idea that my web-browser in 2021 will look like Christmas Tree from installed plugins and I will modify countless settings in about:config. All of this to have somewhat private browsing experience.

All of this because, we as society cannot find a way to impose regulations and restrictions over a bunch of greedy advertising corporations.

https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2021/08/06/consu...

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Post by djbebs » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 11:09 AM UTC

I read it. Its at best unhelpful and misguided and at worst actively harmful to the stated goals.

Ultimately he is advocating for a political solution for what he believes is an economic problem.

The issue here is that the cause of the problems he wants to resolve is not an economic problem at all, but a political choice.

The proposal of preventing companies from purchasing property, for example is a clear cut example. I want to be clear here, any shortage of housing anywhere in the developed world is the direct result of government policy intended to drive that shortage, not due to physical space limitations, or limitations driven by corporate greed (beyond where that intersects with politics)

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Post by bobthechef » Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 11:19 AM UTC

Wronnay wrote: post #17

WTF? That guy is literarry a capitalist himself with a company full of shitty gatekeeping tactics ("solve a programming challenge before you even apply") and now he writes some communist shit? Please - take his money away till he finds to himself again.

What was his trigger? Is he whining because he lived by the sword and now he’s dying by the sword?