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Post by AstralStorm »

CryptoPunk wrote: post #98
iwintermute wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, just remember what those pesky unions did to german automakers

(copy-pasting) Germany seems to have strong unions and a strong auto industry, but the German economy as a whole has suffered decades of wage stagnation. One outperforming industry alone doesn't negate the broader correlation between restrictive labor laws, and degraded economic performance. Also, Germany has many advantages in manufacturing that are independent of its labor laws, like a strong work ethic and traditi…

Every country developed more rapidly at some point in time. What's your correlation coefficient?

Is the optimal social order defined near ancient Euphrates or in the industrial revolution era UK?

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Post by democracy »

flowerlad wrote: post #59
throwawaylolx wrote: post #26

This article is ranked 16th on HN first page right now, and it has 80 points, was posted 4 hours ago, and has 16 comments. A different article [1] is ranked 8th on HN right now, and it has 31 points, was also posted 4 hours ago and it has 18 comments. They were both posted about the same time, they have the same number of comments, but the article that has significantly more points is ranked significantly lower. If I…

I once posted a story about Google and privacy violations and it reached #1 spot on HN but after about 30 min at the top spot it suddenly moved to page 2. I got the impression that Google somehow has power over ranking here. It could be through reporting by Google employees. But the title of the post was edited too, along with the demotion.

I think it was just not an "intellectually curious conversation"

Re: Google’s fires four organizers after hiring union-busting firm

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Post by erlag »

dabbernaught420 wrote: post #42
erlag wrote: post #19

Seems there is still hope for Google. Few more actions like that and maybe they will start behaving like a company and not like an ideological echo chamber.

Did you ever really think that they'd let ideology get in the way of profit?

I hoped not, but could based on what I've seen in the past it seemed like they can somehow utilise the crazies for their benefit. Now it seems things start to balance out a bit. I hope this will get more intensive in the next months and Google will be forced to really act.

Re: Google’s fires four organizers after hiring union-busting firm

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Post by CryptoPunk »

AstralStorm wrote: post #101
CryptoPunk wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(copy-pasting) Germany seems to have strong unions and a strong auto industry, but the German economy as a whole has suffered decades of wage stagnation. One outperforming industry alone doesn't negate the broader correlation between restrictive labor laws, and degraded economic performance. Also, Germany has many advantages in manufacturing that are independent of its labor laws, like a strong work ethic and traditi…

Every country developed more rapidly at some point in time. What's your correlation coefficient? Is the optimal social order defined near ancient Euphrates or in the industrial revolution era UK?

I don't have an answer to that, but economists have largely found the effect of unionization and labor laws on industrial and labor market efficiency to be negative, and that's a predictable finding according the economic theory.

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Post by idlewords »

richthegeek wrote: post #62
idlewords wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the nadir of a wall? The baseboard?

What is the point of pedantry? The base instinct?

Pureed metaphors usually mean someone is writing without thinking. There's a whole nice Orwell essay on it!
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