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Re: Stripe isn’t a platform, it’s a mouse

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Post by jessaustin » Thu, May 27, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

Zababa wrote: post #74

jessaustin wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I give all mice to the cats, whether dead or alive. Supervising a cat's treatment of a mouse is not something I will ever spend a second of my life doing. Enjoying how demented and evil cats naturally are, I have spent so far, in total, at least twenty minutes over 45 years doing. I'm glad that cats are on our team.

I'll admit that it feels a bit alien to me, but I don't know anything about you so it's not my place to judge. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

You're welcome, and thanks for the reasoned conversation. You seem to be the only person in the thread not to attempt at amateur psychological diagnosis.

Re: Stripe isn’t a platform, it’s a mouse

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Post by jessaustin » Thu, May 27, 2021, 2:14 PM UTC

GauntletWizard wrote: post #73

jessaustin wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I give all mice to the cats, whether dead or alive. Supervising a cat's treatment of a mouse is not something I will ever spend a second of my life doing. Enjoying how demented and evil cats naturally are, I have spent so far, in total, at least twenty minutes over 45 years doing. I'm glad that cats are on our team.

Enjoyment of the torture of small mammals is literally the textbook definition of psychopathy. I don't care that my cat plays with it's food, but it is grim reality that I try to avoid thinking about, like where my burger comes from. I keep chickens, and I hate the bastards - They're an incredible pain in my ass. I have never slaughtered one for supper, but I know I could do so. Again, though, I would handle it with…

If there are "grim realities" involved with eating meat, it may be time to consider vegetarianism, or at least more ethical butchers.

Re: Stripe isn’t a platform, it’s a mouse

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Post by paul_f » Thu, May 27, 2021, 3:15 PM UTC

hrishi wrote: post #77

dalbasal wrote: post #31

There was a point in time, maybe circa 2008, where platforms were expected to be a thing. The web was/is a platform. Operating systems were a platform, and MSFT even got rich. Platforms had the power to support an ecosystem so rich their inventors' could never have imagined it. Facebook and Twitter genuinely had plans to be platforms, remember? Paul Graham even called it a new core protocol, and YC recruited startups…

Agreed, with perhaps the exception of Apple. They've remained a platform, with a healthy amount of apps they own and operate outright, and sweeping control of their ecosystem elsewhere. Maybe not forever it looks like though.

It appears Salesforce.com has mostly remained a platform.

Re: Stripe isn’t a platform, it’s a mouse

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Post by GauntletWizard » Thu, May 27, 2021, 9:16 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #82

GauntletWizard wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enjoyment of the torture of small mammals is literally the textbook definition of psychopathy. I don't care that my cat plays with it's food, but it is grim reality that I try to avoid thinking about, like where my burger comes from. I keep chickens, and I hate the bastards - They're an incredible pain in my ass. I have never slaughtered one for supper, but I know I could do so. Again, though, I would handle it with…

If there are "grim realities" involved with eating meat, it may be time to consider vegetarianism, or at least more ethical butchers.

There are grim realities involved in eating vegetables, walking to work, and taking a piss. I will not stop doing any of the above.