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CommenterPerson commented on Why the Internet Is Turning to Shit   currentaffairs.org/news/w... · Posted by u/Improvement
CommenterPerson · 2 days ago
Doctorow's writings are good, and this book summary is excellent.

One of his recommendations is unlikely to go far: tech worker unions. Most comments on HN underscore the extent to which techies have bought into capitalist propaganda, which we slavishly repeat. We dream of becoming the next multimillionaire, but it's far more likely we'll get laid off at some point(s) in our career by the enshittification machine. A worker's union isn't communism, it represents the workers who build the systems. Germany, a social democracy, provides for a worker's representative on company boards. This isn't communism!

BTW, it's the reviewer who suggested abolishing companies, not Doctorow. Now that is communism. What we do need is some regulation of companies that have become information utilities. Same as regulations for the water company or the power company.

CommenterPerson commented on Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/voxadam
dylan604 · 2 days ago
While your point is technically not wrong, it's not uncommon to consider and refer to the administration as a whole as the presidential count does not increment for consecutive terms. I'm guessing you knew this though, and we appreciate your bravery in being the pedantic one in a thread.
CommenterPerson · 2 days ago
Ouch that must hurt! I see this in plenty of comments on HN actually. People lose track of the topic at hand, and debate at length on a couple of words in another comment.
CommenterPerson commented on From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next year   npr.org/sections/shots-he... · Posted by u/laurex
CommenterPerson · 2 days ago
All the people saying "Government is inefficient". Come on, do you think the CEOs who only work for quarterly returns are going to provide great healthcare? No, they are going to use every opportunity and propaganda to keep ripping you off.
CommenterPerson commented on Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad   washingtonpost.com/busine... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee
CommenterPerson · 5 days ago
I have employer provided health insurance. I'm an immigrant from India and routinely postpone non urgent care to my annual trips there. One does need pointers to good clinics. I get great care at low cost. With none of the bureaucracy and arrogance I see in my adopted country unfortunately. When I get my additional blood tests, I never have the blue bruise that I usually get here at Quest or LabCorp. This year I'm going to get a wisdom tooth extracted. My amazing family doctor answers questions on Whatsapp for a very nominal fee.

Healthcare in the United States is broken. Avaricious profit mentality from all the players broke it. We need to vote for leaders who are not on the payroll of these players, to fix this very serious problem. I don't have much hope. Even educated people as on HN keep quoting the same tired capitalist propaganda.

CommenterPerson commented on Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia   accc.gov.au/media-release... · Posted by u/Improvement
CommenterPerson · 7 days ago
G'Day Aussie friends, and thank you. One small step for a country, and in the right direction.
CommenterPerson commented on Monday – A personality experiment   chatgpt.com/g/g-67ec3b788... · Posted by u/brightbeige
CommenterPerson · 8 days ago
Saw the description on the homepage and clicked X.
CommenterPerson commented on Is air travel getting worse?   maximum-progress.com/p/is... · Posted by u/mhb
CommenterPerson · 9 days ago
Interesting analysis.

1. What about the annual peaks roughly 5 minutes. Seem to occur in winter? I would have thought summer delays are more, on the average?

2. Mentioning DEI at FAA without any substantial data tarnishes an otherwise interesting study.

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CommenterPerson commented on Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness   yro.slashdot.org/comments... · Posted by u/MilnerRoute
delusional · 10 days ago
There's a pretty significant difference between the statements: "You shouldn't say Woz is naive, because what Woz is ought to not be seen as naive" and "You shouldn't say Woz is naive, because most other people wouldn't understand him as naive" and it's unclear to me which of those to statements you mean.

I too have been lucky enough to hear him speak, and he very much does have this naivete of youth in the way he speaks. He has this very simple and straight forward way to view his contribution, along with a very simple motivation of "it makes me happy" that does feel naive.

I don't think he's nearly as naive as he comes off, but I think he wants to be seen as naive, because his personal philosophy is one that places naivete in high regard. He wants to follow happiness, and happiness can oftentimes be a little naive.

CommenterPerson · 10 days ago
> but I think he wants to be seen as naive

Where does this need come from, to be skeptical or suspicious? Of someone so clearly above board?

Wozniak doesn't need to prove himself to anyone. Maybe he feels comfortable enough in his shoes to be very open about himself, and so motivate people to be true to themselves. At least that's my interpretation.

CommenterPerson commented on Richest Americans Die Earlier Than the Poorest Europeans   vice.com/en/article/money... · Posted by u/LtWorf
CommenterPerson · 11 days ago
The referenced study is from the New England Journal of Medicine, which is pretty respectable, and is a large study. It says the wealthiest 25% of Americans have a worse mortality than the poorest 25% of Europeans.

They have health insurance managed by government, not for profit industry.

Nothing to do with communism, as some of the hacker bros are venting. That's just propaganda to keep people slaving at shitty jobs for less pay and lousy benefits.

u/CommenterPerson

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