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mariksolo commented on UMN CS&E Statement on Linux Kernel Research cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-... · Posted by u/fhars

Traster · 5 years ago

This is a great statement, they confirm they're aware of the issue, they acknowledge the concerns and they set out their intention to gather the full facts whilst suspending the operation of the research in the meantime. They also acknowledge the systematic way the need to deal with this.

I hope their follow up is as thorough but I want to applaud this, it's a good approach.

mariksolo · 5 years ago

It doesn't take much to write a single paragraph, though. I think the quality of their response will become much more clear later.

mariksolo commented on Belarusian regime’s thugs shut down Imaguru, the country’s key startup hub techcrunch.com/2021/04/20... · Posted by u/tosh

T-A · 5 years ago

35% of Russians disapprove of Putin, according to this:

https://www.levada.ru/en/ratings/

41% of Americans disapprove of Biden, according to this:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

mariksolo · 5 years ago

I personally don't have a ton of trust in polls like that (referring to the Russian one). It is a strong claim to make that Putin is more popular in Russia than Biden in the US.

_7hzo commented on Reuters website goes behind paywall in new strategy reuters.com/article/us-th... · Posted by u/uptown

Xenoamorphous · 5 years ago

Most of HN crowd I'm sure can spend a few extra bucks per month to get quality news.

What about not so lucky people, though?

_7hzo · 5 years ago

Let's be honest, most of the HN crowd probably has a paywall blocker extension. That, or they just turn their cookies off and the website can't keep track of how many articles they have left. Not so lucky people can probably do the same.

In my mind, a subscription model for these websites is essentially a donation model.

mariksolo commented on Just Be Rich keenen.xyz/just-be-rich/... · Posted by u/kjcharles

dougmwne · 5 years ago

> If 90% of the population had a (sustainable) lifestyle of current dollar millionaires, and the remaining 10% had a (sustainable) lifestyle of dollar billionaires, there would be lots of inequality, but it wouldn't be problematic.

I strongly disagree with this and I think it runs counter to human nature. You're looking at quality of life as if there were some kind of absolute measure of it, but it really doesn't work like that. Quality of life is always measured relative to the people around us or to whom we are exposed in media or social media.

If you look at modern Americans they have fabulously lavish quality of life in comparison to 19th century factory workers or 11th century peasants. Even people in the poorest quintile have access to safety, food, housing and entertainment that would have made people from centuries past gasp in awe. Antibiotics! Virtual reality! Same day shipping!

But what really counts is how we perceive we are doing versus people we can compare ourselves to. That's where the suffering comes from. You have running hot water but your neighbor has a spa tub. You have the iPhone 6 but a friend just got the 12. You have a safe job that pays your bills but a classmate vacations in Portugal. I've been in other countries where the average quality of life was much lower than the US, and no one knew the difference or had any shame or sadness in their smaller cars, smaller bathrooms or lower square footage.

If there were trillionaires but they all lived on Mars or some faraway continent and we knew nothing about them then they wouldn't cause us social suffering.

mariksolo · 5 years ago

It sounds to me like you do agree with them. The OP wasn't saying Americans feel wealthier, but rather that the quality of life relative to the past is higher.

mariksolo commented on Ask HN: What under-the-radar technology are you excited about? · Posted by u/ilmoi

Jamieee · 5 years ago

https://ipfs.io/ seems pretty cool. I've been meaning to check it out, but not seen any uptake yet.

mariksolo · 5 years ago

Libgen added a feature to download files with ipfs. It is ridiculously faster than a normal download.

mariksolo commented on How People Get Rich Now paulgraham.com/richnow.ht... · Posted by u/prakhargurunani

wanderer2323 · 5 years ago

PG is apropos for this forum, but beyond that he is plainly a good writer. I don't know who you consider 'amazing writers across our civilization' -- but whether it is Gracian or Scott Alexander, PG shares one thing with them, namely that his works will be quoted beyond the lifespan of his contemporary readers.

mariksolo · 5 years ago

I don't think that merely being a good writer will allow him to be "quoted beyond the lifespan of his contemporary readers." I agree with OP that I really don't see anything special about his writings, compared even with contemporary writers on technology like RMS.

mariksolo commented on Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama wsj.com/articles/amazon-i... · Posted by u/cwwc

praptak · 5 years ago

I want strong labor protection laws everywhere, so that poor regions don't have to compete on allowing companies to exploit the local workforce.

mariksolo · 5 years ago

You've completely changed the direction of the argument.

mariksolo commented on Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama wsj.com/articles/amazon-i... · Posted by u/cwwc

6gvONxR4sf7o · 5 years ago

So, I think I mostly agree with your stances here, but I take major issue with this:

> Why would a company ever do anything out of the goodness of their hearts?

Because a company is made of people. I won't fault a company for following market incentives, but questions like yours sometimes imply that a company shouldn't do anything out of the goodness of their heart. Then you get people saying stuff like the company's goal must be to maximize shareholder value and stuff, and getting angry when a company does something out of the goodness of their hearts, which I take issue with. <end rant>

mariksolo · 5 years ago

You're right, I could have phrased it better.