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vacri commented on Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook   projekte.sueddeutsche.de/... · Posted by u/mpweiher
wjnc · 8 years ago
Dear Jacques (i'll stop with the game now ;) - I really emphatise with the social responsibility part of the story. The game Apple is playing with stored cash abroad is abject. Nobody is profiting from that.

But we can agree that it's not the nature of a corporation to pay more taxes than necessary? If people offer you crazy deals: agree. Governments should coordinate not to make crazy offers and perhaps even tit-for-tat those that do.

vacri · 8 years ago
> But we can agree that it's not the nature of a corporation to pay more taxes than necessary?

Think Different.

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vacri commented on 'Big Void' Identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza   bbc.co.uk/news/science-en... · Posted by u/Jaruzel
noncoml · 8 years ago
I was at the Vatican museum recently and was surprised to see most sculptures appeared to be permanently damaged for embedding a number label. (example: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hvqlG6iPcP8/UGzso1C3AcI/AAAAAAAAJF...)

I agree with you, let’s not be arrogant, like in the past, and destroy what we should save for future generations.

vacri · 8 years ago
Future generations will really appreciate that plugged shaft!
vacri commented on A regression is the kernel not giving the same result with the same user space   lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/lin... · Posted by u/signa11
OJFord · 8 years ago
How is it normative? Although that's a bit of a rabbit hole, since presumably you won't allow me to appeal to the definition of 'normative'.

Torvalds lambasts a developer for making a mistake, swears at him, and tells him the first rule of kernel development is that you don't make mistakes. Great.

vacri · 8 years ago
The first rule is that you don't break userspace, not that you don't make mistakes. Commits go through a process before being put into the kernel, and if yours is going to break userspace, it won't get in, so don't expect it to. You can make mistakes, but if they're found, you're expected not to say "well, commit it anyway". It's not the mistake that the violation of the rule, but the cavalier attitude.
vacri commented on A regression is the kernel not giving the same result with the same user space   lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/lin... · Posted by u/signa11
orcdork · 8 years ago
In any other kind of social/business arrangement he would be politely but firmly escorted out, possibly by security, for this kind of behavior. Being right or wrong is irrelevant.
vacri · 8 years ago
You need to work in a wider variety of workplaces, if you genuinely believe that. Perhaps put another way: were Jobs or Ballmer ever escorted out for their obnoxious behaviours?
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