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winston_smith commented on Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016)   news.ycombinator.com/item... · Posted by u/notional
maxerickson · 5 years ago
not within your sphere of influence in any way

That's never true. Influence might be tiny, but it's not zero.

There's an irony, in that believing nothing can be done ensures that nothing is done.

winston_smith · 5 years ago
OP already addressed that. When it's time to vote or choose your charitable donations or whatever, you can:

> ...go read Wikipedia for 30 minutes and be just as caught up as anyone else because you know the end result of the news cycle instead of suffering through it as it happened.

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winston_smith commented on Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?    · Posted by u/euengthrowaway
lodovic · 5 years ago
It is not likely any of them will gladly accept new members.
winston_smith · 5 years ago
Gaining acceptance by a tribe and finding ways to not die if you ever become disfavored seems like part of the whole hunter-gatherer package, don't you think?

They tend not to be very wealthy by modern standards. Maybe you could ingratiate yourself to them with them gifts of things that require modern manufacturing infrastructure.

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winston_smith commented on Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?    · Posted by u/euengthrowaway
jacobr1 · 5 years ago
Depending upon where one is in the world, even in large wilderness areas, the volume of game has decreased significantly from the pre-agricultural era. Still wouldn't trade a more-abundant bush with modernity, but it is interesting to consider the relative conditions that would make it easier historically.
winston_smith · 5 years ago
It's true, hunter gatherer societies have a way of getting out competed.
winston_smith commented on Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?    · Posted by u/euengthrowaway
dragonwriter · 5 years ago
> People who think being a hunter-gatherer sounds great should go try it, there's nothing stopping them from doing so.

Well, I mean, except property rights and the people that will defend them in most of the places in the planet suitable for human habitation.

winston_smith · 5 years ago
Plenty of hunter gatherer tribes still around for the people crazy enough to want to join them
winston_smith commented on Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?    · Posted by u/euengthrowaway
geodel · 5 years ago
Seems better than perennial back pain from sitting long hours and getting brain fried from implementing same logic of micro-service 1000th time for a 'challenging' project.
winston_smith · 5 years ago
Go try it and let us know how it works out
winston_smith commented on Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?    · Posted by u/euengthrowaway
KraftKacke · 5 years ago
The guy in the video says people played, made art and fucked. Humans are not predators, we're opportunists by evolutionary trait turning hunters rather recently.
winston_smith · 5 years ago
And you too can go live in the bush and do all those things until you get a toothache, parasites and lose a few kids to infant mortality.

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