Are you suggesting that cab companies are disqualified because they're not multi-national or that they have not been acting in collusive and predatory ways?
No. I'm stating that there is no cab company that is anywhere near big enough to be considered one of Hillary Clinton's "big corporate donors".
.We need to figure out how to kill it with regulations so that my big corporate donors can sleep soundly at night.
Think. Are big cab companies among Hillary Clinton's big corporate donors? I'd say she's a lot more likely to get money from Uber than from non-existent multi-national cab companies.
I have no love for Hillary Clinton and will not vote for her, but it's reasonable to talk about what the American workplace is going to look like if the corporations have their way. Maybe you're OK with taking in peoples' wash and sewing for low pay, no benefits or sick days, and a friendly "fuck you" when you're too old to work, but most people are not.
Yeah, I get what you're saying, but I also wonder what ever happened to the Medici and the Fuggers.
representative democracy - as an actual thing, not just a pastiche of it - tops out at a certain point as well, and beyond that every government leans towards despotism
For a while. History has a way of dealing with despotism, but it's a slow ride.
Maybe all we can hope for is some attenuation of despotism thanks to disruptive technologies. Centuries ago, that disruptive technology was guns. Maybe now it will be something else.
society at large has an issue with the banks losing large amounts of money.
Society also has an issue with banks crashing countries' economies.
Where did the bank get the money to lend to Greece?
If we're talking about the IMF, they get it from the same place unicorns come from. It is most definitely NOT "society's money".
So if the Greece defaults on their debts, and then banks don't get repaid, it's your money that went away and will no longer be able to pull out of the bank.
Again, more horseshit. The reason it's "my money" is because those banks, after making bad investment decisions, will go to the government begging for a bailout. The IMF, Goldman Sachs, and the Eurobanks do not have one single cent of "my money".
If there's no money to pull out of the bank, there's no money to pull out of the bank.
Banks have gone under before. It's part of the risk of doing risky business. If a bank doesn't want to "go under" then they have no business playing with credit default swaps and playing Risk with depositors' money.
There used to be laws that prevented banks from being investment houses. That law is now gone. Banks are high-risk operations.
And before you say one fucking thing about Greece's irresponsibility, have a gander at what LIBOR did with $350TRILLION of the world's money:
I've always been a graphics junkie, since the days when CGA was the standard for color, and I really am quite happy right now with 1080p on a flat screen.
My old-ass eyes can barely tell the difference between 1080 and 4k. Give me a nice big monitor, and a game that runs smoothly (which apparently is hard for some companies *arkham knight*) and I don't really need to spend the money on two Titans. Who decided that we need photorealism in games, anyway?
I don't and won't apologize for being a white male. As I said above, I live in Hawaii (where white male dominance, by the way, is long a thing of the past) and I married an Asian. I love and would never give up either the diversity of this part of the world or the multicultural richness that my marriage has brought me. I also try to do everything I can to treat people fairly. Is it too much to ask to be treated fairly in return, and not be categorized and stigmatized because I happen to be a white male?
Slashdot stories that contain the word "diversity" bring out the best in everyone.
A quick search on Wikipedia shows that it's actually in Newcastle upon Tyne, which is just a short drive North from Dog Snogging. The chancellor of the University of Northumbria (and I'm not making this up), is Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, which is a name I wish I had.
Seriously, it all sounds like something out of a Christopher Moore novel.
I find stomping on and burning the American flag to be offensive. And pictures of the president made to look like a monkey could be considered racist. Yet we allow both of these things and more. See Westburo Baptist Church.
We allow those things in public. That has nothing to do with what Reddit has done (and continues to do by the way). A private company can choose to not host whatever they want and it's not censorship.
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This is just the best Slashdot comment section ever. I'm going to go get some more snacks, so please don't post any more comments until I get back.
Thanks for clarifying, but isn't that precisely what an asshole would say?
I'm sure he'll soon be posting a sub-atomic article just for you.
I would say that's more of an indictment of the "market" than it is of peoples' job skills.
No. I'm stating that there is no cab company that is anywhere near big enough to be considered one of Hillary Clinton's "big corporate donors".
Do you disagree?
Did someone mention Donald Trump?
Think. Are big cab companies among Hillary Clinton's big corporate donors? I'd say she's a lot more likely to get money from Uber than from non-existent multi-national cab companies.
I have no love for Hillary Clinton and will not vote for her, but it's reasonable to talk about what the American workplace is going to look like if the corporations have their way. Maybe you're OK with taking in peoples' wash and sewing for low pay, no benefits or sick days, and a friendly "fuck you" when you're too old to work, but most people are not.
But unlike Duchamp, he was never called an "asshole".
Yeah, I get what you're saying, but I also wonder what ever happened to the Medici and the Fuggers.
For a while. History has a way of dealing with despotism, but it's a slow ride.
Maybe all we can hope for is some attenuation of despotism thanks to disruptive technologies. Centuries ago, that disruptive technology was guns. Maybe now it will be something else.
In other news, Marcel Duchamp has been arrested for abstracting art.
I wonder why. You don't need 2g fiber to watch Pornhub and WWE clips on YouTube.
It's ever so until people have had enough.
Iceland made a choice, and has lived with it. It is no longer "ever so" in Iceland.
Society also has an issue with banks crashing countries' economies.
If we're talking about the IMF, they get it from the same place unicorns come from. It is most definitely NOT "society's money".
Again, more horseshit. The reason it's "my money" is because those banks, after making bad investment decisions, will go to the government begging for a bailout. The IMF, Goldman Sachs, and the Eurobanks do not have one single cent of "my money".
Banks have gone under before. It's part of the risk of doing risky business. If a bank doesn't want to "go under" then they have no business playing with credit default swaps and playing Risk with depositors' money.
There used to be laws that prevented banks from being investment houses. That law is now gone. Banks are high-risk operations.
And before you say one fucking thing about Greece's irresponsibility, have a gander at what LIBOR did with $350TRILLION of the world's money:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
First things first: We have to make sure that no banker ever loses so much as a Euro, no matter how bad the investment. That's primary in this deal.
No, it was at other EU members' request, not Greece's.
Fancy ass Arkham City didn't need a $200+ video card.
My old-ass eyes can barely tell the difference between 1080 and 4k. Give me a nice big monitor, and a game that runs smoothly (which apparently is hard for some companies *arkham knight*) and I don't really need to spend the money on two Titans. Who decided that we need photorealism in games, anyway?
You're right. That's why things like "Limited Edition" don't exist. Why there's no such thing as "supply/demand" curves.
I guess I'll leave the rhino horn business to successful entrepreneurs like you.
Unless your name happens to be "Hatfield" or "McCoy".
Slashdot stories that contain the word "diversity" bring out the best in everyone.
Is Northumbria somewhere in Middle Earth?
A quick search on Wikipedia shows that it's actually in Newcastle upon Tyne, which is just a short drive North from Dog Snogging. The chancellor of the University of Northumbria (and I'm not making this up), is Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, which is a name I wish I had.
Seriously, it all sounds like something out of a Christopher Moore novel.
Basically, it sounds like you'll get to become a member of the Mile-High Club whether you want to or not.
We allow those things in public. That has nothing to do with what Reddit has done (and continues to do by the way). A private company can choose to not host whatever they want and it's not censorship.
I thought at least one Slashdotter would have gotten my Godfather reference. I guess not.
So, you admit Reddit is in no way impeding the free speech of offensive subs, right?
So what the fuck are you whining about?