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>The maxime of capitalism is to maximize ones own profit.

Not sure I necessarily agree with this. I can understand how 1 might come to see it this way. Capitalism is about measuring ones contribution to society.

>What happens in practice is an accumulation of wealth == power in the hands of a small elite, which then no longer need to compete, cronyism or not, because they have the resources to defeat every competitor, even if the competing product is superior.

In our current system which is a regulated capitalist system this happens. It would be a strawman to assert this against capitalism and exclude any impact that government regulation may provide. I'm pretty most people could see government monopolies as abusing capitalism.

>Company A, having been dominant on the market for a long time, can simply tap into their savings and lower its prices, to the point where X is more attractive to consumers than X'. B, new to the market and wo. such substantial savings, cannot compete and goes bankrupt.

Lets evaluate.

Tesla: Market Cap of ~1,030 Billion $ off of ~$30 billion revenue.

Ford: Market Cap of ~100 billion $ off of $150 billion revenue.

GM: Market cap of ~100 billion $ off of $150 billion revenue.

Stellantis: Market cap of ~64 billon $ off of $100 billion revenue.

Very clearly shows why Ford and GM are rushing to get EVs out to market. Stellantis who had good plans has basically not arrived to market with anything. This is one of the highest regulated industries and capitalism is working great here.

>Okay, but the consumers still get X' when A buys the patents from the now bankrupt B, right? Maybe.

Patents != capitalism. A true free market would not have any patents. If you build something new and unique, everyone would be able to come in and copy it. We could debate the merits of the patent system and perhaps from society's point of view it's a good thing. However, it the current subject, this isnt capitalism you're arguing against.

>They have eliminated their competition anyway, so why bother, when they can just continue printing money by making X, right? Remember, the maxime is maximize-your-profit not deliver-the-best-product.

I think this is a good spot to come back around. Capitalism is not competition. Yes it engenders competition but that's the wrong way to look at it. This is something business owners need to learn. Capitalism is about solving problems and contributing to society. Capitalism measures this in one of the most effective ways.
> How my logic has been evolving, extrapolating to, is Epic with Unreal Engine - and Fortnite as prime example - creating all game mechanics that can interact with eachother, so if you develop your game with Unreal you have access to "all" game mechanics in your game, with the option to allow users to freely import all their Fortnite skins or perhaps for a reasonable/acceptable fee per skin (if the skin copyright holder allows it; so likely not free, but then that will create the category of buy/license options of "For Fortnite only", "For up to 3 games", "Unlimited use").

For the most part assets in the Unreal store have to be modified (some slightly, some heavily) to work in another game. You don't get it for free because decisions are made for each game. You can't just download a helmet from the unreal store and it just magically sits on your character's head and works with all animations, because there's no clear idea of what a "head" is and how it should work.

There's no way a helmet from the unreal store can provide working stats for your game because health, food, armor, etc.. all vary in fine detail from one game to another.

So no, go read the link I pointed. Even what seems simple is extremely hard to do for interoperability, even if developers wanted it.

Assets in the UE store are meant to give *developers* an easy integration path, it's not designed to be a trivial integration path without development involvement.
It wasn't. Rutland was a county up until the 70s. It was then absorbed into Leicestershire because Rutland is, by rights, too small to be at all economic to be run as a county.

Despite this, in 1994, it became a county once again (as a "unitary authority") because local identification with Rutland is so strong. By and large Rutlanders - of whom I was once one! - are happy to pay an extra £10 or £20 on their council tax just to have their own council.
Nope. Can't stand that Python uses built-in functions for basic things like list, map, fold, etc... instead of methods on base classes. Here's a super basic example. Add one to an array [1,2,3] and print results.

Python: print(list(map(lambda x: x + 1, [1,2,3])))

Ruby: print [1,2,3].map {|x| x + 1}

So much more readable, easy to write, etc... Ruby keeps it consistent by making pretty much everything an object and you just call methods. Even Haskell has dot notation to chain functions since it's just so much easier to read and write...
The F in FLOSS is supposed to stand for Free.

Many people interpret it as "Free as in beer", not "Free as in speech", so expecting people to pay for it disqualifies it as FLOSS.
I have assumed the miner would also turn off mines during the off peak hours to evade scrutiny
OK, but getting rid of capitalism doesn't get rid of capital. No economic system has ever done that, and so you still have the problem that whoever controls capital has the power that comes with it. So who gets to control the capital, and what system of laws and regulations do we enforce that both protect and circumscribe how that capital is managed and used? This is the problem Marxists have struggled with, and never managed to convincingly answer.
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That is not relevant. NFTs do not include ownership of anything else than the record in the ledger. You don't have any intrinsic copyright or other kind of ownership to the token, or to any linked monkey jpegs, by just having the NFT.
Yes, that's the response, but healthcare in America is far from a free market. It's more a circle of sloppy middlemen, in much the same way that I hear privatized passenger rail in the UK described.
Really depends on what you mean by "simple". "Simple" is one of those descriptors that gets tossed around a lot in programming by rarely with a clear definition.

Python is a "simpler" language with its preference for "one obvious way", and it does tend to support fewer paradigms than Ruby. Ruby is a more complex language, supporting many approaches. But if you are familiar with the various approaches, that can be "simpler" if it allows you to choose the most fitting approach for whatever problem you have at hand.

To put it another way, "simple" can mean "the language is small/has an obvious way it wants you to do things", or "simple" can mean "the language is flexible enough to be used to model your problem in the most appropriate way". Python is the first kind of simple, Ruby is the second.

IMHO Ruby is much more expressive than Python, and the stdlib is better designed and less crufty. Ruby really has one of the best stdlibs around, I think, and a lot of languages could learn a lot from it - particularly the design of `Enumerable`.

So I prefer Ruby when I have the choice. Part of that is probably just familiarity, but I've been a full time dev on both Ruby & Python projects for long stretches of time so I think I'm in a decent position to compare them. My personal preferences/taste is another aspect, of course, and there's no objective accounting for that.

The case where I often will prefer Python is if I'm scripting something that needs some degree of portability. If you pick a random Linux box it's much more likely to have some version of Python installed than Ruby, so if I'm writing something that should be easy to copy to a box and use without additional setup, I'm more likely to pick Python.
Modern JS crashes my older browsers too. It doesn't mean it's the JS author's fault for using code my system can't handle.
Money from a small group of wealthy individuals might be sufficient to pay for this system and perhaps few competitors. However it is quite a long shot at calling that a game changer. Quite the contrary this might be a game stopper for a larger number of poorer folks in rural communities that have been asking for traditional broadband for decades and now have to battle the “Technology will solve it” issue their local politicians will inevitably bring up now.
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This.

Last January I converted my old (2012) quad-core Intel desktop and gave it to my son for gaming. The only thing I had to do was add a 1-TB SSD and put in an RTX-3060 Ti, and it runs every game (Fortnite, CoD, etc) at 100+ FPS without any issues. I'm still amazed that a simple GPU change and the machine keeps up with his friends brand-new AMD box (not sure what chip, just that it was new in 2021).

When the 12th generation intel chips came out last month, it was the first time I felt good about the future for chips. (Yes, I know AMD has been kicking their butt, but that's been in core count and power, which aren't as relevant for my son's gaming.)
All of those examples are backed by the state, who has the authority and power to investigate, litigate, fine, and arrest those who violate their rules. NFTs don't provide that. There's just the promise that, eventually, people will respect other people's NFT ownership... for some reason.
> Same with covid, if someone dies from undiagnosed cancer due to lockdowns, they have been affected by covid in one way or another.

If a death would have been prevented by just not having lockdowns, then tallies that it's included in being high shouldn't be used to justify having lockdowns.
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This view point was the basis of the US Constitution. Do not trust any central power. Pit them against each other to limit what they can do. Enumerate the rights of the people that government can not infringe.

The whole thing is based on the assumption that human nature tends to lead to exploitation of others, and build in safeguards against it.
Here's 2 articles on building a SQL editor.

- https://arctype.com/blog/sql-query-editor-switch/

- https://arctype.com/blog/indexeddb-localstorage/

Disclaimer: I wrote the 2nd one. My general takeaway is that it gets interesting quickly as the amount of text edited increases.
I don't reasonably consider that we can attribute black people and hispanic people simply existing to an additional 8% of GDP in healthcare consumption. That seems like a huge claim with no evidence provided.

I'd like to first see evidence that people of different race has a causality effect on healthcare consumption.
Sure, if you want to allow non-flat, curved faces, this body is possible. I'd argue this is not in the spirit of the question, similar to the triangle statue mentioned in the article.
The flags sound real and its lucky for you they are showing up early. I would suggest to talk to someone in the inside through your network (may be from another team). If that chat doesn't seem to go well, then definitely back off this offer and start interviewing again.
Any perf benchmarks?
Wouldn't it be easier to create an automated comment for everyone else?
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After writing this reply I feel like I should point out firstly, that this is not in offense to the parent comment. He/she did it right and I just wanted to add/share my own experience.

I completely agree, but this is easier said than done. The emphasis is on RIGHT therapist. There aren't necessarily good and bad therapists, but ones an individual can work with. Finding those is very difficult and time consuming. I'm not sure if pointing this out is doing more harm than good, but it's certainly true. This is something I was affected with. People told me to go to the therapist as if it was that easy to solve a problem. Like, therapists are doctors for you mind. I went there with no prior knowledge or expertise on how a therapy works and after 7 weeks I was utterly disappointed and lost. What I (wrongfully) concluded, was, that therapy doesn't work for me. That therapy was for worse cases than me. That I didn't fit the system. Surely this is my own fault for not having a problem oriented mindset towards therapy, but in the end, it's not about whose fault it is. It's about helping people. So, after all of this I sometimes think we should at least imply that there is more nuance and effort to this approach (that is, visiting a therapist).
I’m not from India and for the longest time it was tempting to think of India as one homogeneous place; but that is not what it’s like at all. Isn’t India enormous, with many quite different states and different levels of development? And bottom line, what percent of the population has access to good quality health services vs what the GP described?
If you treat a MacBook decently it’ll last for a long time. My personal MBP is from 2018 and runs fine wit no repairs required so far.

However my work laptop takes quite a beating from daily commute, work travel, etc and usually winds up needing a repair every one or two years. I probably need a hard case, but I guess there’s a bit of moral hazard when work has AppleCare for all the laptops.
Best news of the day! Is there any roadmap for typed effects?
Half-submerged! Normanton Church genuinely looks beautiful in its peninsula state:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&as_q=normanton+church
https://www1.wdr.de/daserste/monitor/sendungen/gefaehrliche-...

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article207311157/Cor...

also check interviews of Prof. Klaus Stöhr - he mentions that regularly.

> A lot of doctors now offer visits via video chat, if you need a sick leave for work it's often enough just to call the doctor and they send you the papers.

they need my physical HI card every quarter ...

> Overall, Germany still has a pretty good record on keeping people alive while never using really hard measures. What we really could use though is a more civil communication.

Deaths per infections is relatively high compared to other EU countries. Again, check Prof. Stöhr interviews.
The comparison is not about the type of engine but about advising with authority without knowledge. A sensible mechanic or anyone who values own reputation would indeed say "I didn't know", this is not what happened with the COVID response though.
Personally I think writing Python is like writing maths, writing Ruby is like writing English.

Depends which one you prefer.
Do you have a source other than a Russian government-owned organization?
That insurance isn't socialized medicine. In Europe for example, the hospital is owned by the government/state/etc, the doctors are hired directly by the hospital, the medicine costs are directly set by the state and so on.

No private parties at all.
Again, it's still under a FLOSS license. you can use it for free as in beer, under the terms of the license. If you want further expectations satisfied (i.e. ongoing maintenance of the software), that's what money is paid for. You're not paying for the software, you're paying for services around it. (and the nice thing with Open Source is that if the original creator isn't available for whatever reason, you can pay somebody else for them, which is a lot harder with not-open software)
> It targets a certain demographic, people who have the physical ability to actually cycle. What about those who cannot, what about disabled people?

So do cars! What about people who can't drive, because they are too young, too old, don't have a license, or don't own a car?
> leaving you uninsured and uninsurable.

This one is pretty messed up indeed. What's the purpose of being insured to begin with if it will fuck you over when you need the insurance?
> budget deadlines

Aren't the people who were slow on the hire also the people who set the budget deadlines?
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Many people don't realize that antibody production is not necessarily a good thing. In a strep infection, antibodies are what actually cause rheumatic fever. That's why antibiotics are so important to kill off the infection before the adaptive immune system kicks in.
On the flip side, I’ve been upset to find out a major software suite that I was going to manage was chosen right before I started. I’d be happy to have some say in the decision. I expect you had to do this at the end of the year when the sales rep needed to close and the biggest discounts were available.
Thanks for the comment. Are you able to elaborate on the big pharma profits most on baby powder, insulin and pain killers? In the world I live in, they pushed those markets to the brink in the form of baby powder lawsuits, an epidemic of obesity and the opioid crisis. Also, have you looked into Pfizer's profits for 2021?

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/business/pfizer-earnings/inde...

Edit:
Baby Powder Lawsuit - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/health/baby-powder-cancer...

Obesity Worldwide - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and...

Opioid deaths began with increased prescription - https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/epidemic.html
To add a little nuance, look at the survival for various cancers in the NHS vs the US. Cancer care for example is measurably better in the US in terms of overall survival, early detection, and access to drugs. You "get what you pay for" when it comes to highly specialized care.
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they need the card at the beginning of a quarter. I was sick few days ago.
The Chinese military has multiple types of blinding laser weapons.

https://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-4-blinding-las...
>> The "everything is a market" ideology had a good run of almost half a century

> But that never actually happened. Externalities were never part of the market.

But isn't the essence of an externality that it's a social cost not factored into the market price?
SLF4J Loggers define up to two arguments for precisely this purpose:

https://www.slf4j.org/apidocs/org/slf4j/Logger.html#error(ja......)

> This form avoids superfluous string concatenation when the logger is disabled for the ERROR level. However, this variant incurs the hidden (and relatively small) cost of creating an Object[] before invoking the method, even if this logger is disabled for ERROR. The variants taking one and two arguments exist solely in order to avoid this hidden cost.
I've had great experiences with Apple products lasting far longer than they should. I won a first gen iPad when it first came out, and six years later I would use it as an umbrella to run down the block to the coffee shop, and it would still work when I got there. My phone is a five year old iPhone SE, I've replaced the battery once and the screen once, and it's running great.
I haven't seen the ThinkPad L440 mentioned here.

I bought one a few years ago because it has the same benefits as a T440p but the value hasn't been inflated. It's part of that last generation where the CPU is user replaceable. The screen can be upgraded to an IPS if you can find a good replacement.

It's supposedly a lesser build quality, but the plastics seem great and mine's still going after my wife stepped on it. I have a bad habit of leaving it on the floor by my chair.
It was the information given to people, by the very experts they're taught to look to for truth, to convince them to get the vaccine. It's really more than a promise, in fact -- it's a statement that said "we have studied this, and are convinced that it's 95% effective". Further, the efficacy was not stated as a range, with a lower bound of 50% or less. Rather, we were told _it works_. The CDC director saying last Spring "if you've gotten both doses, you cannot catch Covid, and you cannot spread Covid" was not an intentional lie -- but it was a promise made very clearly, but unfortunately overly optimistic.
i'm asking for what do you want a proof ...
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You’re assuming universal access to healthcare then, which is not the case.

What is the 5 year survival rate for someone who cannot afford cancer care?
>A typical single-person household utilizes around 2-3 kWh per year, that is about ~1,000 times less, including your whole gaming setup all other appliances.

What do you base your 2-3 kWh number on? Because there's literally no way that's true. A fridge alone consumes close to 200 kWh.
Very possibly depression. For most kinds (and there are kinds, nobody is sure how many) there's a pill that fixes it.

There is no way known to discover which kind you have besides trying different pills until you hit on one that works.
Compound words are still difficult for machine learning. Google missed pretty critical one:

Coronatal means corona numbers and refers to any corona related figure - death rate, vaccination rate, new infections, etc.
The solution already exists and is used, to varying degrees, by many western industrializted countries, especially in Europe.

1. Regulated Capitalism

2. State Funded Infrastructure.

ad 1) Capitalism isn't a bad system per-se, but needs to be kept in check. States need to ensure that un-competitive behavior is kept in check, that too-large monopolies are reigned in, that consumers are protected, that fair taxes are paid and that private wealth has no undue influence on politics.

ad 2) Structural systems required for a society to function properly have to be, at least partially, state funded, state controlled, or even state owned, thus ensuring the availability and baseline quality of structural services to as many citizens as possible, with regard for revenue generation being a secondary concern.
This seems like a good idea. Present yourself as a business, and don't make it obvious you're a one man show (I'm not saying lie, I'm just saying watch how you present yourself).
Sure this might be the case but still adopting a fair.io license is not going to improve things when the simplest way is just to write down in english words what you mean.

Courts will argue about the legality long after I'm dead but for me right now this is an agreement I propose, if you want to see it in your own way go ahead, I'm not going to sue you; but history will look at your existence in a bad way how ever you squirm from the fact that I'm saying: "Use this for free with MIT _OR_ if you want to make money, share some of it." - You can't get away from that...

This is my last answer to these "but MIT is free", "ALGPL does not exist" kind of comments, nothing exists except your conscience... do what you want!