Would you say that your level of awesomeness is around that of a honey badger with surgically implanted, razor-sharp metal talons or closer to that of, say, Lemmy?

You're right, Student of History. Nothing will change - ever.

I for one look forward to the infinite, consequence free growth and increase in our standard of living that we will enjoy, I mean it's been a pretty good ride so far and as we all know it's _perfectly sane_ and rational to look back at history to determine what will happen in the future. I mean, History teachers, TV, and movies tell us that all the time!

Why, I bet the Jews in 1930's Germany weren't so worried, I mean systematic genocide of the type the Nazis had in store was _unprecedented_, so why worry about it right?

lolzers

Automation has already caused "harm" (in terms of employment) to people in the US. You are arguing about things that have already happened.

What next, a debate over who will win the Superbowl, Denver or Seattle?

I would point out that tax breaks are, of course, not welfare.

Delusional balderdash. There will be a correlation between the amount of the increase and the effect on jobs, of course. I don't think going to $10 will be the end of the world, $12 would be pretty bad, and anything over $15 very bad. $20? Lol.. right.

So I hate to pull this because it's misused, but sadly your lot never actually answers it. Why not a $30/hr minimum wage? And note than scoffing and saying "don't be ridiculous" is not a meaningful reply.

The answer, of course, is that raising the minimum wage too high (for some value of 'too high') will _of fucking course_ cost jobs. The question is where is that red line?

The "student of history" perspective is seldom useful. Things are different now, a lot more mouths to feed. It's a curve - some automation good, lots of automation great, total automation - disastrous. Sometimes when you gaze back too much at the past you ignore the fact that this is _already happening_.

Not that there's anything we can do about it or that we should try to stop it, but it _will_ be a huge inflection point - more than likely an extremely painful one.

Lolzers. OK, we'll see who goes into the shit-drain first - Europe or the US. Good luck...

There are no such laws. One could conceivably fashion a loin covering out of leaves. You're full of rubbish.

Ahh, the old "literal interpretation of a misspelling" bit! Cutting!

Paranoia. Nobody, including Microsoft, cares what anyone does with any of that code.

I love you tools. Microsoft 'stole' compression technology technology from a competitor...as opposed to Open Source which is _totally_ not based on anyone else's ideas or code.

Free software wants to be free, man, don't patent software, maaaan! Oh, unless it's Microsoft - they 'stole'.

Tool.

Modern computing fail. I can run ARM Android binaries on my Windows box, doesn't mean that Windows has Android vulnerabilities or that Android is part of Windows.

Would it surprise you to know that selling heroine illegally falls under the same set of guidelines? This does not legitimize anything. Bitcoin is no more a currency than junk penny stocks are.

It's self evident. And it doesn't especially "legitimize" Bitcoin. If you don't pay your taxes on profits from selling crack cocaine they can get you for that.

Like anything else someone thinks has 'value', you bought something and then you sold it or exchanged it for goods - that transaction is taxable.

It works because subjective symptoms get better when someone pays attention to you. It's as simple as that. I guess you can argue that what works works, but serious people need to understand why something works and the mechanism of action. Accupuncture works on the mind, which is fine, but don't pretend it has any innate effect that couldn't be replicated by 100's of other sham treatments including "Reiki" or other such ridiculous bullshit.

Lol, you think...2%...is a small amount?