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Comment Re:Replacement Managers (Score 1) 69

So that's what HR departments do?

I'm a manager, and I have to do all those things, and we do have an HR department. In fact, HR makes me jump through MORE hoops to do those things (hiring, firing, evaluations, settling disputes) than I would have had to do without an HR department. I must have missed the memo!

Comment Re:One Way Trips (Score 1) 87

I assume you're being serious, and if so, I'm sorry to hear that. You are much more acutely aware of the shortness of life than most.

At age 24, I suffered a brain hemorrhage due to AVM. I was literally seconds away from death, but was spared because the excess blood found its way to my spinal column, relieving the pressure on my brain. It completely changed my life. Ever since then, I have lived my life with intensity, understanding that today is a gift, and tomorrow many never come.

Comment The algorithm is working exactly as designed (Score 2) 83

The mistake is thinking that "the algorithm" was designed to select music we listeners would like to hear. Nope. The algorithm was designed to select music that *they* want us to hear. That means:
- Music that comes with pay-for-play
- Music that sells advertising
- Music that is cheaper for them to play
- Music that's just "good enough" to keep people from shutting off the stream

Comment Re:Slavery (Score 1) 145

Now you're revising your own statements. What you said was:

They are forcing people back down towards slavery. If you get paid barely enough to live then that counts as slavery in my opinion.

A living wage has long been standardized to mean being able to afford a two bedroom apartment, food, utilities, and transportation. If it were that easy to find a job to pay more then everyone would be millionaires.

Here is an article on it: https://www.investopedia.com/t... [investopedia.com]

These statements taken together, imply that anything less than a "living wage" (100K per year) is slavery.

Comment Re:Slavery (Score 1) 145

I didn't say once that everyone should have a living wage.
What I am saying is that the government should take action if there are people trying to live on jobs that are below living wage.

Those two statements seem contradictory to me. And it's still absurd to insist that everyone who doesn't make six figures is starving. That is what you are insisting. Your definition of "living wage" based on the link you provided, was more than $100K per year for a family of four. Here, you're saying that the government should help people who make less than a "living wage" to prevent starvation. "Otherwise you have starving people." That's an absurd argument.

Comment Re:Slavery (Score 1) 145

My point was that *you* are holding everyone to the same bar, claiming that the only fair thing is for everyone to have the same "living wage." Your system leaves no room for young workers starting at lower pay and having to get a roommate, that somehow it's a violation of human rights to have to have a roommate. You seem to think that a grocery store cashier should make the same amount of money as an engineer.

You don't have to be a manager if you don't want to. But then don't complain that you don't get a manager's salary.

Capitalism has a wonderful feature: It attracts people to the jobs that are needed more, by paying more for them. It motivates people not to take jobs that are less needed, by paying less for them. It's a built-in incentive system that encourages people to go where the need is greatest.

Comment Re:Comment Subject: (Score 1) 42

No, but if you put your stuff out at the curb, it is free for anyone to pick up, even if that someone is a business. These companies are putting their contents out there free for any crawler bot to take, no paywalls. They just don't like some of the bots that stop by to pick stuff up.

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