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Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 84

Personally, anybody using a victim narrative immediately loses all my respect. But I have observed quite a few people that actually would legitimately qualify are not using it, probably they are as disgusted by it as I am.

And no, I will _not_ be lumped in with "all men". If you try that, then _you_ are the problem. My responsibility is for my own behavior, not for some arbitrary group.

Comment Re:This seems exceptionally stupid... (Score 1) 71

I think the only thing that can help is anti-trust, really enforced (people go to prison), because that keeps competition alive. For Intel, it is too late. For others (like Microsoft or Boeing) it is too. These all need to die for things to get better. As soon as you have something too close to a monopoly, the enterprises making it goes to shit, no exceptions. Well, sometimes in family-run businesses, because they can have other values than greed. And in some FOSS, but that is probably a more fragile state.

Comment Re:This seems exceptionally stupid... (Score 3, Interesting) 71

The thing is TSMC is a fab-shop. They do one thing and do that well. And they have customers that are smart and agile and see what it is they get. While Intel has this problem that they are their own customer, so there is no "your process sucks!" from the ones making the CPU designs to the ones manufacturing that design. For example, AMD manufactures at TSMC, because the offer makes sense. If TMSC stops making sense, they go somewhere else. TSMC knows that and that keeps them honest and cutting edge. Intel manufacturing processes and designs where cutting edge at some time. Then their designs went to shit because of greed and stupidity. Then the manufacturing went to shit. Currently, the last thing they have is going to shit as well: Their reputation. They are done for and there is no coming back.

As to the reason Intel cannot compete while having access to the same equipment, that one is simple. In their arrogance, they lost people that can drive things and get to the next level. Kind of like Boeing does not know how to design planes anymore because they have not done it for so long. Intel did play it safe, relying on even 2nd rated thing selling well because of their name. And they did that long enough to only have 2nd rated offerings now. As a result, they have nobody left that can make 1st rated products, because having the tools is not enough. You need to have the people that can do it too and Intel does not have those anymore. Do you think that, at this time, anybody really good will even apply for a job at Intel? Hardly. Bureaucracy, fossilized thinking, inadequate compensation, random firings, etc. They are only getting the dross, and that does not cut it.

Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 84

sex work harms sex workers and sex work harms punters.

That happens to be a direct lie. Have a look at who produced those "studies" you think show that. And then have a look at actually neutrally done studies from countries where sex work is legal. Here is a hint: You will not find many, because once things are legal most of the problems simply vanish and it is not an interesting topic anymore. Moral panic sells. Things just working does not so much.

Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 84

Also, you are talking about an illegal, unregulated sex "industry" here. Do you know how many cases of proven forced prostitution happened in Germany the last few years? One. And what happened there? The first customer went to the police. Because that becomes possible when prostitution is not illegal.

The whole problem you describe (or hallucinate, I am not buying your story) is due to the illegality of things and goes away (or rather drops to the level found in other work) when that illegality is removed. And that makes anybody that calls for sex work being illegal part of the problem.

Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 84

What a load of propaganda lies and nonsense. Incredible. Incidentally, there is the German/Swiss/Austrian model where sex work is just work and entirely legal. Funny how assholes like you never mention that model. Probably because it actually works and causes minimal problems and thereby exposes the lie of sex work being "deeply problematic".

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