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Comment Re: The wages will be passed onto us then. (Score 1) 179

It's a GIG FUCKING CONTRACT JOB. DONT FUCKING DO IT IF YOU CANT AFFORD TO. I use to get paid less than 17$ an hour and I couldn't decide if I just wanted to drive 1 person today. I had to work at my job 9 hours and drive an hour to it. I didn't get compensated for the driving either. Jesus christ why can't people just fucking let companies that contract EXIST. Companies should be able to pay 1 cent an hour or 10000 an hour. It is up to grown ass adults to decide if they want to work it!?!@#! Why don't people understand this. Let the market decide and there will be more competition. And on the opposite end don't let these fucking asshole companies lobby the asshole government to create laws to drive out competition. Yin and yang. They can either pay wages they want and not lobby or lobby and pay fucking union wages. Reap what you sow.

Shall we get rid of the child labor laws as well? Abusing our own society in exchange for more money!

Comment Re: The wages will be passed onto us then. (Score 1) 179

They're also free to vote for living wage laws that make those places not "those places rather than less expensive options," and put a halt to the race-to-the-bottom that only a few prize.

Did they? Yes? Then shut it.

Ah, the old "taxes should be higher, but I'M sure as hell not going to pay any more until they're higher for EVERYONE" routine -- adorning yourself with faux principles while retaining cover to live in direct opposition to them. Always a winner.

Also known as “society”.

Comment Re: Progress is being made... (Score 1) 62

Not that I'm aware of... just excited about the advancement of AR and VR technology! I understand the temptation to bash on devices which are overpriced for the typical consumer, but given that this is one of the first AR glasses release and none of the others are anywhere near affordable either, I think we can safely assume these are all targeted more at developers and wealthy early adopters. As with other technology, I expect the prices to come down towards the mainstream. It'd be great if manufacturers would just release the $200 super-advanced technology on day one, but I'm more realistic than that, and there's clearly a market for these, even if it's very limited today.

Comment Re:Progress is being made... (Score 1) 62

From the pictures I've seen of the device, it's nearly pocketable and clips to your belt. Looks pretty compact compared to the typical tethered devices of today, but not as compact as the Oculus Go / Mirage Solo. My mistake for not remembering the pedantry inherent in Slashdot comments. :)

Comment Progress is being made... (Score 1) 62

It's exciting to see another computer independent headset coming out this year - I was hoping we'd get past the VR-only devices like the Oculus Go and Lenovo Mirage Solo. Good opportunity for wealthy early adopters to get to play with the new tech and help support it as we move into an AR enabled future! I don't think I can justify the cost for this first generation device, but it's a step in the right direction!

Comment Re:another government crime against humanity (Score 2) 752

Cue Family Guy "let's get rid of government" reference: Now that we've freed ourselves from the terrible shackles of government, it's time to replace it with something better. The first thing we need is a system of rules that everyone must live by. ..Got to have rules. And since we can't spend all our time making rules, I think that we should elect some people to represent us, and they should make rules and choices on our behalf. ..That's probably a good idea. Now, this may be kind of expensive, so I got a plan: everyone should have to give some money from their salaries each year. Poor people will give a little bit of money and rich people will give a larger amount of money, and our representatives will use all that money to hire some people who will then provide us with social order and basic services. Now, it won't be perfect. Some of our representatives may end up being bastards. But you know what? That's okay 'cause later we're going to have more elections, and we can use those elections to get rid of the bad guys and replace 'em with good guys, and then the system will just keep going on and on just like that. So who's with me? Will you join me in trying this new crazy thing? Then let's do it. Yeah, and we did it all without government.

Comment Re:Surprise (Score 5, Insightful) 114

I think there's a difference between "being willing to accept the risk of my credit card(s) being compromised on the internet" and "being willing to accept the risk of every account password I have being compromised on the internet". I essentially have insurance to help me recover losses from my credit cards. Having every bank account and retirement account drained by an enterprising criminal with access to all of my account and personal details is on a completely different risk level.

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