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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah but that's where all this gender fluidity/ambiguity gets interesting. OP might be a trans-dude, so "she" (apologies for the hypothetical deadgendering but it's illustrative) would technically then be straight with no risk of butt defects (unless they did that of course) but with some risk of birth defects as he could then have been impregnated by his dad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Another splendd Kapwng cartoon.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Quite right too. The most important factor for me when buying a computer is that the sales droid is in an office. All those CPU, RAM and disk numbers are secondary to that.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A friend persuaded me to go on a date with a girl I wasn't particularly into. We went for a meal, then she wanted to go clubbing. But I'm not into that either, so she broke down in tears. I was pretty sure I hadn't said anything that bad, but then the story came out: her ex-partner had the same first name and job as me, and the meal and clubbing were his favourite things, but he'd been found dead in another country with his common law wife and kids, and the similarity to me was effectively his coming back from the dead to be with her again.

No there wasn't a second date. I haven't seen her since either. Neither have I taken dating advice off that friend since, although we are still friends.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too right. Ain't nobody needs that "the most important commandment is to love others as yourself" crap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Mine's mostly set on 22. When I feel cold I bump that up to 24, 26, maybe even 28. When I've done at the gym (multiple times per week) I want cooling down so I turn it down to 16 or 14.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sure, but (a) that's how exegesis works, and (b) so are you if you're extrapolating anything beyond Paul's statement. He cannot permit or refuse anything now because he's dead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

OK, so why the phrase "workers own the means of production"? The plain English interpretation of that phrase is substantially different from the workers not owning the means but receiving the profits.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Reminds me of the time I had to explain to a friend that twat was not a synonym for twit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sounds great and all but I always wonder how that works out in practice. It's not like a miner owning his own pick. Wikipedia says Apple has assets of $352.58 billion and a workforce of 161,000. That's about $2.2M per employee.

If a worker were to leave Apple, what would happen to their share? Would they be forced to sell it back to the other employees? After all, they would then be a non-worker and no longer eligible to own any of the company. Assuming they sold their complete share at the full value would they then keep that $2.2M?

If a new worker were to join Apple, how would they acquire their share? Would they have to find $2.2M before they could start? Or would their ownership build over time, and at what rate? How long would it take for their share to build?

If a company were to have a bad year where operating expenses exceed income, would the workers be paid anything? Or would those in trouble have to sell some of their share, and to whom?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes and no. Everywhere "Western" has an extradition treaty with the USA so there's no point fleeing to any of those. Russia isn't a great choice but if he values his freedom it's probably the least worst option.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But you DO have a PhD. Claiming it is somehow not valid is a criticism of the establishment that awarded it to you. You're just suffering from impostor syndrome, that's all.

Also, no employer will consider someone fresh out of education, even someone with a PhD, to have vast quantitites of useful real-world experience, so even declaring a PhD won't see you land your first job with the expectations that you'll ace every bit of it from day one.

It's good that you realise you know nothing. That is both accurate and useful. But don't take it too far. What your PhD proves is that you have an ability to learn, understand and communicate, and THAT is what employers are looking for.

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