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Other than the fact that you _did_ vote, I think?

My experience reflects yours.

Once you have a SINGLE full-time remote employee your team should operate as a fully-remote team. That means online meetings, online communications, documentation, etc.

I started learning Python web-development with Django, but it really didn't click until I learned with Flask and other "minimalist" frameworks first. It could have been the available material at the time, but understanding step by step what I got for "free" with Django was really helpful for me.

I think it also helped me understand web frameworks (or at least the specific paradigm) in general. At times with learning Django I felt like I was _learning Django_. I have this same issue with ORMs.

That said I still really like Django and use it now that I have a somewhat better understanding of what it's actually doing.

But there was still exchange value.

Furthermore, the scale and ease of purchase of lootboxes vs. baseball cards are incomparable.

Basic economics have moved far past supply and demand curves, imo.

Also demand is not the same as consumption. You can manufacture demand.

I'd suggest Elixir if you're starting from scratch and _don't_ have to deal with too many third-parties. It honestly feels like the holy grail ecosystem if you're comfortable dealing with the gritty stuff once in a while and can live without types.

They do not _demand_ others help them. They ask.

There is a difference.

> And users DO see the difference from poorly written web apps.

While I agree and personally do get frustrated with poor performance web apps... there are few companies that let you focus on performance over features. Throughout my (admittedly short) career all I've heard is "we can optimize later", "product is more important", etc.

Which I'm prepared to admit may be true. It's just boring as fuck.

The financial uncertainty would be appalling.

Can we blame agents for acting rationally under capitalism?

Possibly because there isn't. The police were created to be state-sanctioned goons.

Also straight up ignoring the millions of people who die under capitalism.

Being _forced_ to sell sex for survival is less palatable. Not the same as flipping an unnecessary TV or lamp.

And looking at other countries it doesn't tighten social classes more than having a 50k barrier... per year.

Since when was societal change a waste of time? Was the civil rights movement a waste of time? Fighting for worker's rights? Independence?

Especially in the US, teachers often have to assume a parental role and take care of children beyond the scope of their "job". The alternative is to watch children you see every day spiral down a bad path.

Sure, and then the already privileged people on HackerNews end up continuing to blindly exploit the under-privileged in developing nation. That sounds like a horrible solution.

There is nothing wrong with that, but careers under capitalism are about _signaling value_. I hope you find a place (or have found a place) where you're appreciated. :)

HackerNews is at best center-left. Maybe not that.

The world extends beyond America where being on the "left" involves drone bombing.

This thread is fun. The problems are X, Y, Z but not A (even though A results in X, Y, Z). Do people think lobbiests and corporations are somehow operating outside of capitalism?

I'm a complete noob when it comes to RPI, but does it emulate these games well despite not having a strong (or any?) GPU?

Wealthy westerners not understanding that their standard of living exists exclusively because of the rape of the third world. People need to try being self sufficient for even a week.

Of course, there are layers to everything! I just wanted to provide a perspective that reinforces the OP's point -- different strokes for different folks.

I'm not against regulation. I'm against thinking you can regulate the exploitation out of an inherently exploitative system.

You're also getting at why it's difficult for those underrepresented in industry to make headway or gain knowledge. It's not as easy as "we have a diverse team". :)

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-45-the-not-so... https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-46-the-not-so...

I would recommend listening to these podcasts or skimming the show notes. _Especially_ if you're in education you know Bill Gates has done good, but he's also done a LOT of bad.

There is a better argument than yours imo.

If we diverted the funding and manpower in Uber into public transportation... what happens? If we provided more affordable housing/tourist accommodations such that people did not _need_ to rent out their places in AirBnB, what happens?

The Tinder problem/solution is a weird one. It's in itself both and harmful and beneficial.

The "freedom" the article author is speaking of is the freedom to leech off the labour of others. I agree, it's disgusting. If you are willing and able there should be no free lunch -- and the rich are the ones who leech the most out of society.

Ironic that they criticize those who have worse outcomes for not working hard enough or focusing on the wrong things when it is those poor people who are working the hardest.

You're talking about a save income that's above/around many people's gross.

Almost invariably capitalists try to define capitalism as being intrinsic to "human nature" or "society", and are always wrong. If you read the higher upvoted comments -- that statement is believed and taken at face value.

If you have to take the time to defend that your accumulation of material wealth is ethical when there are millions of people dying from a lack of resources... I don't know what to say. I just hope HN grows to stop believing the obvious lies.