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It turns out that it's expensive to have someone on a living wage wait on you hand and foot and satisfy your every convenience. Consumers aren't willing to pay what it actually costs when the investors start wanting to see a profit.

> And unfortunately, it's not confined to the US. From Boris Johnson to Jair Bolsonaro to Viktor Orban and well beyond, there are a lot of politicians on the right who you can't really call conservative in that they, like Trump, have repudiated a lot of traditional conservative values like honesty, accuracy, and integrity.

> My problem is that the Economist, whose tone for me has always been one of cool reason, whose founding goal was "to take part in 'a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress,'" is letting the crazy leak in.

I'm really not sure what you're getting at here. It honestly makes me wonder if you've actually read The Economist in the past 7 years.

The Economist is very critical of Boris Johnson - their latest articles on him include "The tragedy of Boris Johnson", "Boris Johnson should go immediately" and "Clownfall: Britain after Boris".

Recent pieces on Jair Bolsonaro include "The enduring threat of Jair Bolsonaro", "Win or lose, Jair Bolsonaro poses a threat to Brazilian democracy" and "President Jair Bolsonaro is bad for Brazil's economy".

On Viktor Orban they say "Viktor Orban's victory is a triumph for illiberal nationalism", "How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary's democracy".

On Trump I won't even begin. Almost no publication has been more harshly critical of Trump.

So your claim that The Economist is determined to "both-sides" every discussion doesn't hold any water at all to me. The Economist has always had an open and transparent editorial position and they write to that position. They are not interested in promoting the views of extremists or crazies on either side. If you have such an example I would be keen to hear it.

I vehemently disagree with the "Economist has declined" crowd but I had to unsubscribe one time for financial reasons a few years ago and the difficulty in unsubscribing is why I will never subscribe again. I had to call a number in Singapore (where I did not live) and wait on hold for a long time.

What he described is literally the opposite of Gell-Mann Amnesia, which is the phenomenon where such a reader will forget about all of the inaccuracies he noticed in the article on which he was an expert and continue believing other articles to be accurate.

You're not even going to tell me which ones I got right?

Uhh completely public is worse. By a very wide margin.

> To be clear, as much as I believe this to be necessary it is not a reflection of me not caring for those we are asking to leave - this day leaves a scar on my soul. MessageBird is my legacy, the company I give my everything for every single day and would sacrifice almost anything for.

There is nothing more distasteful to me than the CEO harping on about how hard these lay-offs are for them.

This thread currently isn't even on or near the front page. You have deliberately sought it out in order to complain that anyone at all is discussing it.

Maybe, but where I live there are very serious penalties for my employer if they fail to pay me on time even once. And I can and will be made whole. And it has never happened in my 15+ years operating this way.

If this has been happening "for a long time" then it doesn't seem like open company registers were doing much good.

Science is not a gospel and it absolutely does change. In fact that's its main differentiating trait. Your theory that science produces certainty is infantile.

Having my pay delayed would cause me problems precisely because I budget well. On payday I have 20+ automatic transfers into various accounts (utilities, car, mortgage, etc) leaving my chequing account with only enough to service my automatic for the month. If my pay is late my transfers will fail and automatic payments will either leave me in overdraft or will fail (I'm not sure which, because it has never happened).

Is it true that pay is typically the same across remote and office-based companies?

Moderation is a part of curation. What is your objection to the term in this case?

This is so incredibly speculative, it's borderline outrageous to even make the claim without something to back it.

It doesn't even mean it's not in source control. It just means that IF it's not in source control it won't be added to a change set automatically. gitignore has no effect on files which are already tracked, and even files which are not currently tracked can be explicitly added.

Conversation in this user's comment history. Sounds like he knew the risk he was taking and knew what he'd need to do if it came to that.

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alirsgp on Oct 24, 2021 | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: 5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0

I've published ~20 iOS apps. Only 4 make money, but they allowed me to reach financial independence and never have to work for someone gain at the age of 24.

krater23 on Oct 25, 2021 | parent | prev | next [–]

What's when your apps are removed from Apple for any reason? Do you have enough money to live without this income? Or do you need then just start over again?

alirsgp on Oct 26, 2021 | root | parent | prev | next [–]

I'd have ~2 years and not hurting my lifestyle. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but I can get a job if needed

Although they have never come out and said it, it's very clear that the same has happened to Google Home products. Nothing has improved in the product for well over 2 years and annoying regressions never get resolved. It's looking like another abandoned Google product.

As a kiwi let me tell you, there's a lot of revisionist history happening with regards to Maori in progressive circles. theconversation.com is a VERY progressive publication.