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8675309t | 2 years ago | on: Rivers Cuomo is an active developer on GitHub

Is this satire?

8675309t | 2 years ago | on: NPM won't publish packages containing the word keygen

Don't do this here.

8675309t | 2 years ago | on: Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten survival

Bootlicker

8675309t | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: I built a tool to help you read Hacker News on Kindle

Website says cancel with click of a button...can't find the button...

Can't find an email to try to get a refund.

found in email.

8675309t | 6 years ago | on: Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations

or at the very least allow people to opt out? pay to opt out?

8675309t | 7 years ago | on: Unemployment is low only because 'involuntary' part-time work is high

Not sure I understand the scope of your statement in terms of time scale and the groups impacted.

If you mean "people having less agency in the workplace than 50 years ago in European/ex-European colonial countries" - sure, I buy it as a recent trend.

If you mean people in power treating other humans like farm animals or worse - this is not new at all and has been going on in various, far more brutal ways for as long as we have recorded history.

8675309t | 7 years ago | on: Unemployment is low only because 'involuntary' part-time work is high

How is this different from other times in history?

What makes you think today's executives haven't taken enough humanities courses?

I think I need more context or background to understand what you are trying to get at.

8675309t | 7 years ago | on: Why the iPhone can’t compete in India

Steve used to be happy to "be Mercedes", not all the market share, but a household name and a synonym for high-end stuff.