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  • soon you too will own nothing and be miserable

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  • I think Milei is a true believer. He's devoted his life to the study of ridiculous AnCap economics. I think he thinks that making his & his buddies' wallets fatter is how you fix the Argentinian economy. He's wrong and stupid, but I think he's good faith.

  • soon you too will own nothing and be miserable

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  • I mean, in some ways it helped initially. It's true that inflation needed to be dramatically curbed, and austerity & currency devaluation helped with that (while massively spiking poverty rates). Inflation is now largely under control, which is great, and they avoided dollarization while largely aligning the exchange rate with the black market "blue" rate. It's a problem that spending couldn't solve, and it made sense to try to make Argentina a more competitive exporter, etc. etc.

    BUT many of the changes he made could have (in my view: will have) seriously negative long-term effects: mass privitization of public sector agencies/programs, destroying unions and pro-worker regulations, massive deregulation, and elimating the country's ability to regulate business in the future, massively increased wealth inequality. Also, massive currency devaluation could cause an affordability crisis in Argentina, and paradoxically higher inflation or even an inflationary spiral.

    Also, the things that worked to curb inflation will only continue to work if their economy keeps growing, spending stays responsible, they maintain a fiscal surplus, etc. So far, that hasn't been the case - they had to rely on a massive US bailout (IMF + currency swap), poverty has remained high, and the long-term outlook for working-class Argentinians is extremely tenuous.

  • A succulent meal

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  • I've literally been doing this for lunches. Bake a loaf of bread, have a rotisserie chicken on hand for the week, a block of cheese. Boom. Lunch.

    And when I have some more time or am tired of that, make some porridge with oats and chicken. Maybe a little broth, some onions, seasonings.

    Dont underestimate peasant mode. Lunch for the whole week for like $12

  • Epstein didn't rule himself

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  • People believed them. That's why there are documents detailing various agencies' research into Epstein & co.

    If no one believed them, no one would have looked into it.

    Now, the Trump admin and captured agencies are trying to cover it up, redact abusers names, release victims names/info/pictures, cover the whole thing up, etc. But that's a different story.

  • Some programs really teach you to save regularly

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  • I've literally had that problem. More than once.

  • Where does the money come from?

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  • "acting in shareholders' best interests"

    That is from the loyalty section. Shareholders best interests are achieved by balancing the various duties, as I said.

    That is why I said that it isn't about short term profits necessarily. The best interest of the shareholders is not short term profit seeking that destroys the business. It is long term profits and a company that can continue to generate them.

    It would be very difficult to argue that decisions damaging profitability in the long term are in shareholders best interests.

    In this case, union busting, clearly executives think union busting is in the best interests of shareholders. If that isn't because of profitability, why is it not in their intersts?

  • Where does the money come from?

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  • https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/fiduciary-duty-to-investors

    They owe a fiduciary duty of loyalty to shareholders - they (named executives) must act in the best interests of shareholders. So that doesn't necessarily mean doing everything possible at all times to maximize profits/share price in the short term, it does mean they need to attempt to do that in the long term while balancing that duty against other duties they owe (like to act lawfuĺly).

  • Where does the money come from?

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  • True! Co-ops are great

  • Where does the money come from?

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  • It also depends on the state the company is incorporated in, but yeah that's true.

    And it is a duty to the corporation (legal entity), notably not to the workers themselves; so while the interests of workers and the corporation may align sometimes - you don't have to do what's best for the workers if it isn't best for the company.

    You still need to operate lawfully, and you can't pay so little that you can't hire/retain anyone, and you need to pay enough that you can hire people skilled enough to do the job, but you need to pay (ideally) only that amount and no more. Anything else takes away from profits and, you could say, makes the company less likely to succeed - if the company doesn't succeed, then no one would have jobs. Or so they'd argue.

    The same as for goods, the price of labor is treated by employers as "what the market will bear". For goods, that means higher prices, for labor it means lower prices.

  • Epstein's doctor called in an erectile dysfunction drug for him, and then they went out for "pizza and grape soda"

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  • The pizza part is an old 4chan thing, and we know Epstein was involved with 4chan and its creator, Moot. "Cheese Pizza" = cp aka csam. It's why they started the pizzagate conspiracy - it was a joke referencing this.

    I assume grape soda is code for black children because of the racial association and pizza is white children - could mean girls/women of any age, though.

    They also talk about slicing pizzas. I assume that means taking their virginity, but it could be worse than that.

  • Where does the money come from?

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  • The reason for this is pretty simple: necessity.

    Companies Corporations have a fiduciary duty to maximize profits for shareholders.

    If no union exists, that means depressing wages as much as possible while meeting staffing needs.

    If a union is forming, it means spending as much as you need to stop it since, if you don't, you'll be unable to depress wages over the long term.

    When a union exists, well then they have to negotiate to continue operations and so workers get paid more fairly.

    Join or organize a union if you can.

  • Man posts his incorrect opinion online

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  • Dobles para defensa del hogar también

  • The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.

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  • I'm not saying it's rational, it just feels like more money.

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  • Many are. It's been going on since the 1950s. And it's a private event that politicians choose to participate in - so it isn't like it's state sponsored, technically - even though it politicians attend in their official capacity. It isn't something that can just be easily shut down on constitutional grounds and is a complex issue. I think lawyers would have to prove that government resources are being used and that it creates an unconstitutional breach of the 1st amendment.

    Here's what the freedom from religion foundation has to say about it

  • The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.

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  • Little different for me:

    $1 - 5 = $5

    $6 - 12 = $10

    $13 - 20 = $20

    $21 - 50 = $50

    $51 - 70 = $100

    $70 = $1000

  • New Objective Unlocked: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space

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  • Beanis shitposting in spaaaaace

  • Pokemon GO to the 67!

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  • Got any good cheap and quick meal tips?

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  • "West African" Peanut Stew, which is an Americanized version of various groundnut stews/maafe, is super nutritious and cheap. It is quick if you put in 1hr in advance to make like 3kg of soup, ~8 servings, for ~10 bucks. I think it'd freeze OK too.

    Look up a recipe, but basically: 1 onion, garlic, 6c broth (vegetable in your case), 2lbs sweet potatoes (maybe 3lbs if vegetarian), 1 bunch greens (collards, kale, mustard greens, whichever you have/like/are ceapest), can diced tomatoes, peanut butter, 2-3tbsp vinegar, optional spices (cumin, turmeric, bay leaves, chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper/red pepper flakes, oregano, minced ginger, msg, etc), optional garnishes: peanuts, cilantro.

    Sautee 1 diced onion in a pot until translucent, add garlic and spices & sautee 30s more, add 6c broth, 2lbs cubed sweet potatoes, chopped greens, can of diced tomatoes. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20mins. Take off the heat and add 1c peanut butter and 2tbsp of vinegar (recommend adding 1tbsp at a time and tasting so as not to add too much), stir to combine. Serve.

    I add 1lb chicken to mine and it makes like 3kgs of soup. Calorie dense, nutritious, very tasty. I also add a small amount of soy sauce, fish sauce, and/or worcesteshire when adding the liquid - imo this mimics some of the fermented sauces used in West African foods. Apple cider vinegar added at same time as the peanut butter really improves the dish. Salt and pepper throughout cooking, of course - but even without spices this is a tasty soup. Spices do help though.

  • GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI

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  • I am genuinely curious why people are so angry and are jumping to conclusions, willing to boycott a company that has done great things for media preservation over an inconvlusive statement about something that will likely have minimal or no effect on them, GOGs employees, or the user experience of their platform.

    AI assistance is a tool. Why would they ban their developers and maintainers from using Windsurf, for instance? Or their design folks from using AI tools to help make mockups? It doesn't make any sense. If their workforce wants to make use of AI tools responsibly... why is that a problem?

    AI use does not mean they will start churning out slop. And, frankly, GOG is a software distributor/vendor... they don't have creative control over the games they sell. The AI would be in the behind the scenes development of their platform, not in the products. The only way it'd affect users is if they put it in the user interface somehow (but... how and why would they?)

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