I'm not really saying there isn't anything better, I'm sure there are. It's more like administrators are highly conservative so of the tools they are willing to use it's the best they've got. Same as "Nobody got fired for going with IBM/Microsoft"
You're right, the legal framework is also a problem. In some ways, the whole concept of an employee is a gilded cage most people don't even know they're restricted by.
You're right, the legal framework is also a problem. In some ways, the whole concept of an employee is a gilded cage most people don't even know they're restricted by.
Hiring, particularly hiring specialists, is tough as hell. You're trying to find someone who doesn't just advertise themselves as able to do the job but is actually able to do the job. Once you hire someone for such a job, you won't even really know that they can do the thing for 3-6 months after they start, and once you've made it that far it becomes really difficult to fire people since you've got to go through the 7 circles of Hell to do so.
So the big question becomes: Sure, resumes are bullshit. What better method is there to determine which people of 7 billion are willing and able to do the job?
So the big question becomes: Sure, resumes are bullshit. What better method is there to determine which people of 7 billion are willing and able to do the job?
Microsoft seems intent on making stuff nobody wants to use.
I don't even question it now, every new windows install gets open shell.
I don't even question it now, every new windows install gets open shell.
They made some design decisions that really hurt things with the CGA. Not being able to choose your colors besides a few different shitty preset palettes is one, the planar video stuff was another. With just a half dozen changes, CGA could have been top tier, but it clearly was not.
IBM PCs started off far behind because they bruteforced the hell out of everything. The VIC-20 looked a lot better because it took a bunch of shortcuts and limited the things you could do with it so you could do those specific things really well with specific circuitry for stuff like sprites, but that brute force method ultimately ended up better because even though it was way less efficient per clock cycle, it also ultimately ended up more flexible so as CPUs got more powerful you could do things like Wolf 3d, Doom, and Quake that IBM never imagined.
I'm only marginally aware of the whole thing, but I know he has been on the road to full cancelation for years.
I think we're already seeing that starting, so I tend to agree with you.
Not just the poor or the idle rich, the administrative class is overwhelming the actual productive classes. There's a use for administrators, but when there's a disparity between the prestige and money for doing a thing compared to administrating doing a thing there's a big problem and you end up with too many people trying to manage the one person actually doing the thing.
Not just the poor or the idle rich, the administrative class is overwhelming the actual productive classes. There's a use for administrators, but when there's a disparity between the prestige and money for doing a thing compared to administrating doing a thing there's a big problem and you end up with too many people trying to manage the one person actually doing the thing.
Geez, really then, it would be excessive government spending on all kinds of things leading to Nixon closing the gold window, leading to stagflation, leading to tax cuts and spending increases causing massive increases in government debt, leading to a number of financial booms that weren't based on anything other than excessive money in the system, then eventually households started to go into debt while the government just kept on piling on the debt, and all that was continuously piling on cost of living (while the government pretended inflation wasn't happening with doctored numbers) which led to people having fewer kids because they can't even afford a home, let alone a stay at home wife to raise the kids...
And more. You guys are right that 401ks would have an effect where pensions that were previously a company's liability pure and simple would become this growing powder keg of money.
And when you look at it like that, the next financial crisis could be epic because a lot of those boomers are retiring or retired or dying, and that means that they're about to start selling off those assets, or they're already selling off those assets, or they're going to be forced to sell off assets to cover death taxes.
And more. You guys are right that 401ks would have an effect where pensions that were previously a company's liability pure and simple would become this growing powder keg of money.
And when you look at it like that, the next financial crisis could be epic because a lot of those boomers are retiring or retired or dying, and that means that they're about to start selling off those assets, or they're already selling off those assets, or they're going to be forced to sell off assets to cover death taxes.
Absolutely.
This didn't start in 2020. It didn't start in 2008. It didn't start in 2003. It started in the late 90s, and you could even make an argument that it started with Reagan.
This didn't start in 2020. It didn't start in 2008. It didn't start in 2003. It started in the late 90s, and you could even make an argument that it started with Reagan.
Gonna get worse before it gets better.
Worst part is that all this was predictable and predicted. "Oh, you're just being stupid, there won't be any consequences" ok...
Worst part is that all this was predictable and predicted. "Oh, you're just being stupid, there won't be any consequences" ok...
I've been reading more about central american civilizations, and it's really interesting. Essentially, it doesn't matter where the people came from because all the cultural leaders were killed and replaced with spanish colonialists, and all the old books were burned (which is a tragedy to history regardless of the merit of the civilization), and the culture of the region was replaced with spanish culture.
Why North American colonies and South American colonies diverged so heavily is really curious.
Why North American colonies and South American colonies diverged so heavily is really curious.
Can I make this the report form for my instance?
"Someone was a jerk! Ban them from the Internet!"
"Someone was a jerk! Ban them from the Internet!"
Peter Schiff should be required listening for anyone who wants a comprehensive understanding of economics. He's not always right so you need a lot more to have a full understanding, but his viewpoint is important and predicts a lot of things other people can't predict at all.
Not to mention how many so-called "right wing conspiracies" came right out of the left wing just a few years before.
From the people who brought you "Voting machines may be compromised" and "Big Pharma is run by evil people who just want to make money" comes "Voting machines are the most secure thing the human race has ever created" and "Big Pharma are literally christ figures who will never do anything wrong because they love you"
From the people who brought you "Voting machines may be compromised" and "Big Pharma is run by evil people who just want to make money" comes "Voting machines are the most secure thing the human race has ever created" and "Big Pharma are literally christ figures who will never do anything wrong because they love you"