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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by cema on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:21PM (#26218844)
I am not sure about the down votes (no reason for them in my opinion) but the casual jab at capitalism looks gratuitous and does not help making the argument seem stronger.
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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by blacktriangle on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:22AM (#26225522)
Not to mention its objectively wrong.
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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by chris_wot on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:03PM (#26226889)
Except a. it’s not casual, it’s part of a thought through argument (which you can disagree with), and b. you fail to explain why he is wrong.
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Re:Choose Boring Technology (2015) by Bakary on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @09:53AM (#26237946)
It's not gratuitous if it is central to the argument. The state of affairs they describe is dependent on a virtualized capitalist economy being in place.
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