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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by yellowapple on Friday October 14, 2022 @02:58AM (#33200406)
> Yeah, so buying more from overseas than you sell overseas is a net drag on the economy.

Queen Elizabeth I called; she wants her 16th Century mercantilism back.

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by RC_ITR on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:03AM (#33200435)
Bro I’m here fighting for my life trying to convince people that a trade deficit financed by asset sales is a good thing. I meant a net drag on GDP.

Please chill.

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by yellowapple on Friday October 14, 2022 @01:42PM (#33206602)
I don't think I'm the one who needs to chill, bro.
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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by RC_ITR on Friday October 14, 2022 @02:43PM (#33207324)
It was a joke?

I'm aware I'm not 'fighting for my life'

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by yellowapple on Friday October 14, 2022 @04:32PM (#33208485)
And I'm likewise aware that a centuries-old English monarch didn't call me to discuss the economic theories of her time (though it'd be pretty cool to see how accurately or inaccurately we've reconstructed Elizabethan-era English pronunciations).
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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by RC_ITR on Friday October 14, 2022 @08:06PM (#33210262)
Yeah so I responded to your joke with a joke then things got all serious because you didn't take it as a joke.

And here we are, two nerds online.

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Re:How much have layoffs affected engineers vs. other depart... by yellowapple on Saturday October 15, 2022 @12:09AM (#33211667)
> because you didn't take it as a joke

You sure? :)

> And here we are, two nerds online.

Well yeah, that's kind of a given.

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