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Re:Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024) by SturgeonsLaw on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @02:21AM (#46523542)
It was quite a good article if you don't care to nitpick over terminology. Too many technical people avoid the business side of things because they find it boring or are too cynical to engage with it, which limits their impact. Instead we get sleazebag money guys running the world.

The people who are in a position to influence the world are those who understand it, and if this article nudges people with a hacker mindset towards having more influence, then that's a good thing.

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Re:Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024) by zwnow on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @02:50AM (#46523715)
> The people who are in a position to influence the world are those who understand it

are those who can pay people who understand it*

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Re:Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024) by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @11:51AM (#46528759)
>> Instead we get sleazebag money guys running the world.

Absolute nonsense. To the extent some small group of people have an outsized influence it's politicians and the rich of the rich (who at this point are overwhelmingly tech guys).

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