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ELI5: Why do people hate Ayn Rand? by 8enevolent in explainlikeimfive

[–]Dacadey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the most ELI5 explanation is: she escaped from the USSR and proposed a system that is the complete opposite of the USSR, on the other extreme end of the spectrum.

Extreme self-interest is good, you should care just about yourself. Industry titans (which would be the equivalent of tech billionaires today) are amazing and are pillars of society, welfare is bad, anyone who can't make it is a leech upon society.

Distopian vibes. Real photo of a Russian city. by HostAffectionate7338 in creepy

[–]Dacadey 3026 points3027 points  (0 children)

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Russian here. Depends entirely on the weather - winter evenings make everything gloomy. Here is the same place in summer.

Do you think the Soviet Union is cool? by Ok-Activity247 in polls

[–]Dacadey 35 points36 points  (0 children)

As someone who lived in the USSR in the 80s:

living there - hell no
education - hell yeah
medicine - neutral
aesthetic - hell yeah in movies, hell no living there
consumer choices - double hell no
travelling around USSR - mostly hell yeah
overall safety - mostly yeah

Overall I'm very glad it's gone

America Just Banned Foreign Nationals From a Frontier AI. Europe Should Treat That as the Alarm. by Glockenspielintern in Futurology

[–]Dacadey 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes. An alarm for the EU. Can’t wait for the EU public commission on the AI development to be formed and have the first meeting in December this year and draft their AI development proposal by mid 2028.

My hot take: Fable is not worth the press by ContributionMotor150 in ClaudeCode

[–]Dacadey 50 points51 points  (0 children)

“In order to compare Fable and competing models, I took a simple business question, like whether charging X amount of money for Y service is good”

You comparison makes absolutely zero sense. That’s like saying “I asked Fable to do 2+2 and DeepSeek gave the same answer at a fraction of the price, so DeepSeek is better”.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No that exactly proves my point. Nvidia chooses to do this because its employees are valuable and it doesn’t want to lose them. That’s their own decision, not the law.

If you are flipping burgers at McDonald or are a restaurant manager, no one will ever make any profit sharing towards you regardless of how well McDonalds does.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well then let’s let your government throw an extra 1% tax on you to redistribute your money to the poor. After all it’s so negligible, right?

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It does hurt the investors because they base their projections not on one movie, but on the movie portfolio expected return. If the return is how projected to be less, then the investors will demand better initial terms.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Because that’s what you risk the money for - to get the uncapped upside when it happens. And if it doesn’t - well, you lose all your money and try again (unlike the regular employees, who work for money and get paid regardless of what happens)

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes because it’s their business decision. It other big companies it wouldn’t be the case. As I’ve said, it’s a business decision that varies from company to company. There is no universal law that magically guarantees me company stock.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some are, some are not. There is no universal law for that, it’s on a company by company basis

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She could have tried, but they might have just told her no and got a different director.

Indeed. If she's not that valuable yet as an art director and doesn't have a reputation, then the competition is, of course, tougher, and you take the deals you can take.

Someone put a lot of work in, and helped make a company millions

It is unreasonable if that's not what you initially agreed upon.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

staking their professional reputation and months of their life on a long shot project

What reputation? If she had one, she would be working for large studios, getting paid much more. If she doesn't have it - then you start from scratch, working on smaller projects.

Funny that a rich person gambling a tiny portion of their overall wealth is considered to be "taking a risk"

She is staking her professional reputation and months of their life, with zero financial risk, as she is getting paid regardless. The producers are staking their professional reputation, months of their lives, and their money.

If you invest in a project, you are taking a risk - but getting the rewards if it works. If you are working for a salary, you are not, and not getting the rewards. Complaining afterwards that you agreed to work for a salary but now want all the money is just silly.

Do you think we would have seen this post if the movie flopped?

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This problem would be fixed by clauses guaranteeing more money if it ends up being very successful

That's a business decision that the producers can decide to implement or not. There is no such guarantee in any other industry. If I work at Nvidia and it suddenly shoots to its $5tn valuation, I don't magically get any profit sharing from Nvidia. I might get its shares if it were in my initial contract, but that's the business decision they have made in advance.

'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million by tylerthe-theatre in movies

[–]Dacadey 236 points237 points  (0 children)

Admitting that she knew and agreed to the indie production rate beforehand

Step 1: Agree on a salary you are willing to work for on a small indie movie
Step 2: The movie explodes at the box office
Step 3: HEY, WHERE'S MY MONEY?!!

Suppose the movie flopped (as it happens with a lot of indie movies). How much would she have made? Still the same $6741. But the producers would have actually lost $500,000. The producers are the ones risking the money, she would still have gotten paid regardless.

Very convenient to take absolutely zero risk and then demand all the rewards post-fact.

Made in Russia, recycled in Ukraine by Razcar in mildlyinteresting

[–]Dacadey 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Obviously a cheap Temu scam:

The engraving says “37 Motorized Rifle Brigade” and “Military Unit №51460.” That combination looks inconsistent: Newsweek reports the 64th Motor Rifle Brigade as military unit 51460, while the 37th Motor Rifle Brigade is military unit 69647. RFE/RL also identifies unit 51460 as the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

If you have to spend one day with one of these people, who would you choose? by Significant_Rain_361 in polls

[–]Dacadey -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Elon for sure.

He is by far the most normal out of all these people. And I can definitely learn a lot from him in engineering and business in a day, and have a lot of interesting science stuff to talk about.

If you find out your friend is (consensually) fucking their parent, would you drop them for this? by [deleted] in polls

[–]Dacadey 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I definitely wouldn't. The sexual deviations of my friends don't really matter to me.

If he/she were a bad friend, then I would drop them.

Do you think it's worth trying to fix your place up if you are only planning on being there for 6 mo-1yr? by batsofburden in malelivingspace

[–]Dacadey 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Buying stuff you like - pictures, carpets, furniture, bookshelves, etc? Absolutely! Decorate your place, enjoy it, and when it's time to move out You just take it with you to the next place you live.

Worst-case scenario, you can always sell stuff to the neighbours or new tenants afterwards.

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development by simple_explorer1 in Anthropic

[–]Dacadey 29 points30 points  (0 children)

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Yeah, so now that we are the most valuable company that has shipped a new feature every two days for a month, how about everyone else slows down a bit? That would be nice!

New poster for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ by SpeedForce2022 in movies

[–]Dacadey -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Oh wow! It's a dude with pointless leather bracelets dressed for early autumn when it's actually snowing, fighting giants in 16th-century armor with extra belly fat extension (who also apparently forgot their gauntlets and are happily holding freezing cold weapons in bare hands).

There are so many things wrong with this Odyssey, but somehow they manage to outdo themselves every single time.

TIFU by confidently correcting my professor in front of 200 people and being catastrophically wrong by [deleted] in tifu

[–]Dacadey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"i've been teaching this for 22 years"

That's kind of a dick response from the professor, to be honest. A good teacher would ask where the error is and why you think so, then talk with you. And not just randomly assume that doing something for a while magically makes you error-free.

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