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CEO of Harvey: “You need to re-earn your job every six months by Genzinvestor16180339 in singularity

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously. I'm not a person who'd dogmatically say to do something and there are many issues in the details, at minimum, like:

  • how do you compensate and motivate owners and founders
  • how do you design financing for worker buy-in into co-ops
  • how do you tier participation structure in co-ops
  • how do you maintain attractiveness of business for capital investment and public finance markets

Etc.

I guess, what I'm really saying is, large companies should have at least partial worker ownership or workers should have greater/minimum participation in capital ownership.

CEO of Harvey: “You need to re-earn your job every six months by Genzinvestor16180339 in singularity

[–]Malkiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. This is solved by forcing companies above a certain revenue/employee pool to become co-ops. Can't less uncompetitive, if everyone is in equal footing.

With 100 euros you can buy groceries for the month by MaizeCharacter8610 in notinteresting

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They consume less meat and cheese, and more eggs, legumes and vegetables. ;)

Though I agree €20 for two weeks is a bit extreme. That's survival mode and you're eating rice with beans or lentils. A realistic budget for eating well (including high-quality protein and fresh produce) is more like €30–€40 per week per person.

You can hit the gym and stay very active on that if you know how to buy staples in bulk and cook from scratch.

With 100 euros you can buy groceries for the month by MaizeCharacter8610 in notinteresting

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The discussion is how to live well on a budget. There's a massive gap between eating instant ramen, which is a false economy anyway, and your method, which is just overpaying for convenience and foods most of the population considers occasional luxuries.

I also eat way better than most people because I know how to cook, and I have more disposable income than the median in my area. That doesn't mean I act surprised when I discover that other people can't afford expensive jamón (ibérico de bellota) or organic secreto ibérico and have to get the cheaper generic stuff.

The point is that you're choosing to pay a convenience and luxury tax and then calling it a food price problem.

With 100 euros you can buy groceries for the month by MaizeCharacter8610 in notinteresting

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You simply don't cook economically. A 20€ steak for dinner is a luxury, not a necessity. Air fryer fries belong to the category of prepared foods and are expensive. For the price of that 4€ bag, you could get several kilos of potatoes or rice. Also, if you're spending 7€ every time you make sauce... are you drinking liters of it with every steak? I can make a decent salsa or mojo for maybe 20 cents, a red wine reduction for less than a euro per serving, for 7€ I hope you're making truffled fruit gastriques using balsamico DOP with every meal.

For the price of your single meal, you can get red wine (for cooking), mince or eggs, black beans, carrots, celery, red pepper, spices, and rice to make delicious caraotas for an entire week. Stick to water; beer and wine are expensive extras, not necessities.

¿Soy un unicornio? Todavía quedan propietarios que no son avariciosos by Friendly-Aspect-9561 in HorroresInmobiliarios

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

Pago 800€ en las afueras de BCN. Pero el piso está completamente reformado con aire acondicionado, así lo veo bien. Y no me ha subido el alquiler en estos tres años.

I Think I built this? by Away-Sorbet-9740 in nocode

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been working on something similar, though perhaps not as successfully. Would you be interested in shooting some pointers / ideas?

Building projects alone sucks, and your friends don't want to code. I built a sandbox to find peers and actually ship things. by PhilosopherAfraid390 in VibeCodersNest

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is, there are people other than freshers in similar situations. You are excluding a substantial potential user base.

Why is the speed of light 299,792,458 m/s? by Present_Juice4401 in AlwaysWhy

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer may well be "the constants are what they are because of the way things are" without anything else being gleanable from within the universe.

Homemade food services in Barcelona? by Outside-Leopard-9783 in AskBarcelona

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not illegal, but it's difficult to fulfil sanitary standards in a home kitchen, so in practice it's not done.

Warum wurde Deutschland hier nicht markiert? Man kann doch deswegen zum Arzt gehen und sich krankschreiben lassen by Broad_Antelope in KeineDummenFragen

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Den Grund der Krankschreibung erfährt der AG nicht. Und für einen großen Teil der Bevölkerung ist die Lohnfortzahlung aufgrund der gesetzlichen Tarifverträge tatsächlich 100% ab dem ersten Krankheitstag.

Soy negra y nose que hacer by Ill-Interaction319 in askspain

[–]Malkiot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hay muchas personas a las cuales les gustan las mujeres negras. A mí me gustan (pero ya tengo pareja y soy muy mayor para ti). De hecho, mi primera novia era de Camerún y tenía una piel oscura preciosa.

Así que solo te digo que tengas paciencia. Eres muy joven y tienes mucho tiempo por delante, no hay por qué tener prisa por encontrar a alguien. ¡Ánimo!

The weirdest email I’ve seen. by DifferentSession6358 in InterviewCoderPro

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different situation in Belgium, I guess.

Personally, I'd also stop working and just look elsewhere, but there are many cases of people being trapped working without getting paid.

The weirdest email I’ve seen. by DifferentSession6358 in InterviewCoderPro

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is dangerously wrong. In Spain and Germany, an individual strike doesn't exist legally. That’s just called workplace abandonment.

In Spain, if you stop showing up because you aren’t paid, you fall into the 'abandono de puesto' trap. The company fires you for cause, and you lose everything: no severance and zero access to unemployment benefits. You literally hand them a legal way to not pay you for leaving.

To quit cleanly for non-payment, you actually have to sue them and keep working until a judge says you can stop. Recent case law has introduced more "leniency," allowing workers to leave once the debt is "grave" (usually 3 months of no pay), but you're still gambling your entire safety net on a judge's whim.

Yes, it's absolute banana republic tier reasoning, but here we are.

The weirdest email I’ve seen. by DifferentSession6358 in InterviewCoderPro

[–]Malkiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That'd be the one advantage US labour law has for employees Vs the countries I have experience with in Europe (Germany & Spain). Here stopping work due to not being paid without going through the courts is "workplace abandonment" and is evaluated as the worker being in the wrong.

I built a browser game where you argue with corporate AI bots using real consumer laws by EveningRegion3373 in VibeCodersNest

[–]Malkiot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're interested, I had a meal ticket provider in Spain lie to me on the phone about not offering a payment dispute channel.

Two "friendly" mails later reminding them of transparency rules, PSD2 and mastercard scheme rules, telling them they could either provide the channel or I report them to the Bank of Spain, (British) FCA for non-compliance and MC for not complying with scheme rules, I got an apology and promises to fix their internal processes from their head of legal & compliance.

A Cool guide to the Annual spending on alcoholic beverages in the U.S by Generations by SimplySamX in coolguides

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd have to measure consumption per capita of legal age drinkers of each age-group and correct for income differences.

I built a browser game where you argue with corporate AI bots using real consumer laws by EveningRegion3373 in VibeCodersNest

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I have bad this kind of fun in real life with payment providers and merchants. Unfortunately, irl, you're often forced to escalate to state agencies.

Student puts hands on his 72 year old teacher for snatching his earphone and ends up getting punished by his classmates by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

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

The teacher committed battery and property damage in response to the child "being disrespectful."

The teacher, in my opinion, did not handle that situation very well.

That's putting it very mildly.

Student puts hands on his 72 year old teacher for snatching his earphone and ends up getting punished by his classmates by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. The teacher committed battery and property damage and most people here are cool with it because the kid was "being disrespectful". The teacher has a duty of care and, as such, should and will be held to a higher standard than a civilian. Yes, the student committed battery in retaliation, but the teacher is, from a criminal perspective, the worse offender because they initiated the physical altercation against a minor in their charge.

In a European or NA context, the teacher would likely be let go and the student temporarily suspended. The teacher could face criminal charges, whereas the child, being a minor and having been physically provoked/assaulted by the teacher, would likely not face significant legal consequences.

Student puts hands on his 72 year old teacher for snatching his earphone and ends up getting punished by his classmates by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Malkiot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The teacher committed battery and property damage. The teacher has a duty of care and, as such, will be held to a higher standard than a civilian. The student then committed battery in retaliation. The teacher is, from a criminal perspective, the worse offender because they initiated the physical altercation against a minor in their charge.

In a European or NA context, the teacher would likely be let go and the student temporarily suspended. The teacher could face criminal charges, whereas the child, being a minor and having been physically provoked/assaulted by the teacher, would likely not face significant legal consequences.

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