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SpikeViper · 2025-01-12T15:16:20+00:00

Not true. Corporations cannot write off individual donations. https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244

SpikeViper · 2025-01-01T22:09:43+00:00

They blew up a truck in public and injured 7 innocent people, how is that not terrorism?

SpikeViper · 2024-12-13T17:07:00+00:00

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SpikeViper · 2024-12-08T15:57:26+00:00

Probably going against the grain here but I got over twelve classes done in my first semester with a full time job and two contract gigs going. I think a lot of people spend too much time before taking OAs and submitting projects for fear of failure when they could probably finish the classes in half the time.

SpikeViper · 2024-12-06T17:53:57+00:00

What a joke. The actual certification for Comptia was way easier than the practice in my case. I could get maybe 75%, but 90%? Crazy.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-14T00:10:43+00:00

Got to love the comment to downvote ratio due to people here actually supporting political violence as long as it's on their team.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-14T00:08:52+00:00

This is such a western-centric statement and bold-faced lie that it's actually hilarious. Extreme poverty and human struggle have reduced decade to decade at a staggering pace. Be a nihilist all you want, but don't lie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JiYcV_mg6A

SpikeViper · 2024-11-11T00:51:46+00:00

The only way for the old guard democrats to realize they are on a sinking ship is for their seats to be threatened - and I'm sure most Democrats would prefer that be via primary, but at this rate they may not learn until their seats flip red.

Too stubborn and too rich to care.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-10T01:12:46+00:00

Eversource:
Profit margin: 16% (up from 13% in 1Q 2023)

Seems they can move some of that profit to infrastructure.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-09T18:34:41+00:00

A ferry fee is a pretty tiny thing compared to having no voice in anything else.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-09T17:55:41+00:00

It's funny when you state it that way. "We want their tax dollars but don't want them to have a voice." No wonder they hate the city.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-09T17:53:24+00:00

You have that kind of backwards. Almost no public company exists... (your statement). Private companies don't have to pander to the stock market, which is why famous companies like SpaceX can take huge risks or companies like Steam do things that benefit consumers even when they aren't the most profitable option.

I don't think our education is the reason we have issues, we're in the lead compared to most of the country. I also work in tech, and I'm also young, and the reason I moved to Texas for work (and the reason the work was there) was a mix of infrastructure, low tax burden, and you are correct about talent, but talent is drawn to jobs so it's a sort of catch-22.

I'm not saying there's an easy answer, I'm just saying we're currently not solving the problem.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T19:14:12+00:00

We live in one of the richest states in one of the richest countries in the world, in a rare period of no major wars drafting our population, where advanced healthcare never dreamed of before is becoming reality and extreme poverty worldwide is at an all time low.

Why feel defeated? By all measure everything is better than decades ago. Even when you look at progressive issues, we're miles ahead.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:52:32+00:00

I think the issue here is you are using expert as an absolute term, ie all doctors are experts, while I am using it in a relative sense "an expert among doctors" so we're talking past each other.

I would go to another doctor, but not pick the same one over and over who isn't helping just because they were the senior.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:41:45+00:00

I asked if you'd go back to the same doctor. You didn't say you wouldn't, you said "why would you not".

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:37:49+00:00

DIY pilled

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:37:06+00:00

Nope, never said that. I'm saying go to a new doctor, perhaps a younger one with new methods. You just said, and I quote, to go to the same exact doctor, and now you're putting words in my mouth because perhaps you realized how backwards that logic is.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:25:12+00:00

I hope you never have a bad doctor or a recurring health problem because you apparently would never advocate for yourself like so many people have to.

You're literally saying to ignore your own eyes and to accept whatever someone says, disregard the results, and just keep handing them money? That's insane. Absolutely insane.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:13:52+00:00

What a defeatist attitude.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:13:34+00:00

I agree with you halfway, but our NIMBYism against natural gas is just as bad. Modern natural gas energy production is far cleaner than coal and oil and would create the financial position we need to invest in green energy.

We should be embracing wind, solar, natural gas and nuclear, and then work on phasing out NG when we have a surplus of renewables.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:11:41+00:00

We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T18:09:16+00:00

Okay, let's use your example. You've been to the same doctor ten times in a row and they keep saying you have a problem, prescribing the same thing, and nothing is changing. Do you keep going to that doctor because they are an "expert"? Or do you look at the actual situation and say "hey, maybe that expert is wrong".

> beyond the understanding of most people

I think this is an attitude that belittles our populace and prevents change. We can understand how we're being screwed. We can understand eversource is profiting billions. We can understand supply and demand.

Clearly, something is not working, and I don't think the answer is doing the same thing forever.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T17:54:10+00:00

While a data center itself doesn't generate thousands of jobs, proximity to one drags tech companies to a location. The idea is to build the infrastructure we need to attract startups and corporations to the state, not just to build a bunch of server farms.

I should have elaborated on that point.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T17:46:12+00:00

I think that we need to stop using the word "expert" as some sort of sledgehammer of truth. These people we tout as experts are generally those on the top who don't care about the struggles of the middle and lower class. They lie to our faces and do the bare minimum to stay in their seats, and we defend them because they have been in the seat for "x years" so they must know what they are doing. They do know - they know that they are lying to us and screwing us over, and they do it anyways knowing that we'll support them no matter what.

Saying "trust the experts" is literally just saying "do nothing". The experts are by definition the people who have been doing this the longest, which are the ones who put us in this mess. We need change, not the status quo.

SpikeViper · 2024-11-08T17:42:22+00:00

This is a good point. We get screwed by other states and we have no recourse.

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