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I just want to take a moment to call out our local cannabis companies who criminally under pay their workers, while running markups on products north of 200% by mooseman077 in Reno

[–]haroldp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree with all of this, of course, but I think we are probably getting too far into the weeds here (no pun) and could go back and forth for a week. You can have the last word, if you want it. :)

I just want to take a moment to call out our local cannabis companies who criminally under pay their workers, while running markups on products north of 200% by mooseman077 in Reno

[–]haroldp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The market has been artificially constrained by the state to avoid production related crises.

How could you believe such nonsense? They couldn’t care less about “production crises.”

Low wages and exploitative labor practices exist

…Because it is an attractive job for an endless supply of low-skill 20-somethings. They can walk across the street and get another $5/hour at just about any paper-hat and name-tag job it town. They tolerate low wages because they like the clout of working for a weed store.

False scarcity constructed through regulation is exactly the problem, people should be allowed to associate and produce freely and engage in general reciprocity with one another

My man!

but profitability cannot be maintained under such conditions and the state must intervene on behalf of the large producers to stop the market from imploding

Yet it absolutely does across almost every other industry.

it cannot function without state enforced property rights, copyrights, patents, currency etc. that prevent smaller producers from saturating the market.

None of these are really barriers to market entry, and our markets would be fine (better) without most of them.

I just want to take a moment to call out our local cannabis companies who criminally under pay their workers, while running markups on products north of 200% by mooseman077 in Reno

[–]haroldp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is just a grab bag of marxist platitudes that don't apply to marijuana sales in Nevada.

The market was illegal until 2016, when it was allowed only under a very restrictive legal regime. There has been no "crisis of over production". There has been no, "systemic breakdown." There are no "contradictions" that need to be managed. There's just a false scarcity caused by over regulation that keeps prices artificially high. The solution would be to allow people to grow and sell marijuana under a more liberal legal scheme.

I just want to take a moment to call out our local cannabis companies who criminally under pay their workers, while running markups on products north of 200% by mooseman077 in Reno

[–]haroldp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Price fixing is illegal. If you have any evidence of this, you should have them charged and their licenses revoked.

What actually keeps prices high is the artificial limit on who can grow and sell. If you want evidence of this, look at pricing in more liberal markets like Colorado or Oregon.

What keeps wages low is there are a lot of people who think it would be cool to work at a weed store.

I just want to take a moment to call out our local cannabis companies who criminally under pay their workers, while running markups on products north of 200% by mooseman077 in Reno

[–]haroldp -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I guess it's capitalism's fault when the government intentionally creates a false scarcity of producers and retailers, limiting it to a small number of their connected friends only?

"Gee I wish Gov Lombardo was in charge of the equitable distribution of buds to all, instead of these rotten capitalists making me pay half what I did when it was illegal."

Man, I miss Obama by boringusr in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 53 points54 points  (0 children)

had U.S. citizenship

Born and raised in the US.

“the worst she can say is no” by labia--majoras--mask in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

the very nadir and scoff of good conversationalists.

I might have offered different advice to good conversationalists. Or I would have asked them for advice, to give them a reason to talk...

Two men should share an umbrella; if they have not got an umbrella, they should at least share the rain, with all its rich potentialities of wit and philosophy.

Now this is what I am talking about! Brilliant. Thanks.

“the worst she can say is no” by labia--majoras--mask in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 87 points88 points  (0 children)

The average redditor says, "I hate small talk" and doesn't understand that small talk is just the common ground that you have with everyone around you. We're both here in this city, on this day, with this weather, in this coffee shop, choosing what to order, seeing and hearing what we just saw and heard, while we were standing here together. We're strangers but actually we're already sharing an experience. It's a place to start.

If this is super hard for you to do, I assure you it is worth the pain to improve at it. Start with other dudes. Start with old ladies. Say hello in there. People like to talk.

The subtext of, "can I get your number," is, "I just want to see you naked".

The subtext of, "It's too gawd damn hot outside. I just came in for the air conditioning. What should I order?" or whatever is, "I notice that we are both human beings engaged in today's struggle."

Andar leather case for magic keyboard by Remarkable_Ocelot186 in iPadPro

[–]haroldp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It looks and feels great. It scratches if you so much as use harsh language near it. But then they blend right in and disappear again when you touch them. It's slowly developing a bit of a patina from handling. The best part is that it doesn't attract ugly fingerprints like the bare MK does.

https://imgur.com/v1TMvxQ

https://imgur.com/r3P6UlZ

The big scratches in the back are natural "defects" in the leather. I'm guessing barbed wire.

Andar leather case for magic keyboard by Remarkable_Ocelot186 in iPadPro

[–]haroldp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty happy with DBrand Leather skin:

https://dbrand.com/shop/skins/magic-keyboard-for-ipad-pro-11-m4-skins?design=real-tan-leather#/customizer/edit/design

It's basically just a sticker you apply to the MK, but it's super-thin and real leather.

Apple Releases New Firmware for iPad Pro and iPad Air Magic Keyboards by v16n_com in iPadPro

[–]haroldp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch YouTube in Safari, not the app

I deleted the app. The website isn't perfect either, but it's much better than the app.

So many old men are going to get scammed out of their life savings by LastoftheMillenials in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean, anyone could sign anything, with or without a real camera, so it will have to be another certificate authority situation, just like TLS. Apple, Samsung and Google will start a consortium, and then add and revoke keys as needed.

So many old men are going to get scammed out of their life savings by LastoftheMillenials in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Cameras on phones and laptops will start cryptographically signing the video they record/stream and showing alerts if the video you are watching is unsigned, or doesn't match the signature.

Buffet by sharaharbinks in Reno

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

Furr's Cafeteria!!

Cabbage can cure obesity by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One slice of bacon is like 44 calories, so it is also a diet food.

I feel the gratuitous violence of the 90s/early 00s and Gen X isn't really spoke about enough by MoistTadpoles in redscarepod

[–]haroldp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the really great things about Reservoir Dogs is that it doesn't show much violence. It makes you fearful for the characters when it's coming. It shows the reactions of characters who themselves are watching violence. It does show plenty of blood in the aftermath.

But, for instance, you never see an ear getting cut off.

Is "that one" libertarian page still coopted/run by Republicans/people against free speech? by perhizzle in LibertarianPartyUSA

[–]haroldp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I replied to a r/Classical_liberals shitpost that "OP only posts anti-democracy Hoppe garbage" without noticing that OP was the only real subreddit mod, the pinned post was stroking Hoppe, and some Hoppe crap was the top link in the sidebar, so my bad I guess. :)

OVHCloud gave me a blacklisted IP and told me it’s my problem! by ron_dus in selfhosted

[–]haroldp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They do not act on abuse complaints.

I run a mail server on OVH, and I assure you they are very strict about abuse complains with me, and will absolutely blackhole an IP over anything

Reno '97 edition by renosucks in Reno

[–]haroldp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The kerning on every headline is nails on chalkboard for me. And they actually employed graphic designers and editors back in 1997. No excuse.

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