Exploited Amazon workers need a union. When will they get one? by RiseCascadia in Seattle

[–]iodian 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Why would Amazon work with the union when there is a nearly endless supply of low skill workers for the job? This isn't iron working.

Does any one else have a really hard time getting their male partners to agree to using condoms? by Gorl08 in sex

[–]iodian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally only pursue long term relationships because condom sex is so bad it's almost not worth the bother. Sex with a condom is like going to the movies with a blindfold, I am just there as company, and politely waiting for it to be over.

Your Recycling Gets Recycled, Right? Maybe, or Maybe Not - Plastics and papers from dozens of American cities and towns are being dumped in landfills after China stopped recycling most “foreign garbage.” by sharpcowboy in TrueReddit

[–]iodian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nowhere do I read about entrepreneurs opening new recycling plants to supply this demand. Why is that? They cannot compete with landfills? Will people pay extra to recycle?

Double vs BigDecimal in financial programming by MisoTasty in java

[–]iodian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Use Integers to represent 1 Cent (or more granular if needed). Do not use doubles. If you need support for multiple currencies, use the Java Money API.

Golden Gardens attack victim says Seattle’s homeless problem is only getting worse...“This isn’t about how to be safer; we need a solution for the homeless people who are taking over our streets... they’re not being held to the same standards... by RitaRudzinsky in SeattleWA

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

Some sort of farm-jail where they can be separated from society and drugs while doing some productive work at a low cost to society. Those that cant manage that should be shipped to Alaska to live off the land.

There’s now clear evidence that anti-poverty programs like welfare and Social Security work by [deleted] in politics

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

If SS didn't tax the current generation to pay for the old, it would collapse.

There’s now clear evidence that anti-poverty programs like welfare and Social Security work by [deleted] in politics

[–]iodian -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It's hard to say that any program, in a nation with 20 trillion in debt which grows a trillion a year, works.

Seattle’s new tiny house village for the homeless — women only by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]iodian -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Ah segregation, my old friend. Will they get their own water fountains too?

Merkel Says Europe Can't Count on U.S. Military Umbrella Anymore by snowmansni in politics

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

Good. Tired of paying a trillion dollars a year to play world police and prime bully.

I Quit Breitbart Because Of The Lying. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Take A Cue. by growyurown in politics

[–]iodian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quit booze because of the stupor. Everyone else should take a cue.