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New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

Ferdinandpferd — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:08:03 +0000

Or at least use proper terminology for following someone with reciprocity: stalking.

New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you"

Ferdinandpferd — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:47:48 +0000

No, we are not talking about a commodity market with a clear exchange. If an employee is bad at a negotiation or doesn't look around then they may accept a lower salary than another market participant would have offered and if neither side looks around, and is willing to pay some costs of a change then they are making a salary that is different than the current market rate.

New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "Email could have been X.400 times better"

Ferdinandpferd — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:18:15 +0000

I found the artificial cost ideas interesting at the time but I think the Ad landscape shows that it doesn't really work. All but the least sinister scammers would happily pay pretty well and have to be prevented from buying ads unless financial regulations could prevent any kind of laundering proceeds back into more ads.

New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "Tariffs Raised Consumers' Prices, but the Refunds Go Only to Businesses"

Ferdinandpferd — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:11:55 +0000

Actually, I think that is 3 times. These people have the vote that matters in US democracy (and law).. The Cash majority.

New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing"

Ferdinandpferd — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:01:19 +0000

There are plenty of CEOs who have had this result on trade publications and/or market analysts. The only difference I see is that Musk can be neither thrown out like the majority nor pressured to listen to PR experts who normally spend as many hours as it takes to convince a schmuck like him with a majority stake that being a silent partner shows strength and confidence.

New comment by Ferdinandpferd in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

Ferdinandpferd — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:35:05 +0000

Looking at long term Buddhist societies I don't really see a difference from the disappointment of long term Christian societies when it comes to expecting the over all outcome to reflect and be overridden by the priorities in the base belief of the original thinker. I think people confuse those who go through the motions to move within a system with the original thinker who is probably incompatible with the system and would be unable to be a leader in it.