darkevilmac

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[–] darkevilmac 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Tesla owns over 50% of the electric car chargers in the US. It makes more sense for other companies to be compatible with the largest network than for the largest network to make itself work with everything else.

Whether you like Musk or Tesla or not, this just made more sense for the sake of adoption.

[–] darkevilmac 3 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure last time around there were potential buyers. I think Walmart was one of them, and so was Oracle.

I imagine we'll see the same names pop up again.

[–] darkevilmac 3 points 8 months ago

Governments being slow to implement new technology even with the support of private industry? I'm shocked.

[–] darkevilmac 51 points 8 months ago (10 children)

I believe part of the DMA means that they're allowed to use their own engines. Whether they have that ready right now I'm not sure, but I'm sure it's in the works.

[–] darkevilmac 1 points 8 months ago

Main concern is the lack of regulation on the actual materials being used to make the products.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-fast-fashion-chemicals-1.6193385

[–] darkevilmac 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What exactly makes you think that communism is going to remove people having power over other people? That seems to just be intrinsic to humans in general, your economic system isn't going to change that.

And you can absolutely have social support systems in place if the populous pushes for them. Homeless shelters and welfare aren't impossible ideas, they're actively implemented across the world. The same goes for basic needs like healthcare.

Just because your government or community hasn't implemented it doesn't mean it's not possible to do so. It means you need to convince those around you that it's a good idea.

[–] darkevilmac 1 points 8 months ago

Okay - you're just arguing something completely different at this point.

My point was just that this post proposes a solution that doesn't actually solve anything and just makes new problems.

[–] darkevilmac 2 points 8 months ago (5 children)

If you're incapable of working then you take advantage of the social safety nets that your government or community provides.

I never said I was against having supports in place for those who are unable to work?

[–] darkevilmac 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Depending on the desirability of the work compared to the compensation yes it seems to be working pretty well

[–] darkevilmac 5 points 8 months ago (9 children)

In my home town a sanitation worker makes double the provincial minimum wage and gets benefits. That's an incentive for a job that has a low barrier to entry but undesirable labour.

The benefit of this system is that you can in fact choose this role instead of being assigned it based on the requirements of society. If the compensation isn't tempting enough then the employer will increase the compensation until it makes sense. That's how it's supposed to work at the very least.

If the current implementation isn't working then you address the issues with the implementation, you don't tear it all down and try something completely different.

[–] darkevilmac 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't need any sins, my knees buckle under the weight of my own body just fine.

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