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CIA has been destabilizing and puppeteering governments around the world. Why are you so steadfastly assured that they wouldn't meddle in the US?

Not saying there is proof, but we just found out Ukraine blew up the Russian pipeline so it seems weird to just squash debate at the 'that's too crazy to ever happen'. Way crazier things have happened/are constantly happening.


Is the thing with the pipeline actually confirmed?

Anyway if I was in business of destabilizing governments around the world I would not bother dealing with board meetings. But maybe that's just me.


Any hope for DACA? I get a consultation every few years but they always tell me i'll have to leave the country for consulate appointment and possibly not be allowed back in.


Do you have DACA already? I've had DACA since it's beginning but just this week was approved for my green card via adjustment of status through marriage.

The only caveat for me was needing to do Advance Parole before hand, otherwise I'd have to also do consulate interview.


That's pretty cool, my Kinesis might finally have a worthy rival


not me


Well if the market ever bounces back I think people will be a lot less loyal about leaving places with subpar salaries esp after all the layoffs


My experience has been that salary alone isn't much of a determinate for employee loyalty for the vast majority of people.

If the only reason someone worked for me was because I was willing to pay them the most, I think I'd re-think my entire company culture.


Being paid tip-dollar isn’t the biggest motivating factor for most people.

Feeling like you’re undervalued or being taken advantage of? That’s a huge factor in someone leaving.

Being paid substantially under market? I would feel both undervalued and taken advantage of.


Everyone always says that tech doesn't need unions because of the ability to negotiate. Doesn't seem to be working out well for the industry as a whole.

We have basically the same problem as UPS/Auto industry -> no trickle down.

Top 3 auto companies set to make 32 Billion this year. -> 580,000 employees Apple profit is 250 bill -> 164,000 employees


Also the recyclability of those toners and ink cartridges, they'd rather sell you a subscription for cartridges than allow 3rd party refillable ones


Women can call more of the shots in places where it is legal like Nevada or other countries. Not saying it's a perfect system but the alterntive so far has been a trade that is controlled by criminals, bad customers, and law enforcement.


Not sure why you assume this would be the case and it also isn’t really all that true [0], nor has it been true historically in societies with legal prostitution nor is it true in other industries with many women frontline workers (like the makeup industry, obviously not that similar but I think is somewhat representative).

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hof


That’s not often true in sex work relying on a venue, and certainly not nevada, and the few women run organizations have the same power dynamics and labor problems as all the others

Should really include sex workers in these discussions

All this conjecture that its exclusively a male run coercive trait exacerbating anything


Making something illegal also weaponizes the state against an entirely new group of people. It's not something to take lightly. The FBI was just found to have framed four muslim men for a terrorism plot to bomb a synagogue. This is what happens when you make new crimes and incentivize our broken forces.


> The FBI was just found to have framed four muslim men for a terrorism plot to bomb a synagogue. This is what happens when you make new crimes and incentivize our broken forces.

Er, are you arguing that “bombing people” is a new crime invented to weaponize law enforcement against Muslims, or does your example have nothing to do with your argument?


This is what happens when you hire a ton of investigators to fight a sort of crime that only happens once in a blue moon. They start fabricating crimes to justify themselves. They might even do this unintentionally, since the line between prodding somebody into revealing their true intentions can become blurred with encouragement to do the thing.

> "Come on, I know you want to do the thing, you can admit it to me. I want to do the thing too! Here are all the reasons to believe the thing is a good idea... Don't you agree?"


"undermines the privacy of people who interact with the criminal justice system and compromises the integrity of ongoing investigations."

Crazy how dishonest this response from the police is. Public buildings have restricted zones that the public cannot enter, they are clearly defined by the law, such as a public lobby vs someone's office.


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