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@finlaydag33k The alternative to low-paid labour is slightly less low-paid labour, or in some cases tech

They are being payed little because they are not worth much, they do not span the whole supply chain. It is not loggers or factory workers earning minimum wage, it is retail and fast food clerks

Nobody needs 6 people waiting tables rather than 5, maybe you can even get away with the best 3 and self-order tablets. If you have 6 employees being payed €10 and then 5 being payed €12, you pay no extra while losing relatively little due to the diminishing marginal returns and because you fired the bottom rung

Prices are how capitalism performs economic calculation. Calculations do not change on edict. Of course it makes problems worse

@finlaydag33k That's not the main picture though

If you fix prices up you end up with a surplus

People get fired and overworked to absorb the diminishing returns of labour, and pricier (at least in the short term) alternatives are picked, but most of the impact is absorbed by layoffs or dodging it altogether by lowering other forms of compensation

@tomie I do not get how this happens. How do normal people get misgendered? I have had people think I was a woman online from how I write but that never stung my feelings

@beardalaxy

@beardalaxy Yellow car here too
"Gulur bíll!" *punch*

@LukeAlmighty @beardalaxy @Mr_NutterButter It could be even better than that:
[~] sh -c 'x=23, x=x+7; echo $x'
x+7

@beardalaxy :(

@Grumblesock @fknretardlol

@cjd @LukeAlmighty @Witch_Hunter_Siegfired How can they be different if they can mix infinitely? You can pick apart a salat with a fork but you can hardly remove the pepperoni from a blended pizza. The best I can really guess is if they existed as separate layers of reality within hard shapes and could overlap but not mix, but that is getting a lot more convoluted than having little bits of stuff

I am for playing devil's advocate, but there are definitely better things to do it with than the foundation of all modern chemistry

In my school we did not do devil's advocate but we did spend a decent amount of time on the history of the things we learned and why we think the things we think. It might just be different in Iceland

@cjd @LukeAlmighty @Witch_Hunter_Siegfired It does actually

If they did not exist as fixed units they would not be elements like oxygen and carbon, everything would exist as some infinite gradation of stuff

The fact we can write equations like:
CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H20
And get equivalent results proves there is no infinite gradation

Also, did you not learn about how atoms were proved and their properties were discovered with brownian motion in chemistry class? Stuff like moles or gas laws in general would make 0 sense without atoms

@LukeAlmighty Now look at the nighttime view

@LukeAlmighty @beardalaxy An even bigger point is that having gods/afterlives can't change metaphysics, it does not add any 'meaning', they are extra «is»es you shan't get any «ought»s from

@cjd @LukeAlmighty @Witch_Hunter_Siegfired For someone in 3rd grade asking that is smart, but an adult should have learned elementary chemistry

@LukeAlmighty rape correction is wasted on ad*lt w*men

@MoeBritannica So she is, what, 12 years old? 14?

@otso Personally blocked and then remote-killed by Graf over here

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@zero I am not sure if paying people for developing emulators creates the incentives they want. Should have sent the hired goons instead

@beardalaxy @teto You know you are not main characters when motivational speeches do not work…

@daphailwhale 4220+ line main file…

@beardalaxy @teto In the quiet moments of our lives, we often find ourselves at a crossroads where personal comfort meets the call of a greater purpose. To throw away our own well-being for the sake of purpose is a profound act of love and courage. It is the willingness to step into the unknown, to embrace discomfort, and to prioritize what needs to be done

This path may be challenging, but it is also rich with purpose, reminding us that our greatest strength often emerges when we choose to stand for what is right, even at the cost of our own safety. In this beautiful act of sacrifice, we discover the profound interconnectedness of humanity and the transformative power of love

Regret will not come from the struggles endured, but from the moments you chose to look away, to remain comfortable. The thought of what could have been—a life lived fully, a heart opened wide—will linger like an unshakeable ache. In the end, it is not the sacrifices that will haunt you, but the opportunities missed to stand up, to give, and to love fiercely. Embrace the challenge, for it is in the depths of sacrifice that we find our truest selves, and it is there that we can leave a legacy of hope that will resonate long after we are gone