Neuromancer

I have less of an issue with that. The other two issues were more important to me. You can’t win them all

Missouri is my home state. I am glad this passed. Everyone should have the right to make their own decisions about their body.

Also, minimum wage increases seemed to have passed as well.

Wal-Mart does a lot of things I don’t agree with. Their labor practices along with their sourcing and many other things make them the last place I will shop.

I sound agree price isn’t always the best factor to determine a monopoly.

Walmart use to go into a town, sell everything cheap and drive everything else out of business.

It’s one of the many reason I hate Walmart.

Growing up we have a cool downtown area. It wasn’t big but had a bunch of small stores. They all closed within a year of Walmart.

I mean yes but in the case no.

Most customers are not demanding it.

The default for acquisitions should be no. Too many large companies buying small companies.

It’s lemmy. Most people don’t get a small business is often tradesmen, the local restaurant down the street or that weird quirky store in your neighborhood.

They’re also the ones struggling hard right now. I’m no fan of Harris but based on the limited article, I support the idea.

We need to make it easier for the average person to start a business and have some prosperity.

I seek out small locally owned businesses as often as I can.

It was the model for a very long time. It was all about renting excess capacity. It was a brilliant move. It wasn’t till much more recently people turned it into a business by buying properties just to air bnb.

The original model I liked. You have an adu? Rent it for spare cash. Rent a spare room. Etc. it didn’t impact supply and let a lot of people earn a little cash. It wasn’t a business. It was an accessory. Now it’s a business.

I stopped using air bnb. I use to use them for more obscure places that didn’t have hotels. I don’t like they take homes out of the market. I get for vacation areas this is less of an issue but for places like ny city, San Francisco, etc it’s taking homes out of use.

I hate the cleaning fee. It’s become obscene.

Just everything about the model bothers me now.

That isn’t what I said at all. It’s weird that you would come to that conclusion. What I clearly said is his change is just repeating what he was told to say. I don’t think his views changed, he is just repeating what people want to hear.

It could be all of the above. It is hard to say with Trump. I agree the SS has a job to do and after their last screw up, they are being overly cautious

Sounds like SS told him that. He said security doesn’t want us here.

Old captain crunch is another one that turned out to be a weirdo

I would say it’s not a sincere change. It’s groupthink.

Well the skit keeps getting smaller and smaller

I had never heard that about him. That’s disappointing.

You could, but the OP is talking about the people who became filthy rich or at least notable. I don’t know if Tom ever made any real money. Almost all of the people listed used their corporate power to smash competition and dominate the market.

If anything, Stallman is the antithesis of most of these people.

Stallman is a notable figure in the industry but he was never the leader of a large tech company. That’s probably why he’s a decent guy

Pre-911 I bet the number was even lower. We didn’t need one to go to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.

I think it’s easier to name the people who have been decent in tech. Woz seems like a decent guy.

Ted Waite all in all was decent. Not perfect but decent.