i compare that to these nazi punks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_punk

ah yes freedom songs, as in ‘freedom to put people i hate in cages’. Catchy tune

bad for competition? If people want FOSS software, well go make a good product then!

does this need to be done 8 billion times or just for the number of olympic participants? I guess this is a resource question.

oh yeah and the winner will be given the epithet Best Random Person.

How would that work? I mean the blockchain part, not the personal information of 8 billion people in the hands of few people part.

I love it. Lets fine tune.

Alcoholicorn said

give them 1 year and a salary to train, make every event into Cool Runnings. Also only allow 26 year olds so we have a level playing field.

That would lead to doping abuse and then we’d have to do tons of checks for a year.

But how about:

• give them only weeks to train, but on site.
• have a lottery group of 10 per country, allowing only 3 to compete. That would even it out a tiny bit.
• the 7 none-competitors are still given responsibilities on the team. As supporters, coaches, spokespeople, crew, … idk managers, etc. I wanna see what the teams come up with. Do they sell merch? Do they provide buses to get fans to cheer at the event? Do they serve their athletes to their best performance?
• everybody is given the same fixed salary separately, though
• ah yes and everybody must see the same doctors provided by the Lottery Olympics Committee. Not someone hidden or bribe-able

Then during the weeks on site there is an entire media team providing insights, doing interviews, shows and whatnot. And a reality tv show or whatever the kids are watching these days.

in communism, ‘class is abolished. The ability to earn more than other workers is almost nonexistent.’ Therefore i’d argue that a rank or housing and pay by rank, are very counterproductive.

Stalinist just means authoritarian to me. There was no equality

Do any of you guys know what communism or socialism really are?

This thread sounds like if they offer subsidies for goods, housing, school system and so on, then we can ignore you can only get in if they like you and they use the entire countries tax payer money to subsidize goods for themselves only. Must be socialism. We can ignore its about war.

If Socialism means collective ownership and social welfare, then where is the collective ownership in your examples? Many can’t get in the US military, but pay for it.

And it’s all free (if you’re doing your part).

🤔

what has telling someone what to wear to do with socialism?

sounds very exclusive, though. Is it really ‘complete’?

the best US school system

what a flex 😐

Housing is assigned by rank

Pay is rated by rank

Is there really a rank in communism? Who decides the details of a rank?

only the top is in the burning chamber. The paint will cause friction when the piston should roll veeeery smoothly over the crank and when moving upside down in the cylinder. There are plenty of engine failures in these areas even without paint.

just a reminder that survivorship bias is a huge thing. There have been shitty products from back then too. Many. We just don’t see them now, because only the few good products have survived. The same happens today.

Its not all planned obsolescence and not all obsolescence is bad. Imagine having a 40 year old fridge that doesn’t cool shit and burn 3 times the energy.

2 tips for good quality products now: end capitalism and spend money on the right products (not just convenience) and the right people to repair them.

i feel like this rule accomplishes nothing. Do you just hate LG?

Munich went open source / Linux a couple of years ago, ditching Microsoft. Using a big budget to convert everything and support employees etc. It was a huge act.

…Then they went back to Microsoft in yet another huge act, using a big budget. And then never revealed the budget for the last one. Which is really weird, considering its public money.

edit: just wanted to say that when idiots get power, there is always a way back. No matter how obviously stupid that would be

How does this benefit me?

…and how would it have benefited you, if the seller had to pay it? They would either increase the price for you or never have made the deal.

Even the thing you expected would have been stupid for you 🤣

to keep everyone busy all the time doesn’t work

I agree but that has nothing to do with scrum. It does not say how busy everyone has to be. Things like these are left for the team to decide. If you felt like you had to be more busy, then someone among you probably pushed it.

In fact i prefer a bit of slack time so people can react to incidents better. Imagine a 100% busy highway. Not nice. And then you need to spontaneously deliver something from A to B, using that highway -> there will be a traffic jam and everything works terribly. Have a bit of slack here and there so the spontaneous delivery does not mess up the flow -> much more effective and everyone is happier too.