Cool points for child labor yo. So because people are in terrible situations, I should actively seek that out to exploit it? Man, these kids have no other choice, better get my cheap labor while I can! Why not even free labor if possible?[1]
Same arguments were used for slave labor. How are they going to take care of themselves? Might as well just keep them as slaves. What are we going to do, pay them?
Child labor has been used by just about every major fashion brand in the world, not just to "make bricks for their village"... If that's the extent of what you think child labor is, might want to check out some books or do some googling. Here's just one to get you started: [2].
My whole point is that it's really hard to ever classify exploitation as "good". I guess you can spin taking advantage of those in worse situations as good, but profiting (handsomely) off of people with good options doesn't seem morally great. Certainly good for business. But good for humans? This also isn't lifting Kenya out of poverty, this was a short term contract for a few dozen workers. If this signals to other businesses that Kenya is a great place for cheap labor and little regulation, it could very easily be turn bad for many Kenyans.
Are all the sweatshop and slave labor[1] jobs created by Zara good for those children and slaves? You get cheap clothes out of it after all. But is it really helping anyone other than Zara, and their CEO who is worth ..checks notes... 50+ billion dollars?
Companies could help a lot more by increasing labor standards, helping those in need, paying above a living day to day wage, etc. The would still have a few billion left in the bank I believe...
Sad to see the viewpoints of so many people framing this as "helping Kenya" or "They took the job, so it's worth it to them". I can assure you OpenAI did not have a charity meeting and say, "what poor, impoverished country can we lift up today?" It was "What country has limited labor laws, no unions, no red tape, and the cheapest labor we can find?" 99.99% of corporations put profit above people. That's why we still "benefit" from child labor and sweatshops, because we prefer cheap crap and money over the betterment of humanity. The same arguments given here were also given by coal miners in 1840's Europe[1],[2] when employing women and children, along the lines of "oh the children love it, they even get to see horses!" (and indeed, the children did show up to work every day, so why make a fuss?)
Oh, had that happen in Canada! Drive was supposed to take 10 minutes, 12 minutes in it doesn't look like we're close, "where are we going?", "Oh, didn't you say you wanted the scenic route?" Of course I never said that, ride ended up almost triple what it should have been :/
Yeah, I never had a problem with them for years, until I did... I've never seen phone support, and still don't see a number anywhere on there website. If you have to be logged in to see it... Also, the chat is how you create a ticket. I chatted multiple times and they kept saying it was an escalated issue and only a "higher up" team could handle it and I'd just have to wait for a response. Glad you've never had any issues, good luck with that!
I've actually used name heap for years and really liked them. But last year they locked my account for "security" and it took three months to unlock it! It was scary stuff, and their excuse was that because I kept replying to support, it put my ticket at the bottom of their queue... So I jumped on putting some of my domains in Cloudflare, but that looks like a mistake now too. Anyone got any other decent suggestions they like?
I was very excited about CF Images, but after doing some basic napkin math the pricing was way more than expected. That, coupled with some of the other limitations you mentioned, had me abandon CF images pretty quick!
Solid point. Uber has raised 26 billion, still don't make a profit and probably aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Just kind of drives me crazy the amount of money dumped into ideas that could start with very little money and become profitable on their own, or they'd just die out because it's not working.
I've been learning Svelte, and was annoyed at Quibi's business model, so I made a site! Hosted on firebase, it's got reactive charts, cloud functions and it should look great from mobile to mega.
Sorry, it's more like a facebook wall... There's only been one post, hence the one image (but I just added a text message) :) Yes, you place a bid, and the highest bid is picked every minute. Your post goes onto the front page, and the rest get pushed down. However, the very top is reserved for the highest bid that hour, so if you bid $2, and everyone else bids $1 over the course of an hour, your bid will stay featured at the top. All winning bids will always be viewable by simply scrolling down.
And when you bid, your card is only charged if you win. So right now pretty much every bid would win, but if thousands of people are bidding, only the highest bid will win (and be charged) every minute. Hopefully that makes more sense?
Cabyn is based on three simple principles:
1. No Ads: A lot of issues with current social sites stems from one thing: YOU are the product. It all comes down to getting more users and getting those users to click as much as possible. This leads to more radical content as well as online and offline abuse. There’s also a vast treasure trove of personal data that can be leaked at any moment.
To combat this, Cabyn is set up as a service. Users must bid to post a message. The number of messages is limited to one per minute. Because of this Cabyn is self-sustaining and more easily moderated.
2. No Tracking: Because bids cost money, we don’t need any personal information. We’re not selling ads, so we don’t need to know every move you make online. We don’t use Google Analytics, or any other invasive tracking. IP addresses are not stored, and we don’t ask for emails. Credit card details are securely stored on Stripe servers, not ours. If there ever were a data breach, the only information would be the messages themselves, which are already displayed on the website.
3. No Hate: A lot of social media is used to attack, put people down, and generally not be that nice. We want Cabyn to be a positive place. That’s a big part of why only one message per minute gets posted. A maximum of 1,440 messages a day is infinitely easier to moderate than 8,000 tweets per second, or 15,000+ Facebook actions per second.
The other hard thing about moderation is that people will always disagree with what should and shouldn’t be moderated. We want to make Cabyn a friendly place, so the current guide-line is anything PG-13 or lower should be fine. To discourage inappropriate material, inappropriate bids will be charged, but not shown on the site. This adds a significant cost to inappropriate posting with no benefit.
We’re looking forward to any questions, comments, thoughts, concerns, etc. Thanks!
Same arguments were used for slave labor. How are they going to take care of themselves? Might as well just keep them as slaves. What are we going to do, pay them?
Child labor has been used by just about every major fashion brand in the world, not just to "make bricks for their village"... If that's the extent of what you think child labor is, might want to check out some books or do some googling. Here's just one to get you started: [2].
[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2011/08/17/zara... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_sweatshops