mwguy

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[–] mwguy 5 points 2 years ago (10 children)

All the people saying that Iran is just like us were right!

[–] mwguy 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't believe the videos of them stealing the aid.

[–] mwguy 2 points 2 years ago

It's what happens when you build a culture around "saving face" rather than competence. And then kill 10% of the population, targeting the productive and educated.

[–] mwguy 0 points 2 years ago

Ironically both. Palestinians don't believe their neighbors should be allowed to continue living, so they engage in constant warfare. Now their neighbors don't want to give them free stuff anymore.

[–] mwguy 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's almost like if you respect basic human rights has a positive economic benefit....

[–] mwguy 74 points 2 years ago (17 children)

China built an economy that's like 50% based on bullshitting to your superiors about how much infrastructure you built.

[–] mwguy -1 points 2 years ago

Can't be just an oversight. This has to be an intentional design decision. The "simple" (and economical) way to build this system is to build it so that the scan reads the price from a database and that price is then displayed and used to sum the total.

Keeping two prices, a display and a real one, is a design decision that adds a complexity to the system, makes it more difficult to administer and is an intentional design decision, especially if the numbers are allowed to differ.

A coupon not being applied correctly could be a mistake with that coupon. A sale not being taken into account, a problem with that sale or that UPC entry in the database. Those could be issues with data entry and data management.

This is different. This is intentional. And I'd bet, we've just found someone either cheating the tax man or embezzling funds.

[–] mwguy 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If there're two different items calculations one "real" one and "display" that's an intentional choice made because they know there can be discrepancies.

[–] mwguy -4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Did they call someone over when they saw the discrepancy? Because, you know, mistakes happen.

Not in software. The software is doing exactly what it was programmed to do.

[–] mwguy 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Biden didn't have to cave, he chose to. He said this thing that I said was a top priority for my campaign isn't a top priority for my administration. And politically he's going to pay a penalty to the faction of his coalition to whom forgiveness was a top priority.

That's what happens when you lie to gain support.

[–] mwguy 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Read the fuck up on what good they have done and i think you'll be suprised.

I understand what they've done. But Biden didn't promise to "do something." He promised broad forgiveness. And it was clear that many Dems were going to hold him to it. He shouldn't be surprised he's not getting credit for half measures, especially when he had the power to keep student loans deferred.

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