> I can't believe I have to say this, but it's different because political beliefs, whether they inspire one to shoot a bunch of people or just to vote for the "burn it all down" party can have a damaging influence over society as a whole.
Sorry but you can't claim politics as holy and protected while disregarding gaming, modded cars, and other topics, arguably more political than "politics" topics.
> I’m more than willing to give up a bit of my extremely affluent lifestyle if it would genuinely help those around me who haven’t had the same economic opportunities as me.
I'm not. I'll actually spend resources to inhibit others, pull the ladder up. So to speak.
Street credit. Usually referred to as social status in the neighborhood and local friend groups. Usually used by rappers and African American neighborhoods. However, people living in these neighborhoods don't actually say this today. Typically middle and high school students hear this on TV/radio and use it in their own (usually upper/middle class) circles to increase their social status.
Zero refers to zero street cred. Username plays a pun, the the user actually has zero cred. Again, only used by people outside the "street" aka in middle and high school. Also 98% chance OP is male. I'd say 50-60% white, sice we're on HN. With the other 40-50% being Asian or Indian.
> Anyways, it was worth it, Andrej is doing an amazing job, and OpenAI is still alive :)
Tesla does not even offer their full self driving package anymore. No coast to coast drive yet. Hard to say that's an amazing job.
OpenAI abandons their open source GitHub repos after a year, is now not releasing code, and is always in DeepMind's shadow. Alive, yes. Successful, no.
> Do you really think Subway franchises are running on such razor thin margins that they'd be forced to shutter stores if they had to pay their workforce marginally more?
No.
However, individuals are not entitled to a job. Take it the low hourly wage, or leave it.
Same thing: not everyone is entitled to live in the bay area. Pay the rent, or move elsewhere.
Life is all about minimizing tax obligations.
Most people don't know about the tax minimization strategies (e.g. Puerto Rico, loss harvesting, etc). Simply tell them and they'll do it too.
For the lower and middle class, life is about maximizing happiness because the most of their life is spent working or worrying about rent/bills.