svanstrom

tzeshan said:

SpamSandwich said:

ravnorodom said:

SpamSandwich said:

Tim, Vietnam is a Marxist-Leninist socialist state... of COURSE they have run down facilities for their workers.

So is China?

Maybe you won’t understand if you’ve never been there, but there are massive pockets of poverty-stricken people in China, despite the “wonders” of a pseudo-capitalistic communist China.

Very righteous. Keep using your imaginative words. News report saidLos Angeles is plagued with tens of thousands of homeless. Amazingly the local government hides them real well. Only individual homeless can be seen here and there. And according to Trump US is the number one nation in the world. 

maestro64 said:

svanstrom said:

maestro64 said:

These companies have not learned anything, why build housing, in the US no one cares if the people working in a manufacturing plant live in substandard housing. Companies in the US learned along time to stop building company towns.

Talking about learning; show us what you've got yourself… Where do you think the workers will come from if the factories don't make sure there's anywhere for them to stay?

And please go into some details here. You know; stuff like how their salaries are perceived when they go to the local bank for a loan to buy an apartment, what the renting situation is like, as well as the availability of land if they decide to build (or park a trailer). Please also add a bit about the public transportation for to commute to work; and maybe you could also add a bit about stores, buying groceries, and how that fits within the salary?

The same way worker in the US find their way to work, it is call transportation, and yes these countries have transportation. The average person can ride their moped to work. Of they ride share, I been to third world countries and visited these factories and the people find ways to get to work. Look what Silicon Valley has done companies now run buses all over the place to get to people to work. These company do not need to set up companies towns to house workers. The only reason to do it to to control the employee so they have to spend 90% of their wages to cover room and board and everything else the company town charges these people to stay there. 

If the people who complain about workers standard of living, really cared they would start in the US, where people who work in similar factory live in substandard housing, How many people do you see complaining about that to the company and the consumer buying those products. They can complain to the Government and they do and the governments does not care since people have choices, so their living conditions most times are their own choosing.

My point is simple, these Asian companies if they want US companies to source product from them they have to stop the companies towns, it does not fly well with the complainers.

maestro64 said:

These companies have not learned anything, why build housing, in the US no one cares if the people working in a manufacturing plant live in substandard housing. Companies in the US learned along time to stop building company towns.

kestral said:

DAalseth said:

I’m using Instagram to post my art and photography. FaceBook buying it made me uncomfortable. I hate FaceBook and do not use it. It’s becoming clear that rather then letting it run in parallel, FaceBook is going to engulf Instagram completely. They are making it into just a feature in their upcoming One App to Rule Them All. At that point I will delete my pictures and my Instagram account. The trouble is that I still want a place to post my photos and art. I chose Instagram because it was big so I would have a large audience, and it has a vibrant community. I need something to replace Instagram. 

Does anyone have a suggestion for a site to replace Instagram? 

Have you thought of using Pinterest

ArianneFeldry said:

mcdave said:

Currently, yes. Hopefully Apple Silicon Apps will only be deployable via the Mac App Store.

People are begging for the Apple silicon Macs to be locked down. That's really sad. Why would anyone want less freedom to do what they want with THEIR computers? Why are Apple users begging for less choice on hardware that costs thousands of dollars? Apple isn't giving away their products for free, yet people are crying for Apple to take away options for them. I'm honestly disgusted to use a platform where people like this exist, because Apple is going to see the feedback from the sheep and implement their desires. I really don't see why 5+ years of support is good if you get less features over that time.

 

Why is it your problem that other people want more and simpler security?

It's a damn computer, so it's not like they're asking for a police state; they just want products that simply do what they're supposed to do, and where there are proper incentives to get all apps vetted (so no "you just have to do [this] to bypass the security to install this app"). So why can't you let them get what they want without crying about how sad it makes you that everyone else are so stupid for wanting something different than what you want?

Personally I probably couldn't use a locked down product like that as I'm professionally relying heavily on the UN*X-like foundation of MacOS; but that doesn't mean that I have to decry everyone else's want for something like that.