Post 9vIXvirI6WOUpBV3bc by kittybecca@masto.jews.international
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(DIR) Post #9vD51wNuqUmm4R8moq by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:13:25Z
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so doordash does predatory pricing and opens accounts for restaurants that haven't asked for anything, reselling the food for less than they pay for it (reasoning being that right now they just burn investors' money, and when they're the only ones on the market they'll raise the prices).A person on HN has exploited that to get free meals to homeless people and make a little money off doordashguess what HN has to say about it
(DIR) Post #9vD76OHDHnUfdtFt3I by 361.xj9@social.sunshinegardens.org
2020-05-19T16:53:03.840305Z
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@wxcafe that's a beautiful hack
(DIR) Post #9vDB1iEK4X1DtZvb0a by garbados@toot.cat
2020-05-19T16:15:35Z
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@wxcafe exploiting a bug to personally benefit! unthinkable. heinous! absolutely unlike what capitalists do,
(DIR) Post #9vDCKGPJq9A73rTtUO by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:28:14Z
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ancaps be like "we can have a little state enforcement of ownership and profit, as a treat,"
(DIR) Post #9vDCKGdUzQVLlq7Dai by march@neckbeard.xyz
2020-05-19T17:51:36.861378Z
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@wxcafe You don't need the state to enforce ownership. Expressing the sentiment that stealing is wrong doesn't mean endorsing the state. Take that from an ancap.In any case this seems to be all fair, that guy just doesn't see it. Yeah investors are losing money but that's the gamble they made with this setup. It's playing the game fair and square but still a bit scummy.Btw, 51% of Walmart is owned by the Walton family heirs. The rest is owned by mutual funds and investment funds. That's basically where old people put their money away to beat inflation. Shoplifting from Walmart is 51% stealing from the Waltons and 49% stealing from old people's retirement. To each their own on whether or not you can live with that.
(DIR) Post #9vDCS6IjIafE2A8Ugy by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2020-05-19T17:53:01.886015Z
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@march @wxcafe wtf time to double my stealing from walmart to stick it to the boomers
(DIR) Post #9vDCuUQNCcXUxXFRxI by march@neckbeard.xyz
2020-05-19T17:58:09.218177Z
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@hakui @wxcafe That's.. not.. wha...okay, based.
(DIR) Post #9vDD1RzMelcbQrvypk by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2020-05-19T17:59:26.129440Z
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@march @wxcafec86ec8dcd1c1c9cb651abfa80f6d021…
(DIR) Post #9vDE2UUKwsShQcTtg0 by kumicota@weeaboo.space
2020-05-19T18:10:48.294156Z
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@wxcafe imagine calling yourself a hacker while you defend big corps that would sell your soul if they could
(DIR) Post #9vDFtoeqmzHDHkOFjU by gaige@neue.city
2020-05-19T18:31:39.005543Z
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@wxcafe exploiting such a system for personal and community benefit is the correct thing to do. no corporate shill on orange site can tell me otherwise
(DIR) Post #9vDIB2XqbuKxBcSISG by feld@bikeshed.party
2020-05-19T18:57:11.182179Z
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@wxcafe lol it's a feature not a bug
(DIR) Post #9vDO3WMsRctj5b7ckC by moonman@shitposter.club
2020-05-19T20:03:03.609867Z
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@wxcafe One hn guy is good and one is bad, I can't tell which individual to judge all of hacker news by.
(DIR) Post #9vDOF2FSFrCt9L8mIq by fluffy@freespeechextremist.com
2020-05-19T20:05:09.156071Z
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@moonman @wxcafe orange website bad
(DIR) Post #9vDOX4IzLUKUk3OO1o by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:34:17Z
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I love how ancaps always try to trick you with these questions. These aren't comparable (i.e. it would be comparable to walmart setting their prices lower than they pay, and you getting lots of stuff there to redistribute the stuff) but also: yes? go fucking shoplift at walmart, who gives a fuck? lmao
(DIR) Post #9vDOX50ajNCwvHnCzY by moonman@shitposter.club
2020-05-19T20:08:23.682573Z
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@wxcafe afaik walmart actually does run their grocery departments at a loss to get people in the stores.
(DIR) Post #9vDUBJHjZP00YSoVN2 by portpupper@social.sakamoto.gq
2020-05-19T21:11:41.308322Z
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@march @wxcafe It's called gambling on the sock market casino for a reason. Let them all collapse.
(DIR) Post #9vGGXyyQRyAkJl0lLU by Eramdam@octodon.social
2020-05-19T16:19:55Z
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@wxcafe imagine being on HACKER news and reacting "uuuuh, that doesnt sound very ethical" to a honest-to-good act of hacking lmao
(DIR) Post #9vGGXzF5S1V39Qo4Jc by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:20:20Z
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@Eramdam :thaenkin:
(DIR) Post #9vGGXzUgW1ybvo6Wcy by Eramdam@octodon.social
2020-05-19T16:20:59Z
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@wxcafe so glad to see that "hacker" now means "install docker and run 1000 microservices to make a todo app" instead of, you know, using tech to topple power structures
(DIR) Post #9vIXmqoRA7JKt3w0nY by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:17:03Z
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@garbados could never happen in a truly capitalist society obviously,
(DIR) Post #9vIXmr5S8qvDjptbJw by darius@friend.camp
2020-05-19T16:17:40Z
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@wxcafe @garbados also the blog post that inspired this whole thing has the right of it: it's just arbitrage, which is what financiers do literally all the time
(DIR) Post #9vIXnrmV2uC8BIVr1c by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:18:39Z
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@darius @garbados yep! well, except predatory pricing is illegal in uh, many countries, while arbitrage isn't
(DIR) Post #9vIXns12ArowuNJSgC by wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net
2020-05-19T16:19:04Z
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@darius @garbados and maybe it should but that's a question for another time
(DIR) Post #9vIXnsKB1h8JrkGkW8 by garbados@toot.cat
2020-05-19T16:20:06Z
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@wxcafe @darius next time on "arbitrage or predation?"
(DIR) Post #9vIXq1qiaHBnzBW7Ci by darius@friend.camp
2020-05-19T16:20:46Z
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@garbados @wxcafe you can't use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house but you CAN use those tools to order a bunch of free pizza
(DIR) Post #9vIXse33X3Jf2MXFvU by thegibson@hackers.town
2020-05-19T16:50:19Z
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@wxcafe How is he exploiting the system? Seems to be working as designed...😜
(DIR) Post #9vIXvirI6WOUpBV3bc by kittybecca@masto.jews.international
2020-05-19T17:00:13Z
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@wxcafe "next thing you'll be telling me i can shoplift from wal-mart""you're starting to get it finally"
(DIR) Post #9vIXwj86a6gPxHqMQC by operand@todon.nl
2020-05-19T16:42:06Z
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@wxcafe the mental gymnastics to frame this as 'stealing' truly boggle the mind- nobody should interfere in free market transactions.- a company sells something at a loss- you buy this something- now why should anyone care what you do with this something you just bought, or what the original producer does with their money? isn't this just the free market at work?i mean obviously the answer is just that this person on "hacker" "news" thinks homeless people deserve to starve, but hey.