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I want to direct a movie where the trailer shows only zombies, and the first five minutes are indeed the…
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TLDR: Financial institutions spend untold billions every year on arbitrary opulence, trivially automatable administration and lush compensation for managers whose…
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There is an awful lot of nonsense floating about the interwebs and even "expert" debates when it comes to economic…
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Following the Crapware article, a discussion started both here and on reddit and a number of interesting points were brought…