kofejnik

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Comment · 2 years ago
I'm sorry but I have to reuse an old comment:

Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.

Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.

The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.

Comment · 2 years ago
a nice one!

ᖧchan (instead of _4chan) would've been even cooler

Comment · 2 years ago
London mayor is a complete twat
Comment · 2 years ago
Larry Summers is EA and State, so not so sure about business interests
Comment · 3 years ago
In terms of story and dialogue, Peppa Pig is quite ok, as is Ben and Hollys little kingdom. Both British, of course :)
Comment · 3 years ago
“Progressive” means a set of certain policies, and not actually progressive

Sadly, the word has been thoroughly hijacked

Comment · 3 years ago
Don’t fall off your high horse
Comment · 3 years ago
The second time I arrived at a privatized subreddit, I added all of Reddit to my ublock list. A few days later, I don’t feel like anything is missing
Comment · 3 years ago
an external usb-c m2 enclosure is amazingly fast and only $20 or so

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