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I work for a payroll provider, as a software developer.
I would argue that, if not for federal and state laws and regulations, most if not all of the "information technology" industry would not exist. I mean, how hard is it to pay people when they provide a good or service? If you don't have to report to several other parties (the IRS, state and city tax authorities, EEOC, SEC, etc. ad ridiculum), paper record keeping is sufficient, even for very large companies, and it was so until well into the 1970's.
Yes, computers are really cool. Yes, the Internet is a thing. Yes, computers are useful and necessary for space travel, modern product design, scientific research, etc.
But would any of that happened at all if the damn government didn't require massive amounts of information about things that, in a proper society, shouldn't be any of their damned business?
Freedom? That is a worship word.
-- Cloud William
The only thing a free man can be forced to do is die.
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Probably not, we provide health & safety and compliance-type software and services.
But, I'd just be grinding out business software somewhere else. It doesn't matter.
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Probably not. The software I work on is for helping distilleries stay compliant with TTB reporting rules and regulations. The other stuff we offer is gravy 
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Do you consider property rights a "Federal Law"?
I work for small companies. All of which are IMPACTED by Federal Laws, but none of which are created by more than Property Rights, and demands of consumers.
One client exists because Federal Laws make importing plants very very expensive/laborious/time consuming, so he brokers deals. But again, it's to get AROUND the impact of the laws, not to serve them. Also, it makes sense to have someone specialize in maintaining these relationships, as opposed to every tiny nursery doing it themselves. (For the record, we have good reason to quarantine, and control this. Red army ants, and Kudzu being 2 disastrous examples of what can get into a country)
Can we avoid the impact of Federal Laws? Not really. And that's sad. Property Rights, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Association should rule.
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My company builds handheld software for security and safety. Some of our clients are government clients that are trying to check a box, but the majority truly want improve safety for their employees, better efficiency, and better security.
It is one of the great benefits of starting your own company. You can walk away from red tape and projects you feel are not advancing human productivity.
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"Qulatiy is Job #1"
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That rather depends which way you look at it
I'm an independent consultant, so I cover pretty much all industry's, in all sectors.
I do write a lot of software, which at the moment is mostly LOB Web Apps in dotnet core for a few different industries, I also do a lot of R&D projects where I'm tasked with working out new ways of doing stuff.
However, I could also be classed as being in an industry that does depend on Lawyers and all that jazz, but not directly.
I write books, and do training courses, so a lot of what I do in that respect means that if it wasn't for you lot that work because of the lawyers etc, I'd have a lot less work, in producing materials that you use.
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If I didn't work as a software engineer, I would collect welfare. Then, I could make more than working at McDonalds.
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Marc Clifton wrote: In other words, the "insurance" industry.
Lloyds of London was a private enterprise that started with insurance in late 1600s. Nothing government about them.
As a business practice insurance existed in the 1750 BC. Again not a government practice.
History of insurance - Wikipedia[^]
Marc Clifton wrote: weren't for lawyers, lawsuits, and government mandated requirements
The reality is that contract law needs to exist because there is no practical way to contractually define all possibilities. So disputes about what was meant and what is fair will always arise. There is no other possibility (not with humans.)
And for that to be real a legal system must exist. And if one allows that to be financed by markets then there is an increased perception that economic biases will exist and likely that they actually will exist. Thus a third party would always be required to maintain that. Since there are other needs for legal systems using a single source for all of that is efficient. Which leads to a government running the courts.
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I'm a software developer. I write programs for computers that solve problems that wouldn't exist if we didn't have computers.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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From WSJ:
James Howells, an IT worker in Newport, Wales, lost 7,500 bitcoin he mined in 2009 after a hard drive with his private key was accidentally thrown away.
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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I'm sure it didn't affect his dating life. Sheep don't care about digital currencies! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Oooh! Oooh! spot the racist  (  )
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Oh, it has nothing to do with that. I assure you that it applies to black sheep as well as white...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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glennPattonWork wrote: spot the racist species-ist
FTFY
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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theoldfool wrote: after a hard drive with his private key was accidentally thrown away.
There's going to be a whole new tech created for storing your cryptocurrency keys securely, and a whole new malware tech created to break that security, and a whole new tech created to prevent malware from breaking that security.
Sometimes I think the point of technology is to create a problem that didn't exist, solve those problems with new problems that never existed, and basically keep us (developers and users) from doing anything real and useful.
We don't need AI. We just need the I part.
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Quote: There's going to be a whole new tech created for storing your cryptocurrency keys securely, and a whole new malware tech created to break that security, and a whole new tech created to prevent malware from breaking that security.
I have created a new line of tin foil hats, guaranteed to do the job. 
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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Are bitcoins waterproof?
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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This is why bitcoins suck.
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I read that weeks ago... 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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Quietly nod off after some French become disheartened (7)
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
modified 20-Dec-17 6:06am.
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retreatzzzzzzz!
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You're getting confused with Brifroge (Cheese eating surrender monkey (8))
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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DESPOND
Quietly P
nod off OND (anag)
after some French DES
become disheartened
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And we have a correct answer to our particularly seasonal clue!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Hi All,
Got an odd emails from Apple yesterday at 16:27 saying I had renewed my subscription to Netflix's via my iTunes account. All very offical looking, I was tipped off to it be a scam by three things...
1) I don't have a Netflix's account
2) I was addressed by my Email address rather the Dear Mr Patton
3) I haven't got an iTunes account
I looked over the email and the link for unsubscribe/cancel went to a site ending .edu while the rest all pointed at Apple. Very good all in all if I didn't have my email client set to reveal what the actual address it points to. If I was using a mobile device and panic reigned it looked offical enough to follow links. Gosh darn it beaware! Just remember family might not be that web savvy and using email/Skype to catch up with relatives...
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