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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
>It's kind of unfair to chide them for being preoccupied with financial stability The question is not about financial stability, but with "being very well off financially." > Perhaps rather than rejecting helping others
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
I had a different reaction. It felt very wrong. I don't like how our culture worships money. It's bad enough that more college students see 'being very well off financially' as a more important goal than helping others (
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Why would the elites try to reign in social media? If I were an "elite" I'd want everyone to be on social media, except me. I'd want them revealing all the intimate details of their life, so I can better manipulate them
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Please don't distort the record. He committed a crime (defrauding investors) which carried potential prison time as a sentence. Prosecutors sought 15 years. The judge sentenced him to just 7. Considering he displayed disdain for the la
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
It doesn't surprise me. It surprises me that people on HN try to defend their business model.
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
You're correct, and I should have made that clear. Unfortunately it's too late to edit my comment.
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
You're unfortunately correct. More people should be outraged at the expectations employers place on women to look "professional." It's enough that some employers mandate high heels and make up in their dress codes. Dying
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
I do realize that ageism is not simple, or easy to fix. I'm currently helping my father, who is over 60, update his resume. He's extremely talented and knowledgeable in a field that currently lacks skilled workers. I'm helpin
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
There's a big difference between wearing a suit and dying your gray hair. Dying your gray hair hides your age. Age is a protected class. It's illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of age. It's not illegal for emp
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
> Personally, I think he is doing the right thing. Right for who? > fb should just stop communicating as that will give media less fodder Oh I see. Right for Facebook's public image. Wrong for their customers which have a right t
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
If he cared about my privacy, he wouldn't have invested in Facebook. He cares about his own privacy. FYIGM
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Nice try. The government already has your Facebook data. https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/20...
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Would you rather the media report on unsubstantiated rumors and assumptions, or would you rather they wait to report things until they have evidence, or a source who can verify the information?
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Pen. Paper. Every time I see someone taking notes on a computer, they start typing whatever they hear, word for word. Pen forces you to slow down. Makes you organize the concepts, highlight the important things, summarize. According to this
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
Na, creators are superior. There's nothing wrong with kids playing dumb mobile games. But they gotta spend some time making something. I don't care if it's a video game, a short film, or a bird house. When you're making
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
After reading 'Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, I'm not surprised people can't calculate their bill and determine change in line at the super market. Solving math problems like that requires deliberate focus a
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
If I made a name for myself in journalism with honest indepth reporting that didn't skimp on the technical details, and someone said "that dudes awesome," I'd feel a little pissed. If you saw me at a bar, forgot my name,
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
> As a side note, I am conflicted if general interest stories like this should be on HN as they are too emotionally charged. Of course this is relevant. The issues James Baldwin wrote about are still issues today, and tech companies are
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
I'd prefer to assess the ideas in this article on their merits. Not waste time criticizing the imperfect author.
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
>The internet developed without it. We've never really had it We did have it. Defacto net neutrality, enforced by a competetive ISP market. It worked. And once we started to lose that, consumers absolutely did feel the impact. Remem
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
As a teacher, your job is to expose the student to a variety of programming topics early on. But when it's time to narrow the focus, their interests should be what guides their study.
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
If he shows no remorse, and he faced no consequences, why wouldn't he pull another scam? That makes him more of a danger.
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
No here's what actually happened. 1. Shkreli lied to investors. Regardless of whether the investors eventually made money, Shkreli put them needlessly at risk, and broke the law. 2. He could have gone away for 15 years, or walked away
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
"Nothing has changed over the centuries but the mechanisms by which propaganda is spread." This is true. We now have digital platforms which reward propaganda by spreading it faster. The speed and spread of false information has e
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by 9889095r3jh 9y ago
scroll to the bottom (corrections)