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by ForrestN 8y ago
Every successful business deal done in concert with a given dictator entrenches that dictator's power. Some other commenter demonstrated the technique elsewhere in this discussion: "but the dictators have lifted so many Chinese pe
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by ForrestN 8y ago
This is a false choice—are you saying that internment camps were required to lift millions out of poverty in China?
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It’s troubling that this statement is so overtly unserious. Has YC and its surrounding culture become so insulated that they cannot see the obviously self-defeating through-line in this statement? “Our mission at YC is to enable more innova
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by ForrestN 8y ago
What about "unheavy search" ? Synonym for light, but very uncommon as far as I can tell. It's not beautiful or elegant, but it's also not confusing and making me think of gogo dancers. Best I could come up with in 5 minu
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by ForrestN 8y ago
I agree—naming is deeply underrated, and it's not at all too late! Just choose something abstract and appealing, or a simple noun without any weird associations.
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The reality is that nearly all sources, on or off the record, have an agenda. That’s why reporters usually need multiple sources and other proof to run something important. History is filled with stories that would never have been told if t
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by ForrestN 8y ago
I don’t think it’s actually snarky at all, though.
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Yes
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Yes
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by ForrestN 8y ago
Thanks for the downvotes for literally posting a question I've asked interns in the past. Always important to remember the reflexive cultural conservatism of HN's audience.
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by ForrestN 8y ago
What can we do to make our internship program more inclusive and less reliant on the preexisting privilege of our interns?
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by ForrestN 8y ago
If the text you quoted is accurate, the data is only accessible to emergency calling centers, so no, unless they are lying neither company can see your location. Perhaps it’s encrypted, a bit like sending an iMessage to the 9/11 dispat
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by ForrestN 8y ago
We don’t have much in the way of pedestrian navigation right now, apart from crosswalks and such. But you’re right that perhaps crosswalks that cars must yield to (California style) should be the last to go.
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by ForrestN 8y ago
The article is about Apple, for example, who is currently attacking ad tech on several fronts.
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by ForrestN 8y ago
Given the current assault on advertising as a business model I admit to being optimistic that our society is inching closer to asking corporations to stop manipulating them.
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by ForrestN 8y ago
I get most excited about VR when I think about the physical ways we currently augment reality with ugly physical objects. If AR becomes truly ubiquitous, I hope that signs and signals can most fade away. Imagine walking through a city witho
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by ForrestN 8y ago
This is an embarrassingly empty article. They used the word “behind” in an ad... so here’s a bulleted list of things people complain about regarding their products?
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by ForrestN 8y ago
You think drilling new tunnels would cause lots of delays to the existing trains?
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by ForrestN 8y ago
Sincerely asking since I don’t know: when I lived in Chicago there was constant talk of how old and crappy that infrastructure is—how confident are you that pushing it harder when many people think it needs replacing wouldn’t cause problems
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by ForrestN 8y ago
The blue line is slow, crowded, loud, frequently requires delay-inducing maintenance, and is often very dirty and smelly. The article says “40 minutes,” but that’s the absolute best you could hope for. You have to plan at least 1:15 minutes
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by ForrestN 8y ago
Thank you for the answer, despite the sometimes chilly HN climate around pluralism. I hope you’re right, that’s definitely a plausible scenario.
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by ForrestN 8y ago
Hi, Especially given Matt's recent experience getting caught up in a #metoo whirlwind, how do you think about creating a new business in publishing with two white cis male founders and a marquee journalist from the same background (doi
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by ForrestN 8y ago
What if this is evidence that many people see Facebook as a bad habit, and start the new year determined to use it less?
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by ForrestN 8y ago
On the contrary, I don't think there is much evidence at all that the Mark Zuckerberg's of the world have so much innate talent that circumstances don't matter. The more we learn about what explains individual success, it&#x2
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by ForrestN 9y ago
I'm curious how this will impact Siri's development. My understanding is that Siri has been (maybe still is?) somewhat ahead in terms of understanding language flexibly and naturally, so if Giannandrea can help them catch up on th
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by ForrestN 9y ago
Do you agree that some services not working if data isn’t collected has to do with the way those services work, rather than with punishing users who don’t give up their privacy so that Apple can use their data to....
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by ForrestN 9y ago
It’s regrettable that our culture has decided that neurological diversity should be understood in terms of abnormality = deficiency. It would be nice to have a more inclusive society that adapted its norms to the way people really are rathe
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by ForrestN 9y ago
This is an extremely politicized area of society—do you have opinions about existing policy, and where you would like policy to be changed? Do you see this business as part of the existing political movement against mass incarceration, or a
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by ForrestN 9y ago
I don’t know about “dining,” but people here in Los Angeles eat entire meals while driving every day. Having hands free won’t necessarily be like hanging out at home, but there is a whole lot you can accomplish if you’re used to it.
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by ForrestN 9y ago
As a person outside the field, my subjective experience is that every day comes headlines with new superlatives regarding "The Coming AI Revolution." My expectations are being set for radical transformation across most areas of te

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