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by GBond 10y ago
The reality is sometimes the meaning poured behind a symbol gets changed. The SWASTIKA symbol, originally meant "Good Fortune", existed 5000 years before the Nazis used it.
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by GBond 10y ago
Zuck seems to be crafting and curating his persona & reputation for a future life of public office. Changing up facebook's bad content reputation will be important for this path.
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by GBond 10y ago
I too expected more from HN and I think it's because HN is generally more civil than other webs forums. I think the credit of this civility goes to the HN moderators and the enforcement of the policies, not because HN types are special
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by GBond 10y ago
Most top tier universities don't consider asian-americans as under-represented minorities and even hold higher standards via unwritten caps for the number of AAs admitted.
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by GBond 10y ago
Yes, I agree. The web-scale software segment is at a unique point in time where it is still in an "arms race" mode of growth for the best employees between its competitors AND making tremendous profits.
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Tech Pay Study Shows Asians Have an Edge(theinformation.com)
1 points by GBond 10y ago|0 comments
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by GBond 10y ago
I'm pretty sure the second line is a tongue-in-cheek reference to this meme. At least I'm hoping it is.
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by GBond 10y ago
So what you are saying is you prefer a dumbwaiter over a smart home.
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by GBond 10y ago
Serious question. What exactly is new here? I've used the My Garage to buy part from amzn before. Did they add a new homepage for My Garage? Some of the comments are suggesting this is a one-click direct car shopping but doesn't s
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by GBond 10y ago
Agile (Netflix OS) vs Waterfall (Hollywood blockbuster), perhaps?
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by GBond 10y ago
Spotify
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by GBond 10y ago
OT: I stopped using Buffer since they've imposed limits on the free accounts. Any suggestions for alternatives?
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by GBond 10y ago
2 hours typical for workers in NYC that live outside from neighboring burbs.
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by GBond 10y ago
Stand-alone consumer desktop photo collection apps that aren't a gateway to a cloud service.
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by GBond 10y ago
I have invested in LC for about a year and the returns have been ~8% using their auto-investing feature using a filter criteria I've selected.
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by GBond 10y ago
Isn't the competitor in this space the Credit Card companies?
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by GBond 10y ago
This thread makes me feel old.
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by GBond 10y ago
I agree. Also it seems the opposite is true: most dramas on streaming tend to force in obligatory racy sex scenes.
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by GBond 10y ago
Another example of "High Tech is the new Banking"... in the bad public perception sense.
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by GBond 11y ago
Yes, strange but pretty typical of LES. There a shop that sells $5 ice cream sandwiches. And another that sells Cheetos flavored macaroons.
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by GBond 11y ago
Interesting but not surprising website. I visited Stockholm for the first time recently and I was impressed with the usage of tech to increase everyday efficiencies. Things like: app for the rail station tickets/yellow cabs/buses,
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by GBond 11y ago
10 years ago, no one thought East Bushwick would be gentrified. Perhaps there is hope for ENY.
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by GBond 11y ago
Heh.. I'm tempted to submit an Apply HN on the idea of "Force Google to do customer service (using HN)".
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by GBond 11y ago
Great idea. Can you also consider an equity arrangement for HNers who would like to invest in the selected startups?
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by GBond 11y ago
This is a depressing OP and comments section but it is not all doom and gloom. The tech industry is slowly getting better at reward/valuing/promoting the individual contributor. Keep in mind corporations are, by nature, hierarchal
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by GBond 11y ago
Also targeting political enemies using the IRS.
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by GBond 11y ago
Good points. Read the hearing transcripts. This is the position that Apple's specialist takes (but without as much details of Cloud backups) and pointed that they have helped in all ways other than the one thing it cannot do due by des
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App featured by Apple, gained 50k downloads, and banned by Instagram(medium.com)
3 points by GBond 11y ago|1 comments
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by GBond 11y ago
Shows how unassuming, humble, and willing he is to help others.
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by GBond 11y ago
Fame changes a person. Some people, for the worse.

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