Leary

70 ms·

751.
by Leary 8y ago
The key to being the best general ever is apparently fighting many battles!
752.
by Leary 8y ago
Should be returned.
753.
by Leary 8y ago
If the land was stolen, then it's indefensible. Or should we have a separate moral code?
754.
Chemicals in tiny rocks from Australia remains of Earth’s first life forms(independent.co.uk)
1 points by Leary 8y ago|0 comments
755.
Astronomers discover a new way to supersize baby black holes(astronomy.com)
1 points by Leary 8y ago|0 comments
756.
Diablo 3 is officially coming to Nintendo Switch(polygon.com)
2 points by Leary 8y ago|0 comments
757.
Nvidia falls more than 5% on low revenue guidance(cnbc.com)
2 points by Leary 8y ago|0 comments
758.
Canada plans first carbon trades under Paris climate change agreement(business.financialpost.com)
2 points by Leary 8y ago|0 comments
759.
by Leary 8y ago
So welcomed in fact they invited American troops to remain there for 10 years.
760.
by Leary 8y ago
I would hope they can sign this letter without incurring "personal risk". Has the environment at Google changed so much that writing letters could risk people's chance at employment?
761.
by Leary 8y ago
Do you think Jefferson thought of his slaves as patriots?
762.
by Leary 8y ago
r u suggesting that we are the target of a Russian influence campaign?
763.
by Leary 8y ago
Yes! Thank you for writing this. I bought Baidu stocks after the dip and haven't done very well lately. Perhaps with posts like this we can stop Google from infiltrating China.
764.
by Leary 8y ago
"Strong water jet cuts through steel, not because of its persistence but its power." Is there a better demonstration of American pragmatism?
765.
by Leary 8y ago
Freedom house is a US government funded agency that gives better press to countries allied to the US. A better index is the Democracy Index by the Economist [1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
766.
by Leary 8y ago
Okay, I give approval for YC China to be in China.
767.
by Leary 8y ago
That is whataboutism
768.
by Leary 8y ago
Taiwan was land that was forcibly colonized by the Han Chinese. The original inhabitants are Austronesian people [1] I think a better move would be to move YC China to Vancouver, given the high density of rich Chinese expats in Vancouver, a
769.
by Leary 8y ago
First they make money in China, then they'll copy what made them money to India, then to the western world. Sounds like a slippery slope to me. I saw a couple of sci-fi movies that showed this doesn't turn out well. [1] [1] https
770.
by Leary 8y ago
I bought shares after elon's tweet. Gonna sue him now.
771.
by Leary 8y ago
Indeed, given the recent news in East Uyghurstan. I had to double check my calendar to see that it was not April 1st. Limits to human rights by a government is intolerable in the modern epoch. Anyone that uses a Chinese product is complicit
772.
by Leary 8y ago
Given the sensitive nature of this topic, I propose HackerNews be given the authority of drafting the Code of Ethics for YC China in order to ensure democratic accountability. Posters could nominate particular statues/principles they l
773.
by Leary 8y ago
Whether China will come up ahead with Belt and Road is uncertain. What is certain is there's a tremendous infrastructure gap, particularly in Asia. This is a great way to turn the overcapacity in Chinese steel and cement into something
774.
by Leary 8y ago
Google's situation is similar to many American authors' experience when confronted with the choice of 1) not publishing in China. and 2) publishing a censored version of their book. The decision is not an easy one, even for those
775.
by Leary 8y ago
Despite being a westerner, I haven't heard of this correct approach to finding good restaurants, could you share with us what this is?
776.
by Leary 8y ago
I think the reason people down-voted you was because you attributed many perceived policy faults of the Chinese Communist Party over many decades to Mao himself. Rather, a careful analysis of history would show that there's profound di
777.
by Leary 8y ago
Indeed, the brilliant people that came up with the One Child Policy were influenced by the environmentalists in the 70s. "Although the fertility rate began to decline, the Chinese government observed the global debate over a possible o
778.
by Leary 8y ago
Declining demographics is not only a problem in China, but many countries in the world. Japan's government policies, for example, have had limited success. https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/tackling-
779.
by Leary 8y ago
Funding secured
780.
by Leary 8y ago
I think you mean to say China has detained over 1.4 Billion people in an even bigger area called China.

More ›