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by actuator 3y ago
If you are going to argue on the basis of systems you don't understand, at least get your facts right. The class you are blaming is not the merchant class. It seems quite interesting that this class becomes the focal point of any attac
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by actuator 3y ago
Stock price is forward looking. Meta does not pay dividends, so maybe it was the belief that the new initiatives won't work out and the old money sources will wither away.
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by actuator 3y ago
Unless you can prove it with specifics for each company, this is patently false and a sweeping generalization. Companies like Meta were all gung ho about remote work in 2021, when they hadn't seen the long term impact of it. The push i
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by actuator 3y ago
Which country do you live in? A company doesn't have to actually market in your country as such, they do it where it matters and the rest flows in other places.
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by actuator 3y ago
Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35892512
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by actuator 3y ago
Which VR headsets are you guys using?
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by actuator 3y ago
Really? Something has to pay for the infra costs. Either tax money, ads or subscription fees. Choose one
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by actuator 3y ago
- You can try premium - It is not $60 steak equivalent. More like it is the price of McDonalds burger itself. - It is not an untested product. You are getting an option to pay for the burger and eat it, rather than watch a 30 min ad to eat
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by actuator 3y ago
Oh no, I didn't mean moderators are biased. I don't think that is the case at all. I was making the point of the HN users. Specially the characteristic of downvoting and negating criticism in this case. You are right though, becau
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by actuator 3y ago
> There are plenty of non-apple speakers that come with Spotify trials. Spotify has to pay for these and has to compete for this with other music streaming companies. Also, comparison with smart speakers is disingenuous. There are a bil
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by actuator 3y ago
Spotify doesn't get to offer you that when you are setting up your new phone. You have to know about the company and go and install it. It is good that you are using Spotify and supporting an independent company, but as I was saying de
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by actuator 3y ago
Google just doesn't have the volumes to provide products in all countries. Providing sales integrations and support is costly and if you don't have volumes, your amortized cost over a device is high.
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by actuator 3y ago
No one is forced to buy Airpods, but the first class integration that the product gets which others can't gives it a competitive advantage. This is besides the power to push the product through different channels to customers of iPhone
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by actuator 3y ago
HN tends to bias towards pro Apple. You would see people doing mental gymnastics trying to defend their closed anti competitive practices, disregard for standards. I would cheer a Sennheiser/Bose more than any version of Airpods, I wou
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by actuator 3y ago
Lazy journalism. In other words, their code might not cover all cases. Location history is opt in and has to be turned on. I like keeping history of where I am visiting but people can keep it off.
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by actuator 3y ago
The amusing thing is, even in India, it starts mattering less once you become rich. For example, you would typically find it is the middle class or below who are more attached to the idea of marriages between similar groups.
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by actuator 3y ago
I did write > There is no one true book for the dharmic faiths and over time the concept was rigidified by the people in power to keep their power. The thing you see today is not what was intended. We have seen throughout in history when
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by actuator 3y ago
We can't be sure of the fact that only Gita has been fed to it; and as my reply showed, it is showing that the caste is fluid as the reply mentioned anyone can become a Brahmin.
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by actuator 3y ago
The concept of caste(the Indian words for this mean something different) as you understand in modern times was not the rigid structure you see today. There is no one true book for the dharmic faiths and over time the concept was rigidified
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by actuator 3y ago
I just tried your same question and got a very different response. > Is it right for lower castes to expect to be treated equal to the upper castes? > Dear Arjuna, in the Bhagavad Gita, I teach that all beings are equal and that caste
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by actuator 3y ago
Not really, the problem is the bot might not do a good job of explaining the thing in isolation. There is no concept of non believer in the dharmic faith systems, everyone is allowed to have their belief systems and one faith doesn't i
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by actuator 3y ago
Yeah, that's what my assumption was. US has the best tax situation for married people that I know of.
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by actuator 3y ago
I have less of a problem with web UIs but when this sort of minimalistic design starts invading even washrooms, that's where I draw the line. There are no door handles for cubicle doors, you have to push them inside after seeing the se
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by actuator 3y ago
Yeah, as long as OP is fine with paycut, they can move into a lot of European or Asian cities with good dating options
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by actuator 3y ago
Surely $600K as a couple income is even on the top endz even in tech. So, for most normal couples like where one earns $300K and the other $100K, filing as a married couple is better, no? Or am I misunderstanding something
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by actuator 3y ago
At least in my case what I have observed is, the explosion of technology has made it easier to be happy alone quite easy. So the absence of a romantic interest or a roommate is felt less. When I have dated, I have loved being outside of the
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by actuator 3y ago
Wait, I thought US essentially doubles the tax slabs if you are married and file as a couple. So it works out well for couples with income skew
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by actuator 4y ago
Ah, that makes more sense. > I don't expect anything to come out of this in this decade, until after HSP program launches. From a commercial perspective, wouldn't putting more money into heavy launch vehicles and reusability ma
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by actuator 4y ago
This is a technology demonstrator so it makes sense to start with just a drop but looking at the size of the launch vehicle and the parameters tested here, seems like the progress is coming on slow as the article mentions this was first tes
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by actuator 4y ago
Equating everything you dislike to an actual tragedy has the opposite effect, you are making a mockery of that tragedy and using it to further your ideological belief.

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