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by alehul 9y ago
You're right that please and thank you could come off as sarcastic or a bit odd in a comment section like this. The best route is probably to clarify that it seems like a good concept, and you think that adding x and y would be the bes
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by alehul 9y ago
I completely understand the parent comment and I don't think it's a misunderstanding. The idea is that a rich person doesn't care to think through that situation using all their reasoning capabilities, as they're more fo
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by alehul 9y ago
The parent's comment point was that it may logically be assumed that you'd be doing such an action once every 1 year vs once every 3 years, for example. Edit: Upon realizing that you'd save the $50 every time you go / ev
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by alehul 9y ago
I recently was lucky enough to have a conversation with a co-founder of a large cryptocurrency (identifying details redacted for his privacy), and among many other interesting ideas, he talked about the inflection point for a potential cryp
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by alehul 9y ago
> Less correlation between between your parent's wealth and your wealth is mobility That's absolutely true, if we're talking about individual mobility, but I was commenting on the idea of intergenerational mobility as ment
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by alehul 9y ago
The "intergenerational earnings elasticity" cited in that curve work as follows [1]: "In a society with equal opportunity, a father's income would have no relation to that of his son (a correlation of 0). On the other ha
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Amazon paid $90M for camera maker's chip technology(reuters.com)
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by alehul 9y ago
Not the parent, but I suppose it's safe to assume that VCs populate most large deals in tech. He also said 'per the SEC filing', so his source could be that. With that said, Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov, is a Russian
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by alehul 9y ago
You're right, and the results should definitely be better. I suppose I was imagining a system where they actually built something uniquely different, similar to when you search for a product or a celebrity's birthday and it displa
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by alehul 9y ago
The quote from the article supports what you're saying: it's a unique situation as they're attempting to market specifically to those who don't want to be marketed to by them.
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I've briefly heard about this phone (positive things) and it's incredibly brazen they would even try this, especially given that they seem to have a solid chance at competing with the Mate 10 regardless of fake reviews. With that
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by alehul 9y ago
It's an interesting and fairly unique problem as highlighted by this part of the article: > there is no advantage to a steakhouse trying to convince someone looking specifically for vegetarian food to come eat at their restaurant—al
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by alehul 9y ago
I'd just like to point out that Tesla as you're speaking of it is a car manufacturer, whereas Voyage is a car service. Tesla is apparently planning to launch their own car service, which from an economic standpoint may be poised t
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by alehul 9y ago
I haven't heard of Voyage before, but this is interesting. Would it be accurate to summarize that while most autonomous car companies are going for gradually higher levels of autonomy nationwide/worldwide, Voyage has the opposite
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by alehul 9y ago
> In May, the Stockholm, Sweden-based company agreed to pay more than $43 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it failed to pay royalties for some of the songs it makes available to users. This number seems closer to realit
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by alehul 9y ago
I was responding to what I believed was a 100% tax being suggested. Not 'only a percentage'.
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Grandchildren, then? As we live longer, we're also able to have children later, and I know many people in their twenties who have had parents pass away or expect it to happen soon.
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by alehul 9y ago
Ah, I misunderstood then. I agree that it should be paid as an income tax, at the appropriate tax bracket of the inheritor. If it stays within the estate, then at the relevant income tax bracket for the estate. If there isn't any incom
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by alehul 9y ago
I was responding to someone who was suggesting to set the tax at 100%, and I believe they meant all assets. My mistake if they meant otherwise. Nonetheless, with enough kids, that money doesn't go terribly far in the Bay Area.
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Would that not sap people's motivation to work hard and innovate, if they were unable to pass on the benefits to their children? What if they provided a comfortable lifestyle for their children? Would that just be taken away by the gov
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by alehul 9y ago
Primarily, with another use being those who lack a proper banking system.
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To carry the analogy properly, it would be using a vehicle which uses more energy than the species we're studying has ever created.
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by alehul 9y ago
Second this! 4G basically means 'expect nothing' for me.
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by alehul 9y ago
I meant government-protected physical safety; I should've clarified. As I said in the rest of my post, I agree with you that there's more room for ideological diversity without being ostracized in many other places.
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by alehul 9y ago
You're absolutely right that the Bay Area offers more freedom than India or China in terms of safely espousing your views. In our lack of government-imposed restrictions, however, we've come to restrict ourselves as a society, and
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by alehul 9y ago
That's an interesting point. As someone who grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of Boston, I'm also familiar with tension, and I remember it being far more racially-defined within the poor communities than elsewhere. Upon m
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by alehul 9y ago
You're very much right. I recall Facebook arguing that Peter Thiel offered diversity to their board, and I don't think anyone was fired for it.. sadly, though, they're also arguably the most frightening behemoth when it comes
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by alehul 9y ago
Woah. I had no idea about Apple's chief of diversity; she was an African American woman who even agreed with a need for gender and race diversity, but merely added ideological diversity. Apple firing her and backpedaling on a need for
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by alehul 9y ago
The beauty of the U.S. is in its freedom, and as such, individuals cannot be constrained. That's why we have an appeal from Sam who is suggesting that people willingly open their minds to debating ideas and not demonizing the people es
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by alehul 9y ago
He provided examples, and judging by the response on HN, it's a common issue people feel. You should take the strongest form of the argument to debate, not the weakest. It would contribute more if you gave your response to why you disa

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