alex_young

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by alex_young 11y ago
Sometimes there are other motives. One of my favorite misattributions was this deliciously ironic juxtaposition Edward Abbey printed on the cover of his college newspaper: "Man Will Never Be Free Until the Last King Is Strangled With t
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by alex_young 12y ago
This seems like just as bad as payday loans to me. In 2013, there were 45.3 million people in the US under the poverty line. [1] The article cited a figure of $3.4B / yr for payments to the payday loan sharks. This startup charges $3 &
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by alex_young 12y ago
You wrote this 5 hours ago, so it wasn't me, but I had a great time doing that exact thing just a bit ago. The reward you get is whenever someone hearts you back, which happens frequently. Maybe we really do live in a cooperative worl
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by alex_young 13y ago
Why is this bad? Isn't diplomacy an inherently good thing? BTW, that article is almost hopelessly hyperbolic. I really want to understand why diplomacy and Carter's advocacy are potentially wrong, but the author choose to level
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by alex_young 13y ago
Another perspective: What you get as a developer in the bay area is way better than other US cities. I've lived in a couple of those places over the course of a decade and a half, and I can tell you that while the cost of living is low
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by alex_young 13y ago
Please name a company which thrives without a government or government regulations.
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by alex_young 13y ago
Facebook made $2.14 / user in Q4 2013 [0]. That means they need more than 26 years to return that value. Or they need to find a way to increase revenue greatly without alienating users too much... [0] http://files.sharehold
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by alex_young 13y ago
Link to previous discussion on subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5576041
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by alex_young 13y ago
Patents are a legal construct designed by and for corporations for their benefit. To argue that they are somehow not capitalist is somewhat disingenuous isn't it? It always bothers me when I see absolutist statements such as this one.
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by alex_young 13y ago
Apparently the answer was no: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/12/monday-ism-manufac...
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by alex_young 13y ago
What worries me here is not trusting a third party with mail - we all already do that, this is the nature of SMTP. The issue is that LinkedIn wants to provide mail services without saying it's your mail provider. If you want to be a ma
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by alex_young 13y ago
http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/img/WhatAmericaLooksLike-2012E...
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by alex_young 13y ago
Agree with author. We should give all the millionaires permanent tax vacations, and with that deficit of monies, cancel all government boondoggles such as roads, schools, water treatment plants, and fire departments. We should do this in a
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by alex_young 13y ago
How about an app which awards points based on g-force while driving a car? You could get bonuses for complete flips, 'hard stops' etc.
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by alex_young 13y ago
Similar to the Florida plate, A55 RGY http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/assorgy-story For some reason Florida plates use 2 oranges now...
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by alex_young 14y ago
What about economics? How many months of service would it cost me to replace my most valued possession? For that matter, we're talking some percentage of that amount since you can't guarantee I'll get anything back at all. For the money,
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by alex_young 14y ago
Traffic doesn't move at 60 mph during rush hour though. Automated cars have the potential to reduce the lag in speedup after breaking, eliminate most accidents, and pick better routes, and all while letting you do other things with your tim