ativzzz

49 ms·

661.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Well authors also want to make money, so we have to choose between having high quality writing that people get paid for or free low quality writing that people don't get paid for.
662.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Something like 600-700k people die in the US of heart disease every year and yet we don't do much to combat obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.
663.
by ativzzz 6y ago
I would be more supportive of their cause if Libgen was limited to academic books, but I've found nearly every fiction/nonfiction book I've wanted to on there; it was just a standard book piracy website to me.
664.
by ativzzz 6y ago
> We're driving around in electric cars, carrying around cell phones that are orders of magnitude faster than desktop PCs from 1996, and communication technology I'd argue that these are primarily hardware innovations, not soft
665.
by ativzzz 6y ago
> I evaluated job offers based on which one will maximize that free time How can you tell which jobs will give you how much free time? Besides commuting (I hope to work remotely forever), at many big companies, amount of free time greatl
666.
by ativzzz 6y ago
The discount airlines tend to not allow you to do this easily, or at all. I've never had a bad experience doing this with normal priced airlines however.
667.
by ativzzz 6y ago
I mean why not?
668.
by ativzzz 6y ago
I mean Heinrich Hertz, who proved Maxwell's electromagnetic wave theory also said "It's of no use whatsoever[...] this is just an experiment that proves Maestro Maxwell was right—we just have these mysterious electromagnetic
669.
by ativzzz 6y ago
The way heroku approaches this is by deploying the new version while the old version is running and then within a few minutes switch routing from the old version to the new version, and then shutting down the old version. https:/&#x2F
670.
by ativzzz 6y ago
You make it sound like it's the doctor group that chose not to work with that insurance company. The fault probably goes both ways.
671.
by ativzzz 6y ago
The men are making their money on twitch/youtube
672.
by ativzzz 6y ago
The main value of an MBA is the network. I think lower tier schools can work well if they are tight knit and the graduates tend to stay local to the school. The top tier schools will just have people making more money at more "prestigi
673.
by ativzzz 6y ago
They werent told any lies, they are simply micromanagers who want to see their employees in their seats
674.
by ativzzz 6y ago
You don't need an MBA for the financial/high level business knowledge requirements (though many people involved in this have one), but the people networks that MBA programs provide are very beneficial in getting connected to the r
675.
by ativzzz 6y ago
> The only question you should be asking yourself is: is Bitcoin actually valuable or is it a pure speculative bubble that's bound to burst sooner or later. You could say the same thing about the US stock market
676.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Interactive advertisements similar to those that already exist on snapchat/instagram
677.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Sure, but what about the people who will have disrupted or potentially no internet access/support while the market is sorting itself out? If your plan is to be carried out, then there is ripe opportunity for a politician to come to the
678.
by ativzzz 6y ago
By extension, anyone you meet who works at Amazon should be considered that as well. Google and Facebook too probably. Walmart? Honestly any corporation. Add anyone working for the government in there as well
679.
by ativzzz 6y ago
The first part certainly is why they cheat; higher grades allow easier admissions to jobs and better schools. > As with any kind of lie, you will have to cheat more and more to compensate for previous cheating, and eventually your little
680.
by ativzzz 6y ago
This is basically Westworld
681.
by ativzzz 6y ago
These perspectives make a lot of sense. The livelihoods of people who depend on non-pandemic circumstances are either destroyed or are on death's door. It's a lot easier for us working jobs that are easy to transition to remote an
682.
by ativzzz 6y ago
I mean we've collectively decided that we do not care about the experience of mice and rats as we kill and perform all kinds of experiments on them in the lab, not to mention the meat industry. I'm not anti-meat or anything, just
683.
by ativzzz 6y ago
So what exactly is inherently unethical about letting this engineered organism live? Is it a violation of "Christian" ethics of playing God? If so, we've already gone way past that point with modern medicine and things like g
684.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Yes, I believe HN does a pretty good job with this. The only way to provide what you are asking is active moderation, or the opposite of absolute free speech. There will always be people for whom the only solution is to ban them off your pl
685.
by ativzzz 6y ago
As with anything, it is what you make of it. HN has a stereotype of MBA students that doesn't always hold up to the real world (though not all stereotypes are wrong).
686.
by ativzzz 6y ago
A good MBA program will help you develop those exact connections the parent comment mentions
687.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Based on historical trends, and according to the article, this isn't necessarily a decline but just a downward cycle. "Social cooperation waxes and wanes in most complex societies, following a long cycle. This is a generic pattern
688.
by ativzzz 6y ago
"free and fair" is a very vague description depending on your economic and political leanings. You could argue the U.S. is not one, nor has one ever truly existed. Is it free and fair to regulate the financial industry? Depends if
689.
by ativzzz 6y ago
Tennis is also an outdoor sport that allows you to keep distance while getting a great workout, but the outdoor part may or may not be applicable in the winter depending on where you live.
690.
by ativzzz 6y ago
"The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular. In my dreams, I often make plans for the service of humanity, and perhaps I might actually face crucifixion if it were suddenly necessary. Yet I am incapable of li

More ›