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by avocado4 7y ago
People keep saying that, but I don't really buy it. Scanning barcodes isn't really necessary when you have everybody with a credit card and every local merchant accepts NFC payment. Everybody using crappy unencrypted JS-based WeCh
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by avocado4 7y ago
So form a partnership with US firm, extract IP and know-how, launch a clone in China, and part ways. Sounds like a standard approach.
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by avocado4 7y ago
What do you have against Luxembourg?
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by avocado4 7y ago
Hospitals don't care about hearts, minds, or patient wellbeing for that matter. You will be brought there and they will extract $8000 for a simple procedure. That's all that matters for them.
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by avocado4 7y ago
> even with the analytically sophisticated HN crowd Do you have a source for this bold statement?
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by avocado4 7y ago
I'm pretty sure Google has seen an exodus of alienated top performers in the past years (who happen to be predominantly Asian and White males). So now Google is realizing that maybe demonizing their core demographic through fostering h
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by avocado4 7y ago
Bought a scooter for $400 on Amazon, and it paid off in less than 2 months.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Same company that vowed to set up an internal ethics panel and promised that they aren't doing much business in Xinjiang.
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Door Almost Ripped Off from Qantas Airbus A380(simpleflying.com)
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by avocado4 7y ago
> McDonald's also lacks network effects, though it does have some brand loyalty McDonald's is top 10 most valuable brand in the world. It has massive brand loyalty & defensibility through it.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Google is banned in China along with almost all other US & European tech.
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by avocado4 7y ago
You're being downvoted but state subsidies are one of the largest concerns US/EU have with China, so it's a valid point. Not to say that TikTok doesn't have any revenue at all, they have ads.
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by avocado4 7y ago
You're making up facts. US is actively restricting Huawei from doing business with them.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Some people prefer to avoid the sun, especially during the high UV-index hours.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Sometimes extra social interactions is the last thing I want after interacting all day at work.
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Fired John Hopkins Professor in Talks to Join Xiaomi(technode.com)
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by avocado4 7y ago
I'm really hoping for India, the world's largest democracy, to overtake China as an industrial and tech powerhouse of Asia in the next 10-20 years.
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by avocado4 7y ago
What happens if you buy heroin, overdose, and pass out on the street with permanent brain damage?
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TikTok could threaten national security, senators say(theverge.com)
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by avocado4 7y ago
This article is a nationalist piece with few to no logical arguments. It's meant to spread a flamewar online.
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Pictures show specter of fake evidence in 737 MAX Crash Probe(bloomberg.com)
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by avocado4 7y ago
Average junior devs in Bay Area.
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by avocado4 7y ago
> Never pitch this office If you didn't get the memo, it won't be optional. If you come up with any idea on how to improve anything at all around you, better run it by Norman Yee first. Now get your ticket and wait in line for
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by avocado4 7y ago
Too hot in summer and too cold in winter. Not enough VC money relatively to SF. Otherwise I'd move.
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by avocado4 7y ago
What is the alternative? SF is flush with VC money and rich customers eager to try new products. Add to that the perfect weather, quality of life, and ability to get around without a car. There's no better place still, by far. As someb
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by avocado4 7y ago
This is incredibly demoralizing for somebody trying to pursue their dreams in San Francisco as an entrepreneur.
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by avocado4 7y ago
Shoulda raked our woods like them Finns.
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China hit by EU tariffs on steel road wheels(bloomberg.com)
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by avocado4 7y ago
Protesters are burning Iranian flags.
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by avocado4 7y ago
These are the same Iraqi protesters that are burning Iranian flags. Clearly US has already put pressure on Iran backing current Baghdad government. I wonder if they'll also start pressuring Baghdad itself after this violence. Article s

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