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by billions 10y ago
One could argue the Coca Cola company pushed bottled water on US residents in the 1990's. Alternatively, one could argue government standards did not keep up with filtration technology. Unfortunately, US government innovation since t
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by billions 10y ago
In my opinion, the Internet is the best modern day example of something working fairly with minimal regulation.
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Why not Tijuana?
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by billions 10y ago
Would it be possible for Facebook to execute a hostile takeover of Snap, now that Snap is public?
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by billions 10y ago
Those of us who have been around a while remember the black sheep of past technology eras. I always like to sum (+/-)happiness/person * num people affected by the technology]. It usually outweighs the dramatized negative points
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by billions 10y ago
How about the government stops printing money instead? It would have a similar effect on buying power as your suggestion.
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by billions 10y ago
how many lives were lost due to over-regulation of fats instead of sugar? i stand by my belief that experimentation with 1000 different diets will prove the subset that works over time.
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by billions 10y ago
Over-regulation prevents what we call in the software world "rapid iteration". It may take more time for the dust to settle, but eventually the best solutions naturally rise to the top by this method.
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by billions 10y ago
Until a Russian name or IP address is provided, the accusations fail to hold water. An incomplete proof is equivalent to "'cause we said so"
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by billions 10y ago
And who wants to commute to Bakersfield?
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by billions 10y ago
Per your numbers 64B / 9m per year = 7 thousand years California could continue subsidizing those air routes for the cost of the track. Can't you see the disparity in cost?
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Relative to past engineering challenges, this represents a drop in the bucket. There is sufficient precedent to be able to emulate existing solutions for all portions of the track. Compare that to engineering accomplishments of the 20th c
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by billions 10y ago
It is a reflection of real world behavior. Before Facebook, people spread similarly wild rumors via word of mouth.
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by billions 10y ago
Libertarian means do what you want as long as you're not hurting others. Gary Johnson ran on the platform of 'keep the government out of our pocketbook and out of our bedroom'. Not sure how taxing home use aligns with that.
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by billions 10y ago
The new MacBook Pro's Touch Bar is meant as a halfway point between keys and a touch screen. It may replace the application dock, it may replace the menu bar, it may do more granular things like offer local variables, or word completi
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by billions 10y ago
Having recently evaluated both for a new project, today I would recommend starting with React simply for the maturity of React libraries. In 6 months this may be a different story.
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by billions 10y ago
Mars launch is delayed waiting for rocket passengers to fasten their seatbelts
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by billions 10y ago
I know people who have been homeless and got off the street that say many homeless people want to be homeless. Perhaps in a high pressure, individualistic society people seeing themselves at the bottom of the chart express themselves by re
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by billions 10y ago
This. Big brother is increasingly being watched by public iPhones.
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Apple realizes smartphone development has stagnated industry-wide. Rumors are that they have gone from a 2 year iPhone refresh to 3. I think it's obvious Apple has failed to innovate on 6s and 7 iPhones. This could be a downturn for th
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by billions 10y ago
Global warming will be fixed in the same fashion - via a mass market, technological solution.
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If you're doing what everybody else is doing, by definition, you are not making progress
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by billions 10y ago
Tesla launched autopilot like a startup in beta mode before big co's and regulators could slow it down. If you believe computers will eventually be safer drivers, would you prefer: A) Autopilot launches gradually over 20 years by a bi
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by billions 10y ago
After 5+ years of developing in Chrome Dev tools, I switched to Safari 2 weeks ago (Mac) and couldn't be happier. Chrome has become bloated. Ever notice CPU fans ramping up? Only while Dev Tools is open. Memory hog is an understat
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by billions 10y ago
Why are developers NOT paid proportional to output? A 5x developer should get paid more than a 2x dev but that doesn't seem to happen
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by billions 10y ago
Would be nice to compare productivity with others. Just purchased the full version.
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by billions 10y ago
A cryptocurrency needs to happen. Today or in the future economic incentives will drive politics out of money.
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I think you hit the nail on the head: he has a vested interest and ethereum presents a runway for coinbase. IMO Bitcoin's problem, as depicted by this thread, is complexity, which ethereum adds more of instead of less. Make money work
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by billions 11y ago
Somebody inside the FBI was greedy for a raise and took the risk to try to take a bite out of the Apple. I doubt they got demoted or took a salary hit. The career upside for the individuals involved would have been huge. Perhaps they bel

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