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Agreed, but sounds like the issue is the politicians and the government, not rich people.
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I hear this argument a lot, and I'm confused. What's the alternative here? The billions these people have literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for them. iPhones and social networks and electric cars don't spontane
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If the deaths of 5 people as the results of an unruly mob can't be read at face value, what can?
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> Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete. Which one is it? Indefinitely or for the n
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This was the right move by Twitter at the right time. If they had blocked his account years, or even months ago, they would have had maintained no credibility as a platform, in the pocket of the left, etc. If they don't take a stand no
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
That is exactly the article I was thinking of! Gotta love the internet.
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An interesting hot take I read a while back (that I can't find) was that Google's strategy is generally "compete with every company on every product in order to build a moat, so that no one can touch search, which is the actu
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> First moves will be to revitalize Soviet economy, end the arms race, and get Mrs. G a charge account at Neiman Marcus
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I was on this tour as well (Nate -- that's where we met!) and really enjoyed it. He was so busy with his company and his development project, but he still seemed to have infinite time for us scrappy entrepreneurs. We had a tour of down
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Fair enough. Although to be clear, I was being sarcastic about it being "funtimes." I hate flame wars and really didn't seek to invite or perpetuate it, nor did I think my original or follow-up comment would invite one. Thank
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Hi dang -- I appreciate what you're trying to do, but please understand it was neither my intent to start one or perpetuate a flame war, nor was my comment inflammatory in any reasonable sense of the word. Seems unfair to single me out
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Looks like I accidentally started a flame war here! Funtimes. My answer to some common replies: 1) "But the [left/right] is much worse": you're sorta making my point. Even if the other "side" may be worse now,
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This is a powerful piece about a time in Germany where people couldn't, to paraphrase, see where things could go, and so couldn't really understand when things have started. I suspect that readers will see this piece as a reflecti
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For noobs: what is Cairo?
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Long term protection will be achieved by a significant % of the population being vaccinated at any given time, yielding herd immunity. Exciting news for the world!
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Reminds me of the old joke... Reagan was talking to Gorbachev, and told him "in the US, anyone can march into my office and yell 'I don't like the way you're running your country!'" Gorbachev replied, "Sam
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Politicians are, by their choice of profession, exposed. Which is not to say that death threats and/or harassment shouldn't have legal consequences based on their severity, which of course they should. But note that this article m
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Note what the police are doing and what they're going after: "police searched 83 apartments and other buildings to seize evidence like smart phones and laptops. Prosecutors said 96 suspects are being questioned about hateful posts
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Wizards Ends Their Relationship with Terese Nielsen(hipstersofthecoast.com)
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That really doesn't seem appropriate for HN.
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Seems to me this regulation will have two very predictable outcomes: 1) For companies who want employee proximity, the companies will flee San Francisco 2) For companies who remain, the employees will flee San Francisco Given that climate c
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by bmmayer1 6y ago
Hold on -- every capture of reality, whether it's a 100-year-old black and white video camera or a modern day 3d video -- "lies" to you. There is no such thing as an objective capture of reality. Media is inherently represent
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Is it really anonymous if everyone knows he did it?
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Whereas this is monstrous, one has to ask if PandaDoc leadership is acting recklessly by criticizing a foreign dictatorship from afar, while their employees and assets are still at risk. At least Bill Browder had the foresight to get most o
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I used to work two desks over from Dan at the Obama campaign in Chicago in 2007, when he was developing and testing an early proof of concept of what would become Optimizely. He was able to increase fundraising performance significantly by
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> Future astronaut Wally Schirra, then a hotshot Korea veteran with a MiG-15 kill to his credit, remembered his first visit to the lab. The China Lake eggheads had a “dome-shaped device, made of glass….a man-made eyeball,” he recalled. “
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Have you gotten professional help? You're clearly aware that you have a problem and you seem to want to fix it, which is a really important first step.
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This is clearly a signaling move for the wealthiest and most influential business leaders in Hong Kong who might be tempted to subvert Beijing's authority. If they can get the biggest and wealthiest pro-democracy tycoon, they can get a
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By your logic, this is precisely the time to sell non-gold equities -- with comments like Portnoy's "put any 3 letters together and buy that"[1], not the time to sell gold, which is behaving exactly as you would expect it to
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"Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few liste

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