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811.
by chasing 9y ago
> But this [grey-area, sometimes exploitative] is exactly how you're supposed to run a massively successful startup in its first decade. No, no it's not. > This is exactly how FB started out. People keep comparing Uber to Fa
812.
by chasing 9y ago
I was born in the 70s, but was not old enough to remember them directly -- so I'll defer to your direct experience. Of course there wasn't zero access to media from other decades -- but I remember in the 80s and even 90s cultural
813.
by chasing 9y ago
Yeah, I think people don't realize that the extreme variation in culture over the decades of the 20th century was due, in part, to the fact that older media simply wasn't available. Think of the 70s. Want to watch a TV show from t
814.
by chasing 9y ago
Yes, you are correct. When you strip out the laddish jokey stuff, it's reasonable advice. And you've written it in a way that's more fitting for a corporate environment. No one's complaining about the content of the line
815.
by chasing 9y ago
For me, it's the tone and the implication that the CEO does it. Which casts a jokey light on, y'know, telling employees to please not rape one another.
816.
by chasing 9y ago
Hard to prove a counterfactual, so it could also very well be the case that they are successful in spite of these failings, not because of these failings.
817.
by chasing 9y ago
Here's the whole line item in Uber's e-mail: > 4) Do not have sex with another employee UNLESS a) you have asked that person for that privilege and they have responded with an emphatic "YES! I will have sex with you"
818.
by chasing 9y ago
Given that it's under active investigation, "meme" might be wrong word.
819.
by chasing 9y ago
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." -Mark Twain
820.
by chasing 9y ago
You're right that young people need to understand the costs of going to college and make an educated decision about whether spending the time and money on a four-year degree in their field of interest is worth it. If you're goal i
821.
by chasing 9y ago
This is a weird article. "Young people earn less, face higher unemployment rates than ever, and have been hit hard by financial recessions. Are video games to blame?"
822.
by chasing 9y ago
I think my point has been lost and it's tough to transmit tone-of-voice in a comment on a website. My failings. The comment wasn't about shaming him, it was parodying the lazy "I'm just saying" rhetorical technique
823.
by chasing 9y ago
If clicking two links to see what someone wrote in public on this very site is a problem -- jeez. I don't know what to say. I do it all the time when I read a comment that's really insightful or when I see something silly or off-k
824.
by chasing 9y ago
GOOD. We should be proud to live in a country that can take leadership and promote this process.
825.
by chasing 9y ago
> government power grabs and wealth redistribution The bogeymen conservatives and the GOP use to justify every single one of their regressive and harmful policies...
826.
by chasing 9y ago
No, it's not a breakdown of what Americans don't know how to spell. It's someone playing with Google auto-complete. Google could actually do this study. They have a lot of good information at their disposal. What words do peo
827.
by chasing 9y ago
I believe this article is talking about senior execs and you might be talking about general employees. And your comments feel noble but a bit unrealistic to me as far as general employees go. First, there's a cost to bringing people in
828.
by chasing 9y ago
Yup, he's a great guy. (I'm also a former student.)
829.
by chasing 9y ago
Maybe this is also an opportunity to correct some of the untruths you've observed instead of simply complaining about their purported existence? Be the improved comment quality you wish to see in the world.
830.
by chasing 9y ago
I just finished reading the book "Raising the Floor," an argument in favor of universal basic income written by former SEIU president Andy Stern's book. It's a worthwhile read. This article just sounds like some cross be
831.
by chasing 9y ago
If these hackers caused tens of billions of dollars worth of damage... I'm happy to see a rapid and decisive response severe enough to dissuade people from trying a stunt like this again. Maybe leaving my front door unlocked was a bad
832.
by chasing 9y ago
The term "the left" or "liberals" and such tends to make me tune out, figuring someone's about to make a straw-man argument or engage in the national pastime of our political pundits: shadow-boxing with figments of
833.
by chasing 9y ago
"Completely broken on mobile. Looks fine if you request desktop mode." - Abraham Lincoln
834.
by chasing 9y ago
I imagine if you offer your opinion about the price in a professional context where your opinion can affect the actual value of the property then you might have to follow some rules. If you drive by a house and say "this house doesn&#x
835.
by chasing 9y ago
We don't need to wait for there to be problems to put some common sense rules in place. It happens all the time.
836.
by chasing 9y ago
You're conflating a bunch of different things into a kind of opinion mush. A common carrier is a very specific thing legally. Being a common carrier puts you in a very powerful position, so the government applies regulations to common
837.
by chasing 9y ago
To put a finer point on it: Facebook isn't a common carrier, Comcast is. I don't think Facebook yet has a monopoly on social networking. There are too many powerful competitors and "social networking" is kind of a broad
838.
by chasing 9y ago
Facebook isn't an ISP. Facebook -- though big! -- is one site on the internet and if you feel like you're not receiving news about things that are important to you there, you hop onto another site. If enough people stop using Face
839.
by chasing 9y ago
I allege that you were killed by your boss. There. You all three share similarities. Conspiracy!
840.
by chasing 9y ago
No one and nothing has a track record of being 100% correct except Kim Jong Un if you're North Korean.

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