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751.
by cylinder 10y ago
What does AI have to do with anything?
752.
by cylinder 10y ago
Wow, you sure do assume a lot of things. I guess you're like one of the people I described. Btw, use a dictionary, hysteria was a word that existed before 2016.
753.
by cylinder 10y ago
Same thing, even with long-time friends, if I am trying to counter their hysteria (they're reading and sharing "fake news," too, and I just want to point out the inaccuracy of their statements or test them with logic, I'
754.
by cylinder 10y ago
Inverse relationship: critical thinking skills of the populace being led, and the presence of incompetent "bullshit artists" leading them.
755.
by cylinder 10y ago
I don't even follow what you're talking about. There are three telecom networks in NZ, the government owned one was privatized long ago and is publicly listed. There are private ski resort companies. In a lot of ways, Australia an
756.
by cylinder 10y ago
>They have government-sanctioned monopolies in everything from office property to ski resorts. Telecom industry is even more of a joke than Australia or US. TIL resisting neoliberal market ideology = corruption. Why is this hard to under
757.
by cylinder 10y ago
NZ has no chance of opposing US will unless it wants to go completely in opposition and cut off ties. The US is a giant bully, NZ is a tiny isolated island state. The US managed to get Switzerland to give up banking secrecy, there's no
758.
by cylinder 10y ago
Entertainment is the product. See Neil Postman's Amused to Death. If people really wanted quality journalism, they'd be lining up to pay for it. This is not a market failure.
759.
by cylinder 10y ago
I'm surprised the left has become so sympathetic to the corporate media all of a sudden. These people colluded to stop a once in a lifetime opportunity in Bernie Sanders to help their friend and collaborator Hillary Clinton, and so we
760.
by cylinder 10y ago
This is how video conferencing should work: I go to your page and generate a link. I send that link to participants. They open it, the video conference starts full-screen immediately. High resolution, no plugin downloads, no prompts, no &qu
761.
by cylinder 10y ago
assuming you're in Europe, where they have laws which mandate a certain amount of natural light. No such thing in the US. Our workplaces, the unique campuses of Google et al aside, are far behind. I've worked in places that felt l
762.
by cylinder 10y ago
What's this fascination with video over text?
763.
by cylinder 10y ago
I wouldn't say I'm non-technical. I spent most of my childhood on computers in the 90s-early 200s. Jumped on AOL very early on, got into Warez, progs, all that fun stuff, then into early web development (MS Frontpage!), built a bl
764.
by cylinder 10y ago
Oh please. Do you know how many public companies there are? Some of them very small. Uber hands millions directly to consumers every week just to buy market share but they can't afford compliance? The reason they aren't going publ
765.
by cylinder 10y ago
Raised on soda. Wow. Just stick to plain water for a few weeks and your tastes will adjust.
766.
by cylinder 10y ago
More likely is the rising USD. Australia and Canada have cheaper fees, and better pathways to permanent residency for some students. Also of note is their universities are mostly in urban environments whereas in USA you're usually in a
767.
by cylinder 10y ago
If in the US and a small business owner you should use S-corp taxation to avoid that. But yes small business has too many challenges in the US, it's the land of megacorp dominance.
768.
by cylinder 10y ago
I believe the Danish have replaced most laws that make dismissal difficult / risky and instead developed a strong unemployment insurance / welfare system. Companies need to be able to adjust their workforce quickly. And it's
769.
by cylinder 10y ago
By your logic, it's acceptable for the PM of Italy to order the assassination of an Italian-American dual citizen because that Italian has pledged allegiance to a foreign state that engages in violence?
770.
by cylinder 10y ago
Jesus. To not only be a child with a terminal disease, but to also lack parent(s)... I can't imagine the pain and sadness these kids feel. Thank you to this man.
771.
by cylinder 10y ago
No, it's time to stop trying to cram everyone into the same primary cities. It's time for secondary cities to shine. We can help by leaving the stone age when it comes to transportation infrastructure. Planes like the Dreamliner m
772.
by cylinder 10y ago
What does you being a white man have to do with anything?
773.
by cylinder 10y ago
Just don't give them any passwords or unlock anything if you are a US citizen. Let them try to detain a US citizen indefinitely for it.
774.
by cylinder 10y ago
I always grab a print copy when they're available somewhere free but they're really unpleasant to navigate. Especially when you get into the inner pages and have to unfold the whole paper. Unless you're sprawled out on the fl
775.
by cylinder 10y ago
ymmv, and this could be placebo for me, but NALT[0] eliminated my post-coffee anxiety. [0] https://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-P...
776.
by cylinder 10y ago
"Quietly" is the new clickbait headline trend word of the moment. Would be great if we banned it here. Don't believe me, search HN or reddit for "quietly."
777.
by cylinder 10y ago
I think you mean software consulting but Expert360 is a good example for other types of consulting.
778.
by cylinder 10y ago
It's not about risk aversion. There's just not enough money going around. US is a big country so obviously if 1% of your capital will be allocated to high risk VC it's going to be a much more substantial amount.
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by cylinder 10y ago
Or maybe they figured out that relying on population growth to drive the economy is a Ponzi scheme. Eventually you can't add more population so you have to reckon with aging one day, might as well solve the problem ASAP. Automation com
780.
by cylinder 10y ago
I agree. People stop reducing your life to dollars (or €). That said, I think the USD is propped up in ways that others are not due to its status in the world. They'd an advantage for some, certainly. And Euro is weakened by rest of EU

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