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by eric_b 5y ago
I will admit the Prosus people seem more forward-looking (based on some wiki reading) than your usual run-of-the-mill PE acquirer. So perhaps they can steer the ship competently.
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by eric_b 5y ago
I find parallels between Stack Overflow and Mozilla. Both started with fairly focused products that were best in class. The user base grew and the network effect multiplied. Both were started and largely staffed by engineers. Then both c
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by eric_b 5y ago
Eh, I've spent a great deal of time in Norway, the UK and France. The UK and Norway are just as bad in terms of "problem" drinking in my experience. France seems to have it more under control but there are still plenty of d
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by eric_b 5y ago
I think you're spot on. I'm an avid reader but I enjoy all the "low-brow" stuff. Tropey high fantasy, cheesy sci-fi, formulaic legal thrillers, I love it all. If it has "spy" anywhere in the description I&#x
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by eric_b 5y ago
Yeah, I got that part - and I understand why people would want to believe that because no one wants to believe a culture can have sub-optimal traits. But from where I stand, it is a cultural thing. It may be expedient, it may have sprung
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by eric_b 5y ago
> It's a lousy argument to suggest that Chinese products are bad because Chinese culture does not promote attention to detail because some people sometimes say "chabuduo". With respect, you have not spent much time in main
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by eric_b 5y ago
She was given the opportunity to purchase her masters and she thought the price was too high. So they sold them to someone who would pay more. It's definitely about the money to some extent - she wasn't willing to pony up what it
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by eric_b 5y ago
No, the problem isn't that the critics disagreed with me - the problem is that every critical write up I found said this new release was amazing, breathtaking, incredible, brave, [insert extreme superlative here] etc. Not one review I
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by eric_b 5y ago
Sort of tangential to the main point but - I find the new version of Fearless to be utterly lacking in "soul", "energy", "magic" or whatever you want to call it. The unquantifiable things that made the origina
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by eric_b 5y ago
I don't understand your comment. Are you refuting that semiconductor fabrication is capital intensive? Are you comparing it somehow to building high schools? Like... what? The new fab TSMC is building in Arizona is 12 BILLION DOLLA
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by eric_b 5y ago
Those ASML EUV machines are like 100-200 million dollars apiece. I can't imagine what the lead time on something like that is. And of course you need people to run them, a space to run them in, and everything else. There can't
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by eric_b 5y ago
Ermmmm, I don't understand how this is the "car industry fucking everyone over". Even if what you wrote is true - it's just the market at work. If the car companies can pay enough to get slots in a fab and beat out smal
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by eric_b 6y ago
This isn't true practically though. Most multinationals consist of dozens of sub-entities but the books all still roll up to the parent. If Google wanted to "get smaller" they would literally have to break apart, which is t
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by eric_b 6y ago
We have progressive taxation for individuals - why not for corporations? I don't have an army of accountants to avoid the corporate tax rate for my small business. So as a percentage I pay vastly more taxes than the multinationals. Wh
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by eric_b 6y ago
I think names are more important than people think. I am frankly shocked they would make this change (assuming it's not an April Fool's joke) This has to be the worst branding move I've ever seen, with the exception maybe of
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by eric_b 6y ago
I mean, Google will tell you everything you need to know: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... > Based on the data available, in-person learning in schools has not been associate
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by eric_b 6y ago
Eh, the political left is just as guilty of abusing "science" for its own agenda. If you look at what peer reviewed articles in medical journals say about COVID, and then you look at the "pro-science" left-leaning-media
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by eric_b 6y ago
In the US I've been sadly unsurprised by how little coverage Hong Kong has gotten recently. Our politicians are a disgrace. They scream about democracy when a bunch of hooligans riot at the Capitol, but when a human-rights defiling go
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by eric_b 6y ago
To me this is just another piece of evidence that traditional "journalism" is dying or maybe dead. (And what I mean is big media organizations that hire writers who's job is to gather and report news). This is of course gett
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by eric_b 6y ago
Umm... I didn't say he was doing nothing... But to further clarify - My point was that work/income generation can add meaning and validation for lots of folks. Even the author hints at this - his writing wasn't taking off, n
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by eric_b 6y ago
I really struggled with the author's tone. It dripped of condescension towards those who live a "normal" lifestyle. I enjoy working. I find purpose and meaning it. I do not let it dominate my life, but without it I would f
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by eric_b 6y ago
This article is incredibly factually incorrect: >In 2019, all the models it sold were either hybrids or ran solely on batteries. This is provably false. I have several family members who own 2019 or newer Volvos that are gas powered onl
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by eric_b 6y ago
Some of the complaints from Robinhood users ring of entitlement. They didn't know what they were doing or what rights they actually had. And certainly they must not have read the ToS where Robinhood is granted various terrible powers
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by eric_b 6y ago
Thank you for being a voice of reason. The speed at which the "wall street cabal is pulling strings and hurting the little guy!" conspiracies erupted was breathtaking. It's a few short sellers who got wrecked. The rest of t
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by eric_b 6y ago
Robinhood is easily the worst "broker" app I've ever seen. This is just the most public screwup in their long history of anti-user behavior. Why anyone continues to use RH I have no idea. The only other brokers where I&#x27
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by eric_b 6y ago
I used find GPs comments insightful, particularly with regard to computer security. Now his comments are predictably and assiduously leftist-political, and rarely on-topic to the article from what I've seen. > The new "Newsweek
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by eric_b 6y ago
In 2020 a major theme was "de-escalation" when it comes to policing. Instead of ratcheting up the intensity the police should try and calm things down. I think most people on HN can agree with that idea. Let cooler heads prevail
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by eric_b 6y ago
Agreed - it's certainly a left-leaning narrative. I don't understand the "why" of any of it anymore. The far-left folks are pro lockdown but also want to help the underprivileged. No one is hurt worse by lockdowns. They
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by eric_b 6y ago
Working from bed is great? What? Who at the NYT thought this was worth publishing? This is a great way to increase mental health issues, decrease physical health and hygiene and generally make everything worse. Maybe in the future when mor
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by eric_b 6y ago
I agree - this has been a theme of 2020. It's like the entire media gets its talking points from a single place. More surprisingly to me is that people still give modern media any credibility whatsoever. I turned on NPR the other day

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