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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Silicone Valley companies wield too much power when it comes to these sorts of things. This is just another example of this, if they don't self regulate there will be laws that regulate them. Google was banning people's email and
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Do you stackexchange, do you. I have made lots of money by relying on great answers posted on your site, solicited by your code and app and hosted on your hardware. I think anyone whose upset by this sort of move is living in la-la-land the
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I think we need a post mortem in the Democratic Party. Look I supported Hilary but there were so many things that went wrong. Let's talk about the fact that we suppressed our own vote. Emails came out that the party wanted Hilary to wi
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Kind of sad you had to answer your own comment. Listen, you know, as long as we're alive we can change things. Go out to a bar meet some strangers. It's never too late to make some friends. My problem has always been time. Just do
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
The crazy thing is that working in a tech startup I feel like I've lost more friends than any other part or time in my life. Long hours (which have paid off and I have no regrets about) have caused me to become distant and not reach ou
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I think this is a great system that reduces false positives, significantly. It helps candidates shine and it helps employers get good engineers. I would not rely solely on this as no process is perfect. However, I do weigh this part of the
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I think it is dangerous to change things that have been working well for so long. The point of the electoral college is to prevent an absolute extreme candidate who may vow to turn this into a dictatorship or do away with our democracy. It&
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
What's really troubling to me isn't so much that these guys send each other emails asking for favors. I am a lowly engineer and I have been asked if I would consider hiring someone who is just finish school. That's just human
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
The one thing I will say is even though Apple's software quality lately has taken a hit. Their commitment to security has only gotten stronger. The secure enclave, hardware level security, all of the things that came up with the FBI re
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Some of biggest companies in the world are supported purely by ad revenue and adtech. Google, Facebook are just a few examples.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Cable does not have ads?
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Sure that's a fair point. Irresponsible adnetworks are fucking up the web not advertising in general. It will revolve though and brands and content providers will push those violators or. It's just a matter of time.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
This is a terrible idea. I know I will take a lot of heat for saying this on hacker news. Advertising is something that has existed for at least 100 plus years. TV is supported by it, radio is supported by it and it is no coincidence that t
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Blaming the elderly for our problems is a bad move. Simply because the laws of the universe say we will become old too. Now I agree with you on your other points that the insurance companies took this law and said fuck it we will just raise
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I think you hit the nail in the head. Most poor people are worried about making ends meet the very last thing they are thinking about is their taxes and possible IRS penalties. They are expecting a refund and not to get hit with a fine. Thi
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
That's not exactly how our economy works. Those expensive wars are fought with expensive weapons, which are mostly still made here by American companies. Those soldiers fighting those wars are citizens with full time jobs for many year
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
You sure it's not sinking? First Disney wanted to buy them apperantly, then Google. Then they both pulled out for some reason, and they are laying people off like crazy. I may be wrong but from the little research I just did it sure se
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Well I haven't been following them but my comment was based on this article. They had a good quarter they still laid people off, their stock price went Up. That seems to me like some kind of persuit.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
What I love is this: "The move could hurt the companies image in San Francisco where the competition for engineers is fierce." I live in New York and I would never work there. Why would anyone want to join a sinking ship? It'
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I can't wait to buy. This one is going to be a good one even if most of the juice has been squeezed by the time it IPOs. I think people are really hungry for some tech stocks with the kind of brand SnapChat has to invest in. There will
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I get that but let's be honest and up front about it.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
See this title about what's happening to Google Fiber is much more direct, honest, and to the point than the corporate PR google Post and title that confused me into thinking I'm actually going to be able to sign up for Google Fib
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
ISPs need to be disrupted so badly. This was actually one of the few initiatives that I thought would really force everyone to change.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Sure I follow that but I think that the stock will take the hit no matter what. In the very least be honest with us.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
This is terrible corporate speak. It should be titled "We are killing Google Fiber for any new cities". Why do companies do this? Why sugar coat all of this and why make me think your actually going to expand only to let me down.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
I realize I sound like Captain Hindsight here. But. The thing is that I think we don't need to repeat histories mistakes.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
A few things, I am not attacking your position against war. I am saying that Russia needs to be dealt with and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. I am not advocating for war but I am saying that when dealing with things like this
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Really? Right after he hit Poland? That would have been the smartest move the world could have done and you would have had much less bloodshed than you did. You would have prevented the holocaust prevented the destruction of most of Europe.
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
Your making a lot of assumptions about me. I am an immigrant from a country that has had suffered very severely from war. The point is not to let these guys do whatever they want. Go into Ukraine, kill UN volunteers in Syria. Let them becom
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by fowlerpower 10y ago
That's a mute point. We do too. Do you not think Hitler scared the whole world? If you let this guy scare you into inaction then he's already won.

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