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by gabaix 6y ago
It is more akin to the US Sanctions. You don’t have to abide. If you do trade with sanctioned countries, you should not do any kind of business with the US, or pay a hefty penalty. Here’s a case example, BNP Paribas dealings with sanctioned
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by gabaix 6y ago
I bought my Jacquard Levi’s jacket 2 years ago in SF. What I really love is the gesture interface. The swipe on the sleeve feels natural. Comparatively tapping on AirPods looks more awkward. It is especially useful while riding my motorbike
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by gabaix 6y ago
They may look for unregulated markets. They focus on highly addictive games, and the games are restricted for the kids in China.
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He also made Facebook hire a full-time pollster to run polls about his popularity.
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In the 2014 merger procedure [1] Facebook described it as 'very hard', and 'against its own interest'. > "The Notifying Party submitted that integration between WhatsApp and Facebook would pose significant techni
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by gabaix 6y ago
Another HN thread about ecole 42 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18269783
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by gabaix 6y ago
I don’t think there’s an easy fix for this, and that makes me sad. One remedy is as simple as a phone call. Calling old time friends and relatives can make wonder. Most will rejoice at hearing a familiar voice. Another remedy is acceptanc
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by gabaix 6y ago
I stopped reading business books like this when I realized most advice is either irrelevant or counter productive. You might as well read the opposite: “Feedback is the most important thing you can give to a team member. Count up to 5 befor
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by gabaix 6y ago
Great job! You could mention it is an inspiration from the Eisenhower Matrix. This aims to solve the urgency trap. First time I see a tool made for it. I will give it a try!
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My family inherited a large estate in the South of France and the roof alone was half a million. Now you don’t have to fix things right away, but it quickly becomes a hazard. Castles are very much a leisure expenditure.
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Both the US administration and the CCP represent political systems. These systems are different in several points, including how deciders are chosen and how disagreements are settled.
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That’s an excellent idea. The issue is there is also soft censorship through algorithm tweaking. A law like this should require third party auditing of the companies.
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I don’t read OP has making claims about the US having a higher morale ground. It is pretty accepted no government has the higher morale ground. You can dig enough in any past or present to find evil or good.
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It is quite likely the US will continue to look at companies on which CCP can have control over. I agree it is odd to not have made a more comprehensive list.
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The advertising angle is very good one. US media and sports companies are already self censoring because of the economic retribution they might face in mainland.
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by gabaix 6y ago
Tik Tok itself isn’t the issue. The threat is a threat from the CCP. CCP has shown they are willing to use data from Chinese assets to coerce individuals around the world. This is the same reason why Europe should be also wary from both CCP
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by gabaix 6y ago
One of my friends worked directly under one of the brothers. He had to double any of his objectives: his revenue goals, his hiring goals, his layoff goals. Whatever it was, he had to double it. It was to the point of absurdity. He would be
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by gabaix 6y ago
> we just discovered that Chinese police officer are invited here to identify potential Chinese to send back to China What country is this?
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by gabaix 6y ago
I interviewed there for a product management position. It was clear they were not a product company, but they badly wanted to be one. Being a product company is so much better in Silicon Valley. Revenues scale. Engineers work on general pro
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by gabaix 6y ago
Facebook executives openly lied to the European Commission, to get approval for the acquisition. 3 years later they were fined $120M, a slap on the wrist [1]. No wonder they keep making empty promises. [1] https://ec.europa.eu&#x
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Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century advocates for a wealth tax of up to 2%. This is the only remedy to combat the structural rising inequality in capitalism. He also admits the tax would be difficult to implement. He
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“When to use mask: - If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with suspected #coronavirus infection. - Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing” WHO, Mar 1, https://twitter.com/w
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This is what the article challenges. The author provides cases of events where infection by droplets cannot entirely explain the spread.
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by gabaix 6y ago
Indeed. Fragmenting is inevitable as software takes over the world. Countries using foreign products will be more and more wary of espionnage. Attempts at local data residency are encouraging. Yet they are still a far cry from what is neede
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I am moving to my parents’ city for this exact reason. My wife and I are full time professionals, and we are failing at educating our children.
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by gabaix 6y ago
Correct. There is an option for mods to slow or accelerate the decay function of the post. This is a practice that all content platforms use and few know about. Burying content down, or removing from feed (for Facebook/YouTube) is a so
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by gabaix 6y ago
There is an option for mods to accelerate or slow the decay function of the post. This is a practice that all content platforms use and few know about. Burying content down, or removing from feed (for Facebook/YouTube) is a soft censor
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by gabaix 6y ago
As of right now, the post is 3-hour old, has 391 votes, second only to another post in the top 60 posts, and yet is is ranked... #59. HN mods have likely flagged it as flamewar, or non relevant, or both, effectively contributing to the soft
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The US has the highest gun ownership (1.2 per capita), double the country next on the list. When police officers from Europe come to visit, the first thing that surprise them is how tense the police is. They are constantly in fear of gettin
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by gabaix 6y ago
Slide 5 “The College Addiction” talks about the addictive nature of Facebook. Using the word addiction must have been a sound sales pitch in the early days. An expression that has quickly been replaced by technical terms like ‘engagement’ a

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