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by gist 8y ago
A mistake for an attorney to do this. While some courts might possibly think it's 'cute' there is a higher risk that some will see it as a negative even if they try not to be biased. A court filing is not a job application or
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by gist 8y ago
Thank you. I don't understand the down voting for simply asking a question in an appropriate manner. It's one of the things that I dislike about the community.
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by gist 8y ago
Question for the admins (dang and sctb). This seems like an attorney trolling for work a few times per year. https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts Note other AMA's which are typically different: https:&
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by gist 8y ago
> Don't you think some of these are interesting? Because there is so much that someone can read it is usually helpful to have additional information so you can decide if it's worth reading. Now I am not a Bill Gates fan in any
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by gist 8y ago
> Here are some of our favorite Hacker News comments a) Who is 'our'? And why is HN typically opaque like this? [1] b) Why are they some of your favorite comments? Reasons? [1] As I have noted in the past in comments I have mad
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by gist 8y ago
> most of these people ate out rarely, mostly eating healthier from their lunch boxes Yes to 'eat out rarely' definitely was like that (even in the 60's). But more importantly food wasn't prepared at home to make you
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by gist 8y ago
> “The weather was bad over a rather long period,” he wrote in a letter. “None of the pictures were very good.” Before I read that statement my first thought was 'these are not that good'. [1] And in fact I actually question (d
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by gist 8y ago
> While all NYC area real estate is pricy A good way to see how atypical NYC pricing is is to take a look at what a house right next to the road that leads to JFK airport will cost you. I think spot checking 4 bedrooms was like $600k (wh
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by gist 8y ago
Being able to pay (or be qualified to get a mortgage to pay) $815k for a home kind of makes you 'wealthy', no?
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by gist 8y ago
I am not seeing that this document addresses the important concept of timing. That is when to ask the questions. I am not certain that (as in any negotiation) it pays to ask everything initially. It would be like going out on a date with so
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by gist 8y ago
> name for this phenomenon in HN, comments giving birth to posts What's interesting is that that is a question that a person could answer (in context) quite easily. But can a google search or a computer answer the same question pos
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by gist 8y ago
This is really strange but it's like I'd rather be right than be rich. For example I am in no way a believer in bitcoin as having a future of anything. I did not buy any for that reason (among other reasons for example I am not a
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by gist 8y ago
> tptacek I am waiting for his seminal thoughts on this actually...really.
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by gist 8y ago
Call this 'the language they speak'. Let me explain why I believe (in part) they are doing this (and Jeff Barr can chime in). AWS does this so that people learning from the start in cloud computing 'children' get used to
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by gist 8y ago
I hope Jeff Barr is reading this. While it might be an 'industry wide acronym' and it might make sense for people with experience [1] it is not immediately apparent to certain people who would like to try AWS or who aren't do
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by gist 8y ago
> Besides, without people pushing the limits, we never know what might be possible. Serious question and sorry but who cares exactly? Not like there is a line of people that need to do the same thing, right? > Maybe we find out someth
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by gist 8y ago
Agree exactly. The thinking does not take into account at all the impact on anyone else. Plus we are not talking about 'well get over it I am not going to not ride the motorcycle because of you Mom'. We are talking about a highly
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by gist 8y ago
> I don't understand the downvotes you're getting. Because popular culture is such that we are brainwashed into thinking this type of thing is GREAT!. Similar to when someone jumps on the railroad tracks to save a complete stra
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by gist 8y ago
The way I think I have no clue why people take risks like this other than for the obvious fame and fortune. Just the way I am it seems to be either narcissistic or foolish. I am sure others spur them on because what is not to like about bei
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by gist 8y ago
> I don't think this bill is going anywhere You can actually also tell that by the fact that the article states that privacy regulations are backed by FAANG or similar et al. They think that an eventual bill would be so watered down
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by gist 8y ago
Amazing the amount of people here who takes this as some kind of truth instead of just a story that could have even been leaked for another purpose (perhaps even to gain more leverage with the area that they actually want to go to). This is
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by gist 8y ago
Cloud services? This is a 2nd headquarters and Amazon is more than cloud services. They could handle the point you are making with simply a large local office. Not the entire company which is involved in a host of things that would make oth
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by gist 8y ago
> I think his opinion is interesting Hence 'entertainment', right? > when it didn't turn out the way he originally envisaged Sure but who cares if that is the case? And he didn't imagine and invent the modern web n
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by gist 8y ago
I actually have a big issue when the news runs stories like this to begin with. They would do the same btw if Woz said it or any other well known person. Sure the fact they can tag on 'father of the web' gives a strong pull but th
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by gist 8y ago
Rather than focus on the bad focus on the good part. He got someone he thought was better and decided to go with that. From a business perspective and if you remove the short term way it looks (or his reputation impact) it is a good move. O
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by gist 8y ago
> They have created over 28,000 jobs. I always get a kick out of the 'created jobs' meme. It is always bandied about in such a positive way. As if you took people out of work and employed them. The truth is you also need a num
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by gist 8y ago
> (e.g. Lisa Jobs's recent memoir) I do not feel bad for Lisa Jobs one iota. Plenty of people without rich or famous parents get treated much worse than she did. And those people aren't whining (all the way to the bank). Note t
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by gist 8y ago
> I'm genuinely interested in how you think Paul Allen's untimely death should be discussed on HN. I don't have a particular opinion on how it should be 'discussed'. People can pay whatever respect that they want
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by gist 8y ago
What? Loss to humanity? Sorry but he was no Steve Jobs or even close. He exited Microsoft in 1982 and essentially spent money that he made off of Microsoft (to do some good things let's say if you forget the patent trolling). Not minim
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by gist 8y ago
I am guessing that most people here have apparently forgotten about the patent troll aspect of Paul Allen: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100827/12001710802.shtml Now I am sure there are those that will think

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