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Trump Plans New Curbs on Chinese Investment, Tech Exports to China(wsj.com)
98 points by handsomechad 8y ago|100 comments
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by handsomechad 8y ago
I've noticed this type of comment a lot on HN lately. An innocuous comment which features the tiniest sliver of an attack surface, in this case use of the pronoun "she" in an anecdote, is used as a launchpad for a complete
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Quora has become an absolute cess-pool of thinly veiled content marketing / spam and pseudo-intellectual self-help Ted-talky BS, in my experience at least. When it was first out there were a lot of smart writers posting thought-provoki
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by handsomechad 8y ago
The Rock should absolutely be worried about his health, specifically his endocrine system as it is physiologically supranormal because of the cocktail of drugs he is undoubtedly on.
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by handsomechad 8y ago
very few people with low body fat percentage will be 220 lbs unless they are 99th percentile height. (6'4''+) i would say the average athletic/fit person who is fairly lean (10-14% bf) [1] at a height of 6'0'&
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by handsomechad 8y ago
what scene in shawshank are you referring to
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by handsomechad 8y ago
I think it's a really good idea. At least the spirit of it is correct - HN is a unique community which really helps me crowdsource a lot of wisdom and knowledge, and I think the pseudonymity and ephemerality is a feature more than a b
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by handsomechad 8y ago
I'm really interested in Alexander but haven't found great resources about it online. Can you link to anything publicly available that you found interesting? Where does he talk about modern society miscalibrating human balance?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Curious as to the reasoning behind your theory? I'm not disagreeing, I honestly am not knowledgeable or well-read enough to decisively agree or disagree, but the rationale behind why semiconductors would have saved the USSR from its de
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by handsomechad 8y ago
What industries pay better in Canada? What industry is Canada a good place for? At least, better than tech. Or is it just that tech workers have so much opportunity and mobility that there's too much incentive for them to leave th
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by handsomechad 8y ago
> I wonder why he's so afraid of people clearing his tracking pixels. I know, Poe's Law, etc. etc., but I'm truly surprised at the amount of comments missing the dripping sarcasm from this last line of the post. Especiall
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by handsomechad 8y ago
>>> and (2) avoiding hidden subsidies of national chains due to the way we budget for infrastructure (governments subsidize building, but not maintenance). what do you mean that "governments subsidize building, but not maintee
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by handsomechad 8y ago
I think the CEOs of the two companies are on the whole correct. I'm usually skeptical of massive consolidation/conglomeration, especially in the media space; but this case would have made more sense ten years ago, before Netflix&#
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by handsomechad 8y ago
Why did you include Gates?
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by handsomechad 8y ago
can someone try to define what it means in this context. i'm reading about rasputin but not sure. Thank you.
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by handsomechad 9y ago
Why is a multi-decade trade surplus bad? Doesn't that mean you have an extremely productive / competitive economic engine? Is it bad because of the opportunity cost of not levering up and investing research and future productivit
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by handsomechad 9y ago
This is an extremely touchy subject but something always pops into my head when I read stories like this and I haven't seen it brought up. I'm hoping this doesn't get buried; I really don't have an axe to grind here, bu
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by handsomechad 9y ago
what does non plus ultra mean? i looked it up but couldn't find a clear definition contextually it seems like it means "peak"?
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by handsomechad 9y ago
I've wrestled with this same question, and I'm not quite sure where I stand. Maybe HN is like nicotine gum, still the same chemicals and neural pathways being activated, but a better substitute for a user who can't just quit
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by handsomechad 9y ago
This is honestly the question that pops into my head as well. The sibling comment doesn't give an answer, just restates that the status quo is suboptimal for society. That very well may be the case, but parent is asking why people ar
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The Crisis of the Lonely Atoms(ribbonfarm.com)
1 points by handsomechad 9y ago|0 comments
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by handsomechad 9y ago
I was racking my brain trying to figure this out as well. someone pray tell
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by handsomechad 9y ago
Which CPQ are you guys moving to? We are also looking to move off of Oracle in the next FY but have not come to a consensus.
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by handsomechad 9y ago
How old are you / the women in the demographic you are talking about, if you do not mind me asking?
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by handsomechad 9y ago
How can you call "iPhone" a nimble upstart and compare it to Nokia, the multinational corporation. Wouldn't "Apple" be more of an apples to apples comparison?
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by handsomechad 9y ago
i assume theyre talking about payroll tax
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by handsomechad 9y ago
That's kind of the point though. Even if they would read your mail if they could, they cannot because of the technological limitations on the medium. The intention doesn't matter, the fact is that slow mail is private for all int
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by handsomechad 9y ago
Swarthmore
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by handsomechad 9y ago
I mean that the outrage at Uber for this is what is ridiculous. Maybe not the story, or even the lawsuit (I understand the family seeking compensation for something like this), but the vitriol directed in Uber's direction for this see
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by handsomechad 9y ago
This is kind of ridiculous. My condolences to the bereaved and all that, but come on. High-paying jobs can often times be extremely stressful, and whenever I have worked in a pressure cooker environment I have often found myself questioni

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