hnhire_me

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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> Yeah, obviously it's a problem with the concept of government because companies can bribe/"sponsor"politicians. Is there too much regulation or too little? You are over simplifying it. The regulation is being done a
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
So your argument is non-US ISPs are advantaged by greater competition because they get Y but US ISPs are not because they are too incompetent to clone foreign regulation in a way that benefits them? Hint: There isn't a rebuttal you can
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> It seems to me that we're replacing bribing at the local level with bribing at the national level. This will make it much easier for large ISPs to thwart competition and defer innovation. Just another unintended consequence of gov
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> Didn't the lack of providers in the majority of the US happen because municipal governments got to regulate rights-of-way for installing infrastructure (copper telephone and cable wires, fiber optic cables)? Yes. LA 2015 Election:
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> But if your idea of preserving maximum internet freedom is in effect to place a loaded gun to its head and then declare it is not a problem because it is the good guys who control it and who therefore will use it only for good purposes
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> And now they get the largest investment yet from a party that is NOT interested in falling oil prices... Uber's impact will be the same whether they invest or not. Saudia Arabia needs to diversify its holdings and sovereign fundi
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by hnhire_me 10y ago
> But the banality of these ads makes it all seem quite commonplace and acceptable. Yeah. Many bad things are commonplace and acceptable until progress marches on unfortunately. The majority has a bad habit of lacking empathy for those