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by james-watson 10y ago
Precisely, I've been saying this for years. If you look at time frames, China is right on track to become an economic powerhouse in the production of quality products just like Japan in the 90s. Japan started in the 1950s after WWII, b
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by james-watson 10y ago
Your definition of "logic" is quite interesting. In your example, the accused was found guilty and sentenced. The victim was not fired from her job, nor her identity revealed. Also, the accused was not found guilty of rape nor bat
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by james-watson 10y ago
It's not "people's" opinion that matters. It's the police and court's. Victims of sexual assault have their identities protected throughout the entire legal process. Did she, or did she not, report these multip
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by james-watson 10y ago
Precisely. I am completely flabbergasted by the parent comment. How can someone allow a rapist to walk free? What job is worth keeping that interferes with justice being done? Which VC can survive a lawsuit resulting from firing an employee
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by james-watson 10y ago
Wow. Rape is a felony. She was "afraid of getting fired"? Pretty sure she could sue the VC and retire off their millions if they fired her for opening a rape case. By the way, you don't report rape to HR. You report it to the
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by james-watson 10y ago
Great analysis but you left out one major point: Facebook is a monopoly in it's market segment, whereas Ford is one of many fierce competitors. As such, Facebook takes all the profit from social media advertising, and can set its own p
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by james-watson 10y ago
Surprisingly strong opinions on world politics, without much evidence. I have the utmost sympathy for the plight of the chronically ill, but to decree a referendum result as "madness" is slightly egotistical. Perhaps those who are
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by james-watson 10y ago
Ah, but there is great payoff for the Kings and Queens. Not so much for the pawns.
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by james-watson 10y ago
This is an absurdly naive view of a utopian hyper-rationalist. The laws are created by those in power to serve those in power. They do not stand on their own, because they are enforced by cops, lawyers and judges, who are people. These peop
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by james-watson 10y ago
Indeed, the political class is frighteningly relentless at churning out new versions their doublespeak vocabularies designed to balkanize the voting population. As you rightly stated, these "power words" change with the political
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by james-watson 10y ago
You are a brave soul to bring such facts into this conversation my friend. Many, many users on HN have been hellbanned for stating facts without any political bias. For example, it is very likely that I will get banned for this statement: &
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by james-watson 10y ago
This sounds my daily regimen of using Ubuntu on my laptop.
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by james-watson 10y ago
I cannot tell if you are serious, or seriously trolling. >What a dystopian future that would be, with everybody sitting on a single planet at risk of disease, nuclear war, asteroid impacts, global-scale climate change, all without a care
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by james-watson 10y ago
Treaties are great fun for the specific brand of nerd that loves treaties. In the real world, the only thing that matters is who has the bigger stick to backup whatever terms they dictate. No NATO treaties or US treaties would have any weig
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by james-watson 10y ago
I sense a lot of naive optimism in your approach. You understand the goal of any business, especially an internet business, is to become a monopoly right? Look at Amazon, Google, FB, etc. They only became profitable once they became monopol
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by james-watson 10y ago
What a hodgepodge of ideas. This is a perfect example of Douglas Hofstadter's chocolate/excrement milkshake. The idea behind Basic Income is to remove government intervention in the economy. Coupled with a flat tax, it massively r
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by james-watson 10y ago
"Why do my eyes hurt?" "Because you've never used them before..."
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by james-watson 11y ago
His wife also decided it was a convenient time to divorce him in 2008. His current wife also recently decided to announce a divorce. At least he is on a big winning streak with his businesses this time.
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by james-watson 11y ago
Get an S1000RR, an RSV4 or an R1 and you can go back to treating any Tesla like a normal sleepy car :)