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by joelx 7y ago
I would argue that reddit's comment system is far superior to that of HN.
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by joelx 7y ago
I strongly agree that the baby boomer generation will not be looked on well by history as this generation: -Took massive debt to pay for entitlements that will eventually have to be paid for by their grandchildren. -Elected politicians base
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by joelx 7y ago
When you are trying to build a friendship with someone, do you only pay for coffee if they did it for you before? Or do you out out a good faith effort and buy them coffee or lunch a couple of times? Companies and employees are the same way
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by joelx 7y ago
Copyrights and patents should be reduced to a maximum of 7 years and then opened up for anyone to use it. Society will advance far more quickly and good business owners will be able to bring competition and lower prices to everyone.
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by joelx 7y ago
Good point, I didn't think this comment through as well as I should have.
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by joelx 7y ago
The fact that homes appreciate and value is a bug in our system. If we allowed homes to be built freely and with less regulation, then old homes that actually decline in value compared to new homes.
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by joelx 7y ago
It's far more efficient to share resources then to buy. That is why Uber makes sense. If you own your own car, it might get used on average 40 minutes per day. With Uber that resource is used at least 10 hours each day. By the way, I t
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by joelx 7y ago
I should have clarified that this applies to the US.
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by joelx 7y ago
Tokyo is a fantastic city, I spent two weeks there and loved it. It is extremely clean and safe, loads of good restaurants and entertainment, and good outdoor spaces. If I could speak the language and work there, I would move in a second. C
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Owning Your Own Home Is Even More Stupid Than Running Your Own Servers(joelx.com)
13 points by joelx 7y ago|56 comments
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by joelx 7y ago
The scientific research supporting exercise is vastly stronger than the scientific research supporting meditation. The proven benefits of exercise are in order of magnitude different than the benefits of meditation.
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by joelx 7y ago
This is really bad policy... Treating the symptom while making the root problem worse. The core issue is there is not enough good housing for everyone in California. The real solution is to greatly loosen building regulation and make gettin
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by joelx 7y ago
We need to help evacuate Hong Kong and offer asylum and citizenships in the USA, Japan, Canada, etc to anyone who wants to flee totalitarianism.
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by joelx 7y ago
Living with family is fantastic and should be strongly encouraged.
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by joelx 7y ago
I was shocked when the author of the post said he had had twins and founded his business in the same month. I just had twins a few months ago and founded my business ten years ago. I couldn't imagine doing both at the same time. I have
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by joelx 7y ago
Why is this comment downvoted?
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by joelx 7y ago
Alcohol destroys lives. These are all attempts to regulate this common but dangerous drug.
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by joelx 7y ago
I hate this ongoing PR attack on Google now being joined by politically ambitious state AG's. Google has done more positive things than any other company over the last twenty years. Instead of targeting bad companies that destroy peopl
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by joelx 7y ago
I agree with you, if money is being used to do good the source does not matter.
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by joelx 7y ago
Fox news should not be allowed as an information source on HN. I read FN each day along with a number of other major publications and FN is bottom of the barrel for honesty or trustworthy reporting.
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by joelx 7y ago
I hate this ongoing PR attack on Google now being joined by politically ambitious state AG's. Google has done more positive things than any other company over the last twenty years. Instead of targeting bad companies that destroy peopl
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by joelx 7y ago
I agree! These limitations on labor are simply abusive to the kids they apply to and enable a predatory monopoly of old white men (the NCAA and universities and the coaches) to continue to profit on free labor. Europe has a more sensible po
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by joelx 7y ago
Impressive... I wish I knew more about how factory automation worked. Would be cool to have a breakdown of this.
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by joelx 7y ago
I like this rule to an extent. However I think businesses like WeWork and Uber don't make sense when they are losing billions.
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by joelx 7y ago
Crazy story. Paypal and GoDaddy are not known as good businesses.
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by joelx 7y ago
It needs to be far easier and far more common to fire judges for bad behaviors.
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by joelx 7y ago
I hate this ongoing PR attack on Google now being joined by politically ambitious state AG's. Google has done more positive things than any other company over the last twenty years. Instead of targeting bad companies that destroy peopl
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by joelx 7y ago
I agree completely with your logic, especially that a password vendor can see passwords anyways. Introducing fewer parties reduces points of failure. I save all money related passwords... Much safer than my faulty memory or having them list
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by joelx 7y ago
Documentation should be created as you go... Not before and not after.
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by joelx 7y ago
This is extremely concerning, such advocacy should be protected speech.

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