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by kevmo 5y ago
Facebook has been suppressing links and profiles that don't make them money for years.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Apple was terrified of what might happen in trial. Edit: downvote away. I'm a former federal law clerk and cofounder of Upsolve. This is how and why settlements happen -- they resolve the uncertainty of trial. This is how power works i
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by kevmo 5y ago
Prison slavery exists in New York and California, it's not just "redneck" states.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Zoom is pursuing surveillance profits. Shoshanna Zuboff has an excellent book on "surveillance capitalism", if you want to read more on the trend.
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Investing in America's infrastructure will yield big returns(crainscleveland.com)
1 points by kevmo 5y ago|0 comments
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by kevmo 5y ago
Amazing life. Thanks for posting.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Unprofitable growers should maybe turn to growing food.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Dang. This got removed.
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by kevmo 5y ago
1. What is the point of the blockchain here? 2. This seems worth way more than 100k & they just want multiple teams working on it (competing), so they can then invest 100k in a company? This seems incredibly underfunded.
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by kevmo 5y ago
...why was this removed? I was looking forward to comments :(
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by kevmo 5y ago
> Would this person have any power if they weren't rich? A lot of times the answer is no. In my experience, the answer is no like a solid 90-99% of the time. At least in America, the wealthy buy their kids into elite high schools, w
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by kevmo 5y ago
Highly recommend Thinking in Systems or Limits to Growth, both by Donella Meadows.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Musk won the case because he had the most expensive lawyers in the world.
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We're not in a real estate bubble(medium.com)
8 points by kevmo 5y ago|2 comments
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by kevmo 5y ago
The entire insurance industry should just get axed. USA is dumping twice as much money in as Canada/Europe for worst outcomes. Warren Buffet has described our insurance system as the "tapeworm of the American economy".
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by kevmo 5y ago
I seriously considered taking a job there (I did not for personal reasons, namely not wanting to move) and would recommend looking at them to others. I think they are poised to be a key player in the forestry and reforestation space in the
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by kevmo 5y ago
I am talking about the people at the top. They are making calculated bets with their criminality (and look, it keeps working out really well). Will we be able to replace imprisoned CEOs who knowingly and intentionally perpetrated crimes? I
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by kevmo 5y ago
lol, 70M. All of these companies always get fines that don't even surpass the amount of money they made off faulty practices. People need to start going to jail for gross consumer failures.
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by kevmo 5y ago
This sort of comment is why I still read HN.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Have you been tested for Lyme Disease? I know several folks with it, and they had very awful times (unnecessary surgery even) getting diagnosed.
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Ask HN: Is it possible to delete your HN account?
6 points by kevmo 5y ago|2 comments
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by kevmo 5y ago
Powerful countries have done dumb stuff all throughout history. It's one reason why empires don't last. Burying your head in the sand only makes you part of the problem.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Check out the most expensive War Games in history -- the USA got annihilated, and there were a lot of hurt feelings. The Lt. Gen. quit in the middle of the games, because he kept winning and they kept changing the rules to force a USA victo
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by kevmo 5y ago
Am i the only one who think this sounds fine? If you're collecting user data, then yeah, you should be held to heightened level of responsibility.
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by kevmo 5y ago
This seems overly optimistic.
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by kevmo 5y ago
Nasty labour practices... It's just slavery. This poor gentleman was forced into slavery. You're right that this is what we're outsourcing. All of the corporate trade agreements - American manufacturing was shipped overseas,
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by kevmo 5y ago
Bernie Sanders is on the right side of damn near everything.
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by kevmo 5y ago
link?
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by kevmo 6y ago
Probably 2/3 of billionaires belong in jail.
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by kevmo 6y ago
Microvision is bad at PR, but they appear to be winning here. https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/microvision-inc.-announ...

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