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by nickff 5mo ago
You're describing a sort of Gell-Mann Amnesia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_Amnesia_effect
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by nickff 5mo ago
I find it interesting that many commenters here do not regard anything as 'competitive' unless it offers the same price/performance, while completely disregarding these lock-ins and privacy invasions. It seems that the reason
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by nickff 5mo ago
It seems like it's just the latest evolution of the writer-friendly blogging platform; easier than Wordpress to package into a newsletter, and also easier to monetize with a paid tier.
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by nickff 5mo ago
Lots of governments give tax exemptions to selected industries (film comes to mind) or even companies (Foxconn/TSMC); I don’t support this behavior, but I don’t see what makes Ireland special in this regard.
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by nickff 5mo ago
As someone who lives in a jurisdiction which does require such disclosure: it is a significant inconvenience for small businesses, and no benefit to the general public.
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by nickff 5mo ago
Maybe the answer is that choosing 'big tech' implicitly prioritizes salary over stability. Many people (even on HN) work at places other than FAANG (or whatever counts as big tech these days).
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by nickff 5mo ago
It’s a tragedy of the commons, many have done it, but no one user did it.
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by nickff 5mo ago
Looks like UUSH may be what you're looking for, according to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19795987/youtube-channel... I have not verified this.
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by nickff 5mo ago
It might also make a significant difference if you sold the company, which is one reason why many companies move to Delaware when they are looking for an acquirer.
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by nickff 5mo ago
I agree that these extensive disclaimers and contracts are not an effective way to communicate information, but dispensing with them will require either a better way to disclaim many (relatively unimportant) risks, or a change to product (a
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by nickff 5mo ago
Most long contracts are a reaction to 'failure to warn' lawsuits where plaintiffs (successfully) argued that they should have been notified of something. The problem is that when you add up all those 'somethings', you ge
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by nickff 5mo ago
The problem is that the government often requires the providers/counter-parties to collect the data, so that a regulator can check for systemic discrimination.
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by nickff 5mo ago
Could you please cite the source for that quote? I looked for it, but couldn't find a source; it seems like an AI hallucination.
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by nickff 5mo ago
The regime has killed 40k of their own citizens; they don’t seem to be going through due process and sentencing in court…
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by nickff 6mo ago
> "And we spend well over a trillion dollars on defense." That's just not true; the US Military Budget for 2025 was (USD) $768 BB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...
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by nickff 6mo ago
Zero chance? What odds are you offering, because this bet looks very appealing? I am guessing that you would not actually go all-in against a penny, and I’m curious to know what implied probability you actually offer. I will see your bet am
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by nickff 6mo ago
There are many regulations, written by a variety of actors, often in strange alliances. Safety, environmental, and disclosure regulations are often the culprits behind industry consolidation and oligopolization.
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by nickff 6mo ago
Ever-more-restrictive government regulations are what allows these OEMs to ‘leverage’ their market power this way. I am not sure that a new regulation can solve it, as these sorts of mandates don’t seem to have worked in any other market.
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by nickff 6mo ago
'Starve the Beast' may be their intent, but it hasn't been enacted or effective: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONET https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S
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by nickff 6mo ago
From looking at the sources below, it looks like Ukraine still has about 1/3 of the fighter aircraft it started the war with, though it started with many non-serviceable units (seems that at least 20 aircraft were non-operational), and
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by nickff 6mo ago
The grandparent provided an anecdote relating to absence of evidence; the parent provided some anecdotal counter-examples. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, so the respondent's anecdote is more compelling if we give them
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by nickff 6mo ago
It is very popular in many industries; when it is accomplished by convincing re-sellers to take in more stock than they desire, it is called 'stuffing the channel'. Book publishers are famous for doing this to achieve 'best-s
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by nickff 6mo ago
The device the parent is describing has a long history, and they're known as 'zip guns'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm
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by nickff 6mo ago
‘Real’ means inflation-adjusted.
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by nickff 6mo ago
I think Gmail doesn’t want you to use their service for sending email; they want you to have to advertise ‘with’ them.
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by nickff 6mo ago
I have been thinking about this issue for a similar length of time as the article author, but for the reasons you describe think the seasons should be slightly offset from the solstices (as opposed to centered on them). My current thinking
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by nickff 6mo ago
Your post is frustrating to read because of the incorrect spelling and grammar; these errors make it hard to take you seriously. >" "The war in Iran" should be called for what it is: >" Its "trumps war",
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by nickff 6mo ago
“Agile” doesn’t mean that you release the first iteration, it’s just a methodology that emphasizes short iteration loops. You can definitely develop reliable real-time systems with Agile.
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by nickff 6mo ago
The motorized hood ornaments on Rolls Royce vehicles were a solution to the problem of people being injured by, or stealing the (Spirit of Ecstasy) ornaments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Ecstasy
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by nickff 6mo ago
"[G]lobal" is doing a lot of work in this sentence if I'm reading it as intended; this seems to exclude international conflict and intra-national strife (which are very big issues).

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