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by nickpp 4y ago
> what role, exactly, did this billionaire have in making phones? What role did the seed have in making the tree's fruits? > Mr. Altman It's PG who built HN. Wrote the software from scratch, too. And his role, as YC co-found
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by nickpp 4y ago
I write this message on a device built by a company started by a billionaire. Posted on a board created by another billionaire. I earn my family's living on a platform created by yet another billionaire. All self-made. My (failed) aspi
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by nickpp 4y ago
30 years on the Internet and I am still waiting to see the huuuuuge damage I get from companies tracking me online. Because targeted ads I didn't mind. But you had to equate them with bioweapons and teen suicide. Do you really find the
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by nickpp 4y ago
> Please, explain it to me Even if I had the time and the talent, still I wouldn't change your mind. If Ayn Rand couldn't, what chance do I have?! I will just tell you that, as an old(ish) Eastern European I lived under both sy
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Freedom and innovation, not rules and regulations.
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by nickpp 4y ago
> ill gotten gains That's an interesting mindset making you immediately assume that about billionaires. > Ewww > hypocrite Again, your mindset. How is it working for you? Are you happy with your life so far? > I'm very
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by nickpp 4y ago
> Garmin inReach is a robust and rugged satellite communicator I own one and when I brought it on a remote expedition I found it to be a buggy POS: duplicated messages, stuck connection requiring resets, garbled messages. That being said
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by nickpp 4y ago
> is a race to the bottom; a tragedy of the commoners And here I was thinking it was kind of a free market of governments helping keep politicians honest and competitive. You know, less like the two wolves and a sheep voting what to have
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by nickpp 4y ago
> If Musk is good at anything, it is taking other people's money and building a cult of personality. That doesn't sound too hard. Why is Elon the only one good at it?!
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The numbers coming out of China are self-reported and unconfirmed - thus completely bogus.
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None of the representatives I voted for got elected. No candidate had on her proposal list "hunt and close cookie consent dialogs on the web forever". I recommend you go out on the street and find out how real governing in the EU
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We've actually never been asked. Some unelected bureaucrats decided "for our own good".
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Absolutely nothing at all. I do not mind being tracked, all that happens I get targeted (better?!) ads for it. If I'd have something to hide, it's the government I would want to hide it from, not corporations. And you can't r
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by nickpp 4y ago
You're wrong about this too. I live in Eastern Europe, I had Ukrainian refugees in my house and I have been warning Westerners like yourself about the Russian danger for almost 30 years or so. But, like now, nobody listened...
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by nickpp 4y ago
> Diplomacy could have stopped this war. How, exactly? Putin on the other hand could stop this war at any time. Maybe you should direct your "diplomacy" message at him instead of at the "Western political circles". LE
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by nickpp 4y ago
I doubt anybody thinks "it’s no big deal". But in this game of high-stakes nuclear poker, if you communicate your fears and self-imposed limits to your enemy - you increase the chance he'll use them against you. After all, th
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Don't you think that by "choosing to let them" in advance and communicating it openly - you increase the likelihood they'll do it? LE: Right now, not "in the future". And then do it again, for the next conquest
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I seriously doubt billionaires would be willing to live in a post-apocalyptic world: they have the most to lose. They live like kings right now, so I bet they would do anything to avoid the Armageddon, no matter how well stocked their shelt
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by nickpp 4y ago
It's not Macron threatening to use nukes in Ukraine. Putin is. And the less the world is willing to stand up to him (like Macron) the more likely he is to use them.
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Anybody knows why they are completely cleaning up that plant instead of just cordoning it off and marking it as "deadly land, nobody allowed in". You know, an exclusion zone like Chernobyl. Is land that expensive in Japan? Or is i
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by nickpp 4y ago
Have you ever looked at how long it takes to get a building permit in one of those high-rent areas? Years, if you get it. And millions of dollars in plans, approvals and preparations. God forbid if you must involve some union people. We’ve
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by nickpp 4y ago
Yes, it's "clean energy as long as" - unlike coal or oil or gas which is dirty energy no matter what. So realistically let's enjoy our blessings and stop fearing such an incredible energy source just because somewhere so
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Also waiting lists. Everybody gets their own apartment… in 20 to 30 years.
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Go ahead. Then let us know when a neighbor with an actual economy and army invades your country. The last 3 years have thought us that you can't live in a dream world. There is a reality and it will bite you in the a**.
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Europe on the other hand spent their money on populist programs that kept their leftist politicians elected - and now it’s once again counting on good old USA’s help to keep the invading hordes at bay.
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Taxation uses market mechanisms and thus encourages market solutions. Regulations impose politician-thought solutions directly on market participants.
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Good example! Environmental regulation managed to drive manufacturing out of developed countries making them vulnerable to less scrupulous, unfriendly regimes while merely shifting the environmental impact elsewhere. The correct solution wa
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There are multiple markets and varying degrees of regulating them. But the universal constant is that the less regulated a market is the better for consumers and society.
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So voting with my wallet not only works, but it is an order of magnitude more powerful than "regular" voting - where I am not even represented on the political spectrum.
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It's the market standardizing around two platforms. No governmental intervention necessary. Turns out consumers prefer a familiar, predictable platform with plenty of 3rd party offerings. No surprise there. But also no monopolies.

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