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YouTube is probably most afraid of Twitch. I’d stream/post there instead and see what happens.
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What's the difference between a woman with an unplanned pregnancy and a woman with another type of unanticipated medical condition that would qualify her for medical leave? >There's never been more access to birth control or kn
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The French Revolution of 1789 is one example, for which there's some evidence that it was the less successful members of the Bourgeoisie (middle class) that led the initial outburst of violence. My understanding is that they weren&#x2
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My favorite revolutions in history have occurred when there is a mismatch between rising expectations and a grim lagging reality. Millennials were raised to have higher expectations than perhaps any other generation before them, and yet mo
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I took a "smart phone application development" class in 2005. Nokia donated a bunch of new devices to my University and we collectively implemented half a dozen or so prototype apps. Everybody knew smart phones would be big, and
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If you don't solve for affordable housing first, then basic income dollars will simply be sucked up by landlords and contribute to even more inflationary pressure in the rental markets. There's already evidence for this in neighb
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Google recently hiked enterprise license fees for access to translation services pretty substantially. I wonder if we'll see similar competitive momentum in that market.
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This is sometimes referred to as "assortive mating". In the 1970s, a male executive was more likely to marry his secretary and a male doctor was more likely to marry a nurse, and nobody would think that unusual. Culturally we ha
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Does this account for state and local workers who have pension plans that are heavily invested in equity markets? I have a family member retired from law enforcement who doesn't own any stock but receives a six figure annual pension f
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I guess the roughly equivalent move here would be for a nursing school to reduce or waive certain fees for male applicants, based on a desire to encourage more men to apply, enroll, and ultimately enter the nursing field. It’s not immediat
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Facebook is up almost 500% from its IPO price, so even the very smart private equity and venture folks can misjudge when an opportunity has been completely milked.
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By your argument if somebody is lucky, successful, and prideful, but feels no desire to help others, wouldn't that apathy also be a result of genetics and environment? And thus you couldn't blame them for it or expect them to act
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>The only thing they really stand to lose by banning blatant conspiracy theory whack jobs and divisive hate speech is some ad revenue associated with that stuff Facebook is at or near monopoly status and as such the largest risk to their
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As we transition from a pedigree-based to a skills-based economy, it would make sense that the humanities would be an earlier casualty than many other fields.
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If you required Google to license either their algorithmic search index or their search ad marketplace to other companies, it would have a dramatic effect on the competitive dynamics of the search market worldwide.
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The author of this piece wrote a book called "Dumbing Us Down" that is one of the most influential books on education I've ever read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbing_Us_Down
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A friend of mine was a neurosurgeon (now retired) with a busy spine practice. He routinely had patients who told him they were grateful for his work and didn't feel he made any mistakes, but were suing him anyway because a lawyer conv
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Every incorporated entity in the US is required to have a registered agent physically located within the entity's state of incorporation as well. It's a pretty low bar to meet.
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So what would you recommend for potential parents who don't have the years of hands-on experience that your wife had?
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I don't think they care as much about the fine as they do about potential changes to their business models being imposed on them going forward.
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Won't autonomous driving eliminate something like 80 to 90 percent of private vehicle ownership, which is well on the way to obsolete? Once people are less tied to private vehicle ownership and open to any effective form of transportat
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Today, when a house in SFBA is $2 million and a comparable house in Arizona is $400k, yes. But if prices continue to diverge, then the math could change. What happens if trends continue and SFBA is $4 million and Arizona is $600k? The fo
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If prices continue to rise, they will put even more pressure on couples to leave SFBA once they retire and don't need to be within commuting distance of the major tech companies. It could become extremely rare to see any retirees at a
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Imagine a world in which Experian or Equifax would only fix a mistake on your credit report if you had enough followers to embarrass them on social media. This is where appropriate consumer protection laws come into play. The whole idea f
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Keep in mind that this property tax got relatively much more expensive in 2018 thanks to the elimination of SALT deductions in Federal tax reform. Assuming a top-earner who itemized, they were able to deduct about 50% of the tax which woul
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>No one would separate a child from their parent in any world. I'm guessing very few HN readers have exposure to this, but Child Protective Services removes hundreds of children per week from their parents and sends them into foster
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Real estate, education, and health care have become much more expensive, while most other products and services (clothes, electronics, travel, entertainment, etc.) have remained flat or become less expensive.
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From the article: >But in the 21st century, as climate change triggers periods of drought, land values continue to skyrocket, and the attraction of Zion expands along with its hotels, restaurants and bike shops, the family operation find
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If that's the case then what is driving the rapid rise in land prices?
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>Can Smith Mesa survive another generation in the Wrights’ name? And if so, how? The land is perfect for a postcard, but as Bill explains, “Beauty don’t pay the bills.” Isn't the whole point that beauty does pay the bills now, as to

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