oarabbus_

11 ms·

61.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>It seems far more likely to me that he ends up selling it to Google or something for pennies. Although Elon appears to be aggressively driving twitter into the ground, this might be one of the few outcomes which actually increases the c
62.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>If discord had a bit more work that would enable persistent threads like reddit, and encouraged longer, more thoughtful posts like HN and quality moderation, it would be perfect. Facebook Groups is this product - but it's exceeding
63.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>It's actually the fraying of our social fabric I honestly don't think it's all that different than other technologies, even though I keep hearing people insist "this time it's different" about Tiktok. Over
64.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
I explicitly stated this would not protect him from any criminal charges. What I suggested was, extradition is a lengthy and involved process to initiate, and requires many coordination challenges for both countries. There's limited re
65.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Well yes obviously businesses pay attention to what the competition is doing. And there's no question it's much easier for founders to raise capital, after they've raised capital. But this is because of how our financial syst
66.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
I mean many tens of thousands of people have been laid off in recent weeks. If you're single and have savings in the bank, sure, maybe it's not a big deal, just look for the next one. If you've got a spouse, children, and mor
67.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Are Facebook/Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts then equally dangerous?
68.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
He also donated $39M to political campaigns this year, likely winning him some favors from powerful people. Not to say it would protect him from criminal charges; but it's not unfeasible to think it could knock him down a few slots on
69.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
This strikes me as unlikely. A VC does not look stupid for passing on an investment, even one that would've been successful. Do you think 90% of that list "looks stupid" for not having invested in Google? These big name VCs r
70.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>the article mentions his $30 million dollar penthouse the $30M penthouse in the Bahamas that was purchased using investor money and customer funds... he didn't own it at the time he received funding from these big name VCs, did he?
71.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Just today the Fed governors stated inflation has not been sufficiently curtailed... https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/feds-bullard-says-rate-hikes...
72.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
I agree with you, but to play devil's advocate: >Sequoia are a huge fund, they are one of the doyens of the industry...it isn't even that they failed, they didn't even put in place the mechanism to try to protect their inv
73.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
https://decrypt.co/114719/tumblr-blog-linked-ex-alameda-rese... if a crypto journalist was able to find these tweets and blogs, it would indicate the VCs didn't do their due diligence on the CEO, at the least.
74.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Not as of this moment, no.
75.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
The article states keeping employment was opt-in. As in, agree to working more than 9-5 and click the link below, if you do not, you are laid off.
76.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>As for GDP terms it only surpassed Great Britain around 1880 and then had its global share peak in 1960. It's been downhill since. If you have a bizarre, adversarial world where someone else's gain is your loss, then sure. In
77.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>The age of the "American" film has already peaked. >edit for downvotes: Do not confuse this post for anti-American sentiment. It's an honest current and forward-looking assessment. I don't think it's "an
78.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Are threats of violence and false, defamatory statements protected speech or not? The point is that "free speech" doesn't mean "100% of speech is protected". Not to mention even in light of the historical context,
79.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Not exactly the same, but this reminded me of the following excellent design gallery: https://www.theuncomfortable.com/
80.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Even Python 2.0 is over 20+ years old!
81.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
That's a fallacy, similar to claiming driving in a car is safer than flying in a plane because you're more likely to survive a car crash than a plane crash. It seems you're attempting to suggest that local sports are less har
82.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Why? It's just one example of free speech not being absolute. Violent threats, defamatory statements, incitement to riot are a few other examples of non-protected speech.
83.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>Local sports is more harmless because local identity isn't often a part of tribal conflict in the modern day. How do you justify this statement, or the premise? In the modern day, homicide kills many times more people than conflict
84.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>I think players should be not allowed to disclose their nationalities in the Olympics Perhaps you should discuss this idea with some former/aspiring/current olympians. Overwhelmingly they consider it a great honor and one of t
85.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Respectfully, posts like yours and the parent make me very thankful we don't have Arbiters of Usefulness dictating to the rest of us what is and isn't worthwhile to spend our time doing. For the record, I am not, and have never be
86.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Who decides what "something useful for society" is? Is it the case that Google engineers optimizing ads are not doing something useful, but game developers creating games that some people play for 8+ hours a day are doing somethi
87.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
No, read their post again. They're referring to people's perception of Twitter enforcement being strange, not twitter's enforcement.
88.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
>The worst thing is that these apps addict one to unrealistic expectations and instant gratifications. Digital tobacco. You could say the same about the internet, even pre-broadband, as anyone who spend significant time on websites, mess
89.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
They said nothing about Twitter's behavior being strange. They said the strange part is people applauding Twitter's content moderation for certain topics, while justifying their inaction on others.
90.
by oarabbus_ 4y ago
Well there you go.

More ›