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by octopoc 2y ago
Oh wow didn’t know that stripe has Israeli ties. Thanks for the heads up—I’ll try to shop around for a more ethical alternative. May not be able to though—launch is imminent!
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by octopoc 2y ago
> "Mr Teixeira had ethical concerns regarding the layoffs because they were primarily motivated by a desire to increase profit margins at Mozilla, which was already operating at a profit," the complaint claims. "Mr Teixeir
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by octopoc 2y ago
> Engineers in China have never enjoyed the level of perks offered by peers in Silicon Valley, where employees have benefits such as onsite doctors and sushi bars To be fair, most engineers in the US don't enjoy those perks either
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by octopoc 2y ago
driving 50 in a 30 is a 66% increase, not a 10%-25% increase like gp was suggesting. When speeding is more extreme it probably crosses a threshold where it's safer to drive the speed limit than to drive with the traffic. But when the d
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by octopoc 2y ago
We use them for several domain names but very little email per domain. Very happy customer! They recently rolled out webmail as well.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Sex ed via profit-seeking corporations is going to be pretty different, and arguably much more unnatural, than sex ed via parents and other people who care about you.
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by octopoc 2y ago
> 3) The product must generate revenue from day 1 You must have picked out your: - Payment provider (e.g. Stripe) - Authorization server (e.g. Auth0) - Backend language and framework - Frontend language and framework - CMS for your websi
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by octopoc 2y ago
> and yet it is twisted and wrong Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? IMO it's a way more likely dystopia than 1984 or Brave New World, and it's explained here[1]. I would argue that that future is twisted and wrong, and is pa
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by octopoc 2y ago
No their CEO is Eli Black, a Rabbi. If you're going to make a connection between people's race and their behavior you should start there. /s
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by octopoc 2y ago
Thanks! In my case the competitor is much better known and I think nearly all my potential customers would know what they do. Great point about people not wanting to switch if they think you're the same!
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Ask HN: Naming another company when describing your product
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by octopoc 2y ago
Nobody truly hates beauty, but some people view most other people as cattle, and they don't want to invest a ton of money in making the barn beautiful. Especially because they rarely / never have to lay eyes on the barn. But their
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by octopoc 2y ago
What quotes are you talking about?
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by octopoc 2y ago
That’s not how it was among the Germanic peoples at least. They followed people who were called “gold-giver”. It was seen as the responsibility of the leader to bring wealth to his followers in exchange for their loyalty and courage. I thin
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by octopoc 2y ago
More like, Israel can spend some of that money to keep the money flow coming, kind of like a parasite. The rest it can use for its own interests.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Standardization can be good, but when the entire industry standardizes on the same processes how can anyone differentiate themselves?
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by octopoc 2y ago
Where do you meet such companies?
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by octopoc 2y ago
> "Sam and Jack, I know you remember my Torah portion was about Moses forgiving his brothers. “Forgive them father for they know not what they’ve done” Sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, financial, and technological abuse. Never f
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by octopoc 2y ago
This is an opportunity for Israel to reverse course. They can blame everything on Netanyahu, throw him out of office, stop all attacks into Gaza, stop depriving Gaza of food and water, and start deliberately working with respected members o
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by octopoc 2y ago
Yeah a friend of mine married a lady who grew up in the Alaskan wilderness. The family was desperately poor yet still had an airplane, interestingly. They were the kind of people who don’t use the internet at all.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Normally you'd think at least one of the parties would adapt to appeal to the younger generations. Unfortunately I think there is some truth to the idea that Israeli influence is very strong in D.C., so neither party has so much as off
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by octopoc 2y ago
Yes, exactly! Our bias might be in favor of Israel because they have familiar-looking uniforms, tanks, etc. and the Palestinians are unshaven and often have a haunted look in their eyes. But not all is at it seems, and that's why the c
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by octopoc 2y ago
Those are technicalities, but jupp0r was talking about how the public is going to perceive this action by the ICC. jupp0r was concerned that the ICC was equating the two sides, my point is that yes, they're being equated, in the sense
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by octopoc 2y ago
A single state solution is the only long term solution. Unless we accept that ethnostates are good for everyone. Israel will have a hard time bringing in the Palestinians, but the US created reservations and the native American population i
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by octopoc 2y ago
Interestingly looks like both the US and Israel withdrew their signatures at some prior point.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Most of them haven't been armed either, so presumably shooting everyone holding a gun not wearing your uniform is still a viable option.
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by octopoc 2y ago
I mean they're all terrible at this point, but Israel has been digging this hole for a while, it's not going to be easy to get out. Doesn't mean it's not worth trying to stop digging.
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by octopoc 2y ago
They're mocking doing archeology with an agenda FYI
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by octopoc 2y ago
Yeah it's really just an excuse to be evil while feeling righteous and conflicted about it, and saying "You don't understand" to anyone who objects to your behavior.
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by octopoc 2y ago
This. It's great to have a hot secretary. ... Okay seriously this can work but it will really force you to work on your communication skills. Which is probably a good thing anyway, for both the business and the relationship, but it&#x2

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