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The endless summer is finally turning into fall for the tech industry. I have heard several anecdotes of people who just coast and earn absurd salaries, specifically at Facebook and Google. If it can happen there then it's probably a w
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I was trying to write in a specific way for the HN audience. But yes - it remains a very important moral text for many people, including on HN.
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It’s a super old book that guided a large portion of humanity through pre-enlightenment time. The historical references are pretty factual based on other sources and archaeological finds. The Bible is an interesting artifact.
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I don’t think any amount of evidence will convince the never-freedom mask-forever types. The mass deaths and horrors beyond comprehension prophesied for those who dared walk maskless simply never happened.
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https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-... Age adjusted deaths are basically equal for California and Florida, and vastly higher in NY. Florida was essentially an open air party with no mask mandat
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It appears that places without lockdowns (Florida, Sweden) did as good or far better than places with severe lockdowns (California, New York). So I still don’t see the evidence despite all the spittle from supposed scientists who know such
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And if your version of quackery differs from the preferred “mainstream” mysticism, you are labeled a heretic
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If you don’t like how your company is run, go work someplace else. Or even better, found your own company and let everyone while away the day bickering about intense political subjects. I’m sure your company will be harmonious and productiv
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I would rather let those with the most potential have the best possible opportunities than lower everyone’s standards for special ed students. We can make vocational schools for those that can’t succeed academically, but for those that can
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The USA is a country of states. Europe is a continent of sort-of linked countries. I don’t want to pay for them anymore given how much they pretend armed defense is unnecessary. Good luck to them but I don’t think we should be paying for th
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Norway has 5 million people, insane gas reserves, is a monoculture of ethnically similar people, has basically no immigration to speak of, and owns 2% of every publicly traded country worth a damn. I can’t believe anyone would point to this
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You can only have shitty, dilapidated, extraordinarily expensive public schools for so long before the gravy train ends and parents rebel. In Boston we pay some of the highest per-pupil spending in the entire country (~$25k) and they are co
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I would fully support withdrawing 100% of our aid and support and letting the EU defend itself. Very tired of giving my taxes to you guys.
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Yes - and as an American I support withdrawing all aid so the Europeans can defend themselves and pay for all of its costs.
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Europe has a patchwork of abortion laws and generally are far more restrictive than the US, which in many places you can abort very late term. While I support a woman’s right to abort up to a point, the issue is now devolving to the states
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It’s just so strange that the USA has to provide all the weapons, negotiations, saber shaking, etc. to protect Ukraine when Germany and France are so capable!
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I find lectures about American society from Europeans, as the parent comment did, exceedingly ironic and misinformed considering the same issues plague both sides. Even more so as American armed forces and weapons (and our tax dollars and p
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This is hilariously inaccurate and essentially a stereotype perceived from the Reddit front page. Europe is experiencing legions of issues including runaway inflation, a government and social safety net that is rapidly becoming unaffordable
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How can I have a digital form of money protected from a politician that doesn't like me? That is what crypto provides - you cannot seize my money. You can compel me to give it up, but I will not wake up one day and have a court notice
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But how does the narrative of “this is so impossibly cheaper and better” square with “we can’t build enough here so it’s 30% more expensive”. Either the region simply isn’t cost effective for solar / wind in which case we need nuclear
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Totally depends. I declined to stay as part of a PE acquisition once as a middle manager, but a solid 6 figure pay day to stay a few years was promised. Just didn’t interest me.
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If renewable is so radically better then why did the City of Boston automatically increase everyone's electricity bills by 30%, requiring customers to opt-out? https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/01/
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Aren't drug dealers in the US and Europe using paper currency? Shouldn't we outlaw that so the government can track everything?
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> Thiel had 2 big successes, those being Facebook and PayPal How easy it is to brush aside two of the largest tech successes of the last 20 years!
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I didn’t realize promoting free speech, which would get you arrested and potentially murdered in China, meant you were an immoral person. But with absolute government control over the payment rails, such activism is impossible without a swo
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The reason someone in Vietnam, China, or any other country with terrible government would dare dream of being paid to do graphic design without the government tracking such a payment is not simply about tax evasion. You might be helping to
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The Chinese government has committed horrible atrocities. The US government to this day has people locked for life in prison because they sold marijuana for the third time and were sentenced to life. Prior governments worldwide sanctioned h
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I’m extremely deep in this space, so I will provide some more anecdotes. A lot of the Chinese crypto engineers (of which there are many) are paid in USDT. This avoids all of the capital controls and knowledge the state has. There is an enti
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I paid a contractor in Vietnam to do a side project for me once in a stablecoin. Because it avoided the central bank, they could avoid the stealing of their hard currency via the standard international payment system. One beneficial use cas
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There are other people here who will read our comment thread and I am hopeful my arguments may encourage people to think differently whether or not you will.

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