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by surfmike 10y ago
@tptacek Drew Houston defended her and she is still on the board. And people haven't mass defected from Dropbox. And still a false equivalence between someone who supports Trump because of economic policy to architects of the war in Ir
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by surfmike 10y ago
False equivalence to Rumsfeld and Feith (and interesting you leave out Rice and Powell). What about somebody who contributed money to the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004?
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by surfmike 10y ago
Re-read. "We don’t accept such incompetence in Silicon Valley, and we must not accept it from our government." I think using the word "we" is the closest he gets to your interpretation, but even here it's clear to m
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by surfmike 10y ago
I re-read his transcript before I published my comment. He says he's from Silicon Valley (which is true) but not that he speaks for Silicon Valley.
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by surfmike 10y ago
I have never heard him claim to speak for Silicon Valley. The question becomes then, what do you consider your line. Is this about his outsized financial support? What if he gave his RNC speech and only donated $10,000?
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by surfmike 10y ago
I'm against Trump but this holier-than-thou grandstanding demanding shunning anyone who supports Trump is tiring and small-minded. It's a symptom of a society intolerant of other political beliefs. Moreover, do you think ostracizi
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by surfmike 10y ago
They can agree with that and still continue working with Thiel. You can be against fascism and but still be against creating a society where everyone must get in line politically or else be shunned.
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by surfmike 10y ago
There's a difference between standing against a bigot, and ostracizing anyone who may support him for their own reasons.
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by surfmike 10y ago
I think the core of this dispute is the question: How do we deal with those we deeply disagree with? Ostracism, shunning, and preaching? Or vocally opposing their beliefs, as civilly and constructively as you can? America is increasingly se
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by surfmike 10y ago
Well, the argument would be that it wasn't within the lawful allowed use.
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by surfmike 10y ago
and they also paint unpopulated areas, like the santa cruz mountains, with red
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by surfmike 10y ago
IANAD but from what I understand the PSA test has a high false positive rate.
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by surfmike 10y ago
One requires expensive road infrastructure, the other doesn't.
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by surfmike 10y ago
Sure except taxes aren't that high in California. 30-45% is a much more realistic range for income taxes (state + federal + payroll).
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by surfmike 10y ago
It sounds like he's using a different standard than is commonly used (i.e. 30% pretax is the often cited standard)
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by surfmike 10y ago
I think the parent raised a good (and fair) question and this is a good (and honest) answer. YC has done fantastically well under your leadership.
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by surfmike 10y ago
When people say "30% of your income is spent on housing," do they usually mean pre-tax or post-tax? The article claims you need $145K a year to afford a $2000/month apartment. But assuming that you lose 40% to taxes, you woul
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by surfmike 10y ago
Where do you live? The numbers you are mentioning sound sound very realistic in the Bay Area, if you are talking about total compensation (salary + bonus + equity).
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by surfmike 10y ago
Since emissions will cost more, they'll have more incentive to upgrade their fleets to more efficient planes.
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by surfmike 10y ago
What does Google Express have to do with a patent filed by Apple?
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by surfmike 10y ago
Although sometimes the lack of consent to be treated is the issue, I think the far bigger issue is underfunded/understaffed mental health services. I think the consent issue is a bit of a distraction from that.
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by surfmike 10y ago
Perhaps. Our current two-day weekend doesn't prevent people from working weekends either. But most jobs stick to a 5 days/week norm. Hard to do less than that unless the norm changes.
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by surfmike 10y ago
I think a three day weekend should be a societal goal we strive for, as productivity per worker goes up. Let's use our extra wealth to give people some more leisure time. Besides there's a good chance people will probably get the
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by surfmike 10y ago
You sound like an expert on the homeless in Seattle. Do you actually know this for a fact or are you just speculating? Have you talked to the homeless there and seen data? Do you realize mental health issues can cause people to burn bridges
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by surfmike 10y ago
And states like California will not give a foreign tax credit. For example, if you're Californian and work abroad for a couple years, unless you fit some pretty strict criteria, you'll be double-taxed.
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by surfmike 10y ago
I'm not saying the safety net is necessarily part of economic freedom (although, I'd argue it does give individuals freedom from oppression by employers, which is different but still valuable). But, my main point is that I think S
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by surfmike 10y ago
In many ways I found Scandinavian countries more economically free than America when I lived there. A strong social safety net is not necessarily incompatible with an economically free country.
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by surfmike 10y ago
I wish we could switch to a system like Australia. Graduates take on no debt but have to pay a few extra percentage points of taxes after.
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by surfmike 10y ago
Even if you had a good-enough car, the law would still require that at the moment.
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by surfmike 10y ago
As an American who recently moved back from Oslo, the biggest difference I notice is that family-friendly condos with greenspace are much harder to find in America, at least on the SF Peninsula. It's the norm in Oslo to live in an apar

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