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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
I completely agree with this. Why would the average Joe trust the chain you describe more than a Corporation with a physical address and humans to interact with? What are your thoughts on stuff like the many blockchain real estate related p
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
that's why I said "part" of a conversation. If it's known that China (or any nation) is actively working against our citizens interests, it certainly makes sense to include in any conversations relating to foreign affair
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
I discovered scooters recently and have rode them in three major cities during the past month. I have to say it is the most genius consumer tech product I've seen in a long time. I instantly felt a sense of "wow" after riding
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
How do you reason such? Most if not all of the illicit fentanyl comes from China, where it is an uncontrolled substance. IMO this should definitely be part of a comprehensive conversation.
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
> Discussing which tools work best is an important question in software development. I completely agree, but would you write an article titled "Spoons still blowing away Forks in digging holes"?
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Why do people care which framework "blows" the other one away? In my opinion, it literally doesn't matter at all and arguing over such things seems amateur. Use whatever tool gets the job done.
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
> What's worse is that they're not entirely wrong. If your startup dies because of your choice in javascript framework, you were doomed from the get go.
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Oh I'd love to go to that lake... I agree it's foolish conjecture and I believe we are certainly not "alone". I had an experience when I was 10 that infused fear and curiosity in me. I'd like to say I am hopeful abo
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
but how do you know it exists if you've never been there? who told you? > there are no reptile aliens secretly ruling Earth. perhaps not ruling it...
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
where is this lake in WA state? have you been there? are you reptilian?
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
That's actually a great idea in my opinion, not sure why you were down voted. It seems that the incumbent large internet companies will easily be able to afford this burdensome regulation but new startups all the way through medium siz
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
I disagree, what is unique about Reddit that a smart team of engineers can't reproduce easily? Like facebook their main advantage is network effect only.
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Interesting, outside of the academic merits of the research, I wonder if they could partner with Blizzard (or other similar RTS game studios) and start shipping games with AI that is very difficult to beat? That would usher in a new era of
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Once upon a time, it was completely preposterous to think that a human could fly in the air. When I'm worth $20Billion+ from building technologies that have already impacted the world, then maybe people will take me seriously!
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
this. First, the thing that none of the decentralize advocates recognize is that outside of HN and the tech community, no one cares! When you mention the word "decentralized" to Joe Schmo of the world, you already lost him. He has
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
I'm sorry but I don't see a comparison between what people *willingly post online to public forums compared to their personal health ledger... it's not apples to apples
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
thanks for this. so what's your advice for a social startup building a new platform in today's data-privacy concerned world?
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Well the world has changed clearly. When facebook/myspace started out, would they have been able to achieve success if they were bogged down with data privacy compliance?
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
I don't think it's an equal comparison... the effects of social media on societies is a somewhat subjective matter. It's more likely that social media is just another tool that exposes the underlying human nature. That said,
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
can social media kill you though? I mean all this talk of regulating social networks is under the assumption that it's something you need to have. I would argue that safe shelter is a true human need, but posting cat gifs or pictur
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
thanks, wow responding to a letter like your first link could significantly bog down resources for a young company... you can imagine if you launched and even received moderate user growth early on, but then started receiving such letters,
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by taylorswift_ 8y ago
Is anyone talking about the harmful effects on startup companies that may want to create new social platforms to compete against the incumbent players? All the talk about regulating facebook, twitter, etc are actually great for those compan
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
In my opinion you can't simply discard the debate as comparing apples to oranges... There are many similarities. It's a drug addiction at the end of the day.
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
If there were 0 people who recovered from opiate addiction without being hooked on a maintenance drug for the rest of their lives then it'd have more credence. If you give an alcoholic xanax for the rest of their life because it affect
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
I read this, as a recovering addict that went through my own hell mostly from alcoholism, and wondered where the "science" part was? For instance this sentence "More than 13 percent of its participants died after treatment,1
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
posting my response above but I am with you...
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
Have you also read "Abstinence Helps Reduce Opioid Addiction, According to New Study"?
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
Is it me or have we reached the end of the road of mobile phone innovation? Is this going to be Apple's downfall as something like 70% of their sales are from iphone? We've had many years now of mobile phone enhancements and featu
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
Congrats on 3 years! If I don't pick up a drink by Jan I'll have two years myself. At the end of my twenties the floor literally dropped out from under me. I had a good job as a software dev at fairly large media company, had nice
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by taylorswift_ 9y ago
> There isn't going to be another big Reddit or Digg like community. What makes you so sure of this? I would argue that this is wildly inaccurate as there will almost certainly be another platform (probably many as you look outward

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