think814

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by think814 6y ago
presumably he opened a pdf with a zero-day from an untrusted source
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by think814 6y ago
A virus doesn’t “push” anyone to poverty. The reaction to the virus by the government does that. It would be more honest if predictions like this were mentioned alongside articles in the press that claim lockdowns are the only option we
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by think814 6y ago
I am someone who went through (fully legal) immigration hell while building a company that in the end, employed 100s of US workers and had global competition (meaning, if we didn't do it in the US the jobs would probably go to some oth
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by think814 6y ago
> Government usually pays well-below-market salaries That may be true for base salaries, but if you take into account overtime and pension/health benefits that is not the case. If what you say is true, gov't emplpyees would qui
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by think814 6y ago
In my opinion, the well being of taxpayers should take precedence over a relatively small number of gov't workers. Government needs to be paying market salaries to its employees, period. If gov't employees don't like it, they
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by think814 6y ago
The subtitle starts like this: "Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up." This is clearly written by someone that has little to no startup experience. As someone that has spent 15 years as a founder
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by think814 6y ago
The reason why extreme cases are showcased, is because it fits a certain narrative. We all know what that narrative is - that Covid prevention should take precedence over everything else. The fact that the prevention is worse than the disea
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by think814 6y ago
What about non-drunk driving? You still have a non zero risk of killing pedestrians or other drivers/passengers. There's risk in everything we do, including for other people. What amount of risk is acceptable is a subjective choic
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by think814 6y ago
Did I understand correctly that MacBook Pro and Air will share the same M1 CPU? Previous models had a massive delta in CPU performance based on using low power (Air, no fan) or medium power (Pro, with dual fans) Intel chips
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by think814 6y ago
GDPR FTW
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by think814 6y ago
Twitter has no influence on elections as much as the Russians didn't influence 2016 elections. All sides think we're stupid at this point.
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by think814 6y ago
The problem is, we don't have a definition nor a test for consciousness. So these discussions usually go in circles. i am aware of three definitions of consciousness, used often without clarity: a/ consciousness = intelligence. By
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by think814 6y ago
There are network and anti-trust concerns that make this problematic. In the old days, if you thought newspapers were biased you could publish your own and it would sit on the newstand next to the other ones. That's how we got NY Post