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by tj-teej 9y ago
I think there's a hubris to the idea that one can "ban speech" - you only ban the speech in the forum you can ban it in. Banning speech in public only drives it underground and reduces the possibility of argument.
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Star Wars was art and had integrity. Unfortunately selling Jar Jar Binks dolls is more "profitable". The Bond franchise is art and has integrity, let's hope it can keep it.
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I think a lot of American's would think that Kafka's downfall was his "bad choices"
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Surely this post is Satire...
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? What makes you say that. The 1st Amendment only states that the Govt cannot do anything to hinder free speech.
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I don't know what's worse, what the FCC is doing to destroy Net Neutrality or the fact that the word "cuck" has gone mainstream...
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It is lazy, but only if the summaries are replacing actually reading the content. Also a summary is only as good as it is accurate. If the piece being summarized has sufficient nuance it can't be summarized well, or is at a higher risk
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Have you ever seen a single hostility? I can't speak for startups, but if someone ever mentioned age or child status in a hiring meeting at an established Tech Company, they'd be met with horrified glares and immediately told thos
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by tj-teej 9y ago
That's really awful logic. Those are averages, you have no clue what the poster's salary is. When you're broke and have to decide whether to shell out an extra 100 bucks for a cross-country flight for a funeral, or sit in pai
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by tj-teej 9y ago
In the US I believe there is a Constitutional Right to meet your accuser in Court, I'm not a lawyer, but I wonder if that factors in...
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by tj-teej 9y ago
+1 - San Franciscans love to wait in line. EDIT: getting downvotes, not saying all of SF, but its definitely a "thing" - if you live here you've seen it
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Exactly, a DVD of a new movie doesn't cost $12.99 because that's the price of the disk
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Technically it loses potential oxygen out of its possibly finite supply required to stay alight. But I like the sentiment :)
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by tj-teej 9y ago
lol
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Politics, Clinton, Zuckerberg, no-concrete point to debate. "It would be a disaster of epic proportions. It would be... the perfect storm."
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You're also taking them at their word that they do intend to start their own companies, I think to a lot of folks in the Valley this sentiment is the same as the "I'm going to quit and write my novel" cliche from the 20t
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by tj-teej 9y ago
I think to the planners who make these decisions, helping people is simply a positive externality.
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Sending emails over POP
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Yeah, they're traditionally Mobile
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by tj-teej 9y ago
This ones a doozie I was working on Cloud Management software for a Private Cloud at a major tech company in SV. We had software which would reserve Prod IP space for hypervisors, e.g. this hardware SKU can support up to 5 VMs, therefore it
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by tj-teej 9y ago
HN is the exact right place for comments like the one above.
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+1 to this - not to say the cliche "AI is the future" statement, but careers span decades and if the fundamental dynamics of writing software changes mid-career you'll be glad you have a strong background in CS fundamentals r
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by tj-teej 9y ago
Today was my Mother's Birthday, she passed away three years ago from a Brain Tumor. At the time (and still now) I didn't know how to deal with it, and having two younger siblings I felt a responsibility to be strong for them. The
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Sources?
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Didn't Zuckerberg claim "Je Suis Charlie"?
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The Bay Area
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by tj-teej 9y ago
If Yelp is the company you're referring to, can you provide links or go into more detail?