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by wpasc 8y ago
US anti trust enforcement often looks at consumer harm (which seems to focus on immediate obvious harm, or lack thereof). So adjusting the law such that the anti trust rules are stricter. The massive consolidation in soo many US industries
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Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption(wired.com)
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by wpasc 8y ago
Too funny, thank you for this
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by wpasc 8y ago
This needs to be said more and more. Posted as a reply to every stupid LinkedIn "Blockchain to cure cancer" type post. Everywhere. So maybe we can pass over the hype hump and let blockchain settle into its natural use cases.
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by wpasc 8y ago
I very much appreciated this comment.
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by wpasc 8y ago
People tend to dislike sarcasm on HN. I, on the other hand, appreciate it when it is well used. You've earned my upvote sir (or ma'am)
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by wpasc 8y ago
If you build it, they will come. More seriously, once it becomes obvious how it will be used, they will no longer be ahead. A good counterpoint though is what if they build it based on current designs which require some radically different
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by wpasc 8y ago
I disagree. in my experiences (anecdotal, I know), WF was a lot earlier to larger varieties of organic produce and organic products. It is true that many stores have caught up, but WF still has a larger selection of organic/fair trade
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by wpasc 8y ago
> And, frankly, if you’ve seen one superhero movie you’ve seen them all. So the move — which will probably draw loud and hair-raising screams from U.S. commentators — is, nonetheless, A Good Thing. That argument is so silly and reduction
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by wpasc 8y ago
This may cut against what some other are saying, but I've found larger tech companies to be very reasonable about the 40 hr work weeks. As you stated, you've had experience all at web startups. Startups tend to encourage the &quot
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by wpasc 8y ago
May he rest in peace. Being tortured and refusing to leave before other americans from prison camp alone makes him a hero.
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by wpasc 8y ago
> things like treating immune cells to teach them to attack cancer cell. These efforts have often been disappointing. I disagree, things like Car-T cell therapy have been some of the most exciting developments in the fight against cancer
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by wpasc 8y ago
I hope so, I think there's some valid arguments that forms of technology have stagnated (flying cars is not one of them). All power to medical progress though!!
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by wpasc 8y ago
What would it take to put election day on a weekend? that simple change alone could alleviate a portion of undue burden on voters at virtually no cost to the tax payers
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by wpasc 8y ago
Can you elaborate on the dangerous/dark nature of this? Big Pharma does a lot of things wrong, but at the same time private enterprise (big pharma in this case) can be a very effective vehicle for making medical breakthroughs scale to
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by wpasc 8y ago
This seems likes good news from an environmental standpoint, but its a real shame that rainforest cover is being lost. I loved reading articles/stories about rainforests as crazy evolution-based chemistry labs that are ever engulfed in
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by wpasc 8y ago
Shitty ones that many devs might sign anyway (i'll admit to not thoroughly reading the NDA's i've signed when interviewing at big companies)
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by wpasc 8y ago
May be an NDA issue
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NYU and Facebook team up to supercharge MRI scans with AI(techcrunch.com)
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by wpasc 8y ago
Unfortunately, in some places we still do (kinda what the OP was saying).
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by wpasc 8y ago
This is awesome! So many medical students are kinda forced into more profitable healthcare practices than ones which people need more desperately (e.g. plastic surgery vs rheumatology). I especially love that this was done with private fund
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by wpasc 8y ago
Thanks for telling me :) Paypalling now
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by wpasc 8y ago
I wonder from whom they took the idea? f.lux has been around for YEARS (2009)
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by wpasc 8y ago
Thank you for your input, but I mostly want to thank you for f.lux. It has been one of my favorite things for a long time. It's silly how long it's taken companies to provide a native blue light filter and your product just kicks
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by wpasc 8y ago
I'm never going outside near nature again. Cities are good for some things :)
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by wpasc 8y ago
Could not agree with this more. I live in SF and the difficulty in building new housing is so outrageous. To make the housing prices in SF lower, supply must increase. While it makes sense for voters in a locality to have control/say i
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by wpasc 8y ago
I was watching a Peter Thiel/Eric Schmidt discussion wherein Peter Thiel essentially says, "Google can't dare pay a dividend because it would mean they admit they're done innovating." Provocative, but sorta true. Th
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by wpasc 8y ago
As a person who has an autoimmune illness (so I'm biased), I believe that immune system research is woefully underfunded. I lot of literature I've been reading recently is showing it's involvement in a whole host of "non
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Mountain View’s unusual rule for Facebook: No free food(sfchronicle.com)
2 points by wpasc 8y ago|1 comments
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by wpasc 8y ago
Find a way to call it "The largest/most powerful/biggest ever accelerator" otherwise you won't get Trump to do it

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