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by brilliantcode 9y ago
this is a major bombshell. I'd hate to be those guys running zecco. The fact that they coerced an NDA to hide the millions of customer transactions that now have no way of proving were legitimate or not. I'm pretty sure the author
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
China has no one but Xi is to blame. He gets an F for foreign policy. By delaying action on North Korea at the beginning of their nuclear ambition, they've increased tensions in the region with very little benefit to China and a ton of
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
vkou's comment illustrates a possible reason as to why they've failed: > Immediately the lightbulb went on in Ryan’s mind that there was a significant shift happening in the market from a physical credit card to digital payment
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
> They're heroin addicts who would gladly choose that if it were legal. It seems more of a preference. Lot of heroin users dislike the fetanyl high and remain heroin users. > I'm glad you understand that potency is the issu
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
Fetanyl & Carfentanil aren't hard drugs anymore, it's literally killing people. We are no longer talking about Heroin which are the classic hard drugs. I'm trying to argue for a clear distinction between those two groups.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
While I agree that prohibition is harmful and creates huge black markets, we are no longer talking about recreational drug but an active public health crisis where people are buying literally poison that will kill them. I'm not calling
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I used to be very pro-legalization of all drugs in my early 20s but I've shifted completely after seeing so many Fetanyl overdose cases in Vancouver as well as now we are seeing Elephant tranquilizers make its way. Some drugs are just
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
Youtube & Netflix is the new TV. I don't think lot of people sit on their couch and watch Facebook videos all night. I don't think Facebook can ever reach Google's level. Google is expensive for a reason because it's
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
This would be very interesting to see from a security stand point of view. We are introducing another attack vector. ex. Imagine if you could phish someone's brain.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
What does Facebook have monopoly on? Last time I checked, Google still dominated online ad spend.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I think this coupled with their acquisition of c9.io is beginning to look like a real "cloud killer app". My vision for AWS is being able to login to AWS and see c9 with one click deploy and configuration. I'm patiently await
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
No problem. As someone who is a firm believer in social equality across gender, orientation, race, culture and religious identity., it irks to me see the subtle and cleverly veiled micro-aggressions that women face in this environment where
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
Well I just find it hypocritical that the mods would censor dubious and subjective criteria for what's considered unsubstantial a.k.a. whoever the HN elite circles dislike or feels like a threat to their narrative.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I don't know why the rest of YC is downvoting and claiming this isn't the case. If you search previous Theranos threads, you will find questionable comments extrapolating a blanket view on women in tech.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I think the gist of the article is that western styled democracy is always going to be more vastly more expensive & economically fragile than any authoritarian superpower that can simply threaten to kill it's own people or harvest
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
> Which YC companies are successful? I dont know the founders but the idea that you could start the apts section of craigslist that out values real established businesses itself is a huge motivator. Of course with close examination, noth
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
excellent link, I think it offers a great deal of transparency into USGOV and it's spending in a way that's never been done before.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
Yes, it's my favorite story. tl;dr: Sony gets backstabbed by Nintendo, proceeds to destroy them in their own staple industry for the next few decades by releasing Sony Playstation.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
This reminds me of http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
Anytime I see Switch mentioned, I think about nintendo's ol' switcheroo 22 years ago that ultimately outdid nintendo.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
interesting, it definitely supports the narrative of AI replacing changing our jobs, in this case the designer. For less artistic folks like me, this tool is from heavens. How many times did you want to illustrate a simple diagram but could
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
read it again, they were ripping IH for letting dubious submissions through without proper vetting. 2017 Feb: "I'm never using IH again" 2017 April: "I love IH"
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
What do see on your acquisition list in 2017/2018?
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
2 months ago, HN was ripping apart IH: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13591182 But at HN, it seems we have short memories and money triumphs morality.
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
because they don't need to. Our phones and computers aren't where they were 10~15 years ago. The end user doesn't even notice if an app is native or running in Electron. Given that constraint, time to market becomes crucial a
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I don't get this article. What does the author propose instead? Cross-platform is tough to get right and it places much burden on developers focusing on application logic for his niche. I don't think it's fair to label Electr
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Ask HN: How to deal with anxiety around wasting time?
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
The real problem with the panama papers incident is that it's not clear whether people on that list have done wrong or anything interesting. Clearly, it was a way to hide away ill gotten cash for some people but it also has legitimate
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I like good investigative journalism and frustrated I can't pay to support it. For instance, WSJ endlessly sticks paywall for recycled news. Some journalists risk their lives for the sake of jouranlism. https://magazine.atav
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by brilliantcode 9y ago
I feel like it's being abused now. For instance, I always tip but felt betrayed when another waiter charged tip without even asking, and I was eating alone. I stopped going there.

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