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by megaman8 4y ago
yes but if you look at the decade before that, it was pretty common about 3-10 or so bank takeovers per year, from the link below.
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by megaman8 4y ago
Dell and Apple can learn that there are consumers out there who want low cost minimalist options with long battery lives and long operational lives. Not everyone wants to buy a brand new 600$ computer every 5 years. They can learn that so
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by megaman8 4y ago
here are the reasons I hate apple more than facebook: 1. they force developers to buy mac os x to work on their platform 2. their app store monopoly is extremely hostile towards developers and thus democracy 3. they force me to enter my fin
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by megaman8 4y ago
energy from key presses: really cool idea. i hope that gets documented somewhere so the patent trolls don't try to patent it or something.
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by megaman8 4y ago
i love the minimalist concept of a laptop with so much battery life: Dell and Apple could learn something from this. so that gray piece on the right is the solar collector, right? since it can go 2 years, what's to stop it from going
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by megaman8 4y ago
I'd say HN quality is way way better than Reddit, entirely due to the audience. Reddit is very much anti-knowledge, anti-solution, anti-reason whereas HN features intelligent discussions, often supported by facts.
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by megaman8 4y ago
those salaries aren't so inflated when you consider the cost of living over there. Want to rent a modest 2 bedroom house in palo alto? that'll be about 90K per year. After taxes, the average software engineer would be lucky to
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by megaman8 4y ago
most people at these companies don't last very long. if you doubt that, just take a look at the average person's linkedIn or resume. You'll see the average tenure at a tech company is about 2 to 3 years.
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by megaman8 4y ago
i really don't understand why people don't like facebook. they're no worse than apple or your ISP (now they're truely evil). dissinfo? just unusubscribe or don't follow that account? do you really want facebook c
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by megaman8 4y ago
If you were to electrify all the vehicles in the world today (and the developing world hasn't even got lots of cars yet), it would take 1/2 the world's known supply of lithium. and those batteries only last about 8 to 10 yea
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by megaman8 4y ago
my interpretation of this is that the tech recession will take a long time to enter into and the winding down of tech is going to take several years at least.
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by megaman8 8y ago
we as users, need to start finding alternatives to Google and Youtube. Not to stop using google/youtube but to diversify. Sure, today, the vast majority of users of Google and Youtube might be treated fairly. But this sort of thing
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by megaman8 8y ago
Regulation isn't a silver bullet. Maybe a little bit for certain things. But, You'll never be able to develop enough rules to make sure everyone is treated fairly. the best way out of this is to educate users and start getting t
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by megaman8 8y ago
Most media companies effectively have this as a single point of failure: Google Search. And, it's not from lack of trying to diversify. Countless businesses must depend on it, espcially media and content based businesses. I of some
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by megaman8 8y ago
Thanks for the list but you forgot one of the best series of all times that contains many libraries: A Series of Unfortunate events. I'm slightly ashamed to say I saw it on netflix, rather than reading the books. But, i hear the book
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by megaman8 8y ago
I agree with all this except the sunscreen part. I was under the impression that sunscreen can actually increase the chance of cancer. Furthermore, sunscreen does block vitamin-D. But, you don't need much (sunblock free) sun exposur
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by megaman8 8y ago
On being married: Your speculation is right on the money. Having a wife/husband increases your network size especially if you're a sit at home homebody type (lolz). Their friends become either your connections or at the very lea
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by megaman8 8y ago
you forgot one thing: Pay a tiny fraction of what others are paying for real-estate Check Take the savings and invest in retirement portfolio and retire early Check
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by megaman8 8y ago
What's awesome here, is that he/she's created a solution to a problem that almost everyone has. It might need a little work, as shown by other comments. but the core idea is a good workaround for sites that force you to giv
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by megaman8 8y ago
degree inflation means A degree is less valued by employers, thus jobs that used to require bachelors, now require masters (because there's too many people running around with bachelors), and jobs that used to only require high school
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by megaman8 8y ago
Pushing more and more people to go to college isn't going to raise productivity. It will just lead to even more degree inflation. We've been seeing degrees pay out less and less as more and more people get them. This shouldn&#x
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by megaman8 8y ago
The book "1776" changed the way I thought about many many things. It's about the military presence and the early years of the US Colonies and the British presence as well. Everything was so different back then. Getting all
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by megaman8 8y ago
personally, I'd rather have something that's smaller and better looking than large and ugly.
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by megaman8 8y ago
I don't mind living in a small house (maybe not that small). But, the problem with most houses I see today, is that they're designed incredibly Ugly. I'm talking about the classic 2 car garage in front with an enormous conc
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by megaman8 8y ago
All this AI risk could be mitigated by not giving them access to any weapons. AI shouldn't have access to military equipment, gases, explosives or anything else that poses large scale human risk. I mean, if you're fridge becomes
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by megaman8 8y ago
Whenever possible you want to diversify. Having tens of thousands of dollars worth of shares in a single company is almost never a good idea, especially if that company is your employer too!
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by megaman8 8y ago
Notice how much more we pay vs how much they pay: "The base Chinese model sells for 16,800 yuan ($2,500). The US version will start at $8,950 ". Probably due to regulation, at least in part: it drives up costs almost 300%.
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Show HN: Learn Web Development by Programming a RPG(codeorc.com)
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by megaman8 8y ago
and this one forces you to create an account before you can download which might be fine if you're using it for a long time, but it adds friction for when trying out new services
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by megaman8 8y ago
I think you're off to a Great Start. I love the selection of music pieces and the interface is easy to use and clean. There's a good emphasis on Quality over quantity, which I appreciate. Here are some features I would like: 1.

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