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by not_exactly__ 4y ago
Why throwaway? This is a good take.
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Wrong analogy. You’re describing theft. It’s More like, my neighbor planted an apple tree in their yard and told me, “this is your tree. You can pick any fruits off of it, anytime you’d like.” I told the jam making shop down the street that
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
> I will never rent an online movie Why not? I do it all the time for a simple economic reason: renting is $2.99 and buying is $14.99. If I haven’t seen the movie yet and I don’t feel super strongly about it, I don’t feel like paying the
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I understand the premise fine. I’m just saying it’s an unrealistic expectation. For example, “should continue working exactly like it did” sounds nice, but what happens when the company is out of business and your server’s kernel needs a ke
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Yes. But it’s also useless if they go out of business period. I know, I know, opensource it in the event of bankruptcy and continue receiving security updates and what not. But when as that ever actually panned out? Tbh, I don’t know why su
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I’ve been pondering for a while why Google never tried to acquire PayPal, and/or perhaps most importantly Venmo (which is part of it). With Android & Chrome being the platforms that they are, the ultra tight integration of payment
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I’ve personally stopped reading NYT specifically because of this editorializing vs just reporting issue. It’s really frustrating to see in individual articles; in the greater scheme of things, it’s sad to observe. NYT has always had blunde
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I share most of your skepticism. Do you know if they’ve published a technical paper on any of the numbers?
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
It’s also unlikely they will pay for expensive sensors unless it directly impacts them :)
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
If the algo disqualifies them with no nuance, great, that means there’s probably a market for those who do want to take the time to understand the actual risk profile of a tenant. Also, society as a whole does not owe a clean slate to anyon
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Maybe because it presents a false dichotomy where one’s desire to profit from an asset must also accommodate those unable to afford it?
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Well that was the gist of my last sentence regarding not letting external Big Tech behave like current Big Tech. ps: fwiw, I’m against breaking up BigTech. It makes for good headlines but I don’t think it solves much.
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I think it’s a somewhat false dichotomy that splitting up US big tech makes China big tech win. The reason being that splitting up US big tech allow for more competitive US mid tech to arise that can outcompete China big tech in areas where
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Me think you grossly under-estimate the complexity of creating a facility that processes basic inputs, a few chemicals, and lots of optics/lights to make state of the art nanometer scale 3D features at enormous volume and very low defe
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
The (possible) irony is that ClubHouse uses Agora behind the scenes to power its real-time audio. that’s a Chinese company based in Mainland China. I’d be careful if I was them. The double irony is that I believe Agora is blocked behind TGF
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Not so fast. China managing 1st place isn’t a foregone conclusion. Ill blame those pesky demographic trends first.
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
I can confirm most of this story. It has been years since I’ve been able to get a quick burrito at La Taqueria. Mi Yucatan, half a block away, isn’t plugged into the system so you can definitely get food under there under 15 mins. They’re a
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by not_exactly__ 5y ago
Have you used an M1 Air yet? I Because that’s the best computer I’ve ever owned.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
Welp. This is what I come to HN for.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
Do provide a write up when you can.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
I’d like to know this too please :)
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
Yeah I agree that most in China don’t think much of it (or often don’t even realize censorship is happening on their exchanges). But it’s still tragic. And I’m happy to see Silicon Valley come to its sense regarding WeChat. A few years back
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
We are not judging the validity of the claim from the claim alone. We are doing so from the pattern of behaviors around it by the CCP and how those patterns correlate to priors we’ve seen in the past when they’ve tried to hide the truth.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
I’d add that in China, the government is especially aggressive at squashing down rumors/conspiracy-theories that involve itself. If the rumors are false, the evidence they provide is usually rock solid. When the evidence they provide i
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
CMilk did a video a week or two ago on what evidence we have so far. I’d say it’s convincing enough; or rather, that within the context of China, there is enough smoke (disappearing lab members, papers removed...etc), lots of CCP efforts to
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
Not to mention there are direct flights from Wuhan to both LA and SFO (China Southern). Wuhan may not be very well known in the US, but it is absolutely a major city in China. I’m not sure what the best comparison would be, but maybe a St L
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
Lived in China. Also lots of African friends who don’t appreciate how the Chinese do business in their country.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
> But this time, reporting to WHO took ~5 days. It was discovered by dr Zhang Jixian on Dec 26, then reported to WHO on Dec 31. False. It took much longer than five days. The WHO was indeed notified on the 31st but the Chinese government
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
The soft power only works on those that haven’t been exposed to it long enough. If you’ve dealt with China for a while, you know the real deal.
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by not_exactly__ 6y ago
> “ but in my opinion this is a baseless and overly cynical view of things, not truth.” It’s neither baseless or overly cynical if you’ve ever lived in China or have just spent enough time observing the CCP’s actions.

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