thetrumanshow

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by thetrumanshow 9mo ago
>> Write a talk nobody else could do; tell a story nobody else can tell. Figure out what your audience is going to learn, and why you’re the best person to teach them that. That's an extremely high bar, no?
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by thetrumanshow 6y ago
Why the downvotes for this guy? The article makes the specific claim that the flu death numbers are allowed to be inflated through lax CDC reporting rules so that people are encouraged to get vaccinated and practice good hygiene. Shouldn&#x
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
That information may be sensitive. The F-15 platform is still under active development, and even if it wasn't those details might be too much to ask.
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Probably so, but when someone steps in the direction you want them to go, its not effective to whack them for it. If you want them to continue down your path you say "Well done! But, can you take just one more small step?" The hop
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
>> And it’s hard to read Republican’s sudden enthusiasm for tree planting as anything other than a cynical effort to dampen growing calls for the sorts of regulations and taxes required to bring about those changes. Rather than going
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
I would suspect its true that most successful startup founders fall into the 80+ hour bucket, but I only have a handful of personal anecdata to support this (and for technical founders in the early days probably only 1/4 of that would
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
A few thoughts to add to the discussion, loosely related: 1) If I know exactly where to spend my time for the best rate of return, its likely that I'll have to spend relatively few hours achieving success. 2) For most people, the succe
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
>> I guess this is what it feels like to be a young-earth creationist: I simply cannot wrap my head around... You think you're picking on an easy target there, but if you talked to some, you might actually find a few that will ta
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Also, does it suggest that the most engaged HN readers (who come early to topic discussions) have a starkly different opinion to late comers?
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
This is pretty much every company. If everyone starts performing at the next level, you can't promote everyone, right? And plenty of things can squish your chances at promotion, like being somewhat unlikable in your group. I think a be
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
4% sounds optimistic, but its good to have a canvas to paint on. Potential bad effects from the top of my noggin: * You've compressed the compounding growth in prices (inflation) by two years in one stroke. * You've instantly decr
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Sure, the saying has broad appeal because the tautology of it is interesting. The actual debate, however, centers on whether laying down your weapons makes you vulnerable to those that hold onto theirs.. and that was the lens I was looking
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Ok, I believe we are in the middle of arguing OP's point about how the pro-gun people are wrong when using the argument "only the criminals will own them", and how the pro-encryption people are right when using the same argum
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
> This argument has merit, but if we DID amend out #2 and make guns illegal, over time firearm proliferation would decrease. Hmm, then wouldn't some people just make their own firearms, just as you are describing with encryption, ri
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
There's probably a wee bit of presumption in connecting the dots like this, but its an interesting set of dots to consider, and I wouldn't mind any supporting links you have on this, opinion pieces or otherwise.
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Maybe, but allowing them to enshrine this in policy without challenge is a mistake.
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
Whoa. Please consider sharing your playlist via Spotify!
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by thetrumanshow 7y ago
>> He proposes a program of “heartland visas,” in which skilled immigrants could obtain work visas to the United States on the condition they live in one of the counties facing demographic decline — with troubled counties themselves d
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Seeking precise rules for something is, in spirit, the exact opposite of what a logical fallacy is.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Correct: I do understand that the definition of violence has been expanded in some areas of public discourse, but it wasn't my point. My point was to find out where the poster believed to be the new demarcation line for physical violen
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
You can't escape this context, sure. But I was hoping for expansion on the idea where the poster stated "They should be investigated if their parenting is so poor that they resort to physical violence against the child." ...
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
If you lead a child by the arm against their will, is this tantamount to physical violence or no? If we're busy redefining what is the acceptable behavior in parenting, we better discuss this all the way to the limits.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Whatever fake internet points you are being awarded for this comment, its not nearly enough. :)
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I'm just an outsider, but I was lured to HN and the idea of YC by the cult of personality around PG long ago (we even applied for the first batch). PG seemed like someone who didn't have all the answers, but was on a journey to fi
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
I found it well-written and interesting, but then again I tend to like the human-interest side of tech rather than reading up on the latest Kubernetes release.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
And now you have to keep all of your lies straight.
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
It was Lenin, but the central thesis is not mistaken. The family was seen as a roadblock to the revolution since women, useful wards-of-the-state-to-be, were too busy caring for families to help the cause. https://www.theatlanti
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
Ah, that is an interesting idea, and worthy of more study. I had always understood the Christian basis of friendship with the people of Israel was from Genesis 12:3, which suggests that those who "bless" the children of Abraham wo
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
This is an interesting and strange viewpoint I have never heard before. Might you elaborate?
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by thetrumanshow 8y ago
The article never uses the standalone word "justice", and it is always preceded by "social". Therefore, your suggestion that the title is incorrect is spot on.

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