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by xux 9y ago
Perhaps you can offer a rebuttal to my arguments instead of doing an implicit name-calling? Immigrants do work harder and offer cheaper labor, not unlike the example of younger developers vs older developers. Companies can feel free to make
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by xux 9y ago
Sorry, I don't buy this whole "older workers more likely to see through bullshit" narrative that many presumably older folks on HN push. It sounds awfully like the arguments that traditionally nationalist groups use against i
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by xux 9y ago
We're talking about a country's influence, and per cap stats are completely unrelated to the total sum of influence Stats like the one you posted do offer some psychological relief though
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by xux 9y ago
Regardless of what you think of China, you can't deny its competence and growing influence. This simple chart from Google says it all: https://i.imgur.com/T88SqnA.png
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by xux 9y ago
That's what people said about TV - it completely destroyed accountable print journalism with show business. Nothing new here
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by xux 9y ago
So where can I borrow $250,000 for me to invest in the stock market?
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Ask HN: What skills should I learn to work in the self driving industry?
1 points by xux 9y ago|1 comments
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by xux 9y ago
Should be renamed to "Wealthy nations, which don't need growth to be more wealthy, tend to be happy" Big surprise
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by xux 9y ago
Did anyone even read the article. The study has nothing to do with complex behavior or "sophisticated" behavior. It's a study on your ability to generate random list of results, like "listing the hypothetical results of
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by xux 9y ago
> The "tech shortage" is a real myth Except that's wrong. As much as you may dislike the tech industry, you can't contradict the data that shows there are more job openings than developers in the Bay Area
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by xux 9y ago
Yes, and random loss in value which is just as bad as theft
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by xux 9y ago
The President isn't everything. There's Congress, with members voted in by their district.
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by xux 9y ago
You can register with the Data & Marketing Association to opt out of most junk mail: https://www.usa.gov/telemarketing#item-35222
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by xux 10y ago
We owe our current prosperity to companies aggressively cutting costs to make more profit. Labs generally don't care about unit economics. They're more concerned with cutting edge proof of concept
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by xux 10y ago
It's not designed to "beat" you. Casinos are entertainment venues, not banks. One of the main selling points of casinos is the thrill you get from potentially winning a lot of money. You pay for the fun in form of the slight
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by xux 10y ago
I love Hacker News, where a random person can tell a company their $2 billion plan on infrastructure is "a really bad move" with authority
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Show HN: Get an email whenever the President signs an executive order or a bill(bitofnews.com)
7 points by xux 10y ago|0 comments
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by xux 10y ago
"mostly because of how they designed their architecture" Doesn't matter how you design the architecture. Someone can just force them to "update" their app via the app store, and all of your privacy is gone.
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by xux 10y ago
Airline is a classic case of an industry that has too much competition. All these airlines cause inefficient routing, and they're continuously forced to cut prices to compete. This results in bad margins and bad service. Literally no b
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by xux 10y ago
For all newspaper subscriptions (and all other semi-shady companies), I use Privacy.com. It allows you to create silo-ed credit card numbers and specify how much each card is allowed to charge you per week/month/overall. When I wa
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by xux 10y ago
Whenever I see a prediction from academics, I'm reminded of this: http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/scientist-predicts-... "Princeton professor predicts 99% chance of a Hillary Clinton win"
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by xux 10y ago
A lot of people are focusing on the mechanics, but it seems like humans don't generate body parts just like cells don't generate organelles. The entity is not _meant_ to exist by itself, but form a cohesive living group. A cell do
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by xux 10y ago
You already can. Try it out: "Hey Siri, set a timer for 5 minutes"
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by xux 10y ago
It's not a difference between "elite" and "non-elite" paragraph. It's the difference between written and spoken language. Go to any USA Today or WSJ article and read a paragraph out loud; no one talks like that
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by xux 10y ago
Good list, one thing you left off: Google is already showing realtime results from Twitter. They're well positioned in the deal because they know how many people click through
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by xux 10y ago
Exciting times. I used to feel a bit disappointed when I read about all the New World explorations going on back in the 1400s. But now it's starting up all over!
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Two years ago I hated my life; These three realizations turned me around(news.bitofnews.com)
2 points by xux 10y ago|0 comments
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Quitting your job to “pursue your passion” is a really terrible advice(news.bitofnews.com)
2 points by xux 10y ago|1 comments
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by xux 10y ago
> If I want a thing to disappear I simply don't create it. The point is that it mimics a natural conversation. Do you refuse to speak just because no one is recording you?
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by xux 10y ago
Just because is ad hominem, doesn't mean it's a fallacy. Sometimes a person's reputation is so bad you don't need to give any benefit of the doubt for his/her opinions.

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