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FroogalMap? Cool idea. I hope this helps people.

YC's entire business is finding little tech companies and helping them grow.

Funny. The FIRE people I’ve spoken to have an attitude of “if I’m going to do it, I may as well go all-in.”

The idea that rights are inalienable is a fundamental moral principle of every modern free society. People can violate your rights. That doesn't mean that your rights go away. If s…

It appears that you read the first clause of the first line, grepped your dogmas, and posted the first thing that came back. My existing post already precludes your point.

Physical property rights and intellectual property rights have the same root: That someone did work to produce a value, and by right, has ownership of it. This is even how homestea…

The moral principle here is just property rights. One case is more complex than the other, but that does not change the fundamental. Two cases: 1) Two parties agree to a trade unde…

Your argument isn’t simple, it’s word salad. You can easily transfer a right of ownership. You can bake a cake and I can buy it from you; once that happens, it is theft for you to …

It’s very simple. They purchased the right to distribute the books on their terms. You don’t like the terms, so you call them predatory. You want the product, so you just take it o…

That's exactly the point. Top schools are looking for outlier intellectual talent, but the egalitarian approach (high school grade inflation plus weakening of standardized testing)…

Ha, “LinkedIn style.” Thats hilarious. Now I think it totally gets the joke and it’s telling you a joke back.

What's the climate like around TN visas nowadays? Specifically, from Canada to the US. (Thinking of Waterloo grad-types but also humanities types coming to join in non-eng roles)

Safe to assume those downvoting you will not be donating their MacBooks and refrigerators.

Simple answer: Halo 3.

The headline reads as though it was written by the head of public school teachers' union.

You're exactly right and the economics of it are pretty well studied. I know quite a few people in real estate, they're always eager to upgrade their property (read: make it more v…

The moral argument for a modern, rights-based society is cleanly on Israel’s side. I’m glad they’ve developed this technology, so they can continue defending themselves at a lower …

My friend, Earth has never been a better place for humans to live than it is today. I hope more entrepreneurs come along to make it even better. The idea that humans have destroyed…

A man who built what he loves and produced so much surplus value for the rest of us to enjoy (read: profit) is _exactly_ a hero. I’m sure I could find ways critique him, but not in…

Well reasoned. Before he smoked that reefer, his space company was catching the largest booster ever made with metal chopsticks, all paid for by global satellite internet revenue. …

I agree, your point is compatible with my view. My sense is that this essentially an optimization question within how a government ought to structures its contracts with builders o…

A narrow and cynical take, my friend. With all technologies, "safety" doesn't equate to plushie harmlessness. There is, for example, a valid notion of "gun safety." Long-term safet…

Given the sibling comment here, I am wondering if you’ve fallen for a fake screenshot. I hope you did not make this up.

It’s the same reason people don’t get serfdom vibes when a government proposes to take over childcare. Governments buying goods for people with tax money turns them into dependents…

Did something happen in 2023 that makes it _less_ relevant for Israel to try to prevent terrorist activity?