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> From a business point of view it's more like... Usually companies use blogs as marketing tools to drive traffic to their websites. I might be wrong, but in the case of Coinbase I…

Fair enough, that part did not register as OP said it was "anecdotical" and in his experience

I did not mentionned political affiliations. I don't understand why everyone seems to focus on politics recently. Yes, there have been troubling events, but the world did not stop …

I would tend to think the education level also plays a role, and considering wealthier individuals usually have a better access to education/are more educated (read correlation not…

It's not a problem you face often with a single payer system (or anything similar)

I cannot say for sure. My personal income is the same I would get in Toronto, but it's anecdotal. I know they are slightly lower on average, but when you factor in the cost of livi…

Long term benefits? check Good for our constituants? check Good for whoever pays for my campaign? check Oh, you say it will jeopardize my reelection? fuggetaboutit /s

Canada has been at it for quite a while, otherwise the economy would be stagnating. And it has the advantage that it can chose its immigrants based on the market's needs. Compared …

It was indeed a weird model, I think the tech scene here always looked at eAI like some type of outcast, leaving them alone. But it drew attention to the AI scene, universities rec…

Shush! Don't tell them about the little hill! It's only one of them on the other side anyways, we can ignore it... here we go, MTL only has 4 universities now /s Quebec is weird, t…

It is not legally required, strongly advised by the government. It would go against Section 2 of the Canadian constituion to discriminate on a language basis. The OQLF asks for com…

Not anymore, not in tech at least. Every single company is looking to hire, they don't have the luxury of cherry picking over languages. The provincial government can be a pain in …

You are right, the legislation on that part is counterproductive, but there are many ways around, especially for tech workers. And tbh we alway used english at work considering som…

Bonus: there are 56 craft breweries on the island alone

Disclaimer: Clearly biased, I am from Montreal. > That’s part of why I think that if any city in Canada has the potential to actually develop a Bay Area grade startup scene (smalle…

PrEP might be available, but there are still countries where it is not easily accessible, and where HIV is still spreading. https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/why-the-hiv-epid…

At first glance I thought it would be another post about recent events. Still decided to give it a try. It is surprisingly interesting, pointing out incongruences, mostly regarding…

[-1] Bonus, related: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/14/7561 [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25357315 [2]: https://new…

Dear HN, Lately, things have been strange It's been a long year. It has worn us out I thought it ended and things would get better, but I'm not sure anymore I used to like spending…

No, the job market isn't zero sum. If the west produces more goods/services it needs a higher input of lesser tier goods and services to which value can be added.

Yes, but no. Automation could, should and will bring back more manufacturing towards the west, in the sense that the west will produce more goods, in terms of net quantity/value co…

25! Happy new year!

I started reading the title and almost had a heart attack thinking Donald Knuth died Edit: Title was "Professor Donald Knuth on Writing and More, an Int..."

> I'd very much recommend it Same here! I've bought myself a Surface Laptop 3 (15", i7 version) 11 months ago. I had been looking for a laptop powerful enough to code on, that woul…

Genuine question: Have you considered buying out your co-founder instead? You seem to have a general undestanding of the figures you can make through advertisement. I'd suggest doi…