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I wonder what is going to happen in 10years to SF if the housing prices continue to rise? If the housing market is out of reach for the “tech elite” then tech companies will not be…

- Equifax did not mean to mislead consumers by only providing a portion of the information that was accessed by the hackers. Why do companies think that when they are caught being …

This is a huge pendulum swing from our present state of massive regulations. The writer forgets a number of things that should be taken into account. People are much more transient…

I think Nathan makes a very good point. There are some people who are still on the rise w creativity and personal/professional growth. As a result of our own biases we focus so muc…

Until fraud and deceit stop being the go to business method, accountability will not deter this type of behavior. Just as we see with big pharma and here in banking, when the incom…

I do not pe sonally spend very much time on FB because I stay very busy. With what little free time I do have, I am simply not interested in the political rankings and flame wars n…

I meant....accessible to anyone qualified does not equal a good choice for everyone who is qualified.

And then when we have a change in control in our governments administration the rules also change, as does the formula for calculating this rating. We will have a never ending targ…

And of course the damage to the vehicle....”smash and grab.” While a side window may not be too costly, what if it is raining and interior damaged, etc. These costs to higher end v…

I understand but it is not currently used to determine things like who may have a right to attend college or ..... it is the “trust level” determination based on the aggregate info…

And 4) people who cannot have children for some physical reason (infertility etc)

There are so many factors that come into play when deciding to have a child w cost of living being just one of the many. In areas where people are delaying having a family only aft…

But not all stimulants etc are used for performance enhancement, etc. There are many legitimate uses so like anything else, there would have to be exceptions to “the rule.”

And on the flip side, in the states that use lottery funds to provide college for all graduates with a specific GPA.....we are seeing a tremendous number of students losing their s…

This is scary to think about. Imagine if private companies provided our government information and the totality of our communications and purchases, or even content of private conv…

The cost to insurance companies is crazy if they just smash and grab. The loss of valuable work product to businesses is far higher.

I think this is becoming an exceedingly difficult market. Profit relatively small apparently and a number of competitors who are not retaining customers over the initial VC funded …

Not profitable yet and spends the lion’s share of its 15% take from sales on advertising. Rapid growth the key but given the prices mentioned I am not surprised that they have such…

This article is spot on but misses two important points: 1) as customers are driven to the more convenient urgent care clinics such as The Little Clinic or Minute Clinic, they are …

This article could be summed up with: start talking WITH your children at a young age and continue to do that throughout their life and you will know more than you would find via s…

This article is ripe with good points but it misses one huge point, many if not most, hugely successful businesses make decisions that are not in the best interest of humanity. We …

Deny them all because they tend to be obtrusive and when I did allow a select few, they were frequently of little value or importance. Since denying them all I get more done and am…

I don’t like the spammy apps but I do think there are good smaller businesses who need some of these services. I guess the challenge is finding the balance between helping small bu…

Seems that the bigger companies are getting the more they focus on shutting businesses out of economical ways of becoming more efficient where technology is concerned. Many of thes…

Would the breach appear worse if her degree was in CS or not? Seems the HN community is trying to correlate her degree to the breach and this is virtually impossible. Her MFA did n…