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Reminds me of when Trump won the Republican nomination-- a gob of stories ran with basically the same theme and spin. There's no such thing as straight news. It's all spin, one way…

Reminds me of the monetary damages levied against people who shared music files. There was a wrong-doing, but the punishment is excessive.

Not victimless. That fraudulent vote cancelled a legitimate one. The punishment is excessive, but there is a real crime here.

They'll be bored out of their skulls in no time. And if kids come along-- well, they'll want to go back to work anyway.

It's no use being jealous of those that have lots of money. It comes with it's own problems, by the way. The good lesson of the article is this: If we spend less than we make (no m…

We have yet to return to the excellent pop music of the 80s.

Count me in the 'skip the Starbucks and buy index funds' category. Over time, it will make you much richer than you'd otherwise be. It really works.

Wow, my home state of South Dakota at the top of the rankings. Snow days must have something to do with it.

"This situation can’t endure for long – years, perhaps, but not decades." Time will prove this to be nonsense.

You can learn a lot from old TV. I saw a Miami Vice episode a while back, the Bad Guy noted that the Dow Jones was about to break 1400. It's a constant upward trail, with peaks and…

Great article. Hacker News paydirt!

Thankfully, we avoided war-supporting Hillary Clinton.

Are there bad cops? Sure. But most police are honest. They work a dangerous job, at low pay, and with a mostly ungrateful public. These days, they are a political football with a p…

As a near-Boomer (early Gen-Xer) I do believe I fell into a lucky time. I left high school, then a quick college-paying stint in the service to a red-hot economy in 1990. (Ronald R…

As a baby boomer, this would have confused me 'till recently. I've been studying generational differences for an upcoming talk, so I'm tuned into generational attitudes. We had a m…

Nothing, really. Except business guests really like to have a nearby airport to fly into. I know this as I used to work for Acxiom, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas. (Population: …

Ask an American Indian how that worked out for them. They had treaties, after all.

Indeed. A majority of Americans support making late-term abortions illegal. (With good reason. It really is a baby human that's being slaughtered.)

Such nonsense. What would Vox know about rural America? Rural Americans are mad about being called 'flyover states', about being called racists (really for voting against Democrats…

At the time, I'm sure Ford's ideas were considered very progressive and a gift to the indigenous people. Today, he's the target of a critical article like this one. (There's more c…

I totally agree. There are far too many political articles on HN, especially.

So sorry for your loss, Matt. She was far too young.

Oh, good. Now maybe taco trucks can have less stringent health codes.

Politics on HN. BOO!

Having seen recent hiring data, I think SV is not sustainable. Compare salaries to what you get for remote work (especially a timezone or two away.) It's only a matter of time. The…