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At least slot machines have a chance (however low) of paying out. The Facebook feed is a slot machine and all of the prizes are used condoms and dirty needles.

And by contrast the absence of that same aversion is why general aviation experiences orders of magnitude less safety.

No offense to this site, I like it a lot so far, but I wouldn’t favorably compare it in terms of non-technical knowledge to most of the educated population. You listed a ton of rea…

The original premise was that black marks will be overlooked. I don’t know how to break it to you, but the ones you’ve listed are infamous and hardly overlooked. Premise: No they w…

That’s nonsensical. Could a character in a computer game do that, even if they realized they were a character in a game? Their existence would be completely dependent on the hardwa…

The whole thing feels like encroachment of some kind of bizarre secular theology into physics. Yeah, people really really want to believe that they’re not just an accident, that ha…

True, but took about much more than a century for that, and for quite a long time tobacco smoke was seen as medicinal!

It’s like people who make those posts didn’t remember that the tobacco industry still exists . Literally killing people and lying about it for profit isn’t “company ending” if you …

Never underestimate the value of condoms for purposes other than intercourse. They’re highly portable, durable, can hold a lot of liquid, and are waterproof. You can use them to wa…

She won more lotteries than that. She won the lottery of being born rich, white, and connected. And in a country like the US. She won the lottery of being beautiful, of having an e…

Stealing: The felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. Copyright infringement is copyright infringement, not theft. Playi…

Ah Taylor Swift, she didn’t really win the lottery though, or if she did, she was able to start off buying a loooooot of tickets. Her father worked for Merril Lynch, from three gen…

I would add Imodium AD, analgesics, some power bars and jerky, condoms, tampons if you’re female or traveling with women, a compass, weatherproof matches, a small mirror, and a goo…

Yeah, being booted off the board, required to install two independent board members, and facing a criminal investigation are probably the bigger deals than the cash.

You’re right, thanks for the correction.

Discussion of part 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18109182

What an asshole, and what a stupid thing to do. He has a responsibility to the company and not just his immense ego, and that responsibility is long term. Taunting the SEC while st…