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WheatMillington

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    Comment #49234811

    What a sad and pathetic opinion, especially when targeted towards such an incredible contributor as Tom Stanton, a true educator and an energetic and excited engineering mind.

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    Comment #49203236

    >Are you trying to invent your own definition for self driving Are you?

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    Comment #49203230

    Aah yes that scrappy $1.7 trillion start-up.

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    Comment #49201314

    Google isn't making arbitrary decisions here - it's reflecting social norms. Americans aren't big on walking. I've seen pictures of beautiful leafy suburbs that don't even have sid…

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    Comment #49191508

    Everyone seems to agree that if the GPS hadn't been inop everyone would still be alive. So to happily dismiss the deadly decisions the government made to place blame on the pilots …

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    Comment #49104966

    OK, go off.

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    Comment #49064378

    If we're going to insist on continuing to use the offensive language of "third world country", at least apply it correctly. India is not what even the most casual racist would cons…

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    Comment #49061663

    Most people reasonably assume that if they click Reject they won't get the page they're looking for.

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    Comment #48885945

    What kind of question is that? Without knowing anything about the person's geography or local cost of solar, how can you make such a bold assessment of affordability? I live in New…

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    Comment #48809850

    Remind me never to come to HN for business advice, this is dire reasoning.

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    Comment #48653784

    Americans are not allowed to buy Kinder eggs.

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    Comment #48560584

    Why do you think it's a space company? SpaceX didn't even define ITSELF as a space company in its IPO filing.

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    Comment #48403551

    Weird perspective. When I was a kid (I'm 41) we were given sets - pirate ship, submarine, police sets. They were designed as a kit... and once we built the kid we'd pull it apart a…

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    Comment #48314467

    How can you know that without even hearing it?

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    Comment #48314458

    A major retailer in my country had to recall thousands of units of kids kinetic sand because it contained asbestos. Are you saying we'd be better off had they not been made to reca…

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    Comment #48304515

    Like the music being described literally in the thread you're responding to.

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    Comment #47826822

    If only there were a recent global event that shut down supply chains from which we could have drawn these lessons.

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    Comment #47172728

    >2. Originality matters more than ever. By design, these tools can only copy and mix things that already exist. But they aren't alive, they don't live in the world and have experie…

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    Comment #47140836

    As opposed to VC owners, who are famously satisfied with slow growth. Right?

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    Comment #46998243

    I don't see why any AI company would ever be "too big to fail". I can't see why any government would be motivated to take the political hit of bailing them out.

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    Comment #46998145

    At $14b revenue Anthropic is likely running a HUGE loss on their P&L.

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    Comment #46998114

    Interesting that you consider the most cutting edge technology in the category to be "the easiest layups".