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Comment #18518739
> The fact that capitalism is the best resource allocating framework we found, for managing society, shouldn't prevent us from discussing its flaws. The thing that people forget is…
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Comment #17039226
Ah.. that seems like a reasonable grouping of all communications..
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Comment #16764008
Ah.. the causality.. the argument can be made that without engineers the creation would never happen, (even if others are still trying to make money without ethics..).
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Comment #16763973
Here's a thought, what if you can get the same substance to work on the sand part of concrete?? It assumes more research and work, but the argument has a kernel of truth.. I don't …
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Comment #16575145
Yeah no body is arguing against that particular point. I have to say OP was just pointing out that preference on it's own can contribute quite a bit to the "wage gap".
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Comment #16446127
Here's the catch in that, my master's experience convinced me that even academia, isn't as free as it is hyped up to be. There's a strong marketing drive to hype up the freedom in …
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Comment #16272885
Don't know why you're getting downvote, the first part of your stmt might be debatable, but being harmless is reasonable and in the example of about:config, it's also useful for a …
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Comment #16133154
Dude, they do tend to be a bit overly simplistic about it, but don't need to insult them for it. Just point out and move on. (P.S: I am not even american)
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Comment #15958250
Ugg... that looks like a ripe market for some Indian company to sell the older versions of insulin. (Of course, there will be legal hurdles and hoops to jump through, but it seems …
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Comment #15822906
>leaders need respect and to be followed. This works two ways. Parts of it has to be earned, I've worked with founders, whom I would gladly followed when it comes to s/w engineerin…
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Comment #15822884
Either I've been in only mediocre to average roles(for any of the reasons, including my inability) or you're a very small minority not aware of the fact. I'd like to believe in the…
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Comment #15779644
you're correct. And that's why the fractional reserve lending system creates problems.(To be fair, it creates more credit and risk-taking behaviour).
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Comment #15779641
>Deflation only prevents purchases when the savings from waiting outweigh the cost of not having the item. reply Very true, but it simply is a semantic gap. I suspect(not know) mos…
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Comment #15018351
As long as you don't explain why you think it is not relevant, there'll not be much progress. You could argue for example the default should be to treat the two(representation of w…
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Comment #14969267
Bro, just got aadhaar fingerprint auth rejected two days in a row. Don't think i'll get it to work anytime soon. Local states' aadhaar auth rejection seems to be 30% rejection rate…
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Comment #14917880
> I also have no idea how you'd sell a product that considerably reduces billable hours. Hmm.. perhaps, if they can force the opposition to use similar tech, then they can promise …
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Comment #14818382
Oops.. looks like my etymology has long been forgotten. thanks for correcting.
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Comment #14818286
you should publicly shame the VC. it should be a necessity. if you're worried about the backlash at least go anonymous and publish on something like pastebin.
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Comment #14771591
Meh.. manual does not mean hands.. or if you were trying to be satirical, please don't turn HN into reddit.
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Comment #14750593
I don't think the fact researchers look for future funding from sources doesn't affect this. This statement is the same as funding/donating to politicians' campaigns regularly, and…
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Comment #14643915
Yeah.. Everybody always lies.. The only way to get or transfer the truth is to hook up(or read) brains (ideally neuron by neuron, and change the receiver's brains to reflect the sa…
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Comment #14165637
> The real trick will be to keep the goats from chewing on your shirt collars. That's easy. Duct tape it solves everything.. Or you can genetically engineer a goat without a mouth.…
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Comment #14146660
Sounds easy.. Based on context I'd say it's Benjamin.
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Comment #14146591
I'd suspect all those HFT firms will have robot agents (trading based on some ratios/logic) as simulations for their testing environment.