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Even in software, the primary “advantage” of youth seems to be able to work much longer hours. But from my own experience, I wonder how much of those long hours are truly productiv…

Here’s a link to a pdf I just made from the browser (so no table of contents in the sidebar or other fanciness): https://www.filedropper.com/foundertoceomattsbookforstartups... PS:…

That’s one of the most valid ideas I’ve heard - define private data as personal property. When one looks deeper into laws like GDPR and this one, at the heart of it lies the fact t…

That somehow seems like a tenuous argument, especially when talking about tech companies, when one looks at examples like Satya Nadella (MS) and Sundar Pichai (Google) who’re both …

I thought it was German Shepherd Dog - highly focussed canines.

They will now that the US has taken the lead.

My analogy was based on means, not ends. GS split investment banking ops from consumer banking. Similarly something could separate the consumer data business from the telco/infrast…

Thanks for raising that point. I skipped a lot of detail and nuance since I really didn’t want to write an essay. It is true that trade deficits are calculated on full value, not t…

You’re right that everyone suffers. The question in a “war” is who can handle the most losses/suffering before routing. The evidence seems to suggest that the Chinese market is alr…

There ought to be some sort of regulation preventing this sort of thing - like the Glass-Steagall Act in banking that mandated separation of investment banking and commercial banki…

Nor any Asian country whose natives are perceived in the West as being meek/humble or whatever else. It is just that most immigrants (in the last 3-4 decades) to the US happen to b…

You’re conflating two different things - 1) justification and 2) explanation, and with that misinterpreting the gist of my post. Just because it has a valid explanation doesn’t mea…

Oh yeah… I concur. That holds true even though the former be lesser in magnitude.

You’re starting to touch the issue, but IMO, not quite. Allow me to present a somewhat controversial approach. Considering the US only: at the risk of extreme and borderline stereo…

The opinion of one HN’er is that it is definitively a gray area. So whether or not you’re sued for it depends on if someone resourceful has a reason to sue you (e.g. LinkedIn vs Hi…

Curious question: what makes/made more money?

Not immediately, no. 10 years back, Duracell seemed a very strong brand. All it is going to take for LVMH, etc. to start getting replaced is a new generation of online shoppers see…

I think you might have nailed one of the more fundamental problems in US healthcare.

Carry a pack of your favorite poison at all times. With practice, you can calibrate the amount you need to consume to acheive a desired iq level. Anytime you feel you’re getting sm…

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Oh no, I never said or meant that current bad practices are justified based on past precedents. Just that blaming the incumbent while ignoring identical practices by the predecesso…

It is indeed true that selfish motives take precedence - in the minds/deliberations of those that stand to profit. But isn’t a govt formed of the elected representatives, who are i…

Yes, this is both generally relevant, but specifically OT. Hope the mods split it off. There is indeed a performative aspect to a broad discussion, but it offers the advantage of r…

Yes, it is happening now. The point is that it was also happening under Obama (I don’t know the scale of it though), so it is unfair to blame just the Donald for it, while Barry ge…

I’m less liberal than many, but I’m curious how the conservative movement feels issues like climate change and clean oceans and clean air, or even net neutrality ought to be dealt …