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That's true of any language. Even within the same language paradigm. If you know C#/Java then learn C++ or vice versa and it'll affect the way you think about programming. Or move …

> If you break it down, the Yahoo Alibaba + Yahoo Japan stake + Yahoo's final selling price equals Microsoft's $45/share offer Actually, if mayer didn't sell a huge chunk of alibab…

> Many years ago Microsoft was trying to purchase Yahoo for $45 a share. Every company has their Yahoo moment, where they consider making an over the top purchase offer for a compa…

It's all journalists. It's all media. Some are for sure outright corrupt but it's just part of the job. > I'm not sure how easy this would be. Does anyone know if something like th…

The most worrying part is tech industry buying news media. Steve Jobs wife bought The Atlantic. Bezos bought the washingtonpost. As the news properties become cheaper and the money…

> Is he wrong? Did Tesla not prove to the rest of the auto industry that electric cars are not only viable but also profitable and inevitable? From your "context": "What are the ac…

> I'm not sure why you're so upset. I'm not. But it's interesting how I just got swarmed by 3 commenters. > The comment you are quoting is a snippet out of context. The context mak…

> I don't see the jump from noting that the same enthusiastic fanboy is in the HN thread and the TSLA thread to "It's like a TSLA/Elon cult meeting in this thread." Have you read t…

Yes. From all sides. It's sad thing to witness because my naive young self viewed social media as the promise of free information flow, honest interaction and entertainment. I gues…

Jesus. Look at the top comment and the replies in this thread. I find it hard to believe it is real HN commenters and not a TSLA PR campaign here. "What are the accumulated losses …

It's also a shame that whenever I see comments like this I'm thinking why is a HN user trying to divert attention to a whole different topic? There is so much agenda driven propaga…

> The Allied Powers had seemingly learned the lessons of Versailles and didn't try to punish the losers (well, not as much), instead letting them grow. This was true for Germany bu…

> I like how you portray the US to have a higher moral standard for this subject matter. I wonder if there's a Chinese guy who read the article and said: It's just the nature of wh…

> it's inevitable that we also learn to control our own evolution. The problem here is the pronoun "we" and "our". It isn't "we" who are going to control evolution. It is a select …

> You're not taking into account the size of the US. If you look for per capita Nobel prizes the US is not even in the top 10. Per capita doesn't matter when it comes to being a su…

> Nope, They were the first settlers in those area just like first settlers in Europe, Africa or Asia some 30-40k years ago before they were invaded recently in 15th century and th…

> Amazon had almost 20 years in business without "making any money" except a few quarters where they accidentally eked out some non-trivial profit. AMZN could get away with it beca…

> The valley would not exist without quality schools, but those schools are no better than Canada's. I'm not saying canada doesn't have good schools. I'm saying the US has hundreds…

> Comparing raw numbers like that makes no sense considering Canada has a population of 35 million against the U.S.'s 323 million. Even on a per capita basis, we outstrip canada ea…

> Good student performance consistently correlates with higher-paying jobs and higher quality of life. Because that's the more sensible definition for superpower? > Good student pe…

> Yes, may be this should be the ideal definition of a non immigrant US / Canadian, but most of the time people judge you only by color/race in those area Really? What's your point…

It has nothing to "reset" or having to think about helping the 99%. Silicon Valley isn't a charity and the VC crowd nor anyone else in silicon valley care about society or doing go…

> For you, the most important result might be economic gains/growth and for others, it might be scientific/academic achievements such as Nobel prizes, research papers, major scient…

> We do have top-tier universities (UBC, University of Toronto, UWaterloo) I agree. I didn't deny that. Now compare how many top universities we have in the US? If the US has hundr…

Highly educated immigrants could be a boon to a society. Or it could be a drag on wages of white collar workers. Nothing is ever all good or all bad. > In other words education is …