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There's no mutually assured destruction between the US and NK. The US can destroy NK, but NK cannot annihilate the US, even if it can severely damage many of its urban centers.

But making judges appointed rather than elected positions might.

Leaving aside the content and focusing only on style, can't we agree that the internet made journalistic writing so much more dull? What an engaging piece.

I'm not trying to speak as an authority on the subject, because I'm not. But perhaps it's you who has not properly contextualized the crime. And perhaps there's something wrong abo…

Completely disagree. Media companies are utterly dependent on Facebook and Google for revenue. If Twitter had succeeded in growing as Facebook did, Twitter would also be a platform…

The TechCrunch article describes ZeniMax's allegations at more length: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/jury-awards-zenimax-500-mi...

In many respects, Y Combinator, or really, start ups more broadly, seem uniquely ill equipped to solve this problem. Startups seem to be especially incompatible with the business c…

That's a somewhat naive view. It presupposes that the current system is just, because (1) all members of society had an equal hand in shaping the current system, (2) that it was de…

I disagree. When the AG points out that an executive action is morally or legally dubious, it reflects more on the actions of the president than on the AG. In this case, government…

Many are persecuted for other reasons too.

Wow, the chaos of the Trump administration has now fallen on Hacker News and heated political discussion has ensued. I didn't think there were ever discussions here about US foreig…

If he's going to stop purchasing and using American good and cancel plans to come to America after the immigration policy was implemented, but not after Obama's targeted killings i…

Great comment!

This is my first iOS app. I built it with React Native. It allows users to post messages to a specific location (the location where the user is when they send their message). If an…