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>I find it astonishing that what is basically a short message broadcast service can generate billions of dollars of revenue. Basically a short message service? That's naive. Twitte…

>people want to work, and to feel valuable. Only because most others work and a person's value, or perceived value, is largely tied to them working, their work, etc. The perceived …

If you look at the tab title for the page, it's the same as the title of the article here. I presume the in-article title has been changed since?

Some would call this hipster pretentiousness. I wouldn't though. I think overall we're seeing a growing trend, or growing condition I believe would be more apt, where people are se…

Interestingly the title "Digital Refuseniks" actually appears as the title for the article if you check out the "Features and Analysis" list on the right hand side of the article's…

Realistically though they merely have to show them a search algorithm.

This is astonishingly stupid. It's also time to retire the word "troll", it has become so bastardized that its use shouldn't be taken at all seriously anymore.

Things appear to have become so weird that letting your kids out to play has now gained its own label - "Free range parenting". Which is really sad. I grew up outdoors, climbing tr…

I've visited the US many times. You've little to fear as a visitor. There are a great many reasons to visit the USA. With that being said, I haven't been back since the Snowden new…

>It is never too late to do something new. Absolutely. Our individual lives aren't even a blip on the radar of life as a whole on our planet, let alone our universe. We get a very …

I had absolutely no idea that there were previously such restrictions. Registering as an arms dealer to export an algorithm?! Astonishing.

Mastering something and merely learning competence in it are two different things though. I don't think the "Teach yourself X in Y" type books are claiming to be turning people int…

The mindset may not be a millennial thing but its prominence in modern society most certainly is. Where once the hate-fueled rhetoric these kinds spew all day and night would have …

>I think this movement will let off some steam and people will stop taking it seriously, but I don't think it is unfair to worry that they will take real positions of power in the …

>This can lead to one side dominating the conversation despite being unpersuasive. There is no conversation. They don't converse with those holding conflicting opinions. In fact, w…

>You can chill out. I'm not trying to recruit you. Regardless of whether you did this intentionally or whether you just naively spouted this, it's a really shitty tactic to employ …

>I don't feel safe discussing social-justice-related topics on accounts that can connect with my real-world persona Isn't it amazing that this is a thing, and you're certainly not …

This piece belongs on HN as much as any of the pieces that spring up and are flag killed about feminism i.e. it doesn't. However, the fact that it is on HN and has received quite a…

>The armchair historian and anthropologist in me wishes we had something like this for the corporations of the 1800s. What we do have from this time though are a huge number of pri…

I am still absolutely struggling to see a popular use case for these applications. I would be interested to read about how those who financed/invested in these products, Meerkat in…

>a bump in pay will almost certainly help reduce costs associated with retention and retraining and may turn out to be a good business decision, not to mention the publicity. I was…

I've personally been pretty irked by the whole "EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN TO CODE ASAP" narrative being pushed basically everywhere recently, but I agree with you here. Sticking someth…

Unless the person in question took the money and ran off to join a tribe in Africa or similar for the rest of their days, the point still stands.

>Training in this industry is basically a lie told to children. It doesn't exist at startups and barely exists at corporates. Should it really though? As developers/testers/whateve…

Not the person you're replying to but I'll answer anyway. The theory that the Charlie Hebdo attacks was a false flag attack was raised by Paul Craig Roberts of the Reagan administr…