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Corporate capture of government regulatory agencies? Perhaps that's what's happened in Germany with VW. Time to start looking for a new planet to move to. And time to put these cor…

Too easy.

ITT: people who failed macroeconomics and are cranky about fiat dollars.

Well, let's put it this way, a lot of other countries are going to have a debt crisis long before the US does. So while in some theoretical universe all nations of the world (inclu…

No worry, this is what cars will eventually become. We'll likely do away with taxis and public busses and light rail. And we'll just have some public cars that merge into the traff…

Thankfully, SF will always be totally self-absorbed and self-promoting.

Classic! This shows what I've been saying for a long time now - programmers suck at marketing and can't name products competently. I fully expect to be cruising Github one day and …

Nice title for a 9/11 headline.

Finally, someone will admit that the emperor has no clothes. Quit your cult and be a human again.

When you think about it, the whole notion of Entrepreneurs having a "gene for risk" is some serious Social Darwinist bullshit.

Obviously this signifies that the whole "don't be evil" approach has been tossed into the memory hole.

I don't think extra longevity is economically viable. I mean, it was a gigantic tooth-pulling process to pass health care reform. At some point it just becomes too expensive to rem…

This link seems to work as of 8/26/15 @ 8:25am PST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAH6SACn9lE

>Surely everyone in your neighborhood is not subsisting on Big Gulps and Twinkies. https://medium.com/science-and-technology/how-to-spot-a-weak...

So much for "don't be evil."

No. The purpose of work is to combine labor with capital, in order to make more capital for owners. The goal of diminishing work is to push down labor costs for owners. Any and all…

High frequency trading helps create liquidity. But I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that the stock market is largely rigged. Typically, a new recession starts in the f…

It's entirely possible that there are so few high rise apartments in CA is because of earthquake concerns.

Well, the rich countries are getting richer. It's just all going to the top 1%.

Social media is dead anyway. If these horrible subreddits have proved anything, it's that any community can be destroyed by a small handful of committed, horrible people.

Jesus, what a whiner. When has it not been about more than the ability to do the basic work? Also, his concerns about weirdos from some high-falutin' Ivy league school shouldn't ma…

Me want cheap labor! -Unfrozen Caveman Businessman

"..do you risk finding a subpoena from the SEC in your stocking?" People actually worry about the SEC under the Bush/Obama administration?!?

Follow the money.