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I'm not sure if I agree with this. This is not some kid who made a false claim, leaving the doubt lingering etc.. This is the case of a mistaken IP address - something cleanly and …

I'm very sympathetic to this guy. I understand how hard it might be to be accused of something. That said - I don't feel this is a case for outrage. Surely, most of his colleagues …

No - these contracts are usually enforceable. But even if parts of them are not - it doesn't matter because the IP risk is just too high. You're making a video game 'on the side' w…

"eastern european state to see lots of ethnically pure, yet miserable populations." True - but you also have nearly 70 years of ruthless, totalitarian oppression. What the Soviets …

You know when a startup has money, everything is happy. When they don't, it's terrible. Norway has tons of extra Oil money. The sense of security that comes from that should not be…

" its sort of like saying lets take poison so that if we get sick we can stop taking poison and feel better." No. The analogy is - right now, with low rates, we are doing red bull …

"so when so many individuals are overburdened by overwhelming student loan debt" They are taking it on because it's cheap. Low interest rates are like heroin: sooner or later you h…

AI works. Chinese medicine is mostly not scientifically validated, though it may have some other merits.

This seems to be breaking the YC 'golden rule' which I think is 'do something useful'. AI is an approach, it's not a solution. I think AI is going to make it's way into 'everything…

" complain instead that "cities like Munich, Frankfurt or Hamburg" do not do enough to prevent rent price hikes." Rent is undeniably a function of the market. Setting rent prices i…

"Your taxes do not fund "this" exactly. It's not like Berlin govt will let people live in those places for free, just at an affordable price point. " It's a costly subsidization, t…

I'm fully aware of how it works. And no, it's not bribery. His comment was an unsubstantiated attack on the journalist who wrote that piece. That piece is by no means a 'puff piece…

"I don't have any real reason to believe so" They are a reasonable journalistic outfit. You can safely assume they are not taking bribes for stories.

So by your logic they are 'bribing' the journalist and 'paying them off' by 'giving them a scoop'? Ergo - every decent news story amounts to 'bribery'? I think you bit your tongue …

It's not flammable. And properly processed, even a leakage in the containment wouldn't necessarily be disastrous, i.e. requires cleanup, but no like chernobyl problems. I wish we w…

Yes - sometimes people refer to people who are attractive as 'drop dead hot' or 'bombshells' or '10's. These are colloquial terms for how we sometimes refer to attractiveness. Your…

Not so sure about that. It's done at the municipal level in most places in the world and they seem to be doing just fine. Well run municipalities can manage water pipes.

I strongly concur with this comment.

I would urge caution in the assumption that 'being able to build a product' is the same thing as selling it. Moreover, there are tons of little nuances and specific things that go …

Learning all of the skills necessary, even at a minimum level of competency, would take quite a long time, and I also don't think everyone is suited to development. To boot - in a …

"You can say what you want about economic aspects, but socialism brought gigantic improvements in a lot of social and cultural aspects of life in those societies (gender equality, …

Both great points.

"Guess what will happen to the price of produce?" Produce prices will rise - and surpluses will get distributed from the middle/upper classes to the working class and ease inequali…

" I still wouldn't work for 16 bucks an hour in the hot sun around dangerous chemicals with no benefits in the middle of nowhere." You wouldn't work for what is about 20% above the…

There is absolutely nothing unpleasant about working in food services. What makes it 'unpleasant' is the destruction of the social contract that valued 'regular work', and the fulf…