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ericfrenkiel

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About ericfrenkiel

Founder and CEO at Pomelo, a consumer fintech startup; previously, founder and CEO at Singlestore (W11), a DBMS startup now valued at $1b+.

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    Comment #42285736

    You’re old fashioned.

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    Comment #41514313

    The difference between equality under the law or equity under the law. Equity is by definition relative. Equality is at least absolutely reasoned without the interference of relati…

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    Comment #40088316

    So when are we banning TikTok?

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    Comment #40066953

    I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Progress in robotics is beginning to look non-linear and it will have only positive impact on the world. Skynet won’t be humanoid termi…

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    Comment #40066791

    I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Progress in robotics is beginning to look non-linear and it will have only positive impact on the world. Skynet won’t be humanoid termi…

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    Comment #36173775

    The label you are looking for is “duly convicted party,” per the 13th Amendment: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shal…

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    Comment #36173687

    Categorically, definitionally, and historically wrong. What you are you are referring to is the following: “ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay an…

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    Comment #34366544

    In some ways it's even more expensive to remain "credit invisible" because of the security deposits now needed when you set up utilities, getting a mobile number, applying for an a…

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    Comment #24101287

    Seriously? You don’t find the million people (the Uighurs) in concentration camps “outlandish”? How about the thousands of students rolled into smithereens by tanks in Tianamen Squ…

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    Comment #24024847

    [flagged]

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    Comment #22081713

    I would say it’s your own bias which is informing your opinion. California has only gotten more “progressive” with each election. If that makes you happy, I hope you understand tha…

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    Comment #22081585

    Yeah, no. Reality doesn’t bear out with your theory.

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    Comment #22015424

    Epstein didn't kill himself. Video footage "accidentally" deleted and the backup footage also lost due to "technical errors." His death and a cleanup so slovenly and brazenly done …

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    Comment #20782050

    To effectively clean up the city. You can’t have tent encampments in cities, which leads to refuse build up, which brings the rats, which spread typhoid. Yes, this is a fact, and y…

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    Comment #20780876

    As long as it is outside city limits, but operated as a city extension, in something like a rural environment, I think this is a great idea.

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    Comment #20460637

    Yes, please tell this to the next doctor you see who saves your life or cures your disease. /s

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    Comment #19726144

    Well said!

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    Comment #19726139

    Per capita GDP and gross GDP easily refute your apologia. Pro tip: at least try to submit something unrelated to China every now and then, otherwise people may rightly or wrongly c…

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    Comment #19466174

    [flagged]

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    Comment #19466109

    Like what exactly? You accurately describe the cause-and-effect of not prosecuting petty crime whatsoever and that prison is not a sufficient deterrent, so what would be “less seve…

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    Comment #19466064

    What you are stating is 100% morally wrong - that it’s better for a mentally ill individual to be left to starve on the streets rather than a society that can afford to care for th…

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    Comment #19466021

    That still doesn’t negate dragonwriter’s very valid argument.