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If you assume a random person has a probability of carrying the virus at 0.001, here's the probability of someone in a crowd of N people being sick - https://www.wolframalpha.com/i…

You are absolutely right on the fees being a problem here. I opened a wealthfront account a couple of years ago and added some money because I really liked the interface and I was …

Even more likely - hiring comes to a screeching halt. That's what brings the rental market down. There are a lot of new apartments being added to the market and bam, oversupply of …

Good point. It's the fraction of women that are in the labor force - http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS

The statistic that stood out for me was the drop in the fraction of labor that are women. This is also true for China in the last couple of decades, admittedly from a much higher l…

It's all too easy to ignore the admonition to maintain good posture when you are young. I can speak from experience that our back doesn't forgive that mistake and it's very hard to…

This doesn't square with the report that says they are looking at manufacturing processes and materials. I agree with you though that this is the most likely explanation.

Good points. I doubt if they are aiming at any competition. Their stated goal is to reduce the cost of the hardware for themselves by standardizing it. Their hope is that the other…

I grew up in India as well and I can second this comment. There is something to be said for seeing first hand the effects of a disease. Speaking from personal experience, my brothe…

In the middle of last year, Google announced that they will also look at other bay area cities like Santa Clara for Fiber. I don't see what happened to that and there is no more me…

I doubt if reducing cost can be the only factor. Broadcom chips are going to be pretty much the lowest cost ones because of their scale. It's more likely that they are dreaming up …

The original hyperloop proposal called for the tube to be in the median between the northgoing and southgoing sections of I-5. That's how the 6B$ estimate conveniently avoided land…

The 95$ per semester figure is for the State University at Sacramento - not for the community college. The current fees work out to ~5500$ per semester[1] for the same university. …

McDonald's does have a veggie burger on their menu in most parts of Europe. Could it just be a matter of we-give-what-people-want here?

Not here to give any names, but I can third this observation. The job description ads are absolutely tailored and never intended to hire anyone local. But there is one good reason …

1. Yes, if both applications fail and OPT expires, the candidate has to go back to the home country. 2. Working for a big company will not help in getting a H1B slot in anyway. 3. …

That could be said of Microsoft in the server business as well, but Linux still managed to gain a big share. It's possible for a RedHat model to develop in networking - sell servic…

The discussion from a week ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8323010 And the week before that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8304019

Anyone else seeing a 'Phishing attack ahead'? Chrome is complaining that Google Safe browsing detected an ongoing phishing attack.