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You people suck and you basically deserve everything that is coming to you.

The Ponzi will now reel in the suckers.

While I somewhat empathize with all those use cases (not the drug users), especially in the totalitarian world we inhabit, I don't think a money system based on black market transa…

That reads like a Bruce Sterling novel.

I think Tesla rolled it out too soon and marketed it as something it is not yet capable of and people died because of it.

Watching the Youtube videos of Teslas getting confused while on Autopilot made me immediately realize that the tech has a ways to go--there are roads that have odd paint or other o…

I bave a hard time squaring that statement with the absolute mayhem being caused to the European public via the immigration policies.

I disagree with that statement--it is abundantly clear that the desire was for self-determination and not meddling by some unelected body which is not what the Brits signed up for …

I hope you're right because it flies in the face of what every other government institution wants to do about crypto these days. What is it with the UK and their Orweillan nonsense…

I can tell just from the postings on HN that SV people need better ethics training.

One reason why I think management in the US is so bad is because the entire corpus of managers went to the same few groupthink institutions and that is why they are so bad--no real…

Stop taking digs at libertarians--for the most part, market based systems succeed where every other plan conjured up by fallible man fails! Most of the other "working answers" invo…

Yes, I do find it interesting what gets downvoted and why. There is a great deal groupthink and foregone conclusions and not enough critical thinking. We are all subject to our own…

It makes no sense unless we truly have way more carcinogens in our modern world. Something doesn't add up--either the stats are skewed because modern populations are so much larger…

A tontine isn't really a modern thing--they were all outlawed. The only ones I am familiar with are from pop culture and literature. I think they are old world in origin and usuall…

An annuity is not a tontine. It is a guaranteed payout for a certain period of time. I'm not a fan, but I suppose they can make sense to some people? Like reverse mortgages, they m…

Funny thing about that: In my dad's pension plan he got an increase because so few of his fellow pensioners live to collect much of it. They typically retire and live for about two…

Tontine? Not a new concept.

The article is not as focused on infant mortality as the post title suggests. Am wondering about the statement regarding cancer being rare. Is that only because people didn't live …

There is a debate raging over "right to repair" and the consumer is losing. Honestly, I can't continue buying $1000 smart phones. It's just not worth it. And no, I'm not going to i…

The problem with pharmacy is that it is a (an overly) regulated business. That isn't necessarily something Amazon can easily tackle anymore than anyone else can. Target has struggl…

But if you read the article, you will note that the "paper" is made from limestone and polyolefin, which is a plastic, which is also not good for the environment.

You have to negotiate your salary based on these assumptions. Or get paid hourly (as a consultant or contractor). I'm not currently hourly, but I am also not getting exploited, eit…

Of course it's not--you just have to have leaders who don't want 100X what the average employee makes! It's about greed, it's always been about greed. And it's so much worse than t…

Intelligent people capable of negotiating their pay in a market such as that for software development would only be encumbered by unions. Are there warts? Sure there are. Nothing i…