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geppeto

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    Comment #14326189

    Okay sorry and I didn't realize you had that capability for moderation, pretty helpful that you can isolate child threads. One thing I want to question is how to criticize and stee…

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    Comment #14324540

    Both of those companies tried merging with larger telco carriers like At&t and it wasnt allowed This one has a better chance

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    Comment #14316370

    > Rule of thumb for non profitable tech companies.... If you are a company that isn't making a profit and you continually preach look at the users, look at the users. and then fail…

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    Comment #14313165

    Why are you still trying altruism? Aligning the economic incentives to promote an outcome is much more effective at getting that outcome WE ALREADY KNOW THIS

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    Comment #14311945

    you have to also show up and defend yourself. many summary judgements on flaky arguments are made just because the defendant didn't respond. the judgements are collected from you b…

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    Comment #14311382

    The government's not getting involved, oh you mean the fact that a judge is going to be involved? Civil courts exist to provide monetary damages if damages can be proved to exist. …

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    Comment #14309174

    Its not 2004 so you shouldn't be as impressionable as a child any longer. If you are fawning over a corporation's motto you are playing life by an ineffective set of rules. But ...…

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    Comment #14306434

    Thanks, the way reported salaries mask total compensation is very opaque between industries.

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    Ask HN: Does H1B visa salary data include RSUs?

    When companies submit H1B data to the US Department of Labor, are they including RSUs in the annual salary number?

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    Comment #14295084

    I didn't violate any comment guidelines, which one did I violate? I think I added to the conversation and this is a also a reality I live in. Kickback and relax, emphasis on kickba…

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    Comment #14294445

    you make it sound like they have a chance

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    Comment #14291872

    > And of course, their votes count the same as my vote. But your political influence is much greater with money The popular vote is for welfare clones

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    Comment #14291781

    Tricky to win, but this would be more like a global sanction than a tax, semantics at this point I think we could accomplish it but not at a local or state level

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    Comment #14289546

    ah, I see, the real point is isolated to the flaws in American culture for cohabitation. I can agree with you there, as the differences can grow without being addressed.

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    Comment #14289500

    I don't think the US constitution would allow for that tax, written that way anyway. To pass a court challenge, the laws as written and the discussions around them have to apply to…

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    Comment #14289455

    Time to import a spouse from one of those traditional cultures! Its actually free if you use your reward points, don't be stingy those points are there for this specific reason!

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    Comment #14283048

    Just like in Romania, the meritocracy exacerbated realities behind academic advantages and revealed cultural quirks that weren't even considered. There is a lot of literature behin…

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    Comment #14282644

    New York City experienced a similar reality. They aimed to help poor and disenfranchised groups get into their specialized public schools, by forcing a meritocracy, as disproportio…

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    Comment #14282392

    Great! Ive seen several communities move off of their own custom built sites into facebook groups A crude solution driven by the people simply being there

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    Comment #14282334

    Maybe a groups and events app would have a lot of utility. They could probably bake it into messenger.

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    Comment #14282331

    Just vocal ones. Not being on Facebook is met with bewilderment usually, so online its easier to find other people that are relatable by speaking up. Many people that are tied to F…

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    Comment #14282194

    Outside of Silicon Valley, people are marginally bewildered when you tell them you don't have Facebook. Inside Silicon Valley you'll quite often run into someone that works at Face…

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    Comment #14275493

    People have to come to that realization on their own. There's a new sucker born every minute, and the way you target those suckers has to adapt to regulations. The way I realized i…

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    Comment #14274759

    Significant overlap in the concepts such as avoiding companies into firearms, profiting from conflict zones, tobacco sometimes and other vices. Thats the demonstration. Shouldn't b…