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Amen. Cruel and unusual is what this is.

It is possible to do 80 hour workweeks if: - The rest of your life is exactly where you want it to be. So, this one isn't true for 99% of the population. - You have the correct men…

I always like to ask, "who wins?". News gets out that Russia is poisoning people critical of it. Who wins? Do they achieve their goals of silencing criticism? Obviously people thin…

I mistyped. I meant targets a gender for employment.

Does this mean that any company that targets an ad to men / women only on social media platforms can be sued for discrimination?

I've been a member of some minority almost all my life. On more than one occasion I've been a refugee, a tourist, an immigrant, a high scoring student, the new person. My rules for…

It is socially acceptable in India to hire help for cooking and cleaning. It is much less socially acceptable in India to hire help raising the kids.

You know it.

I liked Udemy until they launched the nerd ad campaign on YouTube. It made me wonder: - Is that what they think most prospective developers look and talk like? - Is that what most …

China is not a market. It is a very large vendor and customer with many departments. This isn't good or evil, but it may be depending on who you are and what you're willing to stan…

I wonder if Braintree warned their customers that they will be changing their operations / policy and gave fair warning before flipping the switch.

We need this. For us to be able to compete against internet based startups around the world, we absolutely need this.

Thats the whole point of the a capitalist environment! Hopefully those people were paid well for their hard work and saved up enough money to retire or move onto bigger things.

You bet!

It may be as boring as the all meat diet =). Nuts, avocados vegetables, leafy greens, mushrooms, berries. Coconut and olive oils. Most of the time this manifests as: - Salad with n…

I've experienced similar results on a low-carb vegan diet - no hunger, mental clarity etc.

Google's P/E is in the 50s, just like Microsoft. Facebook is 28. Pretty much every successful tech stock is way more expensive than Apple.

Why isn't their P/E higher? Are all the institutional investors maxed out on how much Apple they can buy?

Competition, both perceived and real increases as density goes up. We're not wired well to handle it. Especially since so many lack the deep roots to feel truly secure.

Well, that depends. Is the escalator located at the Embarcadero BART Station in San Francisco? Are there people shitting on the escalator? Are the escalators designed to take such …

The judge ruled that way because people who win lotteries tend to have a lot of life threatening bad luck after they win.

Doesn't a Tesla have fewer parts than a conventional vehicle? If so, I'd imagine that they're simpler to fix as long as the person knows what they're doing / is willing to learn. R…