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So I think hacker news either did some magic (?) to have it show up in two places at once or someone copied your comment word-for-word. Anyway: > I'm not sure why you picked that o…

You said this in at least 2 different places in this thread, but I hope you understand that 1) all drugs do not have the same effects on different patients and 2) Clonazepam is in …

How can we know if a solution is effective if we have not studied it thoroughly enough? There might be use cases for blockchain that have yet to be probed. It's certainly being tak…

However one should always be hesitant to believe these claims because there are no regulatory agencies currently protecting investors in the case of ICO fraud.

Purchasers generally use them to get early and cheap access to potential speculative bubbles. Most "investors" fully intend to sell them as soon as it makes sense. In other words t…

Google IO is a developer's conference with an emphasis on marketing its own products and tools. We have to take the news from it with a grain of salt.

That's not entirely correct. People repeatedly like to take hard yes/no stances on blockchain because they seem to confuse the issue with cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are qui…

I agree. The AdTech sphere is keeping the current hype alive more than anything else. There's some obvious imbalances in AdTech that should lead it to a damning end soon enough.

The point is that the profits may not be as grand as the current level of hype may indicate Edit: additionally it could be a dead end because the hype tends to narrow the direction…

I'm just about to graduate from a top 10 computer science program myself so I can say that I've been in your shoes. The first year adds a lot of pressure and challenge because of t…

Sure, but how is liberalism or democracy related to your point at all?

How does this have anything to do with "liberal democracy" besides your strange interpretation of the "system"?

Snapchat isn't a Facebook company

I start by accepting the fact that being derivative is really not a bad thing. If I want to create things but have no inspiration, I often look up project ideas on the internet tha…

I'm confused on how you think cryptocurrencies are responsible for getting people killed or hurt. Fraud is a definite concern, as is the case with any unregulated market. Doesn't p…

How long did your weekly one-on-one meetings take? Were there other negative aspects to the one-on-ones besides the time sink?

Hearing that you've reduced your fear of daily life since your younger days is exactly what I needed to read right now, and I didn't even realize it. Thanks for the optimism.

Well you should try it next time because that's how I got one of my first clients on my own. A local food truck showed up to my uni quite often and I noticed their website wasn't g…