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Could we connect offline about using Gemini instead of the doc ai custom extractor we currently use in production? This sounds amazing & I'd love your input on our specific use cas…

Adding to the strangeness, as the owner of WordPress.org, is Matt violating the trademark owned by the foundation or is there another undisclosed licensing agreement?

This is the way. It's too bad this can't be pinned to the top. Thanks for laying this out so clearly.

I'm interested! Email in my profile.

Worked for two brilliant founders at a startup built around this concept, Irene Retirement. I'd still like to believe it can be institutionalized to address many of the risks noted…

Agreed. Just launched my company to help the types of agents you're talking about: GeneralReferral.com Brings technology to an underinvested corner of the traditional brokerage. Co…

True, but beware the unintended consequences of 2007.

Paying my vendors / independent contractors is a pain. Half accept payment via their own website. The other half require checks. Hoping someone here might have a solution that they…

Your point illustrates why half of the federal reserve's mandate from congress is price stability. See Macroeconomics 101... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply OP's point s…

Wouldn't it actually depend on when you buy the phone? If I buy a Pixel in one year (just before the "Pixel 2" is released), presumably I will still receive the two years of update…

It can be expensive, especially for someone not familiar with the area or who's lacking substantial credit history (sorry that I'm about to go slightly off topic). If you don't hav…

Presumably Buffet would respond to you by noting that the stock market is a voting machine in the short run and a weighing machine in the long run. i.e. for the companies he owns, …

Rather than rhetoric, it would be nice to see more HN arguments based on the strongest possible counterarguments [ ]. http://lesswrong.com/lw/85h/better_disagreement/

For the reason you mention, there would be substantial upside from increased infrastructure spending & the timing is pretty close to optimal. What's interesting is that through gre…

This is an interesting "investment" example. In addition to the listed trade-offs, the mortgage would've likely allowed 25% cash down in 1976, approximately $18,000. Furthermore, s…

Probably possible, but this creates an environment where independent small publishers would rely on donations to sustain. Only cash-rich corporations would be able to foot this bil…

Clay Johnson had some relevant comments during the flawed healthcare.gov launch. Many critiquing the procurement process itself. As you stated, the process generally favors the "go…

In theory, the traditional model, which might include a hotel chain in the transaction, would funnel a greater percentage of funds away from the local economy. Under the "sharing-e…

Loved shopping at Campmor growing up, but definitely appreciate this concept. Scouting trips were typically once a year, but need reduced over time as did camping trips. May also w…

Well put. Another comment ITT[0] also pointed out the global surveillance arms race and the futility of pressuring the US to unilaterally disarm. This is particularly true in light…

Agreed. There's a great documentary on this called "Long Distance Warrior". It's about the MCI court case against Ma Bell/ATT. Was on PBS a while back, but think it's uploaded as a…

The delta is the most relatable conclusion the average person can draw from the unemployment rate reports. Otherwise, without taking some economics classes, you're doomed to misint…

Very skillful framing of spectrum auctions as a tax. Would love to see this view pushed more widely, as society would reap some serious benefits... primarily large swathes of unlic…