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Unlike all of the things referenced in the Alanis Morrisette song, this is actually ironic

> There are skills we're losing that are probably ok to lose (e.g. spacial memory & reasoning vs GPS, mental arithmetic vs calculators) I'd argue these are not at all OK to lose. Y…

No, he or she is saying that even Americans who have moved overseas could be heard to complain about the "fascist" authoritarians in power in the US now. They would sound functiona…

I think you might be joking but OK, I'll respond like you're serious as this is HN. You want to make vaping even more addictive than it already is?

I get where you're coming from but I think your statement is a bit naive. Education systems as we know them today are absolutely about indoctrination in so many ways. Capitalism, l…

I think the point is that part of having a functioning society (civic life, engagement, tolerance of others) is having people mix together. School is one of the prime places where …

I guess you can't just use a photo because it would make it too easy to use someone else's signature

There needs to be a balance

I live in Japna and have a high-intermediate level of Japanese. I wish I had been able to read and think about these well-expressed observations when I was just starting out as it …

A lot of people think this is dangerous and distorting because it's presented in a way that leads people to believe that it is accurate

I presume you are referring to sekuhara (sexual harassment), pawahara (power harassment) and the like

To balance this comment, if you are a full time employee you are super well protected and cannot be fired for any reason other than gross negligence or actively breaking the law. M…

Totally agree. Nothing provable at all, and almost all of the links that the author could be illusory. Maybe something in the human psyche compels us celebrate certain things at si…

You’re suggesting adding competing agencies in the name of efficiency? When this has been tried it always results in duplication of efforts, territorial protection of resources, ha…

You could also argue that old people are not hyped by AI and new tech because they have been through so many hype cycles, and seen so much in general, that they know that things co…

One of my biggest and earliest cross-cultural learnings was going to a bank in Israel to get some cash out in about 2002. I stood in line dutifully and I waited and waited and I go…

Alright Elon, calm down

Smoking cigarettes is first and foremost an anxiety suppression mechanism. It’s no surprise that those given to overly worrying and fretting would smoke. To use your words, the men…

The Big Three hire people midcareer from other companies, including from the tech world

Sadly no, it doesn't just logically follow that because we find life everyehere on Earth that we must find it somewhere else too. It is still entirely possible that there is someth…

Or the computer inside the game in the Three Body Problem novel which is composed of people waving flags

The comment you're replying to is trying to say that a house, just by existing, solves the shelter problem. Having a functioning car means you can just get in it and go somewhere. …

That was a Louis CK joke I think

Could you give some examples of the misunderstandings you see between rich and poor in the UK?

No consultants are being let go, only back office people