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nothing to see here, move along /s wiki: The software was originally developed in Israel by Waze Mobile, a company founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Ehud Shabtai, Amir Shinar, and U…

What about the many, many thousands of homes that have already been bought up?

Have you looked around? We actually have plenty of "housing", however most do not meet the qualities/criteria that make them desirable enough to be "homes". Lower density, family a…

can someone explain how a subscription-based product is a great option for privacy? or how being locked in to a black box vpn instills a sense of having gained reliable true privac…

see also previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45813267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129138 https://news.yc…

yes, and: ruthlessness + strength + WMD =/= intelligence

"the best things don't scale" may be worth pondering

https://archive.ph/iIa5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkJVgd_Khlk

https://archive.ph/YW4zn

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45242858

"With lithium-ion batteries offering energy density of 0.8 megajoules per kilogram versus human body fat at 38 MJ/kg, robots face a 47-fold disadvantage that better engineering can…

https://archive.ph/n6ZGS

Why would anyone accept Thiel of all people as an arbiter of what is Christian/Anti-christian?

PNAC (Project for the New American Century) published an interesting 'report' in 2000

17th iteration in less than 20 years, billions produced. About a billion already 'obsolete'. Seems fair to ask: what's the expected lifespan of an iPhone these days? Does anyone he…

umm, you raise a valid concern, afaict, however, e-waste is kind of a taboo word around here, or? Or maybe just another part of the 'inevitable' belief system. Like, how about that…

that title tho: anyone else read it as some kind of future-oriented chrono-vision?

aka the fisherman and Gordon Gecko ;)

https://archive.ph/JekL1

Looks quite fragile for such a big investment.

tl;dr: "15 direct male-line descendants related genealogically to both Leonardo's father and to his half-brother"

a horrible investment, esp. for a country of that size (geogr. & econ.) “The utter stupid waste of war, not only material but moral and spiritual, is so staggering to those who hav…

Beato appears to be one of the best Youtubers out there in terms of consistent high quality content. What is the steelman case for Universal here?