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It’s like no one’s seen “Alien.” (Humor!)

As you know the most brutally totalitarian regimes suppress speech that contradicts the views of those in power(edit). The Comparison of the American government’s decision to tamp …

I get to say what I observe. When I read the comment history of the angriest folks on this thread, it’s never anger on anyone else’s behalf but their own.

I find it fascinating how angry people on HN get about this particular issue; but rarely seem as concerned about the fundamental human rights violation of banning medications and m…

It's sad that you're being downvoted only because you disagreed with the prevailing pov here. for all its talk of being an open exchange of ideas, HN often devolves into exactly th…

what should they be based on? One way in america we've always defined free speech is this: "your right to swing your fist ends when it lands on my face." I don't think people have …

There’s no way silicon valley would have realized the importance of the content in the equation. The talent is absolutely a huge part of the success. There are multiple huge facebo…

It’s fascinating to see on hacker news of all places, the negativity towards a founder with a very successful exit.

The irony was not lost on me either. but I really did agree with a lot of the piece. :) To his point, again.

"It’s puzzling that there isn’t a stronger tradition of “user testing” for writing. Occasionally I’ll give a friend something I’ve written and implore them, “Please circle anything…

Clickup does this very well-lets you decide if you want to create a new instance no matter what, or whether you want to create a relative recurrence when the task is complete. So i…

cleaning up unicorn poop has been an excellent business. Nice to see it will continue for awhile.

Yes, we know how hacker news feels about women.

Anyone who was unkind to Ellen Pao should really be rethinking themselves about now. Edit: Hn thread: why is diversity so important? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12576806 M…

depends on the level. with Execs you get a double trigger if you're let go after a liquidity event (essentially all your stock vests so you don't get shafted. Young people rarely i…

and yet silicon valley says it's impossible that discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, and age isn't happening. Not you, per se, just in general everyone…

This thinking in this thread is the reason women are leaving tech in droves.

This thinking in this thread is the reason women are leaving tech in droves.

Indeed. but I also want to listen to spotify while I run. Doesn't seem any of those can do that, but if I'm missing something I'd love to know. I also want that data to go into run…

downvoted. ha. keep it classy, HN.