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They are threatening violence ("stiff fines"). There must be a way to organize something in order to call their bluff. Make them prove that they are willing to risk their lives and…

The problem is generated by a combination of false, pagan beliefs. First, that these journals would be needed for anything at all. Second, that it would be legitimate to enforce hu…

This is generally true for all law enforcement agencies. However, since the hoi polloi have bought into their false legitimacy, getting rid of them cannot be achieved just like tha…

The article is a bit absurd. If someone can do all of what they propose, he could as well package his day into some kind of product or service, and then sell that instead. One reas…

The SF advantage is so incredibly ephemeral. Everybody wants to go there, because everybody else is there. If that is all there is to it -- and it is -- this process can very easil…

ContractBeast would have accumulated lots of data that would be compelling for its users. The only problem is that you cannot hand out that data directly: How much did someone else…

Consider the following problem. If this very question is relevant, then your project is not. Would it have mattered what they had picked for Google Search? A web site or an app? No…

The peer-2-peer mechanism is well understood now. Its economics have clearly been declared perfectly viable. Therefore, you could have hundreds of Uber-style networks with a few cr…

Yes. You would expect that only sites like facebook would do that. It seriously discredits Paul Graham and Y-Combinator. After dealing with Hacker News, who would ever want to trad…

The most censored subject is obviously the subject of censorship itself. The reader does not know that the list he sees in front of him has been censored. They are not open about t…

Well, they will further and further encroach until they meet some kind of resistance. Unfortunately, resistance will not easily materialize because people here would be the first o…

The police will keep encroaching until they meet some kind of resistance, which will not easily materialize because people here would be the first ones to utterly condemn respect-i…