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FB has a history of falsifying metrics. Just look back at the armies of bots pretending to be "engaged" users pre-IPO. People give Zuckerberg the benefit of the doubt because he is…

Corporate walled gardens, diminished accesibility, ubiquitous tracking, complete de-anonymization, and widespread disinformation and propaganda. Pretty much exactly what we have no…

I am getting rid of my smartphone after it breaks and downgrading to a flip phone. I am actually looking forward to being able to type with one hand again.

The recent trend for websites is to make them as unaccessible as possible. It is a real shame to see the internet become so much less useful for so many people.

Generalists usually feel that way about specialists.

If you have the disposable income to afford this you should be giving more money to charity, not Apple.

I saw a 24 year old Indian programmer with a Phd get deported while $15/hour hacks that barely spoke english were being onboarded. This was 2 years ago at a company that was acquir…

Are the riots in Portland included?

You just want to be spoon fed the "truth" without having to think about it.

This is not the role of FB in our society. FB attempted to sway public opinion through censoring and media manipulation. Now that it has failed they want to police misinformation b…

Stop using FB, it makes you a worse person. Talk to your neighbors, look up from your phone, and engage people if you want to expand your bubble.

48% of the country voted for him, not a surprise to see his supporters represented in any group with 2 or more people.

SV is an echo chamber too. Part of the reason SV is so shocked right now is because you have spent decades isolating yourself from the rest of America.

Trump won because democrats didn't vote. Look at the voter turnout for 2008 and 2012 and tell me nominating Hillary wasn't a huge mistake. The DNC has no one to blame but themselve…

Stop linking paywalled sources.

I think the real story here isn't that Thiel was right, but that the rest of SV and the MSM were so wrong. You have all the data in the world and you can't see what was staring you…

I look forward to seeing what you guys decide. HN has always set a pretty good benchmark for minimalist developers.

Time to upgrade HN? That is hardly the first thread to experience performance issues.

Typical. You didn't get the expected result so you blame democracy. History is filled with countries abandoning democracy in favor of dictatorships. It never works out.

I have been following his blog for about 6 months because it seemed like he was a pretty rational and lucid trump supporter. I have a newfound respect for him because he literally …

Triggered.

Triggered.

Too big to fail.

Then aren't you just saying "Google x" with more words.

Karwho? I anticipate Postmates & Lyft to cave within the next year also. Uber seems pretty unstoppable now, I think government regulation is the only thing that can really slow the…