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It's not always logic vs guts. Logic is great when you are dealing with theoretical problems that are well defined and you know the variables involved etc. In real life problems, o…

//No Transferwise/WesternUnion Ok, who set up that ATM. If not western union, there is supposedly some other company taking some percentage doing this?

Isn't government the quintessential "single place" or "platform" problem?

has there been any generation that laughed in horror and derision at anything in history till now?

what's the difference?

The same way you make sure democracy or the majority has the right "fundamental principles"..

>couldn't they have worded this a little more sympathetic and a little less lawyer? Sure, if all the lawyers will promise not to take some statement out of context and sue them ove…

Wait. Isn't the right approach to make sure money doesn't influence litigation or legislative process, than trying to ban someone from funding another party's litigation. If money …

Most are dysfunctional. You have to specifically look only if you want functional ones.

Aren't you hijacking the topic of homelessness here then? When people say homeless they don't mean someone who is homeless out of choice and can get out of it whenever they want to…

>I recently sold everything I owned and started living out of my converted dodge caravan while I was prototyping what I wanted to build next. With an eye on my burn rate, I lived a…

I think its the state violating individual human rights if what consenting adults do with themselves without violating anyone else's rights is considered illegal. I am curious to u…

//Apple could borrow the $600B at dirt cheap rates and go private asap Ok, so you mean Apple (the public company) borrows money, and then goes private. Now who would that private e…

Share buy back is one thing. Going private using share buyback is another thing. share buy back cancels the shares that are bought back and that enriches the value of all remaining…

//Slowly, over time? It's not as though $600B cash is exactly out of reach for Apple You do know that the cash Apple has in its balance sheet belongs to its shareholders and that A…

I find it to be one of the mysteries of bay area. I don't understand how a city this size can manage to have nothing open after 10 pm. Is there a reason to this? Surely it can't be…

Aren't you using different standards for the journalist and the individual? if what the journalist is doing is disturbing, so is what the individual is doing.. if the individual is…

I don't think anyone likes spending money on people who've broken the law. But given that the options are 1. Incarcerate and spend more or 2. provide assistance and spend less, it …

Software having bugs is understandable and people live with it. But there are a few areas where such fuckups are just unacceptable. Deleting files, photos, security stuff etc fall …

Seems like an open glaring flaw in the trading systems if it can be manipulated in such ways. Why not focus on fixing such flaws instead of legislating against such trades? So, the…

I wonder how they are able to legally prevent new development just because it will decrease their land value.. Can such an argument hold up in courts? If it was because of safety o…

Well, one can still remote wipe if the phone is lost. So, while this may still be an issue, it's not as bad as what it would have been if that weren't an option..