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This is a huge problem, and I think it's a good idea to legislate this (depending on the precise text of the bill) due to the positive externalities involved. I wrote a blog post m…

I actually think this is a good idea and requires government intervention due to the positive externalities involved. I just wrote a blog post about it: ( https://news.ycombinator.…

Agreed, and this group as much as any should understand that just because the product is made of bits and can be distributed virtually free, it should not be free of cost. Just lik…

It's not about distribution. Much like ordering a book from Amazon, buying software, or going to see a movie, distribution is typically not the most relevant cost. I think the NYTi…

No I don't, and that is a big pro of net neutrality. But that doesn't mean there are no cons.

That is not correct. You are looking for the intersection of marginal utility of the dollars earned through work, and the marginal cost (in utility) of giving up leisure (while hun…

Mr. Stucchio isn't the first one to present this type of argument which is explicit in that people are choosing to be poor. That probably doesn't feel right to most of us, and that…

I do not see the flaw. The statement in quotes, while a simplification, is correct if a private company is making the decision. If a government is making the decision (typical with…

CON: The more money I think I can make by owning network infrastructure, the more I will invest to build it now. That's not to say that net neutrality is bad or wrong on balance, b…

I didn't cherry pick any example. I just used the example that the article was written about.

Not only is the slide from 2008, but it also says it requires "close access methods" and "remote installation will be pursued for a future release." In other words, they need physi…

I have no idea how accurate the 60 Minutes story was, but this article is woefully unconvincing. Calling your rebuttal "the definitive facts" is childish. My favorite line is: "The…

This article paints SV with too broad a brush, but this is a big problem. There is a tendency here to oversimplify really complex problems. That's a good thing when you need to tak…

It's disappointing to read all this negativity around the drone delivery story. Who knows if this will happen as soon as they claim, but it is a cool idea with a lot of genuinely i…

I realize your comment is snark, but the lesson I take is to build your app in Rails, then if you become multi-billion dollar IPO-level success, rewrite...

You may have some specific conditions for what you consider innovation, but Facebook is a service that dramatically changes how a significant percentage of humans spend their free …

If I were running a company, I'd buy everyone a license of 1Password and make its use mandatory. Sure there are still plenty of attack vectors, but it's just too easy, and 1Passwor…

I'll second this one, I spent five years at a major consulting company working in large banks and insurance companies, and there was NOTHING agile about development.

I'm not sure what a "male space" is, but it isn't software engineering. It is not a gender specific role, both men and women can do it, men and women excel at it, and men and women…

I'll be interested when someone breaks Touch ID in a real life theft. This is not a simple process, it's not clear that a determined thief is even likely to find a good enough prin…

It sounds like you're trying to get to their enterprise value (simplified as market cap + debt - cash), but market cap is market cap (value of outstanding shares). They also own ot…

I remember when someone writing for TechCrunch published a takedown of the iOS 4 beta for ruining the iPhone experience with distracting features such as folders and wallpaper. The…