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My last experience with AirBNB, it's customer support, and eventually an insurance claim, all went quite horrible. Made me realise how stark a difference there is on the spectrum o…

Cryptocurrencies are a decentralised P2P digital version of Bernie Madoff.

For those into reading books, I think it is common practice to pick a new interesting book most of the time. However I want to know if there are books you found so valuable, you we…

Shouldn't the title of this be "Subscribe to FT"? Because that's the page I see when I click the link.

Are you suggesting we need to keep a balance between war and peace? That too much peace will lead to our extinction?

Will there be a time when in the modern world, no territory will be forcefully occupied? Or do homosapiens lack the mental maturity to reach that point in their evolution?

What makes your remind of that?

Talk about having a clause that you can bend in any direction when needed. :/ But fair enough. The story isn't really that uninteresting.

What warrants this story making it to the front page of HN?

+1 I am glad this is mentioned here, as I was about to. One of the most useful book I have read. Lots of practical advice.

Not completely. Given the circumstances -- OP being new to the company and the other person being "friend of manager" -- I would say it would be really difficult for OP to pull off…

>>> That just makes you an exception. Sounds like a sweeping statement. Not sure your example of aadhar is relevant. Everyone needs to have some form of ID so they can be represent…

You read that wrong. I don't have a problem with "discussing issues" and "coming to an agreement (or disagreement)".

I don't understand where these sweeping statements are coming from. I grew up in a third-world country too, and transitioned myself from belonging to a lower middle class family, i…

> as long as they trust that other person Trust isn't everlasting, specially for a "person". I can put more of my trust in a "process" (e.g. democracy) and its continuous evolution…

I am going through SICP currently, after having it on my reading list for long. Loving it so far. I agree that exercises in the book shouldn't be skipped, not a single one. You mig…

Your dad is a wise man!

If you are like me, you don't like to carry around a lot of physical books. For the past few years, I have been doing most of my readings off of iPad. But it isn't very easy on the…

I am thankful to Woz for giving us Apple. And thankful to Musk for a promising future in the industries he is venturing in.

Looks promising. I will wait for the Ebook though (I know authors don't plan on releasing one, but their plan has to fail ;) ).

I don't know about others, but I am surrounded by quite a few 'idea enthusiasts'. People who believe that an idea is everything, and they get emotionally attached to each of their …

Even if we rule out the possibility of human race going extinct (which is quite improbable anyway?), isn't missing on a family life (wife and kids) quite a huge compromise in pursu…