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But it’s not “times faster”, it’s a linear function of time..

Really? Seems a little drastic for attacking a company .. Edit:.... I did not leave that other comment..

> Zuck beats me every night but he makes me feel special and promises to change

Come on, you knew facebook was evil. Most people know facebook is evil. We choose to ignore it because otherwise we would feel obligated to change. Change would come at the expense…

> and siphon only the data they want All of it. If they can't decrypt it now they'll save it until they can.

> or take out the 'threat to national interests'? Isn't that what we did in Iraq, blindly listen to the IC? Ha, that was an A++ operation. All those lives lost - for absolutely not…

I'm guessing this is more because of google analytics being absolutely everywhere. If G knows your social graph and that your peers looked up movie X on website Y - that's enough t…

> I don't think anyone is vouching for "big brother" type government control here, but governments always have a principal role in civil rights, inclusion and the moral development…

> In the case of USDC, Coinbase is handling it. It's handled by CENTRE who's founding members are Circle and Coinbase.. but the network will grow to include any compliant banking i…

I'm confused what this offers over USDC. Banks can already issue USD backed tokens with this model. USDC is already being traded on several exchanges. I'm sure I'm missing somethin…

Then pack your selfie stick and have yourself a time! I'm not saying there's a right way to travel. The tweet suggested there's more economical ways of "expanding your horizons" th…

I don't take it that way. In terms of "broadening your horizons" it's easy to travel and not connect with the local culture. You're just a tourist, window shopping into the lives o…

Sorry I did get annoyed. I've had similar ideas for this model and ultimately feel like it would be dismissed out of a sense of moral justice. Would I be okay with a 100K payback? …

> Sure, this is less total money Oh, MONEY - who cares about that stuff. Not the poor, they got tons of it . I get the feeling you and your parents are well off. And I say that onl…

> So, you're basically only mitigating risk if you can't find a job. Which is.. everyone starting a bootcamp!! Lol. Who are you looking out for? You seem really concerned about the…

> I just can't get passed the 300% At least you understand your mental limitations. But this is also a form of false charity, where you make decisions on behalf of others in order …

> If they are JS devs, experienced in next, sure, go right ahead, but I don't think that's the case here. The author is clearly experienced in UI development. The app was already w…

It's funny how clearly people are addicted to outrage, yet also in complete denial about it. They don't see it as outrage, instead it's measured, proportional, and reactionary resp…

"I smoke when I drink" - you never heard that? Social smoking is absolutely a thing. Facebook is a cancer and executives will jump ship while they can to claim ignorance.

Comparing Magic The Gathering Online Exchange to an FDIC regulated bank.. He was running the equivalent of a fraudulent trading card ring that happened to become very valuable. Mar…

Imagine you have a team of rails developers and you're asked to create a simple portal. Rails as a tool may be "overkill" but what does it matter? If you already know Rails I'd say…

> Are you saying that rhetorically? No. > And besides, the point here was largely about bundle size and fast time-to-interactive. As long as the point wasn't to be productive I'll …