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>I don’t understand why it’s encouraged (in some companies) to discuss politics at work in a way that leads to internal issues. Purely from a commercial stance, team cohesion has a…

This assumes that parents know what's best for their children. Is it just to the children that parents can spend a fortune on miseducating their children? (The Dutch family wasn't …

Hasn't Maxwell not mentioned Maxwell's equations when giving a speech about the state of the art of science? If a great scientist can be unsure about a theory, it's not surprising …

How else can facebook prevent people from moving on to wechat with its internal payment system? Why should people stick to facebook if wechat can offer a whole bunch of services th…

That's the opposite. The soldiers make it work for the general whereas the German word would be used if it works 'in general' but doesn't when it's demonstrated to the general duri…

Why not both: do the live demo but have some slides prepared just in case.

Where do you get a $1/month VPS?

Why would a diesel generator put them on equal levels? Even if you assume that an electric engine has 100% efficiency, you lose energy because * per amount of energy, batteries are…

I would assume that there will be a neighbor who offers a money service to the village. He will have a Libra account. No need to drive to the next big city. Your family can go to t…

I am not asking what happens if I short shares but if I lend to others my shares. If the broker cannot buy those shares back, I face the risk of losing them, don't I? So I am wonde…

But the broker doesn't necessarily lend out the shares to his own clients. And even if he does, how does he get back the shares from the person who went long? The broker will have …

Does this mean that using those brokers means that I 'nakedly' own those shares? I.e. if I actually pick a successful share and the price explodes, the shorter or the broker cannot…

The limit of the airline metaphor is that uber doesn't have to own the fleet. The fight is in subsidizing rides, like with lift. Then comes softbank and they pick the winner becaus…

The airline argument is quite convincing. How about the frequency and the fair price? It's worthwhile to compare airline rates. It's more difficult for in-app uber purchases that a…

Nothing is stopping you. But will you retain your market if you are not the biggest network? You need deep enough pockets to get 50% of the market or Uber will get its share back o…

Uber is preparing for a future with self-driving cars. If they are the network to rent those cares, they will make back everything and more. The manufacturers and even the self-dri…

Have you checked that those were denim jeans at Primark? Last time I checked all of their trousers were made in huge parts out of synthetic yarn.

In which way is it portrayed and what is the reality?

Where do you get the people to entrust millions or billions? The organization will be flooded with networks of people who will scam away all money. Such an organization has to be g…

>and fasting does not do your body any good. Wasn't there a study that showed that at least mice live longer if they fast?

How does 100TB.com beat Hetzner? Their $5 virtual server comes with 2TB whereas Hetzner offers 20TB.

>The only thing we can say with confidence about these "goods" is that they were heavy, and not necessarily something you want... especially if they are to be repaid "with usury" a…

Maybe I am missing some subtleties, but why is talent not money? >The Homeric talent "as money" was probably the gold equivalent of the value of an ox or a cow.[2] Based on a state…

Why do you think so?