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Pretty much everyone knows about the whole Nazi = bad thing. So, because so many people know about it, I'm pointing to an example where the original commenter's ideal behavior went…

I don't know much about their manufacturing, which is why I do what I can to buy from people I know and buy from within the United States. As I replied to Nirvana, I'm recognizing …

I'm not an Apple hater nor spreading lies. Unless the Isaacson biography is made of lies. If you were a Penn State football fan and recognized that Coach Sandusky was fucked up, yo…

I've said this on other comments, but comparing an uncontrolled environment like and entire society (China) to a semi-controlled environment like Foxconn is bad statistics and fool…

I tried to post a reply last night from an iPhone app but it didn't go through. Maybe if it had my Karma would not have gone from 11 to -10... Anyway, the reason I'm "trotting this…

I'm not at odds with your opinion, I agree. My point is that a lot of other fragile attitudes impact the person holding them. But a cavalier attitude like with Jobs or people set o…

And why is that worthy of a downvote? Suicides aren't valid negative things? I am not against Steve Jobs. But to say all he did was hurt feelings is ignorant. He hurt feelings and …

You're comparing a semi-controlled environment (Foxconn) to entire fucking society. That's some pretty shoddy statistics to say the least.

That's a pretty clear way of looking it. The problem I have is that these attitudes are fragile. If you have a monarch, for example, with complete control over a country and who ha…

I think that's different. Steve Jobs' innovative use of fonts in the early Macs wasn't squashing an alliance of tyrants bent on world domination...

Pretty sure the Foxconn suicide casualties didn't just have hurt feelings.

Hitler exemplifies your last statement beautifully. The world needs people who stand strong with their ideas but constantly think about others and be open-minded. And not douchebag…

I think he's more commenting on Jobs' behavior and how he doesn't like it. I mean, lots of people at Enron talked about it being the thrill of their lives. But as observers we can …

Nope, it's not asinine at all. The problems this guy has with Apple are things still going on now . Your comparison is equivalent with "one time long ago cotton was picked by slave…

This is completely irrational and irrelevant. A misogynist is someone who hates women and/or girls. He's saying he's never encountered a bad business woman, which is not hatred at …

I'm a fan of Steve Jobs for his vision and ability to see things we all blatantly are unaware of. He changed technology, but also advertising, movies, music, etc. But I'm glad to s…

I disagree and don't think that's the point of the article. The analogy you gave is a little hinky, too. The main point here is that too much time is wasted on simple issues. While…

I think there are some generally "semantic" things that are just good practice, like using logical classnames, keeping markup and styles separate, using the right list type for the…

The description given is kind of weak in this particular article, but the other papers linked in this comment thread are pretty good. Apparently they're working on finding physiolo…

Why did this get downvoted?

Taleb rocks. The funniest thing is that he hates the NYT but is able to recognize the chance for a big audience.

Great execution. I wish there was like a $10/month option though! Or student discounts or something... But the content is well worth the $25/month and up. Loved ThinkVitamin Member…

The Khan Academy is such a beautiful idea. I can't wait to see if they try any new, whacky stuff at the brick & mortar school. I wonder why people aren't trying to shut this down? …

Sometimes building something entirely on your own takes you away from the craft you love. If you are master chocolate maker, but have to focus on business, accounting, marketing, e…

There are a lot of fair points here, but I know personally for me that I was using jQuery for a lot of websites, then saw the beauty of some .coffee files and got into it. Since th…