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>> Write a talk nobody else could do; tell a story nobody else can tell. Figure out what your audience is going to learn, and why you’re the best person to teach them that. That's …

Why the downvotes for this guy? The article makes the specific claim that the flu death numbers are allowed to be inflated through lax CDC reporting rules so that people are encour…

That information may be sensitive. The F-15 platform is still under active development, and even if it wasn't those details might be too much to ask.

Probably so, but when someone steps in the direction you want them to go, its not effective to whack them for it. If you want them to continue down your path you say "Well done! Bu…

>> And it’s hard to read Republican’s sudden enthusiasm for tree planting as anything other than a cynical effort to dampen growing calls for the sorts of regulations and taxes req…

I would suspect its true that most successful startup founders fall into the 80+ hour bucket, but I only have a handful of personal anecdata to support this (and for technical foun…

A few thoughts to add to the discussion, loosely related: 1) If I know exactly where to spend my time for the best rate of return, its likely that I'll have to spend relatively few…

>> I guess this is what it feels like to be a young-earth creationist: I simply cannot wrap my head around... You think you're picking on an easy target there, but if you talked to…

Also, does it suggest that the most engaged HN readers (who come early to topic discussions) have a starkly different opinion to late comers?

This is pretty much every company. If everyone starts performing at the next level, you can't promote everyone, right? And plenty of things can squish your chances at promotion, li…

4% sounds optimistic, but its good to have a canvas to paint on. Potential bad effects from the top of my noggin: * You've compressed the compounding growth in prices (inflation) b…

Sure, the saying has broad appeal because the tautology of it is interesting. The actual debate, however, centers on whether laying down your weapons makes you vulnerable to those …

Ok, I believe we are in the middle of arguing OP's point about how the pro-gun people are wrong when using the argument "only the criminals will own them", and how the pro-encrypti…

> This argument has merit, but if we DID amend out #2 and make guns illegal, over time firearm proliferation would decrease. Hmm, then wouldn't some people just make their own fire…

There's probably a wee bit of presumption in connecting the dots like this, but its an interesting set of dots to consider, and I wouldn't mind any supporting links you have on thi…

Maybe, but allowing them to enshrine this in policy without challenge is a mistake.

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>> He proposes a program of “heartland visas,” in which skilled immigrants could obtain work visas to the United States on the condition they live in one of the counties facing dem…

Seeking precise rules for something is, in spirit, the exact opposite of what a logical fallacy is.

Correct: I do understand that the definition of violence has been expanded in some areas of public discourse, but it wasn't my point. My point was to find out where the poster beli…

You can't escape this context, sure. But I was hoping for expansion on the idea where the poster stated "They should be investigated if their parenting is so poor that they resort …

If you lead a child by the arm against their will, is this tantamount to physical violence or no? If we're busy redefining what is the acceptable behavior in parenting, we better d…

Whatever fake internet points you are being awarded for this comment, its not nearly enough. :)

I'm just an outsider, but I was lured to HN and the idea of YC by the cult of personality around PG long ago (we even applied for the first batch). PG seemed like someone who didn'…