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PFAS are different from soap in that your body can't break them down or excrete them well, so they bioaccumulate. Eating soap is absolutely not good for you, and if it also built u…

This is sort of begging the question why? There must be an interesting story behind the need.

and Trader Joes / Aldi

It's not correct to say 'inflation went up'. While inflation was not 0 and prices went up, inflation went down.

There is a really useful free tier - I think the paid tier mostly includes collaboration features.

This is newly interesting in light of the recent pentagon UFO revelations ( https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-... ). While these have low credibility, and…

What non consensus and correct views are you thinking of?

I was curious too - "Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio, and created the name “Motorola” by linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "o…

This is pedantic, but RADAR relies on photons as well - radio waves are just a different frequency of EM radiation vs visible light. A RADAR system emits photons that are reflected…

I hope everyone involved with this company dies painfully

I agree with the spirit of your comment, but FB certainly CAN pay 15% raises to their lowest paid employees - I imagine w/ very little impact to their bottom line.

This implies race by referencing stereotypes in a way that I find objectionable - noticed you getting downvotes and figured its worth giving some constructive feedback.

clickable links: [1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter [2] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/727902623597105153 [3] http://blog.samaltman.com/trump

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Peter Thiel became a part time YCombinator partner in march 2015. [1] Thiel will serve as a delegate for Donald Trump and speak at his nominating convention. Among other things, Do…

Thiel is supporting Trump, but I don't think anyone is suggesting he would be vice president.

This is a good point, but I think individuals care a lot more about their percentile than you would expect - their benchmark for whether their income is 'a lot' or 'a little' is ho…

I'm a 23andme customer and the aggregate data being used like this is exactly what I expected and is a big part of the reason I signed up. There is a lot I don't love about Pharma …

It's my impression that the Chinese have more of a maker culture than almost anywhere else - it's a country full of people who grew up in villages and have now built factories and …

I don't know why you would confidently write 8 paragraphs on something you clearly don't know much about. Here are a few corrections: - tesla does have hands on wheel sensors - tes…

Sharing has some different meanings: - give a portion of (something) to another or others. - use, occupy, or enjoy (something) jointly with another or others. The first one has a l…

Well there is this (extreme poverty to fall below 10% of the world population for the first time): https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/05/world-bank-e... I think globaliza…

Not at all - I think that is human nature, and how we all behave. I just don't think its justified - if you asked most people to describe their moral frameworks, I don't think many…

I would answer no to it - a blue collar worker from india absolutely deserves the same opportunity as a worker in Europe. I agree, we are a long ways from the public accepting open…