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I agree with the author that coding is objectively "difficult" but this is something I am good at, while dealing with people, changing requirements, bureaucracy, and maintaining wo…

I don't understand your logic, it seems like victim blaming. Using the internet and pointing out that targeted advertising has a negative effect on society is not "having it both w…

Rituals and beliefs are not the same as "worship with religious conviction". I ritually shower every day and I have beliefs like, when water comes out of the faucet it will fall to…

The article says that every train between 9pm and 5am has a uniformed police officer on board.

Does this also apply to Mexican's wanting to get a TN as well, I've heard the process is slightly different?

The fees are significantly lower in Europe, the rewards/kick backs given to card holders are also less.

The front page test is a policy I've seen, ie: if this was on the front page of the newspaper (or hacker news) would it be positive or negative?

Mexico isn't the USA's largest trade partner, it isn't even the largest one in NAFTA.

That is an obviously incorrect assumption, it is possible to de-anonomize most data sets about and there is reason to believe this one is no different. Health data by it's nature i…

I'm confused by your reply. Did you reply to the wrong comment?

Sanctioned persons are not the same as politically exposed persons. You are still allowed to do business with PEPs.

> Are lobbyists in control of congress? Effectively, Yes. > Who passes bills? Technically the elected officials, but the bills themselves are usually written by lobbyists. Pressure…

As a Canadian who has lived in the US for 1 year (in SF) I have a totally different take away. I noticed that people here are very hard working, almost as they are desperate for su…

> feels like watching Pinterest issue its own coin for people to spend on pinning some content. I think this actually sounds interesting, if it cost a little to pin something but i…

All the talk prior to MM taking over Yahoo was that it was worth less than its stake in Alibaba. ie. Yahoo had a negative value. I think it is probably more correct that she grew t…

I don't see how blaming refugees is helpful.

If you think that the US banks are/were more regulated than Canadian banks you would be incorrect.

C++ with more stuff isn't the same as "better C++". C++ has more features than any one person could ever need and it seems like the design philosophy is: anything that is possible …

Source?

Metadata can reveal intent, motivation, and far more than you intend especially when collected in mass. Metadata = Data. Saying that metadata doesn't matter, or matters less is jus…

A video of low flying jets: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/15/turkey-low-flying...

People used to pay ~1$ for some paper to be delivered to their front door. The content is not what they were paying for.

This wasn't in the last 10 years, but Louis Gerstner turned around IBM in the 90s and wrote a good book about it: Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: https://www.amazon.ca/Who-Says-Ele…