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It may go against the grain here, but I think advertisements in Windows 10 is crucial. It's strange, because you would expect the HN audience to be in favor of getting products in …

I am glad you mentioned China. Many people are too afraid to acknowledge the reality of that authoritarian country, for fear of reprisal from liberal do-gooders. This acquisition i…

That's the beauty of the free market, put your dollars where you believe they hold worth. I may disagree with your analysis, but I respect your essential freedom to vote with your …

Pfft. Elon has always been my hero. :) But on a more serious note, it is great that we are seeing thought leaders counter-act the media propaganda frenzy regarding this situation. …

Thank you for being a diamond in the rough, Dan. Your tireless work keeping Hacker News a safe haven for free thinkers and polite politic is essential during times like these.

Of course it does nothing, it's all propaganda! The economies of the world need to open ASAP!! It's direly important that folks get back to work, else we'll see a repeat of the 08 …

Some people are more motivated than others. Just like some people are more intelligent than others, or more athletic than others... some are more self-motivated and can work throug…

This is a great idea!! We need to give these poor and low-income urban and rural students as much opportunity to "get connected" as we can. There are many thousands of gifted stude…

Elon has done more for climate activism and the green movement in the last decade than basically anybody. Besides perhaps Miss Thunberg. His "guzzling" jets as you call them are a …

I hope Elon will be fine. The future depends on benevolent billionaires like himself to get us out of the financial mess the governments of the world have put us in. If we have any…

This seems... unnecessary? The free market guarantees fair contracts. If an individual is presented with an unfair offer, they merely seek employment elsewhere. It is just common s…

Vinyl records are perhaps one of the best examples of commodity fetishism; in fact, they perfectly illustrate Mark Fisher's notion of "lost futures" (by way of Derrida's hauntology…

> But are articles like this good or bad? Articles like this make me want to sniff glue. What should be written — and disseminated widely — is the truth that climate catastrophe is…

It may supply 40% of electricity demand, but when climate change causes widespread systemic social and economic collapse, I can assure you that your precious solar panels won't be …

It looks like the neoliberal cult of "progress" has its acolytes on Hacker News, but that really shouldn't surprise. What is sad, though, is the distinct lack of empathy that this …

> Operation WizardOpium Life is no longer distinct from a William Gibson novel.

> In an environment with no judgement, nobody conforms, everybody does what they want. And the problem with that is, when nobody conforms, no profit can be made. A large part of Si…

> There's a matchmaking problem here. Absolutely agree. We need an efficient algorithm for matching based upon common interests, agreeability, and politeness. I wonder if matchmaki…

You go Alex :) I think more people, even supposed "nonwriters," should write more! Jeff Bezos may be a chunk of hot garbage, but his bizarre writing policy is at least something go…

Doesn't this also prove, by proxy, that this fact can potentially (if not certainly) apply to other AI & associated fields? Forgive my ignorance, but this seems to lend credence to…

Creativity is as much a numbers game as Monopoly (the literal board game) is a numbers game: it is and it isn't. Sure, I mean you can use statistics and wave your magic eugenics wa…

Hell yeah Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't is my favorite damn YouTube channel. Like everyone else here, I sing high praise of Tony. His absolutely lovable one-in-a-million combative …

I highly recommend to anyone that has not tried it: do LSD whenever you are given the chance. Preferably, as in Leary's timeless wisdom, it takes place in a "good setting and setti…

I think pg makes an excellent point here. The Modern American Think Piece is ripe for disruption. I, like I imagine many HNers, am troubled by the shameless grift, anti-intellectua…

If American Psycho were about programmers the movie would be exactly the same.