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20170319on Billionaire Insys founder charged in U.S. opioid bribe case

The cynic in me thinks Kapoor was "sacrificed" to shield the Sacklers. Sort of like how Rajaratnam was "sacrificed" to shield the large banks.

20170319on Zuckerberg apologizes for VR cartoon tour of Puerto Rico devastation

"dumb fucks" was an event in time.

Sociopath is a quality that manifests repeatedly through different events over time, including this latest one. This entire thread is people saying the same thing in different words.

Harvey Weinsten appearing in nothing but his boxer shorts for an actress audition was a moment in time. The qualities that made him creepy and predatory remained constant.

20170319on Zuckerberg apologizes for VR cartoon tour of Puerto Rico devastation

What standby? This article is about Zuckerberg apologizing (again) for being completely tone-deaf in a manner that suggests he really has no idea how humans work beyond stimulus-response machines.

What do you suggest? That we comment on the VR tech?

This entire thread is just reaction on his behavior. You may as well just close the thread.

20170319on Zuckerberg apologizes for VR cartoon tour of Puerto Rico devastation

Despite an army of PR people coaching him for over a decade, he still can't stop the inner sociopath from coming out once in a while.

20170319on Why I learned to code instead of pursuing a career in finance

Budapest?

20170319on Uber's New CEO

lol

For instance, his brother Kaveh Khosrowshahi is a managing director at Allen & Co., the investment bank best known for its ultra exclusive Sun Valley conference. A few cousins are Google execs. His cousin Amir Khosrowshahi is at Intel after Intel bought the AI company he co-founded, Nervana, last year for $400 million. His twin cousins Ali and Hadi Partovi sold their startup to MySpace back in 2009 for $20 million and went on to become power angels backing Airbnb, Dropbox, Uber, and Facebook and cofounding Code.org.

20170319on Uber's New CEO

Khosrowshahi was born in Iran[3] to a prominent family that founded the Alborz Investment Company, a diversified conglomerate involved in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food, distribution, packaging, trading, and services.[4] He is related to Canadian billionaire Hassan Khosrowshahi. His family immigrated to the United States just prior to the Iranian Revolution in 1978 after Alborz Investment was nationalized.[3] He graduated from the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York.[5] In 1991, he graduated with a B.A. in electrical engineering from Brown University.[6][7]

20170319on Naval Ravikant on Reading, Happiness, Decision Making, Habits [audio]

It's a nice episode, but not profound like the way the comments suggest.

The comments feel like they're from either shills or those currying favor.