DavidHm

Depends on whether you consider the ICCPR and in particular articles 6-8 as superseding country sovereignty or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civi...

One of the reasons that Berlin is so popular is that everything works smoothly (everything is relative, of course), and it has a great, multicultural social life.

Neither of these apply to Naples.

Eh. (imho) Hydro pumping is way more simple, and is just limited by the fact that you can't have it wherever you want.

Also concrete is not exactly environmentally friendly to make.

I suspect this is very much dependent on the country.

My bachelor was in stats & actuarial sciences (though I never worked in the field), and in my country there's a big shortage of qualified actuaries. So the average salaries are pretty high and it's a safe and stable work (albeit dreadfully boring, which is why I never went into the field)

I'll strictly speak about Google. (and assume that you are a regular internet user, who has gmail, and doens't go to great lengths to mask their activities)

If they wanted to be really invasive, they could get a lot. Not saying that they are doing it, but they can

1) Birthday - on every birthday, there are a bunch of random sites where you have an account that send you congratulations.

2) How old - beyond patterning (which can get you within a fairly narrow range), I am sure that most people have received or sent an email which states their date of birth - whether in the text, or as part of a form

3) Job changes - in any european country, you get your employment contract via both mail and email. (and btw...this means they have your salary too)

4) College you went to - if you already had gmail while at university, they have you. if you got it afterwards, they probably saw the "alumnus" emails

5) Relationship status - this is arguably trickier. There's no "hard" proof. I think FB has the edge here, though not as large as it used to be (I remember that 10 years ago everyone had their status on FB. now it's almost no one, but it's irrelevant, because they can look at your photos, and whether you mention "gf/bf/wife" etc.

6) Running - again, FB have the edge in determining how much/where etc. But google know you are running, because they have your emails from the apps to which you subscribed.

Google knows all that things too, without you having to expressly tell them.

Where have you been? You are constantly tracked if you have an android device. (not sure whether it also works for iOS with google maps on). No need to check in.

Hobbies and interest - search history.

The amount of granular information that Google could potentially have on an individual person is terrifying. The search history alone is effectively a peek into your stream of consciousness.

The confluence or random circumstance and intentional lobbying that have allowed SF area landlords to ensure that a low stock of housing is maintained in the face of skyrocketing demand is truly fascinating.

This is very much the case when learning to play string instruments.

When you start out, you are told to practice your scales by making sure the notes are clean and even in volume.

Doing it fast comes later.

I do struggle the reconcile this apparent lack of self awareness with the undeniable savvyness that he has shown in his life so far.

Is there a method to this madness? I'd like to believe that there is, and he hasn't just allowed fame and adulation to get to him.

Harsh but true.

Because VR headsets have been selling for ~5 years.

Comparing them with the full lifecycle of the NES sales instead of its first 5 years is not a proper comparison.

Is the refusal legally valid, or just pressure?

How is this project perceived by the government officials?

I am sure (or at least hope) that some of them are very much in favour, but are there others calling into question the accuracy / legitimacy of these type of analyses?

The comparison doesn't hold up when developers create solutions that in breach with the regulation of the city and country they live in.

Star Wars is not sci-fi, it's a cross between space fantasy and space opera. The list of better sci-fi movies is long.

You seem to be conflating valuation with innovation.

If you can host X companies over the course of a semester / year, then selecting large, well-know, well-paying companies maximizes the total salary of all students you are able to place in these companies

Which leads to an interesting question: how many mixed race talented black & korean actors are there of the right gender and age?

Ok, I see what you mean.

It might not have been textbook communism - but if we go down that route, how many real communist countries have there been?

The whole soviet block self described as communist (bulgarian party was "communist", the russian party was "communist"). They have effectively redefined what communist means for 95% of the population.

Why do you think that?

As far as I know, it was ruled for 40+ years by the self called communist party, and the means of production were owned by the state.

They might not have been part of the USSR, but they were pretty communist as far as I can see.

One regret I have about AskHistorians is that I don't get to see all the hissy fits thrown by people who don't like the strict moderation and believe their speech should be uninpeded.

The sarcasm was more aimed at the fact that a company's good intentions are ultimately irrelevant. One of the reason we don't want to trust our government with all of our data is that even if the current government behaves perfectly, you never know what is coming down the road - either in terms of government changing, or the data falling in the hands of specific government people with ill intent.

Likewise, the big conglomerates' good intentions are not enough to make giving them access to all your personal data justifiable.

It's a good thing Apple, Google and Facebook care deeply about our privacy and would never abuse the trust of their users. Or the users' lack of interest in protecting one's privacy.

This is both amazing and a bit unnerving.

Whether or not there's a specific law for it is irrelevant, sadly.

Government doesn't like it, therefore government shuts it down. If it wasn't for "affecting stability of electricity supply", it would probably be "affecting stability of the economy" or something else.

Can't tell if this is sarcasm.

Then again, maybe I am overly cynical. UK utilities at least do seem to have a more positive approach towards people struggling to pay than other countries.

When we make mistakes in making a website, people get frustrated.

When we make mistakes in food, people die.

Not every industry can accept the "move fast and break things" mantra.

Yeah. Germany is a big one on this. If ask you for a non compete, they have to basically pay you for the full duration of it.

As a consequence, almost no one ever does, except for very high level executives.

To play the devils advocate, where does this stop?

Do you deny them any sort of public space where they can communicate with each other?

What exactly is their relationship with YC?

The article is a bit murky. They "invited" YC to contribute, but do not actually say whether YC agreed.

Forgive the cynicism, but if it turns out that YC was not contributing in any way to Project Include, this is just empty bluster.