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hipcactus··on Smearing Free Thought in Silicon Valley
If he made that claim, then you can quote it and cite it from his document.

This article is about how he did not make that claim, while media outlets and social media accounts claimed he did.

hipcactus··on Tell HN: New features and a moderator
Great Job!
hipcactus··on GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation
Enterprise Customers cannot (and will not) attempt to transition from hosting hundreds (in some cases, thousands) of private repositories on gitHub in favor of another service.

The alternative would have to aggressively undercut gitHub's enterprise sales model while competing with gitHub's uptime.

Customers aren't going anywhere.

hipcactus··on Autonomous Weapons: An Open Letter from AI and Robotics Researchers
Just like all the drone operators who hit civilian targets and were Court Martialed.
hipcactus··on U.S. Tech Funding – What’s Going On?
Can you elaborate on this last statement?
hipcactus··on I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
What should founders do about the rent?
hipcactus··on Woman becomes obese after fecal transplant from overweight donor
Dr. R. Kelly
hipcactus··on The Economy
Tech Innovation kills existing jobs by replacing 100 humans with one machine, this is true. If you're a cab driver, you may not be ecstatic about self-driving cars.

But those same technological advances invent new goods and services for an ever increasing population. More people are fighting over the same set of resources, which technology allows markets to distribute more efficiently. The new tech creates new demand no one knew was needed (e.g. the mainframe, the internet, mobile web, the blockchain).

While it's tough luck for the 99 workers who are not in a position to learn new skills, the bet is that tech advancing will create more economic opportunities for the next generation (while improving the quality of life) and upgrading society like 'aging up' in Age of Empires or Civilization.

hipcactus··on RubyMotion 3.0 Sneak Peek: Android Support
Can anyone confirm the 30 day guarantee?
hipcactus··on Inventor of Sass Marries long time same sex partner
Because it is news about a hacker