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Depends if your goal is to sell ASAP. I know that in my part of Europe the government agencies that support small businesses with grants etc hate when they sell to foreign competitors as most likely outcome is IP transfer and breakup of a potential competitor. If these policies select for those unwilling to do this that’s fine as far as they’re concerned.

This doesn’t seem like a bad thing at all, allows the french company to further develop independently while still being locally owned... maybe bad for the owners but not necessarily for French society

Airbus planes used to be given away almost for free, it’s first few decades it was entirely state funded.

Will be very interesting to see how these two different ideologies play out over the coming years. According to the article Huawei favours ethnic Chinese over Europeans especially at management level and I’ve heard the same about TikTok so we have a great opportunity to watch how these competing visions play out

This works both ways, by clamping down on viewpoints and banning people, Twitter will become the echo chamber.

Thanks that’s a great explanation

Do they have a coding style or similar in which this is outlined?

I had a quick look at the code but I would be interested in what "a style that is something between C and C++" actually entails.

Avoiding templates but using classes/namespaces? Minimizing use of the stl?

Interesting how polarizing this article is.

I loved it and his writing style, I agree that it's rough premise and although there are counter arguments e.g. Stripe/Uber/Coinbase I think the overall argument is correct, the culture has changed.

But it's interesting to see so many argue that this is written in a self-aggrandizing, self-important style. Generally I agree with those people when it comes to LinkedIn style articles etc. e.g. [0] is a prime example.

But this one really resonated with me and comes across as extremely genuine hence my surprise at the reaction.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24901940

Very important point, academia is zero sum in a way that industry isn’t, however if you’ve got tenure you’re one of the winners.

China has one of the world's largest populations, they also have an authoritarian government that can implement policies to increase birth rate.

Long term China is fine. Europe not so much.. US even less so.

Why is it not helpful? Sometimes people accept the reality of a certain situation as the only possible reality. It’s helpful to suggest what might happen in an alternative situation in order to put the current situation into context.

The simple reality is that the Chinese would absolutely not accept this resolution and in fact would consider the actions of the Sacklers to be completely unforgivable, which brings the American reaction into stark contrast.

While doctors do share some blame, they were actively targetted by Purdue with brochures, slick salesmen etc.How is was allowed is the real issue for me.

I assumed they’d be executed on the spot for knowingly enriching themselves while addicting millions, leaving them to slowly decline mentally and physically before eventual death.

China would have zero tolerance due to their opium history that was imposed by the west. This is even more insidious however as the country’s institutions were mislead and this family made billions on the back of their countrymen’s misery.

What this family did was pure evil, they should all be in jail not negotiating a settlement that will leave them financially secure and amongst the richest Americans.

Imagine if this scenario played out in China.

Fantastic comment and exactly correct. The genetics argument is a complete fabrication, what I’ve heard before is that infants don’t eat enough solid food e.g. meat on the bone when younger but instead too much puréed soft food. But I’ve no idea if this is correct. But something is off.

That was always my default assumption but the argument in this article also seems logical.

Here is a far better written intro to Rene Girard [0], the article linked is worst kind of overwritten academic verbiage with nothing substantive to say, almost incoherent.

[0] https://alexdanco.com/2019/04/28/secrets-about-people-a-shor...

Is this a serious article? I know Intelligent people who have studied Mandarin for 10 years actively making an effort and are still unable to read a newspaper. So it’s extremely unlikely that mandarin will become a dominant text based language, possibly might become more popular for verbal communication in Africa and places like that.

Ireland

I work in R&D for a marquee brand corporation in Europe. Senior Dev, salary is €60k minimum salary in my country is €20k.

Yeah I took up smoking over quarantine for this reason. Big difference in the case numbers!

Any evidence to back up that "nerds are cool"?

Are citizens really fine with this? Most of the blocking countries have an active underground VPN scene.

I don’t see a war effort supporting Taiwan playing well in the US domestically. It would be very bloody.

You can hire them in Europe, Huawei has R&D sites in Europe.

Joe Rogan is successful across multiple domains. He's the UFC's main color commentator, a successful TV personality, a successful touring comedian, a state champion in martial arts, has a podcast worth $100 million etc. etc.

I used to listen to Tim Ferris years ago, even bought the 4 hour workweek but for whatever reason I eventually lost interest. I think he was a bit predictable and bland also a bit too deep into "Tech" culture.

Never really paid much attention to Sam Harris so might have another look at him.

One of the most interesting things about Joe Rogan is that he's not a one trick pony e.g. Comedy/Fighters/TV personality etc. I find him more interesting as a result.

Where do you go for "robust intellectual discussion"?

One thing about Joe Rogan is that he covers a far broader spectrum of people than anyone else. Who has Alex Jones/Elon Musk/Neil deGrasse Tyson on?

To be frank I find most "robust intellectual discussion" stultifying e.g. hacker news has exactly this problem.

I always struggle with the question.

I have no firm direction in which I want to go. In fact I don't even see anything exciting in this industry on the horizon.

Thanks!