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joeblow9999··on Consumers love Big Tech, even if they say they don't
quite the assumption there.
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: How are you improving code quality in large team?
pair programming
joeblow9999··on Biological Sex Shapes Tumour Evolution Across Cancer Types
but what if i just say im the opposite sex?
joeblow9999··on Amazon is pressing shoppers to buy AmazonBasics batteries instead of Energizer
"Amazon unapologetically suggests to save money and buy AmazonBasics instead."

Why would they need to apologize? this tweet comes across as a criticism but i honestly cant imagine how anyone could see something wrong with this.

joeblow9999··on Snapchat weighs what was once unthinkable: permanent snaps
The snaps have ALWAYS been permanent. They are just not shown on your phone after a certain window of time.
joeblow9999··on Is It Time to Regulate Social Media Influencers?
ISPs are heavily regulated.
joeblow9999··on U.S. bill seeks to give Americans more control over online data
that is an extremely charitable interpretation of this bill.
joeblow9999··on Cardiff tech firm: 'We'll pay £100k, but can't get staff'
Well then you need to offer more money.

I might as well say "We'll pay $15,000 a year but can't get any staff!" Well duh. You're not offering high enough salary to attract people. It's that simple.

joeblow9999··on Governor signs bill requiring California corporate boards to include women
you left out about 100 other subcategories one could choose to focus on...
joeblow9999··on Want to raise a series A? Be smarter at seed
This article makes me wonder what planet I'm on.

" I’ve seen bright seniors in college trying to raise money for pre-product startups at a $10M pre-money valuation. "

Wat?

"Capital is easy to come by, historically speaking, and this leads many startups to treat it as a perennial resource."

Raising money is hard and it's not easy to get capital.

joeblow9999··on Four easy ways to screw up your seed round
"The difference between the ones that make it and the ones that don't? They just keep going."

Survivorship bias anyone?

joeblow9999··on U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials
"promoting breast feeding has actually turned into some really nasty state-sponsored bullying of often vulnerable women"

I think I see the problem here and it's not in promoting breast feeding.

joeblow9999··on Deere suit sheds light on race for $240B farm tech market
This is a perfectly reasonable response to GDPR if you are a non-European content service with little traffic from Europe.
joeblow9999··on Uganda has rolled out a 5-cent daily tax to access social media
When it comes to government use of powers that have been granted to it, slippery slope is always a valid concern.
joeblow9999··on Homes 'Earn' Minimum Wage or More in Almost Half the Nation's Largest Cities
yeah what does 'de-commodify' even mean?
joeblow9999··on Homes 'Earn' Minimum Wage or More in Almost Half the Nation's Largest Cities
yes, please stay away. Do not come to Oakland it sucks and you shouldn't move there.
joeblow9999··on Big Tech Isn’t the Problem with Homelessness. It’s All of Us
You're reading a lot of minds here. Or projecting.
joeblow9999··on After harsh criticism, Facebook quietly pulls services from developing countries
It's easy to be against "free basics" when you can afford internet access.
joeblow9999··on People overestimate their ability to recognize fake news
News about fake news. So meta.
joeblow9999··on Dark Web Drug Vendor Pleads Guilty After Feds Traced His Bitcoin Transactions
International treaties between all the countries effectively make most USA laws international.
joeblow9999··on How to Handle Forms on Your Static Site
By definition, if you are handling form submission, your site is NOT static. Many ways to implement that functionality including offloading it to a third party but... your site is not static. It is processing form inputs
joeblow9999··on What's the Minimum Number of People for a Generational Ship to Proxima Centauri?
2
joeblow9999··on New York stock exchange has its first female leader in 226-year history
Am I the only one on earth who doesn't care if the head of the NYSE is a man or woman?
joeblow9999··on Regulating Online Platforms: By Whom, and for Whom?
can you give ANY other example besides this tired trope? Because I'm pretty sure you don't support free speech.
joeblow9999··on Ask HN: Why is electricity so expensive in California?
this is not a mystery: it's Sacramento.
joeblow9999··on How to get rich without getting lucky
"Work for a company that offers health insurance. "

Small nitpick: You can always buy your own insurance. Obamacare made it harder to buy good high-deductible plans for yourself but even so, you can get your own directly. Don't go without health insurance, especially catastrophic coverage, unless rent and food are all you can afford.

joeblow9999··on Web Code is a solved Problem – how about fixing Web UI next?
"Web Code is a solved Problem"

honestly whenever I see this said about anything, I'm pretty sure it's not a solved problem.

joeblow9999··on How Not to Negotiate a $6.1B Deal
"To buy a company with the pure goal of extracting any short term value with the intent of destroying it seems to be a long term societal ill that should be regulated out of existence."

Why? The company would not have been bought otherwise, apparently. The company had issues obviously. The buy felt there was value to be extracted just not by continuing the operations. So what.

joeblow9999··on Can a new mayor fix San Francisco’s housing and homelessness problems?
That's exactly what the parent was saying, just differently.

When you violate zoning they don't ask nicely you know.

joeblow9999··on The TSA has a watch list of people who present “challenges” to screening
Because everyone keeps voting for them anyway that's why
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