marcos123

You know what they say about assuming things...

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So money laundering never happened before digital goods existed?

What could go wrong?

The HN audience is ripe for this kind of knowledge.

Um, probably because Twitter is a place where many people go to read stuff. The author probably likes it when people read their writing.

Putin is the president of Russia. Trump is the president of the United States.

I obviously don't know you, but based off that comment, I think you're missing the forest for the trees and I'd venture to guess that it's because you've never experienced something like DMT. There are definitely levels to certain lessons in life, like learning that "feeling sure" isn't enough to be certain of something. Sure, math class taught you that if something doesn't add up, it's not true. But I see that as an intro to that life lesson of "feeling sure" not being enough. A few levels up from that understanding, a lot of times, involves something like DMT giving you a metaphorical 50,000 ft view from where you can begin to understand that even those math problems might not be the end all, be all of truth.

We live in a world of gray areas, not black and white.

I think the point they were making was that regardless of how you feel emotionally about giving up specific information, it has no effect on whether a country allows you to enter. So go ahead and do only what you feel is "acceptable", just don't be surprised when you are turned away at the border for not filling out all of the required documents.

I've recently launched a project and don't know any successful entrepreneurs to talk to. If you'd like to dabble in coaching, please send me a message at thankeeww at gmail.

Touché. I figured since I didn't call ythl a dunce directly that I wasn't being overly harsh, but your comment is much more eloquent than mine and has effectively reminded me that one can attract more bees with honey than with vinegar.

Ah, I see. According to you, the world needs laws on the books to keep dunces from harming themselves in all the different ways possible. Ythl, I don't mean to scare you, but did you know you can die from drinking too much water? And can you believe there aren't yet any laws preventing this?! Scary, right?

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CHICO-Fraternity-pledg...

My questioning the long term safety of GMO's is logical though. Peer reviewed studies on the topic just plain don't address the very real possibility that GMO's can have very harmful effects 20, 30, or 50+ years down the road. Both to our environment and our bodies. Believing that a short term study that concludes they're "safe" also means they're safe in the long term is quite a leap of faith, and illogical.

Edit: To put it another way, I'll bet short term studies concluded that asbestos was "safe" to use as a building material. In the long run though, that didn't really turn out to be the case.

Really? To me, the thing that is most discouraging about HN is the rampant closed mindedness. For example, anyone who questions the long term safety of genetically modifying organisms and eating them, will always be downvoted to oblivion.

Those are not really side-effects of Naloxone, they are side-effects of reversing the effect of opiates. So if an addict were to quit an opiate addiction cold turkey, they would experience some (or very rarely, all) of the effects you listed. If you give Naloxone to someone without opiates in their system, they wouldn't experience those effects. What Naloxone does is kick opiates off of opiate receptors in the body, which instantly puts the addict into a state of opiate withdrawal.

> Because they're people? And they're accommodating you by smoking only where it's allowed? So maybe out of the kindness of your heart you could leave them a place to smoke?

Their habit harms the health of everyone around them. Your comments make it seem like you don't understand that fact. Being mean or nice has nothing to do with any of it, it's about not inflicting harm on people that choose not to smoke.

My brain works the opposite way, so I would caution against this. I don't truly learn until I actually start doing.

No, you don't get it, how else are people supposed to exchange ideas and make the synergy and lots of the serendipity if they aren't thrown into a room with a bunch of cafeteria tables? It's not like people have other ways of communicating these days. <-- That is sarcasm HN.

I'm right there with you jmspring. I would not be happy in that environment and I happily pass on each and every company with floor plans that would make my job harder.

I think it is more like a bank making a diagram of the lock used on each customer's safety deposit box and posting that up on the internet.

I don't see any good reason to put everyone's public key out in the open. Is there any possible way that hiding the keys would hurt github's profits?

Yeah, there have been a couple comments in this thread with this kind of viewpoint; "How will I go on in life after all the opportunity cost of not getting into [insert high prestige school]".

I feel so sad for anyone that has such a futile outlook in life. Life is literally what you make it, not what some gatekeepers make of it for you.

Based on your response, I can't tell if you are one of those obnoxious alpha types that just hasn't been able to use it to get money out of an investor, or if you really are just some guy on the internet trying to humble brag about being around so few people in life that you've never met an obnoxious, alpha male in the tech industry.

As junto noted, you are using a pre-built theme. In light of that, what is the reason for your post? You would like to know if people like the theme that someone else built, and you used?

> I have zero idea what he meant, and so does everybody else who has only those words to go on.

Again, incorrect. You know what we all have to go on? The meaning of those words, and their collective meaning when put together in a sentence. We all have a very good idea what he meant. Well, except for you obviously because willful ignorance seems to be your strong suit in this discussion.

What I think is the real interesting question is why are you taking up the position of Zuckerberg public relations evangelist on HN?

> A line like that could mean almost anything.

Actually no, you are incorrect. Calling people "dumb fucks" for trusting you and/or your site is a statement with a pretty specific meaning behind it.

For a fun exercise, how about you explain the multitude of meanings you were able to derive from it?

Although I'm not certain what you're implying by "corrected", I hadn't ever heard that phrase about iron before. Thanks, I like it.

Weird. My comment must have been in close enough proximity to andybak's comment that "they" must have downvoted me when they meant to downvote him.

So andybak, congratulations on clinging to a sweet sounding one-liner, but let's think a little more about it. So anytime something bad happens to a person (their wallet or phone is stolen, or their family dog is killed), and the victim believes the perpetrator acted maliciously, would you tell them that "smacks of conspiracy thinking" (whatever that means to you)?

Another educational moment for you would be to look up the word "conspiracy" to learn what it means. I understand that you were hoping to use it as a dismissive term, but you would have been better off using a universally dismissive term like "crazy", as there are a lot of rational people that understand the factual meaning of "conspiracy" and don't interpret it in the same way you do.

No, you just shouldn't accept paypal. As k3oni states, it doesn't matter how much money you have in your paypal account. When a chargeback happens paypal will take whatever small amount of money you do have in there, and your account will go negative for the remaining balance... and then the bill collectors start calling.

I'm pretty sure they made that comment under the assumption that your job offer was in SF. That was the impression I got reading your original comment as well.

Have you considered living in one of the many cities on the peninsula that are all extremely close to the Caltrain and BART tracks, 101 & 280 freeways, and much better schools than those in the east bay? They're also very close to the actual city you would be working in (Mountain View). Much closer than SF.

For the record, as someone who has read a few articles about the guy, seen a couple pictures, and in all honesty was leaning more towards not liking him more than I do, this news has excavated a nice, temporary soft spot in my heart for the guy. Funny stuff.