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tc313··on Waymo filing says Travis Kalanick knew engineer had Google info
Uber isn't going anywhere as long as the industry remains viable. Worst-case scenario, the company is restructured and investors lose their shirts; but you wouldn't kill the world's most recognizable ride-hailing brand.
tc313··on Chelsea Manning released from prison
Ken Lay's death was a life insurance scam.
tc313··on Chelsea Manning released from prison
Especially not AFTER they've done all the damage they can do! What's the point of killing her now?
tc313··on Berkshire Hathaway Code of Business Conduct and Ethics [pdf]
How does acquiring a public company evade taxes?
tc313··on Ask HN: Should I send a thank you email after a Skype screen with a recruiter?
Nope I guess not.
tc313··on How to set up a VPN in 10 minutes for free
> If you want to take things next level, you can try Tor, which is extremely private, and extremely hard to de-anonymize

I don't think Tor would eliminate the need for a VPN; wouldn't your ISP still be able to see the requested URL?

Edit: I was thinking of DNS leaks, but that's really not an issue if you use Tor Browser.

tc313··on An expert’s view on unusually warm Arctic temperatures
It's bizarre, but it's also typical for press releases from large organizations.
tc313··on Why I got Fired from Facebook (a $100M dollar lesson) (2012)
Noah is a content marketer. He'll repackage the same content over and over until people stop clicking on it. I don't understand why people read these kinds of blogs, but apparently they're popular.
tc313··on Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
I would think that if any major voting bloc were to turn against Silicon Valley, it'd be Trump's populist base.
tc313··on Why I won’t give talks about being a woman in tech
You'd probably be more empathetic in person; the Internet has a funny way of making people forget that not every ill-considered action is a window into a person's soul.
tc313··on Usenet Tradecraft: Survival in an Extremely Adversarial Environment (2013)
I think he means using thumb drives and burkas instead of the Internet.
tc313··on Come Back, Colonialism, All Is Forgiven (2008)
Privatize natural resources and make random citizens undeservedly wealthy.

Allow the state to own and manage natural resources and make African dictators undeservedly wealthy (and their citizens poor and unproductive).

tc313··on The Epic Collapse of Deutsche Bank
DB is trading at about 25% of book value.
tc313··on Would a Work-Free World Be So Bad?
Yeah, somebody needs to make the video games. Otherwise, what's the point of not working?
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