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Re:Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities on Monday November 05, 2018 @05:12PM (#18386456)
What happens when a material event occurs that vastly changes the outcome is that they just return the money.
“How does the company reward tenure?”
I block the camera on my Mac ever since I saw 60 minutes interview Mark Zuckerberg where he had his camera covered.

[source] https://www.hackread.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mark-Zuc...

Interesting! So how did he run the standups?
Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:45AM (#16922621)
I believe the theory is that by posting prices online hospitals will become generally regarded as being "expensive" or "inexpensive", which in turn could drive prices down.
Re:Founding Stories Are Myths on Monday March 05, 2018 @12:41PM (#16522752)
/r/entrepreneur thread about the same post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/80f0c3/why_yo...

The Epistles of the Bible: Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude
>> They said they might look at selling when the value of all the Bitcoin in circulation approaches the value of all gold in the world — some $7 trillion or $8 trillion compared with the $310 billion value of all Bitcoin on Tuesday — given that they think Bitcoin is set to replace gold as a rare commodity. But then Tyler Winklevoss questioned even that, pointing out the ways that he believes Bitcoin is better than gold.

I found this to be the most fascinating part of the article.

Re:AI will replace coders by 2040, warn academics on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:50PM (#15899763)
The study cited is a 3 page PDF that has absolutely zero scientific weight.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.00676.pdf

Because the credits roll-over from month to month. So if you watch less than 12 movies a year, then this service will be ~$12 cheaper.

Ask HN: Designer to FrontEnd Developer Handoff Process?

Background: We are primarily a mobile web company. Our current process is our designer mocks up the screens in Sketch. One the designer and product team confirm a design, the designer outputs a PNG that is the height/width of an iPhone 7. That height/width then goes into the requirements document.Problem: There is a lot of back and forth between the front end developer and designer about...

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Very good point! Thank you for the greater sense of context, as I wasn't trying to imply that Facebook was a bad actor for copying.
>>"...and then decide to ignore, buy, invest."

...and then decide to ignore, buy, invest or copy.

Re:Show HN: Mockoon – mock REST APIs in seconds on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @12:49PM (#15443294)
Branding suggestion: I would change the name/logo. Not to be PC, but because the name/logo gave me an immediate cringe and I would have a hard time telling my friends about this service by name. I know it's unintentional by you. Please take a look at the 2nd definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/coon
NOTE that the Registered Trademark of "1-Click" will still be valid and owned by Amazon

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:d4r...

Re:President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @06:03PM (#14304193)
"Trump just fired the man leading a counterintelligence investigation into his campaign, on the same day that the Senate Intelligence commitee requested financial documents relating to Trump's business dealings from the treasury department that handles money laundering." -Comment from reddit that sums up how strange this is.
Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:31AM (#14145664)
(I'm not arguing for or against, because your question is to explain the logic to you)

I believe the logic comes down to the highest constitution you bind yourself to.

By birth we are bound to our country of birth's constitution and once we become an adult we have the ability to renounce that constitution and apply to be bound by another countries constitution.

Congratulations on your weight loss!

Separately, I don't know if I understand your point. To me you are saying that because the grey matter in our brains is made of cholesterol that means we should eat more cholesterol and your recommendation for how to get more cholesterol is by using grass fed butter.

Did I correctly state your point?

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