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China is invading Taiwan because of misguided nationalistic pride and internal legitimacy, not to gain TSMC.

If possible, Taiwan should keep TSMC so that the West has a reason to defend Taiwan.

Muon showers... WTF?

"Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has rolled out campaign proposals over the past month that include major increases in federal R&D spending, with a focus on clean energy and emerging technologies."

https://www.aip.org/fyi/2020/biden-and-harris-envision-ambit...

Also note that Todd Gitlin was a contributor too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Gitlin

I didn't realize that he was into math (Harvard math major) before becoming a sociologist and writer.

For the case of Polynesia (including Hawaii), they are considered to be Austronesian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples

It is widely believed that they are related to (and originated from) the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan, which is distinct from Chinese civilization in both genetics, culture and agriculture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia#Origins_and_expansio...

When the Polynesians arrived by boat in New Zealand (Maori), Hawaii, Easter Island and other islands in the South Pacific prior to AD 1300, they were the first settlers there. Also, their expansion is completely unrelated to "Chinese expansion".

Work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.

Yes, the report refers to the (US) Vietnam War and the Rolling Thunder campaign, which took place in the 1960s. Can the OP change the title to refer to 1967?

This event is in English: https://www.meetup.com/taiwanvirtualreality/

30% is a lot to take away from the developers. It's good to have some pressure on Apple to lower their percentage.

Jaynes was a professor at Princeton University, so he must've built up enough credibility to get this appointment.

I was a student at Princeton and actually sat in on his class for a few sessions.

Where is Taiwan?!

Taiwan is one of top countries for patents per capita: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovatio...

Note that in Taiwan, most companies offer a year-end bonus (at Chinese new year) of several months of salary. At the minimum this is 1 or 2 months, but depending on individual or company performance, it can go as high as 4 months (and in extreme cases, even more!). Hence the monthly salaries need to be multiplied by 14x or 16x or more, rather than 12x to get an annual salary.

I tried the Touch Bar at the Apple Store, and after tapping on it for various items, I then found myself tapping on the lower part of the screen as well, which of course doesn't work. It just left me feeling that the Touch Bar is a clunky halfway solution, and that having full touchscreens (like on the new Windows machines) is more natural and intuitive.

Who goes Trump?

Google "Why apple should kill off the mac" and click on the article link.

Yes, I got a bad feeling about the RISE conference (run by the same people who run WebSummit). There was no pricing on their web page, and then some sales person called to make an offer of a startup booth at a very high price (even after discount). I can understand that running conferences can be expensive, but somehow it felt like a scam.

In the new version (2.0) of the Facebook API, Facebook no longer gives the friend list to developers.

Just wanted to say, I'm a big fan of your essays!

Another blog I like that seems somewhat related to "evilology" is http://www.ribbonfarm.com/, especially the essays on the Gervais principle.

Regarding college students, I think this is a matter of becoming more responsible in his advice, now that he's become so prominent.

For that "paranoid thriller" sort of feeling, try reading these blog posts: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/

Correction: The attached essay claims to be written without NON-German derivatives.

Actually this is what happened to us... our AWS credentials had accidentally been put into Github for a hackathon project several months ago.

Coincidentally, the incident also occurred around the same time (April 1-2). We were hit with $13,000 worth of EC2 usage before we shut them down and changed our AWS key... We reported to Amazon, and they are working on a refund.

He could write another "burning platform" memo and run Microsoft into the ground too...

Congratulations!

Just curious -- how is this different from RubyWarrior (which I enjoyed playing)?

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Agreed.

I believe the talks will be posted online. You can also find previous year's talks online on youtube.

I don't know about Startup School by itself... but in general, I think it's worth it to visit the bay area (perhaps for several weeks) to network and understand the place.

Typo. Should be: You can't SORT all the words...