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Re:How to Make Trillions of Dollars on Friday January 28, 2011 @11:45AM (#2152479)
"manipulate people against their interests and to destroy the environment."

What system doesn't do this? If it's not a corporation manipulating people against their interests, it's the government.

"a person freely making a bad decision of their own volition is not moral insulation for offering them that bad decision in the first place."

If a person can't freely make a bad decision, it means they have less freedom. It's also interesting, because many "bad decisions" are subjective. Would you consider allowing a woman to have an abortion a bad decision? How about drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, or eating fatty foods?

All of these in one way or another are bad decisions, but I wouldn't want to be prevented from making them.

Re:Justin.tv guys launching new mobile video app Socialcam on Thursday January 27, 2011 @05:45PM (#2149886)
I love Justin.tv. I just discovered their live streaming section, which has everything from office episodes to television stations I don't get in my area (I've been practicing my Mandarin Chinese by watching a station in Toronto)
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup playwire.com on Thursday January 27, 2011 @11:22AM (#2148375)
I like your idea. The site also looks nice. Do you host these videos yourself? I can see bandwidth charges getting out of control if you do.