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Re:Show HN: HN.Academy – Top online courses recommended by Hacker News...
on Thursday January 03, 2019 @09:31PM (#18821496)
You know these are all affiliate links?
Re:In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes on Tricky Public Heal...
on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @01:51PM (#18801588)
"You haven't logged onto Facebook in over a month. We were concerned so we sent over an over an officer for a welfare check"
Re:The Uncharity of College: The Big Business Nobody Understands
on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:24PM (#18792999)
I worked in the industry selling and designing software for Financial Aid offices. You are simply a SSN to them which equals $##,000 in potential revenue
Re:What Happens When Facebook Goes the Way of Myspace?
on Thursday December 20, 2018 @10:34AM (#18725722)
It's hard not to suspect that there is at least some personal vendetta involved here from the media. Facebook destroyed a lot of the business models which were already reeling in the internet age.
Re:US Is Net Oil Exporter for First Time in 75 Years
on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @01:13PM (#18657332)
How do you like living there?
Re:China backs bold plan to tear down journal paywalls
on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:19PM (#18623937)
Pretty similar to 1984 where Orwell split the world up into Eurasia, East Asia and Oceania
Re:Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet
on Saturday November 24, 2018 @12:38AM (#18520652)
"If you lived during the 80s, you'll recall predictions of the Amazon being cut down and the ozone layer being depleted by now. Also peak oil was supposed to have happened, along with several other resources becoming rare."
Isn't it amazing how all the past predictions of environmental doom have been wrong?