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I'm guessing you think these should be illegal because they could kill people. I think they should be illegal only if there are statistics showing that a non-negligible percentage of them are use…

You could use that argument to argue against any regulation of any monopoly. "You don't like that Comcast is going to decide what sites you can see? Then make your own ISP" "You d…

Google registered a domain just to host a letter?

I agree the effects won't be felt directly and probably not associated with the correct source. For example, if tiny startups have a hard time getting off the ground against competitors who have…

Given the Python versioning effective convention, it would be strange for the developers to go from 3.9 -> 4.0 because they've run out of digits. Probably better to go to 3.10 to avoid confus…

Being a public utility is not binary. Facebook is not as much a public utility than water, but more or a public utility than just being "an entertainment site". Many social groups use Faceb…

I read this article expecting to hear about negative externalities, but it seems the social cost described here is entirely in "private costs", at least under the assumption of no government…

How come this story seems to have suddenly dropped off the first 3 pages of HN?

Correct. An interesting symptom: the US ranks 33rd out of 34 in the OECD countries for belief in evolution.

I'm not sure what the intention of choosing to define "religion" so as to include atheism, but it might be more productive to directly state what you are getting at. When I google "…

You're right, was at the wrong URL.

I'm one of the founders from today. We don't have access to other startup's videos AFAIK, only our own. I think only investors get to see them all.

Right, I was at Demo Day today. They warned us repeatedly, that unless we opted in to the "off the record" group, anything we said was fair game to become public.

Awesome product. The prominent "Made in the USA" marketing on the About page seemed strange. Does the target audience tend to be xenophobic and like to know that it wasn't developed i…

I'm disappointed to see more companies trending towards text messages. Text message should be used only for time-sensitive communication, but some companies (like my network carrier) text me to …

> the only alternative is to abandon China to those who will do what they are ordered to Sounds like the "well, if I don't do it, someone else will" justification. Not the first tim…

Lame, on Chromium 59, it says "Browser not Supported You're using an web browser we don't support. Try a modern, up to date browser". No thanks, I like open-source.

Right, shame on Google. Even DuckDuckGo's action is extremely mild, but better than nothing at all.

It's inspiring to so many people and organizations come together on this. I wonder if the powers that be will care what the people want.

A good affordable https API to determine location from IP address.

True. Some will go other places like you mention and some will remain in their home countries. In any case, it's not just having talent go to developing countries that I see as a positive, but a…

This is sad for the US. But I do wonder if, on the whole, this is a good thing. I've always wondered if the US's largest "foreign aid giving" is not the actual measly sum of mone…

> I can't imagine how it would NOT be true. You can make money while damaging society. Some (possible) examples are employees working at: - a tobacco company - company that supplies oppres…

I had assumed Microsoft had given up on its phone ambitions, so was surprised to see a Microsoft phone product placement while watching the new movie "Get Out" last night.

Alternatively, if someone wanted to protest, they could make as much money as they like, then just donate it to their cause to avoid taxes.

Yes, my first reaction to the title was "Oh, I can run some kind of Windows component on my Ubuntu machine now?".

I just bought my second Dell Precision pre-installed Ubuntu machine yesterday. I loved my first one (which belonged to my previous employer). And I'm considering getting a System76 desktop late…

Noob question: Why? Do you think Wayland is better? Or is it more efficient to have everyone working on and things being written for one protocol?

As an anecdote, that was exactly my experience. I'm one of those light-weight desktop Linux users. I've only experienced Windwos, OSx and Ubuntu. I can say that I really enjoy the current…