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Within "core" China yes, but that was questionable tbh. Most borders for nations before the 19th century are more hypothetical than reality. Without innovations like the telegraph, railroad,…

That ignores the massive expansion into Central Asia (Tibet, Turkestan, Badhkashan, Altai), Mongolia, Borneo, the Yenisei Basin, Yunnan, Kachin, the Miao/Viet/Tai/Hmong frontier, and Fo…

For the BJP politicians from Gujarat. Adityanath is beholden to industrialists in UP, Sarma is beholden to industrialists in Guwahati, etc. The moment Amit Shah and Narendra Modi leave national BJP po…

Why the downvotes to this guy. He is right. Rajesh Adani is Gautham Adani's brother. That entire conglomerate is the poster child of post-liberalization goondagiri, but that was kind of the norm …

If you have kids you don't live in SF. Plain and simple. It's too expensive to raise a family in the city so it ends up being a handful of very rich old money types who send their kids to el…

Why go public when until 9-12 months ago you could raise IPO level cash ($100-300mil) in a Series D/E/F/G and with none of the SEC scrutiny. It's better for founders to remain priv…

Even the startup conversations on here are completely detached from reality to be honest. There's a lack of understanding among commentators about how VC works, Category Creation, Pricing Strateg…

+1 on this. I know for a fact at a couple F100 organizations, CFOs now want final sign-off on contracts valued around $20k-30k/year and above, whereas before that would be left to a VP. There is …

Regulatory stuff doesn't really impact Big Tech's Cloud presence. I've been working closely on JWCC related RFPs and the big boys at the DoD are 100% going to push back significantly if…

You don't need to be #1 in every category. Having even a 4th place presence can become a 1st place presence if bundled correctly (eg. with IBM Security's managed security portfolio and IBM&#…

Based on my interactions with specific IBM teams: They are a major systems integrator in the financial and govt world, they have a massive professional services team ensuring everything from AIX to RH…

Minus the supplements, a lot of the macros look like a normal clean diet with consistent exercise. Looks like all those PBS Kids specials I watched as a kid were right - follow the food pyramid and ex…

Sadly it seems to be the case. I'm at -4 karma at this point for my comment above. This forum has literally become a Gen X version Reddit. Hell, I'm not even denying that hiring abuses under…

While there are 100% are issues and abuses of power due to how DEI is managed in the private sector, I find it annoying how these threads in HN always throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are …

EEOC and the DoJ litigate even covert attempts at discriminatory employment - that's kinda their job. The bigger issue is they (and the rest of the Federal Litigation infra) are chronically under…

That, actually makes sense. And explains why I can still watch older BBC docs (pre-2012) that were ripped onto youtube. Didn't the airgapping become much more strict when the Tories started pushi…

If it was removed from youtube or IA based on the emergency laws, I'd be able to access them here in the US. Youtube would have invoked geoblocking to go in line with Indian regulations. The fact…

It's not drastically more authoritarian than it ever was. Indian democracy has always had a strongly authoritarian streak legislatively. The key difference is that it is difficult to unlock this …

Definitely is. I've tried watching and uploading more recent BBC documentaries onto platforms like Youtube and YouTube would be quickly to remove said copyright violation. It's deplorable ho…

I believe Der Speigel has a pro-SPD bias (German commentators, please fact check this for me - my Deutsch is a bit weak), and the SPD is a member of the same European Parliament coalition that is in t…

I have worked with Congressional Progressive Caucus affiliated representatives, but this "No True Scotsman" of Left is ignoring the OP's point. Relatively, us in the DNC are to the left…

For sure. As an early stage startups (pre-Series D) that target lower market or mid-market (B2C startups like Chime or B2B SaaS startups like many of the ones you see in YC), continuous operations are…

24 hour operations matter in large budget (>$20k/year) deals. There are SLAs to hit, massive penalties if they are not hit, and customers are VERY trigger happy with filing Severity 1 escalati…

1. It isn't companies moving employees - it's Mexican nationals applying to jobs in the US and then moving. So long as you have working English fluency and a relevant degree, it's prett…

I've heard that from a couple Gay friends actually. They've had a better time in Istanbul's GLBT scene than in the US (though they are Latino in origin and I've heard American Gay …

Aceh is a weird exception in Indonesia. They were only intregrated into Dutch Indonesia in early 20th century and always had a tenuous relationship with the various Malay states and a very strong pol…

They def can, though one of my diaspora buddies is seriously considering returning to CDMX even though he's making good money in SV, graduated from a top CS program in the US, and already got his…

Depends on the role and the sector in tech you work in. IMO, most HN commentators seem to be generic frontend/backend/fullstack devs working on generic CRUD apps at a handful of FAANGs. With…

The same way we call SWEs in Cary, NC talent even though they earn half of what they would for equivalent roles in the Bay Area (compare RTP salaries for the exact same roles and levels at Cisco, Neta…