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blocked_again··on SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk
No. I would be saying them if they want to vote, move to a country which values them and give them the right to vote.

Just like millions of people ditched communist countries and moved to USA.

blocked_again··on SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk
What makes you think all companies are like that? Get a job in a company where you won't get fired in a well meaning letter.
blocked_again··on SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk
If you want balance of power improve your skills and get job in a company that values you more. There would never be perfect balance of power. It's not real life.
blocked_again··on SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk
It's a free market. Find another company who values your skill.
blocked_again··on Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs
I am not taking about now. Look back a few months. It's still the same case.
blocked_again··on Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs
Is there a single YC company which is doing good in public market? It seems like all YC companies are net loss making investment for the retail investors have they bought the stocks in IPO.
blocked_again··on Overthinking (2021)
Are there any books you recommend?
blocked_again··on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs
I think the fact that these companies are successful inspite of this shows how good their initial product market fit and founders(CEOs) were. Even after having non builders in key leadership position these companies survived and continue to thrive. Just think about it. Business school admissions are not given on the basis on how well you can run a company long term.

I think companies like coinbase can't afford to have non builders in leadership because they don't have a strong product market fit compared to Facebook, Tesla cars, AWS etc.

blocked_again··on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs
It's simple. The CEO is the founder and built the company from the ground up and has the most skin in the game. Execs keeps jumping between the companies for better resume and compensation and don't generally care about long term results.
blocked_again··on Coinbase employees petition to remove execs
Companies should only hire entrepreneurs and engineers who has proven track record as builders as execs. Hiring people from business schools and non engineers as execs is the stupidest thing you can do for long term sucess of the company.

Hire builders. Not resume builders.

blocked_again··on Behind the Ferrari and Lamborghini rivalry
Lamborghinis are ERC721s. Toyotos are ERC20s.
blocked_again··on A six-month program in Britain will assess the effects of a shorter workweek
Have you heard of minority rule?

https://atlasgeographica.com/the-minority-rule-explained/

blocked_again··on Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules
No wonder newspapers are going bankrupt.

Summarised such a complex topic in 12 words.

And I can't even summarise my function refactoring changes in less than 20 words.

blocked_again··on Ask HN: How do I get my Google account back?
I know someone who recovered their hacker YoutTube account(Google account) by contacting YouTube support on Twitter.
blocked_again··on Cryptocurrencies – An Assessment by Reserve Bank of India
You do know that India has probably one of the best centralized payment systems in the world right? Read about UPI aka Unified Payment Interface.
blocked_again··on Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
No. You didn't open the web page. The pen also now fits inside the phone.
blocked_again··on India Semiconductor Mission
India has the 6th highest GDP in the world. And is on path to become the 3rd highest in the coming years. The only question is whether India can surpass GDP of US or China in the next 30 years. Let's wait and see.
blocked_again··on Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide
I don't really buy that consumer protection and antitrust regulations actually result in a better free market. I think the market is better off doing it's thing rather than a bunch of politicians trying to make it more efficient.
blocked_again··on Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide
They did bought the goods from him beforehand. And he agreed to sell. He should have considered the possibility that Amazon has option to later sell the items as a higher price. Isn't that obvious to any seller?
blocked_again··on Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide
Well, the competitor did agree to sell the items to Amazon. Nobody forced them. They did it for economic benefit. So I don't understand the problem here.
blocked_again··on On Leaving Facebook
Sure. But then you are making a decision based truely on what you want to do with your life. Not the same as people working for a company because they have to and that's their only way to survive.
blocked_again··on On Leaving Facebook
I have friends who retired at age 25. Retiring early should be the number one focus you have in your life. Everything else is bullshit, noise and propoganda.
blocked_again··on Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying
I wonder how much extra revenue would be generated out of this move? Google stock to the moon?
blocked_again··on Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox
Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.
blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
Well I agree that I should have been a bit more careful while writing the sentence.

At the same time, it's completely pointless to correct someone instead of focusing on the discussion when you totally understand what the other person said.

blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
The point is that everyone is capable of figuring out that it's a typo and I actually meant comprises of. There is almost no one who reads that sentence and is confused what I actually meant. The brain of an average person is perfectly capable of doing that. Focusing on that typo even after totally understanding what I wrote is completely missing the point of language in the first place. Which is to communicate ideas.
blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
Obviously I have more than a basic understanding of English. The whole issue with this thread is that I accidentally miswrote a sentence and even after understanding the context someone found it the necessary to point that I made a mistake. The whole point of language is to communicate your ideas. If you understand what I am saying then the point of writing the sentence is accomplished. Instead deciding to focus on the syntax or grammar or whatever is just missing the whole picture.
blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
You still understand the context right. What's the point of cherry-picking then?
blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
The point of language is to communicate. As long as you understand what the person is saying it's good enough. Once you start cherry picking on the syntax itself you are missing the actual point of why the language was invented in the first place.
blocked_again··on Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more than official counts show
India compromises of 28 states. And all most all of them have a population bigger than New Zeland and some of them even have populations bigger than Brazil. Stop over generalizing your experiences with one state in India with entire India. What one experiences in Bihar or UP would be completely different from what one experience in Kerala or Goa for example. Be specific when talking about your experience in India.
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