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jasonbarrah

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jasonbarrah··on The Story McKinsey Didn’t Want Written
Savage
jasonbarrah··on Americans Are Not Prepared for the Coming Mother of All Stock Market Crashes
Danger ahead! Pivots quite strongly from somewhat reasonable market discussion to advocating communism/socialism. Reminds me of college...
jasonbarrah··on Ask HN: Those who moved careers from the West to China, what's your experience?
One of these things is not like the other. You lack much perspective.
jasonbarrah··on Is porn making young men impotent?
My money is still on cell phones radiation from the front pocket.
jasonbarrah··on Sousveillance
I was almost certain that this article was about my WIFI enabled Sous Vide cooker being hacked.

Stay away from my cooking times and trade secrets China! These ribs are fall off the bone tender!

jasonbarrah··on The relationship between age and wisdom-related performance (1999)
This study is from 1999, before the internet as we know it, and long before children walked around with smartphones in their pockets. Its also very clear from you answer that you are a young person. I wonder if your answer will change when you are 75?
jasonbarrah··on Ask HN: Is it normal for VC to take a fee on exit?
I think he was commenting on the generational trend. There is naturally going to be a shift when two billion new users enter a media landscape that was previously only occupied by a few professional firms. In addition, I think it would be hard for an intellectually honest person to deny that in the current age of click bait news that agencies of all stripes are running articles with less corroborating evidence than they would have in the past so as to be the first ones to the scoop. Unfortunately, Russian facebook trolls have set the new burden of proof for online kangaroo courts, and it is not much.
jasonbarrah··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)
Just keep senior people there as code reviewers and 'account managers' who would sit down with stakeholders from DC. Then open source some of the other projects or at least add approved citizens that could work remotely on low-security projects. (Like some of the commenters above).
jasonbarrah··on Japan's Hometown Tax
There is nothing wrong with some sticks working together to get better deals on medical supplies or defend from other sticks in time of need.

The issue is that you are forcing the stick to give up its national identity, borders, fishing rights, and laws in order to be part of the bundle.

jasonbarrah··on Japan's Hometown Tax
I agree, I'm afraid we'd end up with the government spending equivalent of a poorly planned college potluck. Everyone brings chips and paper plates and there is no actual food.
jasonbarrah··on Bull Market Hits a Milestone: 3,453 Days – Most Americans Aren’t at the Party
The whole point of his question was that you take those advantages away from those men and see what they would do. The key is their creativity and ability to find ways to make money.

Bill Gates was actually famously asked a version of this question. (What would you do if you were poor with no education and lived in a third world country.) He responded "Buy Chickens".

jasonbarrah··on Who Left Open The Cookie Jar?
Transparent has a unique meaning in the context of computing And a different one in design, business and physics.

Importantly however; Tech people can claim they are being 'transparent'. To them this can mean no visible difference to the user- and to everyone else means visible/public and available for scrutiny.

So yes, I am sure Zuckerberg is focused on 'transparency'.

jasonbarrah··on Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten years in jail
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hie is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -E. Snowden
jasonbarrah··on How a billion dollar autonomous vehicle startup lost its way
This is by far the best solution.

Plus by charging a small border crossing fee, Mexico could pay for the wall within a few years.

No massive environmental damage, no massive cost, and we could even help slow down the flow of guns back into Mexico.

Plus with a reliable and profitable entry program we could set up a WAY more reliable temporary work visas that would allow people to live and work freely without breaking US laws, stealing identities, or placing anyone at risk on either side!

Plus, police, tax officials and family services will get to know who everyone is and where they are working!

Everybody is a winner! No immigrant communities in fear. Prosperity for all. And did I mention Mexico pays for the wall?

jasonbarrah··on California teacher pension debt overwhelms school budgets
"When the public discovers they can vote themselves money from the public treasury, the [American] experiment will be over"-Tocqueville 1838