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I am getting rid of my smartphone after it breaks and downgrading to a flip phone.

I am actually looking forward to being able to type with one hand again.

48% of the country voted for him, not a surprise to see his supporters represented in any group with 2 or more people.

Trump won because democrats didn't vote. Look at the voter turnout for 2008 and 2012 and tell me nominating Hillary wasn't a huge mistake.

The DNC has no one to blame but themselves.

I look forward to seeing what you guys decide.

HN has always set a pretty good benchmark for minimalist developers.

Time to upgrade HN?

That is hardly the first thread to experience performance issues.

Typical.

You didn't get the expected result so you blame democracy. History is filled with countries abandoning democracy in favor of dictatorships.

It never works out.

I have been following his blog for about 6 months because it seemed like he was a pretty rational and lucid trump supporter.

I have a newfound respect for him because he literally called every step of this election.

Too big to fail.

Then aren't you just saying "Google x" with more words.

Karwho?

I anticipate Postmates & Lyft to cave within the next year also.

Uber seems pretty unstoppable now, I think government regulation is the only thing that can really slow them down.

If you have it I would love to see it.

I actually prefer amatuer porn made by couples.

Its authentic and everyone is having a good time.

TIL that most people have no idea how the porn industry operates.

Equating porn to prostitution is like equating a stunt driver to that crazy asshole that ran you off the road.

The porn industry is pretty heavily regulated, requiring std checks, identification, consent forms, and witnesses.

Legal prostitution would attempt to achieve the same level of regulation, but due to the scale it will just result in more trafficing and abuse.

Does it really make a difference for Soylent at this point?

I would imagine their brand is already trashed.

I have heard mixed information on the scale of the leak. Some sources equated it to Deepwater Horizon.

What were your findings?

Google Porter Ranch.

Who cares?

Do you think predators consider the pain threshold of their prey?

Yeah I would rather not drug my food.

The problem isn't democracy, it is the republic.

We have the technology to make congress obsolete.

Ronald Reagan, Jesse Ventura, Arnold...

There was a segment on NPR this morning where a woman who wrote "The History of White People" explained that white people are uncomfortable talking about race because it has never been a problem for them.

Her argument was that now that being white is a "bad" thing, white people want to ignore race.

It was very enlightening, but not for the reasons she intended.

Tech built San Francisco.

Venice is just rich people trying to pretend they are poor.

Slack Killer.

I have been saying for a while that Slack is not a defensible product and that their customer base is notoriously fickle.

As microsoft, google, and apple begin integrating chat more directly into the OS Slack will see its market share vanish.

LAX is a perfect example.

It can take you over an hour to get from the off ramp to your terminal. Less than 1 mile.

I took a $80k pay cut to leave LA and work fully remote.

Slack is the most overrated startup of the last couple years.

A native ui for IRC with some extra features.

Their valuation is laughable and is a prime example of the bubble forming in vc tech.

Thats not a startup. It is a small business.

I am looking forward to a diaspora of developers from MacOS adding a lot of activity and tooling to popular Linux distros.

Tesla/Solar City is better positioned for iHouse.