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I see we have some extreme leftists in the house. Pol pot, mao, and stalin should be on your list too.

"Castro, and Mandela"

Mandela and Castro are murderers. Why are they even included on your list?

I suppose if "you win" means a jail sentence, then yes.

Maybe because you are younger than all of your peers and you end up missing out many things because of it.

well..I like my money like I like my women..

When many regulations and unions that won't fire bad teachers are the norm, it's fresh thinking.

Why does everyone defend the unions so much here? They are the reason we have a sub-par education system in the US. Teachers get automatic raises not based on merit and it's very difficult to fire a bad teacher. Until this problem is fixed (which the unions likely won't fix on their own), the other things you try aren't really going to help.

"No. But if I had been in a system with a shorter summer vacation from the beginning, I don't think I would care too much."

I suppose it's like someone that lives in North Korea: They don't know the freedoms they are missing because they've never had them.

" Summers were usually spent playing a lot of video games and going on boring camping trips with various relatives. At the time I loved the break, but I can hardly remember a summer where something really interesting and eventful happened."

Most of my favorite childhood memories happened during summer vacation. The thing is, once you are older..you can't ever re-create that time of complete freedom because you have life responsibilities. I don't want to take that a way from kids.

it's the software+service+phone that make up the value (and final cost) of the phone. Not the individual physical parts.

..and here I thought I could already do that.

I'm more interested in countries that make it easy for a company to grow. If taxes and restrictions are high, but it's cheap and easy to start a company, it doesn't really help me as a business owner.

Otherwise known as propaganda.

Most of the deniers were never about if global warming exists, it's the cause.

I wish the same people who supported the occupation of wall street supported the rights of software developers and musicians.

More money is demanded from the protesters, yet when developers and musicians have a problem with people downloading their hard work without any compensation, the answer is: "you aren't guaranteed a profit".

Well occupiers, now it's my turn to say the same thing when you tell me you have a $50,000 student loan debt and you can't find a job or when you want a government-sanctioned wage increase for not doing anything more.

I feel like people that are successful are being attacked here. I've seen it time and time again with the protesters. They try to silence anyone that even has a hint of success.

What about garage sales?

I have to disagree with you there. If Mcdonalds had such an "awful" product, nobody would eat there and it wouldn't be as popular. There are plenty of alternatives.

I can't imagine a 91% tax at any level. That's just plain robbery.

This is exactly what happened at my last company.

The president was a coder and always wanted to work on features that had a strict deadline for our clients. He would give us the code a few days before and we would have to break our backs to fix it.

He also refused to check anything into SVN.

There are no main chain grocery stores (like Meijer) in Detroit proper. So I guess there are some grocery stores, but not quality ones.

"Stop believing lies and anecdotal evidence and your failed assumptions from living far away from the city itself."

These aren't assumptions. By continuing to deny the problems with Detroit, it will never get better.

This is exactly what has been happening for years. The population continued to deny that Kwame was nothing but a corrupt thug and the city suffered as a result (in crime and people leaving).

"Did you know that downtown Detroit proper has a lower crime rate than basically every other major city in the US?"

Like I said, right downtown is fine. You go even a mile outside the main strip, and it's worse than almost any city in the US. I know, I've been there many times in the last year.

You can't safely live and work in a city like this.

The other problem with the ideas guy is that they usually can't see how difficult something is and want it asap. What ends up happening is that they either change their idea mid-stream or move onto something else. If they actually had any time (besides the idea) invested in it, this most likely wouldn't happen.

This is why you should partner up with someone with connections, money, or both if you are developer. Otherwise, they will not bring enough to the table.

"David, with due respect. You're sounding a bit hypocritical here. You make reference to Detroit as an "Armpit" when, in the same sentence you make reference to only "reading about it". Congratulations on becoming a sucker to the media stereotype."

I lived 10 miles from Detroit for 20+ years. It's not a stereotype, it really is an armpit. Did you know that there are no grocery stores in the city? This is mostly because they got robbed so many times.

Downtown near the casino is probably the only place you can go safely. The problem is that if you venture even a few miles out of your way, it's dangerous. I know at least three people that got carjacked in the past year in Detroit..and all were just returning to their cars in a parking structure.

"Until then, we dont really care to pay a whole lot of credence to what the "Arm Chair Experts" have to say about Detroit and the surrounding area, because they couldn't be more wrong."

I know Detroit and the surrounding area. They aren't wrong. This isn't a recent thing either. Detroit has had rapidly increasing crime rates since the 70s. I wish it was a better city, like Chicago or New York, but it just isn't. It's sad.

Aside from the liberal government doing things like cutting 20% of the police force and investing in a $500,000 art installation, Ann Arbor isn't a bad city for your startup.

If this happened, we would have many people claiming that many universities were discriminating against the poor, because their loans wouldn't cover tuition.

This list is misleading.

over half are from the Ann Arbor area and a few are in California (and other states) with a few remote offices in Ann Arbor.

They really should be pushing for Ann Arbor to be a tech center, not Detroit.

Kind if like piracy? Yeah, we saw how well that worked out.

"that's far better than making 15-25% in the stock market because there's no risk"

Not really, because clipping coupons won't ever make you enough to retire.

"So if he gets cancer or heart disease (most common serious illnesses), he is fucked, and will be fucked every year, if he can still afford that insurance after the first year."

I already looked. $3000 deductible, no lifetime limits, and it covers major surgery, doctor visits are $40. If you want prescription coverage, there are plans less than $200 (in the $190 range) that cover 80% of prescriptions.

Cable costs this much. I'm not saying this guy should pay for this, but many people that claim they will go bankrupt can easily get a plan like this and not.

"Remember how upset they got when their bonuses were in danger unless they got bailed out?"

Entitlement is entitlement. Your argument is that of a child: he's doing something wrong, so I am too. Why can't they be above it?

"If you're a tax payer, you're entitled to good government. You're entitled to be treated fairly and equitably. You shouldn't be short changed just because you're only middle class."

You're right. I wish my taxes were lower for me. Maybe I should go protest?

Yes, but you won't go bankrupt like so many people claim you will without health insurance. Why don't more people get this $80 plan?

"Projecting your life upon others is remarkably naive."

My problem with the whole thing is the level of entitlement that everyone seems to have.

I started seeing it a few years ago with the downloading of movies, software, advertising (just look at the adblock community) and games online. When questioned, many people say that nobody deserves a living (I've even seen it here on HN). This level of entitlement has now moved onto: a job, a college education, health care, and a home.

If you don't have health insurance, many of the big companies have plans that aren't that expensive. Your deductible will be a couple thousand (which isn't that much compared to having no insurance) and it will only cost you $80 or $90 per month. This is the cost of many cell-phone plans.

"He appears to have no empathy for people who lost everything by doing the safe thing: buying a house, working a job, and living the dream."

How is buying a house the safe thing? A house is an investment and there is risk associated with all investments. If you aren't willing to take those risks, you shouldn't buy a house. Renting is still a viable option.

"Wall Street getting a bailout while average people are told it's unpatriotic and un-American to ask for help"

So two wrongs make a right? By wanting help you are just legitimizing the bailouts.