That's true of any language. Even within the same language paradigm. If you know C#/Java then learn C++ or vice versa and it'll affect the way you think about programming. Or move on to different paradigms... Go outside…
> If you break it down, the Yahoo Alibaba + Yahoo Japan stake + Yahoo's final selling price equals Microsoft's $45/share offer Actually, if mayer didn't sell a huge chunk of alibaba stake, the BABA stake by itself would…
> Many years ago Microsoft was trying to purchase Yahoo for $45 a share. Every company has their Yahoo moment, where they consider making an over the top purchase offer for a company, that in hind site looks like a…
It's all journalists. It's all media. Some are for sure outright corrupt but it's just part of the job. > I'm not sure how easy this would be. Does anyone know if something like this exists? Don't know of any such thing…
The most worrying part is tech industry buying news media. Steve Jobs wife bought The Atlantic. Bezos bought the washingtonpost. As the news properties become cheaper and the money floods the tech industry, I'm sure…
> Is he wrong? Did Tesla not prove to the rest of the auto industry that electric cars are not only viable but also profitable and inevitable? From your "context": "What are the accumulated losses so far? $5-10B?"…
> I'm not sure why you're so upset. I'm not. But it's interesting how I just got swarmed by 3 commenters. > The comment you are quoting is a snippet out of context. The context makes it even worse. "None of us can…
> I don't see the jump from noting that the same enthusiastic fanboy is in the HN thread and the TSLA thread to "It's like a TSLA/Elon cult meeting in this thread." Have you read the comments and the replies?
Yes. From all sides. It's sad thing to witness because my naive young self viewed social media as the promise of free information flow, honest interaction and entertainment. I guess that was wishful thinking.
Jesus. Look at the top comment and the replies in this thread. I find it hard to believe it is real HN commenters and not a TSLA PR campaign here. "What are the accumulated losses so far? $5-10B? Even if Tesla were to…
It's also a shame that whenever I see comments like this I'm thinking why is a HN user trying to divert attention to a whole different topic? There is so much agenda driven propaganda on social media now.
> The Allied Powers had seemingly learned the lessons of Versailles and didn't try to punish the losers (well, not as much), instead letting them grow. This was true for Germany but not for japan. Due to hard feelings…
> I like how you portray the US to have a higher moral standard for this subject matter. I wonder if there's a Chinese guy who read the article and said: It's just the nature of where we live and our propaganda. We have…
> it's inevitable that we also learn to control our own evolution. The problem here is the pronoun "we" and "our". It isn't "we" who are going to control evolution. It is a select group of wealthy elites. Also, just…
> You're not taking into account the size of the US. If you look for per capita Nobel prizes the US is not even in the top 10. Per capita doesn't matter when it comes to being a superpower. The US is an economic…
> Nope, They were the first settlers in those area just like first settlers in Europe, Africa or Asia some 30-40k years ago before they were invaded recently in 15th century and the migration wave started and guys came…
> Amazon had almost 20 years in business without "making any money" except a few quarters where they accidentally eked out some non-trivial profit. AMZN could get away with it because it was growing and expanding nearly…
> The valley would not exist without quality schools, but those schools are no better than Canada's. I'm not saying canada doesn't have good schools. I'm saying the US has hundreds of top universities while canada has a…
> Comparing raw numbers like that makes no sense considering Canada has a population of 35 million against the U.S.'s 323 million. Even on a per capita basis, we outstrip canada easily. But raw numbers doesn't count? So…
> Good student performance consistently correlates with higher-paying jobs and higher quality of life. Because that's the more sensible definition for superpower? > Good student performance consistently correlates with…
> Yes, may be this should be the ideal definition of a non immigrant US / Canadian, but most of the time people judge you only by color/race in those area Really? What's your point? We are talking about the meaning of…
It has nothing to "reset" or having to think about helping the 99%. Silicon Valley isn't a charity and the VC crowd nor anyone else in silicon valley care about society or doing good. It's all about money. The FED has…
> For you, the most important result might be economic gains/growth and for others, it might be scientific/academic achievements such as Nobel prizes, research papers, major scientific breakthroughs, etc. I agree. > If…
> We do have top-tier universities (UBC, University of Toronto, UWaterloo) I agree. I didn't deny that. Now compare how many top universities we have in the US? If the US has hundreds of top universities and Canada has…
Highly educated immigrants could be a boon to a society. Or it could be a drag on wages of white collar workers. Nothing is ever all good or all bad. > In other words education is important but the focusing on education…
That's true of any language. Even within the same language paradigm. If you know C#/Java then learn C++ or vice versa and it'll affect the way you think about programming. Or move on to different paradigms... Go outside…
> If you break it down, the Yahoo Alibaba + Yahoo Japan stake + Yahoo's final selling price equals Microsoft's $45/share offer Actually, if mayer didn't sell a huge chunk of alibaba stake, the BABA stake by itself would…
> Many years ago Microsoft was trying to purchase Yahoo for $45 a share. Every company has their Yahoo moment, where they consider making an over the top purchase offer for a company, that in hind site looks like a…
It's all journalists. It's all media. Some are for sure outright corrupt but it's just part of the job. > I'm not sure how easy this would be. Does anyone know if something like this exists? Don't know of any such thing…
The most worrying part is tech industry buying news media. Steve Jobs wife bought The Atlantic. Bezos bought the washingtonpost. As the news properties become cheaper and the money floods the tech industry, I'm sure…
> Is he wrong? Did Tesla not prove to the rest of the auto industry that electric cars are not only viable but also profitable and inevitable? From your "context": "What are the accumulated losses so far? $5-10B?"…
> I'm not sure why you're so upset. I'm not. But it's interesting how I just got swarmed by 3 commenters. > The comment you are quoting is a snippet out of context. The context makes it even worse. "None of us can…
> I don't see the jump from noting that the same enthusiastic fanboy is in the HN thread and the TSLA thread to "It's like a TSLA/Elon cult meeting in this thread." Have you read the comments and the replies?
Yes. From all sides. It's sad thing to witness because my naive young self viewed social media as the promise of free information flow, honest interaction and entertainment. I guess that was wishful thinking.
Jesus. Look at the top comment and the replies in this thread. I find it hard to believe it is real HN commenters and not a TSLA PR campaign here. "What are the accumulated losses so far? $5-10B? Even if Tesla were to…
It's also a shame that whenever I see comments like this I'm thinking why is a HN user trying to divert attention to a whole different topic? There is so much agenda driven propaganda on social media now.
> The Allied Powers had seemingly learned the lessons of Versailles and didn't try to punish the losers (well, not as much), instead letting them grow. This was true for Germany but not for japan. Due to hard feelings…
> I like how you portray the US to have a higher moral standard for this subject matter. I wonder if there's a Chinese guy who read the article and said: It's just the nature of where we live and our propaganda. We have…
> it's inevitable that we also learn to control our own evolution. The problem here is the pronoun "we" and "our". It isn't "we" who are going to control evolution. It is a select group of wealthy elites. Also, just…
> You're not taking into account the size of the US. If you look for per capita Nobel prizes the US is not even in the top 10. Per capita doesn't matter when it comes to being a superpower. The US is an economic…
> Nope, They were the first settlers in those area just like first settlers in Europe, Africa or Asia some 30-40k years ago before they were invaded recently in 15th century and the migration wave started and guys came…
> Amazon had almost 20 years in business without "making any money" except a few quarters where they accidentally eked out some non-trivial profit. AMZN could get away with it because it was growing and expanding nearly…
> The valley would not exist without quality schools, but those schools are no better than Canada's. I'm not saying canada doesn't have good schools. I'm saying the US has hundreds of top universities while canada has a…
> Comparing raw numbers like that makes no sense considering Canada has a population of 35 million against the U.S.'s 323 million. Even on a per capita basis, we outstrip canada easily. But raw numbers doesn't count? So…
> Good student performance consistently correlates with higher-paying jobs and higher quality of life. Because that's the more sensible definition for superpower? > Good student performance consistently correlates with…
> Yes, may be this should be the ideal definition of a non immigrant US / Canadian, but most of the time people judge you only by color/race in those area Really? What's your point? We are talking about the meaning of…
It has nothing to "reset" or having to think about helping the 99%. Silicon Valley isn't a charity and the VC crowd nor anyone else in silicon valley care about society or doing good. It's all about money. The FED has…
> For you, the most important result might be economic gains/growth and for others, it might be scientific/academic achievements such as Nobel prizes, research papers, major scientific breakthroughs, etc. I agree. > If…
> We do have top-tier universities (UBC, University of Toronto, UWaterloo) I agree. I didn't deny that. Now compare how many top universities we have in the US? If the US has hundreds of top universities and Canada has…
Highly educated immigrants could be a boon to a society. Or it could be a drag on wages of white collar workers. Nothing is ever all good or all bad. > In other words education is important but the focusing on education…