Yes, humans are inclined to form tribes and to fear the other, just like our primitive ancestors. It's little reason to justify such division today, and especially not to participate in mass murder to achieve it.
This post wholly ignores why Berkshire Hathaway is successful. The company is not successful because they make selling companies to them easy. They are successful because they buy good, cash rich businesses and find excellent management to run them.
I appreciate Aral's general issues with Facebook. Privacy rights in the digital age are issues we face not just with SV, but with every corporation we interact with. I appreciate the EU's interest in this sphere and I worry the rights of US citizens will be co-opted by corporate lobbying, not to mention other parts of the world.
95% is absolutely not accurate. Amzn's latest annual report (put out April 6th 2016) states ”close to 50% of units sold on Amazon are sold by third-party sellers."
I find the underlying premise of this article and the claim that there is a "war on boys" absurd. It's a old argument from the same old set of people who have the same old intolerant (and dying) paradigm.
Not sure why it is on HN at all as the content has nothing to do with tech...
This guy works for iFixit and is unaware that using a large amount of thermal paste is a terrible idea? Large amounts make heat transfer worse, not better. I guess you can't expect too much from a site that hawks its tools/repair over accurate reporting...