Hacker News: onewaystreet

New comment by onewaystreet in "It can all go to zero"

onewaystreet — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:51:28 +0000

> That such an elementary claim about a volatile asset is controversial almost says more than the article.

That it's such an elementary claim is the reason for the pushback. What's the point in saying something obvious?

New comment by onewaystreet in "Facebook users in Romania see content related to street protests reviewed"

onewaystreet — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:51:01 +0000

Every time Facebook has stepped in to "fix" something they have been criticized by one side or another. They have learned that it's safer for them to do nothing and then blame the algorithm when enough people complain. No one gets fired when the algorithm does something wrong.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Leonardo Da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3M, Shattering Auction Records"

onewaystreet — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:51:27 +0000

Christie's has more details here: http://www.christies.com/features/Salvator-Mundi-timeline-86...

That BBC quote is a bit misleading. The photo on the left is what the painting looked like before restoration, not what it looked like when it was originally painted. Parts of it had been damaged and repainted over multiple times in the past which is why the restored version looks so different.

New comment by onewaystreet in "How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online"

onewaystreet — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:18:53 +0000

Towelliee (Garcia) has been streaming on Twitch since the start. He's not the most popular streamer by far but is one of the few still streaming from back then. It will be interesting to see if newer more popular streamers like Dr. Disrespect can maintain their viewership.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Secret Service Agent Sentenced In Scheme Related To Silk Road Investigation"

onewaystreet — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:38:10 +0000

> As part of his plea, Bridges agreed to turn over the stolen bitcoin to U.S. agents.

He likely got less time for agreeing to turn over his private key. That might have been a bad decision depending on how many years he would have gotten otherwise. Those 1,600 bitcoin are worth over $10 million at the moment.

New comment by onewaystreet in "After the end of the startup era"

onewaystreet — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:41:39 +0000

Weird that an article on the end of startups doesn't mention the likely next big area for startups: Genetics.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Dear Silicon Valley: America’s fallen out of love with you"

onewaystreet — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:02:44 +0000

The fact that Uber hasn't suffered any noticeable loss of business suggests that this is false. Or at least that it doesn't matter if people love you or not.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Facebook’s war on free will"

onewaystreet — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:13:54 +0000

And before the press it was the church, the community and the family.

New comment by onewaystreet in "LogDevice: a distributed data store for logs"

onewaystreet — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:22:28 +0000

Because there is no licensing issue because this project hasn't been released. This blog post is a preannouncement. When it's released and its known what license it uses then it will become a pertinent discussion.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car"

onewaystreet — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 01:53:03 +0000

> Build a car that was familiar built out with quality materials and an iOS dash interface and you'd sell like hotcakes.

That's basically what Tesla is doing with their Model 3.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Despite S.E.C. Warning, Wave of Initial Coin Offerings Grows"

onewaystreet — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 18:09:37 +0000

Just in the past three months bitcoin has gone from $1500 to $3000 to $2500 to $1800 to $2900 to $2500 to $3400. You'd make more with a lot less risk just waiting for a dip and buying.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Bitcoin Cash Soars to $700, Coinbase Customers Threaten to Sue"

onewaystreet — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:08:10 +0000

Coinbase warned people for a month that they wouldn't support Bitcoin Cash.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of social norms"

onewaystreet — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:15:36 +0000

It wasn't long ago that Facebook was being criticized for not enabling Safety Check:

https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/15/facebook-says-it-will-enab...

>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg committed to turning on Safety Check in more human disasters going forward, responding to criticism that the company turned on its safety feature for Paris but not for Beirut and other bombings.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of social norms"

onewaystreet — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:07:56 +0000

> I've said it before here, and I'll say it every time it's relevant

What makes this one of those times?

New comment by onewaystreet in "Ask HN: Has the HN entry about Sam Altman running for office just been removed?"

onewaystreet — Mon, 15 May 2017 15:59:14 +0000

But it's not a perfectly regular piece of news. It's a rumor. Hacker News isn't a gossip site. If/when Sam announces he's running the announcement will not get flagged.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Thank You, Yakkers"

onewaystreet — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:52:48 +0000

It got filled by Facebook.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress"

onewaystreet — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:14:35 +0000

I didn't flag this, but there is an argument for doing so: People commit suicide everyday. Many because of job stress. That this person worked at Uber doesn't make it newsworthy.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly"

onewaystreet — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:36:24 +0000

> Also look at how Zuck bought Oculus and turned it from VR fan favorite to this horrible Facebook division that inches away from PC VR everyday and into social and mobile spaces.

Because that's where the users are. PC VR is going to be a very small niche in the larger AR/VR space.

New comment by onewaystreet in "Big publishers are fleeing from Facebook's Instant Articles"

onewaystreet — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:54:47 +0000

Facebook shows you stuff that you have shown interest in or has been shared by your friends. If you want to expand the range of opinions you see in your feed follow some less liberal people.

New comment by onewaystreet in "FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports"

onewaystreet — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:47:55 +0000

Then what are you basing your opinion on?