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That statement doesn't follow. See Brooks' law.

Peter Thiel used the word 'unfair' as you would expect, in the context of saying that monopolies are successful for exactly the same reasons that they are unfair. And that, as a founder, people should be looking to build monopolies (which are unfair by definition).

By "skirting around" do you mean "blatantly flouting"? Because that's the truth of it..

Uber, Lyft, et al are just central dispatch for gypsy cabs. I don't see any reason they shouldn't get massive fines or seized vehicles in all locales they operate.

FFIV had a remake with poor 3D graphics on DS. It later had a remake with excellent 2D graphics on PSP.

It would be great if we had more people like Woz in the world. Though he didn't teach in public schools until after making truckloads of cash.

There is a very strong case for that line of thinking. The bureaucrats and politicians created an environment where society valued the work on Apollo as well as a very significant budget.

Without the politics, the Apollo missions wouldn't have happened.

It's somewhat obvious, but when you lose your job, you're unemployed.

I got dropped about two months ago. They didn't handle it well; failed to provide a written notice of any kind or immediately provide my final wages.

Since then, I've had an offer that fell through and several interviews. My time in the office has been traded for phone calls with recruiters and filling out forms. There's also a fair amount of leisure time, which I'm starting to divert toward projects.

I'll probably put more effort into my off-hours projects going forward, as I don't want the current stresses of my life to rise in the future.

Portal: Narbacular Drop

Wolfenstein 3d: Catacomb 3d

Note- I'm not certain that the games on the right are the originators of the genre of games on the left, but they certainly came prior.

cost(false_positive) >> cost(false_negative)

If your son is passionate about technology and computers, direct him to learning to code the hard way series. Or pick up a book that will teach programming by creating a series of simple games.

If he his not, stop trying to live vicariously through him.

From what I've seen, the problem is that HR only knows what to look for from the job description given by the hiring manager. Typical HR personnel don't have the technical background to properly identify candidates, so you get to play buzzword bingo.

The sad truth is that I know many people in HR as well as hiring managers who weed out resumes for completely arbitrary reasons.

It's all about the form-factor. That Apple recognizes this and is attempting to capitalize on it is fully expected.

At a large scale, it approaches $0/user.

If you want to learn anything on a technical level, learn about big-O bounds on runtimes. This will give you an understanding of why some things can't realistically be done by machines. You don't need to hack things together, but you should be able to talk coherently with your tech founders about issues.