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I've thought about this myself, but never implemented.

Suspect valuations are the concern here IMO. This would be a big red flag for me, while the culture shock would be a distant second.

Sure it would be nice to have other options, but the reality of social media and group-think means they could really only say nothing or say everything. I don't like it, but to deny that is a dangerous gamble for any company.

Well said.

As a sober addict I really can't comprehend the "flavor" of addiction the author describes. Most of my addict friends and acquaintances either worked at sobriety or died from using. Actually most died. If someone can just stop, most would simply say the person wasn't actually an addict.

Wow. You're a real humanitarian. Most people just want it to stop, yet you want whitey punished.

Never paid good lawyers, huh? Or just trolling?

I don't think that's terribly difficult. The NSA has obviously changed their behavior. /snippy internet comment

This is the equivalent of "local man <does something stupid>". Journalism is fading every damn day.

Silly, but I think still generally more useful that the people who seriously use the term "disrupt" when talking about their big ideas.

This is incredibly disturbing. Police in the US are becoming increasingly violent, even while violent crime is falling.

Great idea until people start going hungry.

The construction/real estate bubble in China is not long for this world. China might have used a lot of a commodity/product, but we should be careful in believing that is an equivalent 1:1 economic comparison.

So many schools seem to "teach only towards the test" because of the heavy reliance on standardized testing. I don't claim to have any answers, but society has pushed for this and it's a logical result IMO.

I can always count on HN to reduce a fairly interesting story down to pedantic bickering.