Yeah, HN is a weird place. I got grayed out for saying Amazon desperately needed competition.

If I were Amazon, I would certainly hire people/trolls/bots to participate in prominent online forums, such as HN.

Edit: Now I'm getting downvoted too.

All the FAANGT's desperately need MORE competition

They'll get it as that acronym grows longer...

Should have just driven to Ft Meade and had "Dave" meet you at the gate. It's only a 3 1/2 hour drive...

This is a pretty rich request from this particular gang of signatories. I'm sure if Trump was a D they'd be nowhere near a request like this. But to their credit, it would be good to know these figures and the timing of applications and dispersals.

And the continual drum beat of fear and loathing from the media is definitely not helping.

There's no need to when there are an infinite amount of decimal places.

I hear you. Intelligent and abundant life on a planet that is PERFECTLY suited for it is a coincidence? Maybe, but it's tough proposition for me personally.

Maybe not created, but...tweaked?