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by 300bps 4y ago
In my state, someone shoplifting less than $150 on their first offense is categorized as a summary offense which puts someone at risk of 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300. Steal $1,000 though and that’s a 3rd degree felony with up to
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by 300bps 4y ago
And if you steal $5 from a grocery store if it's your first offense, in my state it's a summary offense punishable by up to 90 days in jail and fine of up to $300 (60x the amount). The problem with these crimes is that you'll
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by 300bps 4y ago
$1.26 million fine for someone with a $1.8 billion net worth is like fining a millionaire $700. You’re not going to change their behavior.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Related explanation as to why gold was picked by many civilizations to represent money. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/02/15/131430755/a-ch...
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by 300bps 4y ago
She said a lot of things. Many of them made no sense. For example, “I thought you had ace high!” as an explanation for why she called him while she had jack high. It was either a colossally dumb mistake on her part followed by implausible e
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by 300bps 4y ago
After a layoff, a lot of the best people among the remaining staff end up leaving as well Agreed. But I was always the one that stayed. I remember in 1999 when our company got acquired by another company and started doing layoffs - I had
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by 300bps 4y ago
A new search engine now has to compete with global network effects, orders of magnitudes more data, Android, and a complex web of interconnected functionality. Are you a pessimist in life? You’re focusing on only the negative aspects of s
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by 300bps 4y ago
Try building a search engine today. The barriers to entry are much harder. I’ve often heard the saying how “everything easy has already been invented” and that it’s so much harder today to invent new things. I think it’s a fallacy. Things
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by 300bps 4y ago
Agreed. I happily use my old commute time to socialize with people I want to hang out with instead of the people I’m forced to be with through happenstance at work.
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by 300bps 4y ago
I don't do it for every vendor but I have a separate email address that I use just for Amazon. The primary reason is because Amazon has a huge security hole by way of chat and call center reps. There used to be a way to hack into someo
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by 300bps 4y ago
In this case, that sure would be helpful. Now imagine that you're running a website that is intentionally trying to trick people into installing malware. You've successfully evaded tools like Smart Screen but now you've ended
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by 300bps 4y ago
I'm not sure if you meant to reply to someone else because my main point was not "meh, you do you" but rather that there is a lot of judgement regarding video games but not in other things that are arguably even more harmful.
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by 300bps 4y ago
It has some merit. When Call of Duty 4 came out on XBox 360, I was completely addicted to it. Other than sporadically playing video games with my children, I haven't played regularly since I was a kid. But that's me. I wouldn&#x
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by 300bps 4y ago
It’s the same author reported on both pages.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Your comment completely shuts down all of the silly Frappuccino arguments. The amount of cryptocoin created by mining each day is fixed. The amount of electricity used to get it determines its distribution. The more electricity you use rela
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by 300bps 4y ago
Searching for less harmful sources of energy can be done at the same time as pointing out frivolous uses of energy. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
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by 300bps 4y ago
They aren’t contiguous at all. That's what I'm saying. They are completely contiguous and easy to read and follow for me when I view the OP with Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome on Windows 11. I'm trying to figure out - what
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by 300bps 4y ago
I can imagine that, I just don't see it. Every single time someone is complaining about this format it is a contiguous thought stream with no comments or other breaks in between for me. Can you tell me what client you are reading this
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by 300bps 4y ago
or the effect of individuals taking caffeine to recover from the effects of caffeine withdrawal After decades of personal experimentation with caffeine, this is my conclusion personally. I get about two weeks of a boost if I go from 0 caf
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by 300bps 4y ago
taking a multi vitamin would make me feel _much_ better than normal the next day My first comment is that I think this is why we have placebo-controlled double-blind studies. My second is that I took a multi-vitamin for many years and I r
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by 300bps 4y ago
What a painful format to read a presumably thoughtful statement I see this sentiment posted often on HN and I'm hoping you can help me understand this. I never use Twitter so am not familiar with its interface. When I click on the li
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by 300bps 4y ago
Anyone interested in this might enjoy reading the book Commodore, A Company on the Edge. It chronicles much of the history told here as well as the creation of the KIM-1, Commodore PET and Commodore's acquisition of MOS Technology.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Lambda, SQS and SNS. That’s how just about everyone does backend API services with AWS. You’ll be shocked at how cheap, scalable and bullet-proof it can be.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Meanwhile, as someone who is obese and is working on it, I absolutely do recommend CICO as the best tool we currently have. But it's strikingly similar to trying to get a homeless person to budget in that there are likely other things
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by 300bps 4y ago
It took me a decent amount of reading before I got to the meat of it: Anyone can put your license plate into a parking app and thereby be alerted when you drive to certain parking locations.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Now I’m just a person who has remained the same approximate weight for the past 3 decades so I don’t know anything about substantial weight loss or gain. But is it at all possible it’s just calories in calories out? I know it isn’t a sexy t
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by 300bps 4y ago
Agreed on all points and to add for people who use inkjet style printers: stop. Switch to a low cost black and white laser printer. Unbelievably fast printing, toner never dries out like ink does, printer doesn’t have to dance for 30 second
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by 300bps 4y ago
Well first a shameless plug for what appears to be your book based on a quick Google search: https://leanpub.com/u/romanpushkin I wasn't able to find your book in any pirated source. Do you think you're losin
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by 300bps 4y ago
This can't be a serious response. If it is, I think there would be more societal good if we put pictures of clogged arteries on restaurant menus from people overeating calories.
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by 300bps 4y ago
Pretty much everyone uses this mentality with some law. Ever go 46 MPH in a 45 MPH zone?

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