90s-socal-kid

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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
I wonder how quickly / ably they could scale that. What if every US-based HN reader filed a suit? Even better, what if every US HN user filed a small claims court case? I believe companies cannot hire lawyers to represent them there,
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Any agency primarily funded by government that survives past 10-15 years will have that as their primary competency. It's more fair to judge NASA's space capabilities against all the other groups that take gov't money. They
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Too bad Kim Dotocm isn't wealthy enough (anymore?) to do this. I'm picturing him as the supervillain who builds out an encrypted data storage facility, like out of Cryptonomicon.
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Societal resilience doesn't protect much against the massive widespread death and suffering that can happen. Preventing a Yellowstone eruption does. It's just a different objective, although they overlap.
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
A slight correction -- in the book, he says explicitly that we think it would come with elevated signs of activity. But 1/ we have no idea, since we have very little knowledge of the last eruption; and 2/ there are large variatio
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
In many countries you don't need a scrip to buy low grade opioids like codeine. That will inflate somewhat the US number.
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Some people make decent money on IG, doing things they enjoy (their kids, exercise, etc.)
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Isn't the potential impact from selling access to the data versus selling the data different?
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
If there were a $17 billion judgement against a $17 billion company, it would not sell for $17 billion. It is also unlikely a $17 billion market cap = $17 billion in assets during an emergency sale. Especially with the shadow of a $17 bill
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
This assumes the highest good is to maintain the previously defined delineation of governmental branches. Some of the legislative branch dysfunction is due to interference from the same corporate interests they should govern. Corporations a
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
Only if you accept that college value == first few years comp, and that second order effects wouldn't outweigh this economic coercion.
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
I appreciate your comment. I've a few questions to help me understand your perspective. Is the crux of the issue the fact that lower socioeconomic groups are less able to rebound from a financial impact? Or something more specific ab
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
> Time and time again we are reminded why corporations will evolve to become as greedy and as protective of their turf expansive of their power and monopolistic as they can get, even if good people are running them. Because if they didn&
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by 90s-socal-kid 9y ago
A moment for us to all reflect. He defended someone judged harshly by history, to the limits of his abilities. Then again, the recent multi-part documentary on the trial (I watched on apple's music service) didn't reflect kindly