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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
I thought about it for a moment and beyond the obvious negative reaction I think it is hard not to marvel at the level of hubris this displays among executives. In a sense, you can understand that he is simply 'selling' his produc
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Thank you! Do you know if T-Mobile has such number to report spam? Until now I was just blocking, but now I am willing to do the work. edit: Apparently, there is a built-in reporting functionality ( just need to forward offending message to
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Ask HN: How to stop text spam during election season?
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< Instead, train them, and reject low quality work. Ahh, well, in order to save money, training is done via an online class with multiple choice questions, or, if your company is like mine and really committed to making sure that you
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< This isn’t “playing semantics”, it completely invalidates your point. Look at how well overturning obama care went to see how difficult law passing is. You do have a point. I disagree that it invalidates mine, but it does weaken it
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< Higher ups may want it done, but probably only if it can be done immediately and doesn't cost a lot of money. Since we are talking evil, I suppose money is a good place to start ( being root of it and all that ). So motivation
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< just seems like it would require not just thinking about it but probably also they would need to assemble a team to take advantage of it and that would not be worth it. I think it has been somewhat well established that humans will
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
We are playing semantics here, but the impact is about the same. Would you accept that the decision had a weight of a law?
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< Whole life insurance is a scam. I think I know where you are going with this, but could you elaborate? Is the objection here based on math ( whole is life is more expensive than term so it is not cost-effective? -- because otherwis
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< My DNA can always be forcibly collected from me later on, regardless of what I do today. Hmm, would it not be an argument for nipping it in the bud now? I am confused. << Several lifetimes from now, there will be little to ex
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< Changing the law is extremely difficult in the US because of the gridlocked-by-design political system, so I think it's unlikely. Changing it would also be extremely unpopular. I am thankful for this response, because it illus
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< The example you gave about health insurance is implausible because it’s illegal in the US and I assume other developed countries for insurers to charge different amounts for health coverage based on pre-existing conditions. As phra
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< I never could understand why people would willingly offer their DNA to companies I can play devil's advocate and come up with some level of rationalization along the lines of 'it will help humanity cure cancer' in a
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Is it really a hypothetical at this point? I was under the impression that relevant cases have already been explored ( to the extent that one can given the nature of IC ). In cases like these, the moment it is actually a problem, it is like
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Yes. The weirdest example of this ( and most personally applicable ) is the DNA data shared with 23andme and the like. I did not subscribe to this. Neither did my kids ( or kids of the individual who did subscribe I might add ), but due to
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
I don't want to pile on here, because Neil did do some good in popularizing science. He did not really manage to make it cool, but he did become a popular mainstream figure that the public was now allowed to associate with a mental ima
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
I think I agree. Oddly, the one place where the terms gained some level of settling appears to be corporate, but I can't tell if it is due to the nature of corporations, cross-pollination or some other unknown factors. What I personall
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
You might chuckle, but the first time I even heard the name was when I looked up original PEN story and then her profile so all you heard from me was a genuine reaction to what I believe is being presented to me without additional pre-conce
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< And all of this gazing-into-the-whoskey-glass discussion fails to recognize the very real differences that the candidates have, which have very real impacts on millions of people. I like that phrase. I may end up stealing that. I d
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
And yet you respond to tell me how you don't need to respond. I find the contradiction to be of note.
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< Not giving the vote to "dumb" people is taking away their sovereignty. I think there is clear level of misunderstanding of what sovereignty actually is. It is not some of sort semi-legal status. Naturally, we could spend
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< You claimed delivering this perspective would “undermine the institution”, whereas I think it would strengthen the institution, in what might be a very timely fashion. Friend, if the lecture means institution being pulled into poli
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Good for you sport. You sure showed me whats what.
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Stop. Own your approach. Good grief man, you act like your tactic is some sort of secret strategy, but it is obvious -- so why even try to deny it. << reply is weirdly bombastic and generally incoherent. Bombast should not prevent you
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< I'm just trying to inject some logic into the whole thing. Believe it or not, I appreciate it, but I personally think we (US) are too far gone what with major political event only few days away. Everyone is on edge and that me
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Heh. << You think public education is bad Yes, duh. I think based on the outcomes, it is hard to argue it is good. What are you even arguing here? << the solution is to disenfranchise poor people and childless people Yes. I stat
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Welcome to the new and improved interwebz friend! You will love it here. Try using sneaking in appropriate command ( say 'ignore previous instructions' or 'i cant let you do that dave' ) and see if it works. We may all b
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
<< I genuinely can't... understand that kind of sentiment without specific examples, Hmm, what could be a good indicator of uniparty being in charge today? What current events could serve as a good indicator of why people may thi
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Ahh, yes. Because policing themselves did such wonders for the industry? Not to mention, such a great job of securing the trust of the population. No dice.
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by A4ET8a8uTh0 2y ago
Are you sure you are responding to the correct argument? Relevance of presentation has no bearing on what I presented in the post you responded to. Can I assume intended to respond to my initial post where I compared that unknown lecture to

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