Erik816

19 ms·

151.
by Erik816 10y ago
Why should State trials increase if Federal trial decrease? They are two separate jurisdictions, with different prosecutors, crimes, etc. They are not that closely linked.
152.
by Erik816 10y ago
Your example is one of a diversity of ideas. Some people have the idea that guns will keep them safe, others have the idea that guns will just bring on more violence. That is not a difference of values, because you can hold either position
153.
by Erik816 10y ago
That broad generalization doesn't fly with my observations. There are plenty of wealthy (or at least high income) millenials and plenty of poorer baby boomers.
154.
by Erik816 10y ago
I can't imagine anyone who has gone through school and thought that grades were somehow an "absolute" measure of quality. It's quite clear that grades are relative to both the standard of your fellow students and the cur
155.
by Erik816 10y ago
Let's hope it's a lot harder than you think to reach step three. If we ever reach a point where a lone actor can destroy humanity, we're pretty well screwed. You would have to ensure that 100% of the people with that ability
156.
by Erik816 10y ago
It will affect federal decisions in all jurisdictions unless there is a contrary/conflicting opinion from another appellate court. In that case, it would still be relevant but not controlling.
157.
by Erik816 10y ago
You are pretty much describing the liberal guilt trip that is keeping him from occasionally taking his kids to McDonalds. It's pretty clear it's not the healthiest thing you can eat. It's also probably true that you should te
158.
by Erik816 10y ago
It's hard to get lost if you don't have anywhere you need to be.
159.
by Erik816 10y ago
I am talking about 2 million years ago, not 2 hundred.
160.
by Erik816 10y ago
Consider that modern life is very different from the vast majority of evolutionary history that framed how we developed. In a modern, affluent society, a 50 year old woman would have little problem successfully raising a newborn. On the Afr
161.
by Erik816 11y ago
Engine cylinders is also not a 1:1 predictor of engine "power." A 1970's or 80's V8 will have way less horsepower than some turbocharged 4 cylinder engine on a modern luxury car. All things being equal more cylinders cou
162.
by Erik816 11y ago
Oh good, now I can make sure I'm following proper Newspeak!
163.
by Erik816 11y ago
I feel like you are implying that "unchanged for many decades" is a downside. When you are talking about a drive train, it's a positive. They know what works, how to build it, and everyone knows how to fix it. Now if you want
164.
by Erik816 11y ago
Law school exams are about recognizing and discussing ambiguity, not about memorizing rules. The people who think it's about memorizing get Bs, the ones who realize it's about ambiguity (while also decently memorizing the importan
165.
by Erik816 11y ago
If we are going to put collective political effort into stemming the tide of data leaks and hacks, I would much rather put it into finding and punishing the people who steal the data than the people who are trying to create a productive ser
166.
by Erik816 11y ago
I could be completely wrong about the scope of this project, but that sounds more like something a Stanford computer science intern could bang out pretty quickly as a school project and less like an idea for a separate company.
167.
by Erik816 11y ago
I can't agree with you that blocking adds on a webpage is unethical. I am accessing a website through a web browser that has the ability to modify the page before it is presented to me. How I choose to view the content that is made ava
168.
by Erik816 11y ago
If you mean would Ashley Madison be criminally negligent for allowing themselves to get hacked, the answer is pretty clearly no. There's a very high standard for criminal negligence. Your conduct has to "grossly deviate" from
169.
by Erik816 11y ago
A factor in any antitrust analysis is barriers to entry for new competition. In this case, those barriers are extremely low. How much effort does it take to whip up a dating site/app? Not very much. So even if IAC were to own nearly al
170.
by Erik816 11y ago
I have lived with CFS for about six years now. Step one is to see your primary care doctor and rule out all the things they can test you for. That will take a while. I remember hoping I would have MS because then that would at least explain
171.
by Erik816 11y ago
There is a big difference in spending power among families with kids. The point is that this app is targeted at the low end of the market: kids using cell phones without data plans. That probably doesn't overlap much with families payi