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by Falling3 14y ago
Isn't the easy answer virtual child porn? I really see no reason why this is also illegal except it makes people feel icky. This allows potential rapists to satisfy their desires without harming any actual children.
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by Falling3 14y ago
I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying that the risk-reward ratio is way too skewed for me to give it a second thought.
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by Falling3 14y ago
No... one is abhorrent and takes a significant toll on someone too young to know what is even happening. The other is sex between to consenting, able-minded people. Conflating the two is dangerous, offensive, and just plain stupid.
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by Falling3 14y ago
Yea so? I'll see your anecdote with the dozen or so unexpected deliveries I've received in the past few months. How do you reasonably protect yourself from an expected package that turns out to be contraband? Anway, that was some horrific p
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by Falling3 14y ago
As sudonim pointed out, there are some really gross abuses of the whole sex offender system. I've heard of a lot of people that are in there for terrible reasons. I definitely agree with the author to some extent. We do seem to be inordinat
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by Falling3 14y ago
Really? I think you're being a bit hyperbolic here as my chances of getting a surprise gift are far better than the odds of me getting set up with cocaine.
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by Falling3 14y ago
I'm still waiting to be convinced on morally wrong.
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by Falling3 14y ago
NPR is unbiased. Reality leans left.
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by Falling3 14y ago
As a vegetarian, I constantly have to suffer through idiotic arguments based on headlines like this. I know this happens in all areas of life, but this is definitely the one to which I am exposed most often and it drives me absolutely nuts.
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by Falling3 14y ago
Sigh... I think my job hits just about all of them. Although I think that would disqualify it from being a "good job". Follow up needs to be "Why Good People Stay at Bad Jobs".
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by Falling3 14y ago
Just bought my first Bundle! Feels goooood....
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by Falling3 14y ago
I stopped reading at the word "art". And then I started reading again. Larry took it in a different direction that I presumed and it's certainly an interesting claim to make. I'm just not really sure if I buy it... It sounds to me like drop
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by Falling3 14y ago
Not sure if anyone has beaten them since, but a few years back my alma mater came up with the darkest man-made material to date. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2393
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by Falling3 14y ago
I take it you've never worked closely with someone who had it.
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by Falling3 14y ago
What's funny is just how simple these algorithms are. All it really took was something looking at this from a slightly different perspective. The best optimizations I've done at my job have been exactly that. Looking at things a little diff
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by Falling3 14y ago
Does anyone know how this objectively stacks up to Ssiri? I'm stuck on an older version of Android right now and I've seen some of Siri's shortcomings first-hand. So I've got to wonder... Someone should do a side-by-side.
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by Falling3 14y ago
I'm really glad to see all the similar sentiments. I'm 26 now and I didn't start programming until I was 18 as well. It took me another year or two to change my to computer science. I still feel a bit like I missed out in college because it
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by Falling3 14y ago
I'm an android user and I don't know the man or the app. Is this really his only feather?
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by Falling3 14y ago
Well I'd better get moving on Provolone... I can't wait to be charging $1000/hr. Seriously though, that's pretty stellar if he can pull if off, and someone that's knowledgeable and creative enough is certainly worth it to get things going i
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by Falling3 14y ago
I'm always a bit disappointed by these kinds of UIX posts. As droithomme pointed out it's vague, but still in a way too specific. I've found that pretty much all of these guides are extremely specific to blogs and the web in general (with g
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by Falling3 14y ago
Agree for the most part.. though 20 years and the size of a toaster oven is probably more accurate.
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by Falling3 14y ago
Yes, but doesn't that one commercial banana account for most of the (US) sales?
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by Falling3 14y ago
Maybe some of the disconnect is the fact that we're talking about different countries. Veal is quite different here, and I don't think it's a matter of strict definitions. It's just a matter of efficiency and what people like. Here are some
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by Falling3 14y ago
Well I for one care about the treatment of other living creatures especially when weighed against what is essentially a luxury product. If you're really concerned about the living conditions, you'd want more expensive, better quality milk.
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by Falling3 14y ago
Dairy is not really a cheap source of protein. Most vegetable sources are cheaper - pulses and whole grains. >It is, however, annoying that the price has gone up by about 22% in the last 10 years. No, it's really not that annoying. Many
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by Falling3 14y ago
And you may be aware that the family farm of previous generations is not what it used to be. Your family may have been a step ahead most of today's farms, but I still take issue with several of your points. >You mean until they are old
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by Falling3 14y ago
There's this prevalent stereotype about vegans that they are very naive and get all of their information from peta and the like. I've worked with hundreds of farm animals and seen conditions even on small family farms. I've been in contact
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by Falling3 14y ago
Oh yeah that's particularly scary (if you happen to like bananas). Most commercial bananas plants are clones. This leads to strict regulations on commercial bananas and it's still pretty likely we'll see them disappear one day.
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by Falling3 14y ago
Not to run off on a tangent, but you're wrong about the dairy beef comparison. Before heading to a feedlot, most beef cattle spend around a year of their lives grazing often allowed to stay with their mothers. Beef cattle are killed much so
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by Falling3 14y ago
I realize I'm coming at this from a different angle than a lot of other HNers, but for me this is good science gone wrong. Dairy cows are some of the most mistreated and unhealthy animals in the agriculture system. This push for efficiency

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