Gunax

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by Gunax 6y ago
Remember that weev taught us that violating a EULA is now a felony (per the 'it's a violation of the EULA therefore isn't permitted access' theory). Doesn't matter what the justification is. First they decide who to
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by Gunax 6y ago
But it's also unfair to fraudulently receive money from someone. If you accidentally gain because someone gives you money (say they sent it to the wrong bank account) it isn't fair to keep it.
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by Gunax 6y ago
I think this is a good example of what happens when you wade into a nest of vipers. 'Fraud' can have different meanings, and sometimes what is used in common language is not the correct legal term. So is it misleading to call it f
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by Gunax 6y ago
So I think you're right in the literal sense, but rainer is accurate in the sentiment. The media used the word 'interference' in an exaggerated and nefarious context, and they didn't seem very interested in clearing it u
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by Gunax 6y ago
And who determines what is true? Do I get to censor Obama when he claimed 'if you like your healthcare, you can keep it' (rated 'lie of the year' by politifact btw)? When you start down this path, you will quickly find y
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by Gunax 6y ago
I am curious what these laws are, and what constitutes involvement. Am I allowed to comment on American elections even if I am not American? A lot of people here are talking about interference, which sounds like a very nefarious thing. But
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by Gunax 6y ago
I am familiar with this scandal (but not a finance expert or anything). The problem with loopholes is that it's up to interpretation. Is it intentional? Is it legal? These are hard problems to determine. America famously offered a tax
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by Gunax 6y ago
I hate to call it abuse, but I do wonder how one avoids rewarding bad behaviour. There are a lot of poor people who work very hard to provide for their family. I don't know what should we do for them.
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by Gunax 6y ago
Do you think it would be better if they did understand it? You can be a Java dev for years (forever really) without understanding how the JVM works. I don't see why the web has to be any different.
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by Gunax 6y ago
Perhaps just the hoop-jumping is itself a proper test. It shows you're willing to work hard towards a goal, and are at least reasonably smart.
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by Gunax 6y ago
I have thought in a similar vein about capitalism and markets. Why, if everyone is clamoring for fair contracts, are not businesses offering them? Partly it's because consumers cannot tell a good from a bad contract. And partly I think
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by Gunax 6y ago
Welcome to entire roles. It's about hitting a checklist. Or, they just didn't like you for another reason and that's an easy excuse.
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by Gunax 6y ago
This was the rage among event tickets about 10 years ago. Of course the simple fix is to just sell items at the market price. For tickets, the reason was that they were often sold at under-market price, as the comedian/musician/wh
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by Gunax 6y ago
I am very surprised to find that Facebook is generating more than double YouTube in ad revenue. I would have expected video ads to be much more valuable.
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by Gunax 6y ago
Gauss turned a O(n^2) problem into O(1)
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by Gunax 6y ago
Look, I absolutely agree. I am actually admitting my privilege. Even if it's the right thing to do, a lot of people are going to be opposed to it if it hurts them (even marginally). I think NPR sort of overlooks this, and focuses too m
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by Gunax 6y ago
Of course I have. That's why I wrote that. Respectfully, I think youre reading into what I wrote and concluding what I actually think. I'm not really trying to argue one view or the other. I'm just saying that it isn't a
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by Gunax 6y ago
Okay, you're right. I should have just said majority. I didn't mean it statistically, just that most americans are insured, either by purchasing privately or by their employer. It's an internet comment not a journal article.
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by Gunax 6y ago
I'm not really disagreeing. I'm just trying to say that there are valid and rational reasons to prefer private healthcare. Listening to NPR and their ilk would lead you to believe anyone else is some ignorant simpleton (the word &
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by Gunax 6y ago
NPR has a fetish, like many liberal media, that if only americans better understood healthcare, we would all live in an egalitarian utopia. I am absolutely happier having american healthcare than canadian. Admittedly, that's because I
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by Gunax 6y ago
I don't think a lot of people know what they want. There is just as much guessing as to which job to take as employers have choosing who to hire. Taking the most prestigious or most compensation is the safest bet, given that you don&#x
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by Gunax 6y ago
Wow, and I thought the author was just a prankser. I suppose this is the cost of posting to HN.
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by Gunax 6y ago
Why stop at the electoral college then? The same logic can be applied to both houses. Hell it's the same way in parliamentary systems. This is a feature of any indirect vote.
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by Gunax 6y ago
Most judges actually are non-partisan-decide-based-on-law type. But they simply are not favoured. Consider that sanders made it a litmus test for his supreme court nominees to overrule an unpopular court decision. Most judges would avoid at
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by Gunax 6y ago
I was too young to understand it at the time, but now I realise how difficult of a situation that was. It's hard too see through all of the partisanship at the time.
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by Gunax 6y ago
> Drink verification ink
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by Gunax 6y ago
Decriminalization is a sham. It's still a crime, and I don't just mean federally. Either it's okay to use cocaine or it isn't. If it's actually victimless then no harm was done and it should be legal.
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by Gunax 6y ago
You get karma for posting pithy and non-controversial (pessimists might say groupthink agreeable) comments or posts. As much as everyone claims the system is for rewarding on topic discussion, in reality it is used to award points to people
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by Gunax 6y ago
My grandfather had to have an appendectomy without anesthesia.... But obviously he didn't have to self operate!
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by Gunax 6y ago
So it's captcha through obscurity?

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