IAmEveryone

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1051.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
They cite a study showing that a novice in word is faster than an experienced user of LaTeX.
1052.
Surprising Creativity: Anecdotes from Evolutionary Computation(arxiv.org)
86 points by IAmEveryone 9y ago|19 comments
1053.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
If you insist on calling everyone corrupt, you remove all incentives not to be corrupt: after all, why bother if you red-faced constituents will scream invectives at you anyway? By and large, a tiny fraction of civil servants steal from off
1054.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
“Retain” is probably best interpreted as “not give back”. The law is shoddily drafted, considering “keep” and “retain” are usually synonymous.
1055.
Leaked EU draft on transparency for search engine rankings, account suspensions [pdf](politico.eu)
1 points by IAmEveryone 9y ago|0 comments
1056.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Sure. And so has the IRS, which “persuaded a federal judge”, according to the article. I guess they thought it was a reasonable request to get the data of the 25,000 US citizens who made significant profit with bitcoin in those years, whe
1057.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
So, if you were American, had a coinbase account, and made significant capital gains in the years under investigation, would you not be worried? Because it seems to me like they are very much capable of enforcement, as exemplified by the ar
1058.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
How is that even a prediction? > store the history of all Bitcoin transactions Bitcoin conveniently does this for them > and try to identify all wallet owners That’s the headline here > check if profits were reported and if taxes w
1059.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Being conservative used to have some meaning. The EPA was established by Richard Nixon, of all people. If you care less about other people than Nixon, you should really ask yourself: “?How far have I strayed from the pack?”
1060.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Matt Levine proves, again and again, that there’s more nuance to any situation than one might think. He’s the living embodiment of the law’s “reasonable observer”.
1061.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
They are ambivalent, but the headline isn’t.
1062.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Would LaTex hyphenate “Mi- crosoft”. It struck me as particularly ugly.
1063.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
The EU Parliament gets to edit all legislation. There are often thousands of amendments offered, debated, voted on, and approved or rejected. Here is an example with 500 proposed amendments to draft legislation on cybersecurity: http:&#x2F
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Telling the Truth about C.I.A. Torture(theatlantic.com)
2 points by IAmEveryone 9y ago|0 comments
1065.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Your information is about 12 years out of date. The EU Parliament gets to amend and approve all legislation. If copyright is your main concern, you should look at the Green Party. Julia Reda, linked in this article, is a tireless advocate a
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The Perfect Selfishness of Mapping Apps(theatlantic.com)
2 points by IAmEveryone 9y ago|0 comments
1067.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Because there has never been any corruption in UK politics?
1068.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
There is no bribery. No money changes hands. Not even “campaign donations”, which is the US term for bribery. Maybe it’s unfair that industry is better able to organize and make their case. But it’s not corruption, and not bribery. Plenty o
1069.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
The European Parliament is just as accountable as any other. There’s an election next year. Go vote.
1070.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
> Commission members have explicitly stated that they do not serve the citizens of the EU. See, that’s just completely unbelievable. > Free roaming is also in corporate interest. Big industry lobbyists lament in a regular fashion abou
1071.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
It must be increasingly frustrating for anyone in Brussels if every opponent of any legislation always starts with threatening the whole idea of European cooperation. “Do anything I disagree with and I’ll vote for the fascists in the next e
1072.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
US Congress wants to mandate pornography filter: “that’s a bad law” EU Parliament wants to mandate filter: “lets burn this place down”
1073.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
If you are in the EU, do follow the advise and contact your MEP. The EU parliament is surprisingly accessible and open to criticism, especially if it is respectful and well-argued. (It’s probably a result of constantly having their legitima
1074.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
You’re stating “the effects were minimal” as a fact, but that’s impossible to prove. Some of these stories featured prominently on reddit, for example. And nobody knows what others’ Facebook feeds look like. It’s not inconceivable that some
1075.
by IAmEveryone 10y ago
210,000 Euro, divided between me and a friend. We started a small online shop about 10 years ago, and it's mostly automated. About 5 minutes/day + one week / year of work. Before that, I had spent a few years (trying to) run
1076.
by IAmEveryone 10y ago
Hi there. Please delete my data from your "service". As a European, my data is subject to the EU's data protection directive as long as I'm acting as "Consumer". You can chose to stay in Canada and I can't