Kurtz79

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by Kurtz79 10y ago
Cool, I'll repost here. I having trouble wrapping my mind around how this might possibly work. It is mentioned that "all that it takes" is launching the application on the phone. Then what ? All that is shown on the video is
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"It's the ability to take the law and regulations lightly, when they're not that serious, and be humane about it." I agree that laws should be tempered by common sense, and each case judged taking into account context, b
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I would be very careful in publishing such "pat-in-the-back" articles. I remember reading a NYT article shortly after the Paris attacks that said something like "this could never happen in the US" (because of better inte
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"Are Europeans not upset that they're being forced into sub-standard foreign technology by their government for which they have no superior domestic alternative, also suppressing domestic innovation as innovators seek greener regu
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For me there has been huge leap between the NES and the SNES in terms of graphics and game complexity. Most of SNES games have aged much better than their NES counterparts, Super Metroid, Zelda, Chrono Trigger are still terrific games that
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"Sadly the YouTuber should have placed the information first but I see them more as a victims." Please. Youtubers have only to put "sponsored stream" in the title to remove all doubt and be honest about it. It is a commo
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It's a moot point, since a large group of people either consider it ethical or they are not bothered by it being unethical. Companies then have two choices: - Trying to enforce the laws that make piracy illegal, which has time and agai
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No, it's not. In case "mandatory crunch time" becomes the norm, I simply look for another job. Being able to appreciate that I have that choice is another matter.
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Agreed. As soon as I start complaining about how hard and stressful my job is, I always try to remember how lucky and privileged I am, in the grand scheme of things.
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This is the theory, the practice is that there will never be scarcity since if the real alternative for these people is unemployment, they will still accept punishing conditions (long commutes, long hours and barely making the ends meet). I
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"One of the problems underlying all this is not immigration per-se, but the rapid and unbounded expansion of the EU to include countries with a huge range of incomes and costs-of-life." The theory is that by including these countr
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It would like saying that the referendum was useless and the will of the people is meaningless. It would fuel civil unrest and favor far-right parties. As much as it pains me, it is not really an option.
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"The EU has always tolerated rather than enjoyed the company of the British establishment. So the EU is happy to see the back of the UK." This assertion is almost as myopic as those from the Leave campaign. The UK is one of the ri
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That system even predates the first iPhone, it was kind of revolutionary at the time, and it worked surprisingly well given that it did so without GPS.
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They both rode (in turn) petty nationalism sentiments to further their own ambitions. I really don't think people's best interests have been served.
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"he saw a potential route into number 10 and took a gamble on it." The funny thing is that basically Cameron used a similar gamble to be elected. Push Brexit referendum, and hope for a Remain outcome. I mean, it would be funny if
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Agreed. As an aside, for me this is a sterling example of the dangers of "direct democracy", that many see as the solution of all evils that plague the political process. The majority of UK lawmakers (democratically elected by the
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Do you really think it would be better if anyone could decide about anything, even without having proper knowledge of the issue ? The idea of "representative" democracy (opposed to "direct") is that you elect someone mor
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That's my interpretation as well, and it's not much less insulting...
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I really like it, I have been basically using a much dumber "system" (I guess everyone tend to come up with something similar intuitively, when the need of having a minimum of organization arise) where I just list the task for the
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For someone living in Southern Europe, what I read in HN seems positively science fiction, I learned to live with it. With almost 10 years of professional experience now, I'm making less than what I did for an internship in the Bay Ar
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"a nice 1br for 1400/mo" Seems silly low for NYC/SF. I guess everything depends to what you compare it to.
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"It's likely that when we are all working for a living and prospering then we all prosper a little more." Do you seriously think this is an achievable goal ? There will be always people that can't or won't work hard
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"I'm an upper-middle class, over-educated professional expert, and I'm strongly liberal for selfish reasons: mostly, I want to live in a climate of social peace, and would prefer to be surrounded by people who foster a mood o
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While not necessarily in these terms, it is something is not uncommon to see in the comments here in HN (as in "truck drivers should learn how to program" and stuff like that). While I feel there is a noticeable and unwarranted re
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The "Mafia Expert" (sic) is an investigative journalist and writer, fairly famous in Italy, which for his work has received enough death threats that he will probably have to live under police protection the rest of his life... h
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Of course, said achievements too big to be achieved fully by a single person or group. Far from me from not giving collaboration its due, but it is undeniable that the prime mover of many a human achievement was due to competition. The rea
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"Gigster said they want our happiness" No offense, but I don't think you are not really doing a favor to Gigster with these posts, they seems to be written by someone under a heavy dose of kool-aid. If you want to help them I
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The moon landing was a product of the "space race" between US and URSS. The Internet has its roots on a network developed by the US department of defense. The first nuclear reactors were a byproduct of the development of the atom
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Italy, Spain, France.

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