LordKano

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811.
by LordKano 11y ago
Precisely! It's snarky and sounds witty on its surface but completely falls apart upon examination. The other argument that I find troubling is the one where they claim that execution is too cruel but life imprisonment is acceptable be
812.
by LordKano 11y ago
Do you understand the logic of the state seizing people and locking them up in order to show that seizing people and locking them up is unacceptable? That's what we do to kidnappers.
813.
by LordKano 11y ago
It's just an extension of the fact that life seems unfair to the poor. Having less money means that you end up with lower quality food, water, air, sanitation, housing, education, medical care, legal representation, law enforcement, tr
814.
by LordKano 11y ago
Mandrake/Mandriva was my favorite distro for over 10 years. My introduction to Linux came with Red Hat 4.2, it was very cool but my limited knowledge at the time made certain things difficult for me. Next, I used Red Hat 5.0 and I like
815.
by LordKano 11y ago
plenty of people re-use their access credentials across multiple sites I learned that lesson 20 years or so ago. Unique passwords for every site now.
816.
by LordKano 11y ago
But people are not being locked up just because they are black, or poor. They are committing crimes, and pleading or being found guilty. I have a friend, someone that has been my friend for 30 years, who is in prison right now for drugs.
817.
by LordKano 11y ago
For several years, an AOL floppy was my go to boot disk for Windows 95 installs and repairs.
818.
by LordKano 11y ago
The species survives even if only a small percentage of the individuals do. Sometimes, that's the best for which we can hope.
819.
by LordKano 11y ago
Perhaps. It's likely that humanity would survive the kind of event that lead to the extinction of the dinosaurs. We have underground facilities and stores of food/water that would permit the species to survive an event that lead t
820.
by LordKano 11y ago
Unless you live in an area where "taxation" means armed men come to your house and demand all your cash on April 15th. It's the threat of armed men being sent for them that compels most people to pay their taxes and file th
821.
by LordKano 11y ago
My vote goes to menstruation. It's an extremely wasteful exercise. Most mammals do not need to do it, so there's an existing model for how reproduction can work without the need for ~monthly blood and tissue loss.
822.
by LordKano 11y ago
Exactly! We won't see the extinction of the chicken, cow or pig as long as there is an incentive to keep them alive. Rhino farming would make it more profitable and thus more likely to protect them and keep them breeding.
823.
by LordKano 11y ago
That high demand coupled with artificially low supply has led to exorbitant pricing in the NYC housing market. Just because we can explain why it happens doesn't make those prices any less exorbitant. Pricing is exorbitant in other fac
824.
by LordKano 11y ago
And the "threat of prison" is some of the dumbest hyperbole out of the antitax crowd--for nearly all cases, they'll simply garnish your wages, or something equally non-freedom-constraining. Oh they regularly send people to
825.
by LordKano 11y ago
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial..." That varies from state to state. In my state, the District Attorney just has to get you to trial within a year of your arrest. Not
826.
by LordKano 11y ago
It's more than simple supply and demand. It's artificially low supply and increased demand. Sweetheart deals for luxury housing and rent controlled housing mean that developers are going to put more time, energy and money into bri
827.
by LordKano 11y ago
In the city proper, absolutely but many of the suburbs have been growing. Particularly in the last 10-20 years.
828.
by LordKano 11y ago
The reality of NYC housing, real estate and taxation are vastly different from what I have experienced. As someone living in Pittsburgh, $3000 a month in rent strikes me as ridiculous. For that kind of money, one could have a McMansion in a
829.
by LordKano 11y ago
I agree, that would be more useful and I too would rather it was the other way 'round but unfortunately, that's not how things work. The people who have the political cloud and the numbers to drive policy aren't necessarily
830.
by LordKano 11y ago
It's having someone who is knowledgeable about a subject in place to translate the President's position into one that would make sense to other knowledgeable people.
831.
by LordKano 11y ago
If you've been sued once for something, you cannot be sued again (and again, and again) for the same thing. If you do the same thing multiple times, you can be sued for each instance. If you run a scam that affects a million people,
832.
by LordKano 11y ago
We're facing the threat of such a regime right now. Cody Wilson was threatened with incarceration for sharing information that he obtained legally and belonged to him. He's not selling trade secrets. He's not releasing classi
833.
by LordKano 11y ago
Were Intel transmit the designs for that supercomputer that Intel weren't allowed to build in China to get around export regs, they'd be put in prison. If Intel were to publish detailed instructions for building this computer in
834.
by LordKano 11y ago
So if some serial killer type were to discover an easy way to make a nerve gas from products bought solely from Wal-Mart, you'd rather that they have the right to widely publish the recipe than it be repressed due to the entirely reas
835.
by LordKano 11y ago
Cryptonomicon was my first thought when I saw the headline. I can't help but wonder if it was the inspiration for this.
836.
by LordKano 11y ago
There's nothing magical about compassion. Unless, of course, you are the one in need of compassion. If it's all about metrics, it's easy to decide that a given treatment comes with an expenditure is too great if only 20% of
837.
by LordKano 11y ago
I thoroughly enjoy those kinds of situations. I use them to either get the person to re-evaluate their thinking or admit in public that they're just a racist. One of my fiance's family friends works for the FBI and we were discuss
838.
by LordKano 11y ago
Education statistics cut both ways. Ask the question this way. Are Brittany McKnight and John Wilson more employable than Lukwesa Nakazwe and Hijani Lungo? Yes and it is obviously about race. Why? On average, Africans immigrants are more hi
839.
by LordKano 11y ago
I deal with this from the exact opposite perspective. I have a very midwestern sounding name and people are often surprised when they meet me in person to see that I am a big black guy. I can be in a waiting room and when my name is called,
840.
by LordKano 11y ago
Please, tell us that his last name was "Bolton"... please!

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