Shinkei

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Ask HN: Have people been punished vigilante-style for their Internet crimes?
1 points by Shinkei 13y ago|1 comments
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I really like your TL;DR summary. It's spot on. One of the debates that seems to underlie a lot of these discussions is probably more reflective of the values of the individual than the actual issues at play. It seems like some people
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Thanks for the link. I don't entirely agree with much of the chapter. I mean, I think there is a lot of cherry picking of evidence to support his theory. For example, I've always heard that one of the reasons people came to the Am
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by Shinkei 13y ago
So you are saying they did it selfishly or to protect themselves? That's a pretty audacious claim considering many of the actions of these leaders. Where is the evidence that they had some ulterior motive all along?
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by Shinkei 13y ago
How about start with this: http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2010/10/estate_tax_... People much wiser than us founded America upon the principle that extreme wealth is incompatible with democracy.
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by Shinkei 13y ago
True, I am simpifying the issue. But medical device manufacturers should still be happy to take on new risks. See this article, even though it's an editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/opinion&#x2
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Physician here. Yeah, this device sounds like complete pseudoscience. To echo some of the other comments, non-invasive glucose testing is a 'holy grail' of diabetes research efforts and would be hailed as a major breakthrough--som
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I agree with you. I mean consider 'single issue voters' as a perfect example of this failure of democracy. I consider my vote MUCH more thoughtfully than others, maybe that's bias... but in my defense I have a higher educatio
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I agree. It is a market system which will accomodate regulation and there is no perfect solution.
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I... uh... I don't know how to respond to this. Are you trying to argue a political ideology or do you genuinely believe the argument you've stated? It is provably false as other commenters have shown. So I don't know if you
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by Shinkei 13y ago
You publicly complained about their customer service. They have offered to right the wrong. You have a poor sense of fairness if you are willing to make a public claim and then aren't willing to address the issue when the company calls
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by Shinkei 13y ago
>Yes this worked out so well which is why our laws are based on vagueness. Actually this is a common thing in Law. Many times we can't objectively define something, but 'most' people know it when they see it. Some examples
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by Shinkei 13y ago
The courts can decide squatted/legitimate use. I mean, were you using email@4chan.com before 4chan.org was starting up? And for that matter why would you be saving 4chan.com for your child? Are you 'speculating' that it will
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by Shinkei 13y ago
>In the mean time, someone read about this big project and decides to built a mini mart called Main St. Shopping right around the corner Are you trying to stengthen my argument? You've just proven that they were doing the very thing
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by Shinkei 13y ago
>if you have a swimming pool and aren't using it as much as the public feel you should that it can be confiscated. Or, say, you have 2 cars - well clearly you can't drive both at once; repossession by the state, et cetera This
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I agree with you--it's an oversimplification to make my point in this one extreme example, but that's why we have courts to decide the grey areas--hopefully fairly. A good example of current use of eminent domain is highlighted in
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by Shinkei 13y ago
It's not that it's 'more popular.' That's not the debate. The debate is that the .com site is being squatted. If it was some 4chan interior design company with even some legitimate business, then the debate would be
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Let's say I run a town with shopping centers. Both are called Main Street Shopping but one is located on Main St and 1st and the other is located at Main St and 120th. When you show up at Main St and 1st, is it a bussling shopping cent
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I agree with you. I think it is both ethical and important to do this kind of study. I'm just speaking from the perspective of existing human trial data--I think it will be difficult to find a significant difference in outcomes.
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Haha this is incredible! I've never seen these surgeries. Technically you could do this on a person too, I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. Of course, with our current level of scientific understanding, we have no means
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by Shinkei 13y ago
oh actually I agree with you completely! Don't mistake my negative impressions of the study... I am being purely objective based on existing evidence. Subjectively, I think we should continue to do everything we can to advance this are
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Well this is unfortunate... I came to this thread way too late and I doubt people will see my post. I am a physician and I know a lot about hypothermia and its uses in medicine. Oh boy, where to start... First of all, death is a really nebu
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by Shinkei 13y ago
How many times can you denigrate Amazon in a single article? Articles don't need to be written in such a sarcastic, negative tone to be informative. The style makes me distrust the author.
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The disease that turns you to stone.(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by Shinkei 13y ago|0 comments
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by Shinkei 13y ago
I don't disagree with you, but tell me why this is a 'bad' thing if you are saying that shareholding equity is increasing and management is being pushed out of their 'comfort zone' and maybe paying off debt/buy
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Laughing at 'don't think like business people.' If you believe that the primary goal of business is supposed to be 'make profit at any cost,' then yes, I don't think like those people and you should take some t
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Well nothing in my statement says 'as a general principle.' In fact, I specifically said that in a genuinely free market, profit margin is irrelevant (it could be 2% or 100%). I agree, but they aren't working in a free market
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by Shinkei 13y ago
Are you trolling? In an industry that is not regulated as a utility due to monopoly issues, profit margins are irrelevant. But in an industry that activity stiffles local competition with monopoly powers, this is all the info I need: http:
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by Shinkei 13y ago
As a funny example, I read the 1040 instructions each year and some interesting points are included regarding "claiming kidnapped children" and "whale captains deducting specific expenses." If they are devoting time to t
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by Shinkei 13y ago
The diversity of sensors in the skin is impressive--it's not all sensed by a generic nerve. There are specialized mechanisms for vibration, heat, pressure and even pain. Here's a great summary with diagrams: http://facu

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