Veratyr

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by Veratyr 9y ago
OP is asking for a moral/ethical argument though, not an emotional one. Saving your son's life is emotionally justified but unlikely morally and certainly not ethically.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> Since America and Britain stopped importing people As someone working in the US on a visa, with many coworkers in the same situation, what do you mean? > I extended the boycott to include Australia after the 457 visa got cancelled T
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Only the bad forex brokerages. The good ones (ECN) take commission instead.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
http://wws.princeton.edu/system/files/research/documents/Gil... There is next to no correlation between the will of the people and the chance of their preferred policy being enacted. There's a very
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by Veratyr 9y ago
From their terms ( https://www.facebook.com/terms.php ): "This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it." "Wh
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> Well, unfortunately you do live in one of those worlds, at least as far as the flow of money goes. What about people who pay with cash? I know people who use cash for privacy reasons but society doesn't treat them like criminals.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
It might seem like that now but if you're travelling and don't have internet access or you live in an area with poor cell reception, storage starts to look extra important. Plus, it might be a lot now but how about in 5-10 years?
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Android is _completely_ open source. You can build an entire usable system from scratch yourself: https://source.android.com/setup/ The only closed source stuff is device-specific hardware drivers. Also, Android the pl
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by Veratyr 9y ago
I don't think he is: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hustle "Obtain illicitly or by forceful action." "Pressure someone into doing something." "Sell aggressively." "
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> Most billionaires don’t have billions in liquid cash, they almost all have illiquid property, stocks, bonds, etc. Agreed on the first, the latter are pretty liquid, save for say 20% of Stripe's market cap, for which a private buye
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Have you seen https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway ? It generates a reverse proxy that converts proto <-> JSON and will even output a Swagger definition you can use with a JS client library.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
The main contenders I've seen are gRPC and Cap'n'Proto. I vastly prefer gRPC (Cap'n'Proto's documentation leaves a lot to be desired so it's difficult to use, gRPC comes with threading built in, Capnp does
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by Veratyr 9y ago
"We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website." "with automatic streamli
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by Veratyr 9y ago
They have different SLAs for certain issues: https://www.ovh.com/us/dedicated-servers/sla.xml Does the server boot? If so, you should use http://docs.ovh.ca/en/guides-ovh-rescue.html#hardware-
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by Veratyr 9y ago
When you can get a full cabinet + gigabit transit for $400/mo I don't think there's ever an excuse to put a paid service on a Comcast connection.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Rsync.net has direct SFTP and rsync for $0.03/GB/month: http://rsync.net/products/attic.html And with the quality of service I expect from a service hosted on a Comcast connection, I'd say you're ro
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Also how is "$1 / 10GB / month" going to result in me paying "less" for online storage? S3 is $0.02/GB, or $0.2/10GB and $2/month gets you 100GB on Google Drive.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
On DVD-audio, there's R.E.M. released an album using spatial audio on Blu-Ray: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/spatial-audio-is-the-...
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> Public bus systems should really be exploring a smaller vehicle model more. It gets everyone where they need to go with fewer cars (and therefore pollution and traffic). I've seen this in Russia and Turkey and it works pretty well
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by Veratyr 9y ago
It's effectively invite only because there's no public signup and sales consistently ignores you.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
This is a good start. Gnip seems to basically be invite only (I've tried contacted them multiple times and have not once received a response) and the public API is so limited it's near useless. I'd still rather everyone move
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> make sure large international companies do not have an advantage based on their ability to hide funds offshore The problem with this is that most international companies I've seen with funds offshore made that money offshore and u
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> YouTube lets anyone upload videos to their site for free. Yes, YouTube doesn't charge you to upload a video. > All of the ad revenue is theirs, as they have the direct relationships with the advertisers. All of the money goes _
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by Veratyr 9y ago
I think that's an overreaction. You can still see plenty of monetized swearing on YouTube. Go look at Hell's Kitchen videos.
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> YouTube hosts, monetizes, and promotes their content for free No, YouTube takes a cut of their ad revenue. YouTube isn't a charity, it's a business. > It feels kind of entitled to want to get money from YouTube ads, but no
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Really? Do you think that an adopted child would prefer their birth parents over their loving adoptive parents if their birth parents were abusive alcoholics, criminals or drug addicts? Children who have been adopted are also "tricked&
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Young people in Japan aren't interested in relationships: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-j... The reasons behind _that_ aren't so well understood but generally seem
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Personally, it's the "Her mother is a lazy, dishonest bitch who bought a fake father rather than finding a real one for her daughter." part of the comment. It's very strong language that I don't think is deserved an
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by Veratyr 9y ago
> Her mother is a lazy, dishonest bitch who bought a fake father rather than finding a real one for her daughter. Japan is full of single men so it's not like that option wasn't available to her. I think that's harsh and s
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by Veratyr 9y ago
Looking solely at the tax bracket is a little deceptive. In reality, with a $92k income, you'll pay: - $17196.25 Federal tax ( https://www.irs.com/articles/2016-federal-tax-rates-personal... with standard deductio

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