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by Volpe 15y ago
Sad, that we've made country distinctions such that one word can mean the difference between caring about whether this man lives or dies and/or whether my country should do something about it.
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by Volpe 15y ago
Interesting... you realise you are in the latter group you are calling retarded? Can I ask why you think that? And why you buy into US propaganda and apply it so readily to other groups? N.B By propaganda I mean applying the label "terroris
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by Volpe 15y ago
Where is the hidden fee?
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by Volpe 15y ago
I didn't see SOPA like protests (wihtin the US) for the plethora of "Free-Trade" agreements that the US has put forward in other countries, that clearly put the US at an advantage and undermine (or attempt to) local markets. In fact I'd be
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by Volpe 15y ago
Perhaps, because the world doesn't begin and end with the US east and west coast. If you ignore the fact this is still under copyright overseas, you are setting the precedent that they can do the same in return. No?
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by Volpe 15y ago
> ... sacrifice sovereignty for globalist endeavors. Can anyone from the US really make this point with a straight face. A little hypocritical to say the least.
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by Volpe 15y ago
wow with logic like that... I kind of understand why the US public keeps voting in morons. For the people by the people.
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by Volpe 15y ago
Not sure guns are a good example. Every country that has implemented anti-gun laws has seen a massive reduction in gun related crimes. Countries that never had full legalisation of guns also experience a lot less gun related crimes than cou
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by Volpe 15y ago
I like your point, you are basically saying artist should sell things under CreativeCommons-like licenses (meaning you aren't restricting the rights of your consumers). Correct? So treat Expressive works just like any other product, that c
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by Volpe 15y ago
a large correlative indicator of academic success is the academic success of ones parents. Very difficult to measure 'innate smartness' (Is it even possible?)
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by Volpe 15y ago
Thanks Team america for making the world safe again!
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by Volpe 15y ago
I think the parent is not conflating at all, you are separating the same issue into two different issues. Democratic means very little unless: - Everyone in the nation voted - All votes were equally well informed on what they were voting fo
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by Volpe 15y ago
my point exactly, yet in a free market economy the rich have a lot more money to 'vote' than the poor. Wealth is inherited (for no valid reason). Poor families stay poor, rich stay rich. In our political metaphor, it is the same as totalit
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by Volpe 15y ago
sorry to rankle you. I'm not meaning to. More playing out a thought experiment. So this hypothetical (socialist) banana farm, in order not to disadvantage anyone, would have to be owned by the local community (and ultimately the nation), g
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by Volpe 15y ago
Oh I see what you did there... so because the soviets tried and failed (with stalinism that is). We should just assume that "free markets" are the best solution despite the obvious exploitation that occur due to the 'profit motive'? You wou
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by Volpe 15y ago
runner of a business? what is that? Does that mean you are living off the surplus value of your workers? or are you a worker yourself? Your "wage" is decided by your work isn't it? i.e if banana is worth x and you pick 5 of them, then you e
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by Volpe 15y ago
how do you justify profit not qualifying? bananas and shirts have an intrinsic value, it isn't subjective, they cost X to produce/ship, that's their value. The rest is exploitation. Of course, a pro-capitalist isn't going to like this line
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by Volpe 15y ago
Wow this comment thread is depressing. Anyone who can't see the exploitation in this has their head in the sand. If you are paying/treating people less (in value) than what they contribute (in value) back to you, you are exploiting them. S
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by Volpe 15y ago
Doesn't Coffeescript 'solve' this problem? (quotes because of the coffeescript vs javascript debate) The binding of this is solved with => (fat arrow), and the returning value is resolved with the fact that both the inner function and o
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by Volpe 15y ago
Citations for any of your claims/assertions? Sounds like FUD to me. Some specifics on the following: > Local governments have actually been forcing developers to borrow more money and buy land from them > Real estate agents are of
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by Volpe 15y ago
> As far as economic disparity between rich and poor, social liberties, and corruption: China is far, far worse than the US Citation? The only data I can find, shows they are on par with disparity between rich and poor. What data are y
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by Volpe 15y ago
Catch an exception of something that isn't exceptional? isn't that the anti-case for exception handling? I don't get why strict restructuring is a bad thing... as long as it's consistant, it's just a nuance of the language. Am I missing sid
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by Volpe 15y ago
Why was the sibling comment from sinope [1] down voted to death, when it was highly relevant, and factually more correct than those around it. Seriously HN, do you want to share knowledge and discuss things, or filter out people with differ
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by Volpe 15y ago
Well, a little bit of self-glorification is okay... But seriously, is it wikipedia that's giving people access to knowledge or is it google (and other search engines)? Without google, I'd guess wikipedia would get a fraction of the traffic
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by Volpe 15y ago
Why do you need algorithms to be a good problem solver? Must of sucked to solve problems before the 60s given there were no good problem solvers :( In fact, how did mathematics and physics even develop at all before then, without knowing wh
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by Volpe 15y ago
You are misinterpreting what I'm saying. Read it with a little less cynicism.
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by Volpe 15y ago
Maybe a grad student has those things ( ;) ), but once you realise computers aren't the hard part about building software, you realise that there are a whole host of skills you need to be a successful programmer, that have nothing to do wit
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by Volpe 15y ago
belated response but: > I did. I've grown up and moved on. Belittling me as what, immature? for pointing out a completely valid part of history and philosophy, is hardly a compelling argument. I think you should read some more on philo
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by Volpe 15y ago
Could you elaborate on how MS and Apple do this specifically? I find their revenue models very different, Apply making it on hardware + iTunes (Music, apps, movies, etc), MS making it on Software. How do you group them as the same? And call
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by Volpe 15y ago
> Microsoft and Apple, on the other hand, make money by restricting users' freedom Umm, actually I think they make their money buy selling products. Consumers are rarely (ever?) driven by a "restrict my freedom" motive...

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