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by _archon_ 7y ago
Vandalism is a form of trespass.
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by _archon_ 7y ago
If only we could devise a system under which all voters wouldn't have to be informed about every topic. A system of, say, representatives to whom the citizens would delegate their power. These representatives would then use their proxy
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by _archon_ 7y ago
How would they know that hadn't happened?
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by _archon_ 7y ago
Knowing what you really want, and choosing to buy only something that fulfills your use case, is the actual final optimization. Not buying crap is a useful side effect.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
I don't understand what anyone would gain from this. Citizens would be more cash-rich throughout the year, then cash-poor when tax time came. Over the years, people would learn to squirrel away similar amounts to what they're with
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by _archon_ 8y ago
No. The service is not to blame for the bad actions of one user. Humanity is so broad and diverse that in any sufficiently large set of people there are individuals who will choose to commit evil. It's society's problem to discour
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by _archon_ 8y ago
It's worse than this. MCAS is designed to only look at one of the two AoA sensors. If this happens to be faulty, it doesn't know, because it's not comparing the sensor to the other one. Instead of a system which can notice an
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by _archon_ 8y ago
The AF 447 crash is one of the reasons MCAS was created. It's the exact scenario MCAS was designed to prevent: High altitude, high-speed, nose-up stall. This was more likely than the NG and dinosaur generations of 737 due to the engine
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by _archon_ 8y ago
I don't see why you can't do this now. Draw up an ownership contract and shares etc. This should be workable as long as you don't need a mortgage, and you'll likely need to incorporate, so the deed will be owned by an LL
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by _archon_ 8y ago
The Ford/GM 10 speed is a heck of a transmission. Porsche has TDM. Anything with dual-clutch can be automatic. Auto transmissions aren't as bad as they used to be.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
This is a matter of perspective. If you think of taxes as a burden you undertake because you're legally obligated to, then this behavior is indeed silly. I've recently realized another perspective which makes this extremely sensib
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by _archon_ 8y ago
The hard rectangular angles lead to fatigue failure from stress concentration. If more testing had been done and this had been known during the design phase, it would have been possible to reinforce the rest of the airframe around the windo
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by _archon_ 8y ago
It does not. If a device requires your location to work, it is not a remote, it's something else.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Who owns my medical information? Who controls how it's used, aggregated, disseminated, etc? If I want to be the only person who has my medical records, going around to every provider and getting a copy before having them all destroy th
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Such as?
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Is a Pi Zero worth $15 to you? If so, buy one (or many). If not, don't. High-demand cars often sell for well over sticker price. A few recent examples are the Civic Type R, the Focus RS when it was 1-3 years old, the BRZ when it came o
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by _archon_ 8y ago
The top tier rate was that high to pay for WWII. The rate didn't go similarly high for Vietnam, Desert Storm/Shield, or Afghanistan/Iraq because we have played shell games to cover the cost, with the net result being huge nat
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by _archon_ 8y ago
I trust the social network on my telephone's contact list more than any other. If I want to find out how someone is doing, I can do so via messaging or calling. It's a service I pay for anyway, though you can get it for free if yo
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by _archon_ 8y ago
I want a V8 Falcon. A car-based pickup would suit 99.99% of my use cases. They don't exist in the US market unless you buy something >30 yr. old.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
All these avenues already exist and are in play. To take away the drug black market is to reduce the total cash potential for organized crime.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Have the dispenser display a code for a $2 future credit. Or to be redeemed for cash at a later time somewhere cash transactions with humans exist. Or just use a standard vending machine module and give change with a restocking employee. Th
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Is there legislation pending to alter the copyright term again? If not, then we are indeed closer.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
I have just figured out the perfect IoT device to solve this problem: Push a button when local infrastructure makes you angry. The device figures out your location from GPS and user input on setup. The device then searches for a local realt
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Everywhere has poor people, but places with progressive taxation and gov policies have lots of rich people too.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Wouldn't that mean that ProtonVPN then has an end user in Aus, and would then be theoretically subject to all this nonsense? A user would have to double-VPN for ProtonVPN to be the solution. Right?
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by _archon_ 8y ago
What other player exists in this space, producing comparable performance in the same cost ballpark?
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by _archon_ 8y ago
If you cross the speed of sound with any part of your design or airflow, air can be pretty destructive if your design isn't up to it.
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by _archon_ 8y ago
Why is there no discussion of a this response: "Of course Uber says this; they're heavily invested in this tech and want it to succeed." I don't understand how a tech company that's developing a thing saying the thi
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by _archon_ 8y ago
If the aircraft were being piloted manually, this crash wouldn't have happened. The increasing imposition of automation and removing the pilot from the equation was the cause of this crash. Your recommendation is to take this further,
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by _archon_ 8y ago
The FAA issued a mandatory airworthiness directive as a result of this crash. Boeing didn't include training for a new anti-stall automation regime in their type cert update class for existing 737-rated pilots moving to the 737 MAX. Th

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