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by aasarava 13y ago
> The adult runs off. I then walk up to the child and punch them in the face - do you think "well that punch doesn't matter"? You're muddling the context of "doesn't matter". In your hypothetical, the rapist would be prosecuted for r
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by aasarava 13y ago
You're trying to make the case that if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, then it didn't fall. If a stranger breaks into your home, goes through your belongings, and takes your prized possessions, it doesn't matter if you're we
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by aasarava 13y ago
> presume that there's a difference between a young child who doesn't know any better, v.s. a young child who is being forced to do something they hate. Your disclaimer is troubling. Are you saying one is somehow a lesser problem than t
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by aasarava 13y ago
Any reason your snark has to be obligatory? Especially since it's about a pedantic issue with the video about the service rather than the service itself? The thing is, you've actually got something interesting to say -- we should certainly
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by aasarava 13y ago
They also seem to be in some parts of San Francisco, as noted in places in their blog. But yes, a list of Zips would be helpful.
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by aasarava 13y ago
Uh, no, in the US, debt does not pass on to children (unless the children co-signed the loan as adults.)
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by aasarava 13y ago
> This sort of thing is why I'm tired of political news on HN. Because someone interpreted information differently than you, or did not do the same research as you? I think you'll tire quickly of political discussion anywhere, in that
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by aasarava 13y ago
Facebook has since updated its design, and the padding is better balanced. My account got upgraded to the new design a month or so back. I assume they are rolling it out slowly.
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The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India(atlasobscura.com)
134 points by aasarava 13y ago|30 comments
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by aasarava 13y ago
Was anyone else pleasantly surprised to find that this is a well-researched, plainly-told article -- the kind you rarely expect from local news? This should be an example on how to investigate and report impactful news.
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by aasarava 13y ago
As far as I can tell, there was no real "intercept" in this case other than the government asking for records of calls. So the software involved was probably just a SQL query. That said, I do agree with the point you're making that there ca
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by aasarava 13y ago
Adding to your question, it seems there are two things that are needed: Reducing reliance on a third-party service (phone company, Skype, etc.) that may keep call records which can be subpoenaed; and encrypting the conversation itself so it
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by aasarava 13y ago
It's great to see designers focusing on this issue. Interestingly, fonts that "assist" people with dyslexia have been around for quite a while. I wrote an article for Wired about the Read Regular font in 2003: http://www.wired.com/science/
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by aasarava 13y ago
If the information in the book (regardless of page count) gives you insight into a new technology that you can use to expand your career, is $30 really too much? If you're a contractor billing at market rates in SF, $30 is one-third to one
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by aasarava 13y ago
> Web Developer common sense rule #1 — Always put alt tags on images, especially when they're being used as icons in content sections, wow. Actually, no. The icons are correctly labeled with text and many of the images are CSS backgro
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by aasarava 13y ago
What are some of the things you've been inspired to do differently?
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by aasarava 13y ago
It's only obvious to cultures that eat meat. I grew up vegetarian in a Hindu family (in the US). Until late college, I would not have been able to tell you how filet mignon, sirloin, chuck, rib differed -- or even what animal they referred
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by aasarava 13y ago
Except that doing so might open up news organizations to claims of bias in their reporting on aid organizations and on how aid money is spent.
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by aasarava 14y ago
I don't know if it's fair to say news organizations are using the bombing to gain financially. They are doing their jobs -- which is, providing a service to gather and disseminate news. In order to do that service, reporters and editors nee
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by aasarava 14y ago
CA public school. Same.
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by aasarava 14y ago
From TFA: "It's also fine in humidities above 98%, which you find in the rainy season in the tropics," she says, where the conditions outside resemble the environment the virus finds in the body.
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IPOs more secretive under new law(sfgate.com)
1 points by aasarava 14y ago|0 comments
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by aasarava 14y ago
It's not just the move that puts this program out of the reach of people with kids or other commitments -- it's the entire schedule. 12 weeks of 10am to 9pm, Monday through Saturday? This is basically a way of saying (whether intentionally
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Typekit/Adobe introduces free service: Adobe Edge Web Fonts(blog.typekit.com)
1 points by aasarava 14y ago|0 comments
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by aasarava 14y ago
I think the point is more that Apple understands that its retail employees are the public face of Apple. They are, figuratively, part of the PR department. So they train their "geniuses" to always be friendly and helpful. Microsoft on the o
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by aasarava 14y ago
Except that English as a subject is much less about writing English or the English language as it is about studying English literature and its reflection of (and impact on) culture and history.
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by aasarava 14y ago
For what it's worth, there is a Kindle reader app that lets you read books w/o an actual Kindle. But I agree that lending restrictions (and the question of who really owns the copy of the book) do make things more difficult.
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by aasarava 14y ago
What do you mean by "the energy-star hoax"? (Curious.)
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by aasarava 14y ago
Sure they do, if they've been using computers since the DOS days.
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by aasarava 14y ago
Has anyone tried to actually download a data set? It seems you have to register first. Is there any good reason why an open government initiative would need to require registration to access the actual data?

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