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by afpx 5y ago
How do you get probable cause (say, for a potential terrorist attack) without spying? People organizing mass violence tend to hide their tracks pretty well. Personally, I think the risk of terrorist attacks is pretty low compared to other r
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by afpx 5y ago
"...In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer
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by afpx 5y ago
ELI5 - Why can’t each country (or state) have it’s own node and proof of stake?
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by afpx 5y ago
This is freaking awesome. I have been looking for something like this for months. You're the best, dsugarman.
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by afpx 5y ago
Bitcoin was some neat tech. But, in case you haven’t noticed it’s been taken over by finance bros. Now, it’s just a scam to prey on the poor and ignorant.
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by afpx 5y ago
Sorry if I seemed to suggest that your perspective wasn't valid. I think your experience is a common one, and a lot of people agree with you. The tide is in your favor, in fact. I just hope people "don't throw the baby out wi
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by afpx 5y ago
Disagree completely. I too was in poverty and homelessness between the ages of 4 and 16. Those government programs (no matter how poorly managed) were critical to my survival. The whole reason why I support government programs today is beca
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by afpx 5y ago
Correlation does not mean causation. Tuition prices were already on their way up before 2007 (as the paper targets). I suspect that this is because in the 80s and 90s the data showed that a 4-year degrees increased income substantially, and
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by afpx 5y ago
Underestimated Tasks Feature Creep Death March Feature Cuts Understaffed Team Underbudgeted Project Neglected [...] Design Working on Multiple Projects Yep, pretty much sums up my career, so far.
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by afpx 5y ago
The pendulum swing of liberalism seems to naturally lead to Eugenics, when it's at it extreme. When I talk with my liberal friends, that's where discussions often end up - "Well, the dumb people are just fucking everything up
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by afpx 5y ago
Why turn HN into another political forum? Off-Topic: Most stories about politics [...] unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https:/&#x
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by afpx 5y ago
Prices are only going to go up. The side-effect of bringing 60M new people each year into the middle class.
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by afpx 5y ago
I paid my house off a few years ago. But, last month I decided to max out an equity loan and buy dividend stocks. So, if all goes well, I'll have an extra million in 10 years. Worst case, I figure I'll break even.
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by afpx 5y ago
I’m certainly not. I live in a high COL area, and the average developer makes 120k here. For a few years, it was above 150k, but it’s back down. For a reference, I know two teachers who make 90k and two management consultants who make 250k
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by afpx 5y ago
A lot of people use self-shaming as a strategy for change. And, from experience, I know it works. But, the toll of it on one's mental heath isn't worth it. At least, for some of us, all that shame adds up and causes issues down th
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by afpx 5y ago
Luckily, in the US, we have constitutional rights and a long history of open debate. But, I'm curious. What would have helped the Soviet Union from forming? Was there a solution?
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by afpx 5y ago
It's just capitalism at work. The period between 1940 and 2000, roughly, is when white men had the most disposable income. Unsurprisingly, most media was produced for them, specifically. Now, white men have a very small piece of the di
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by afpx 5y ago
A scientist parks her car under a tree, everyday. Occasionally, branches fall off and scratch her car. Today, she goes outside and sees that her window is smashed. She looks around to find the branch that smashed her window but can't f
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by afpx 5y ago
Why would there be a ban on this type of research, in the US, since 2014? https://osp.od.nih.gov/biotechnology/gain-of-function-resear...
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by afpx 5y ago
The OP barely provided any information. Mainly they claimed authority on the issue and ruled it closed. It's also interesting how you continue to imply that I'm uneducated, dumb, etc. That's a great way to shut down a dialogu
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by afpx 5y ago
Do you really think that most people will buy that given that we haven't had a similar pandemic in 100 years? Also, if you're going to appeal to authority, please link to the HN comments that explain how "lab leak" expla
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by afpx 5y ago
Scientists must do a better job of explaining how natural origin is the likely explanation, then. Otherwise, a lot of smart and educated people are going to put the wrong dots together.
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by afpx 5y ago
This isn't just a random scapegoat. It just happens that the company (Ecohealth Alliance) proposed the gain-of-function research on the virus to DARPA, which was subsequently rejected as being too risky. NIH later funded similar resear
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by afpx 5y ago
I’m not skilled at teaching, nor am I interested in doing it. It’s hard work. So, I’d rather outsource that to a professional. However, I would like to have a better selection of schools. Particularly, I’d like schools geared toward the int
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by afpx 5y ago
This is a strange comment to me because this is exactly what a lot of people have been doing for the past 40 years. Over a billion people have been brought out of extreme poverty, and hundreds of millions have entered the middle class. Chan
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by afpx 5y ago
How long has it been since you did it? Have the effects waned?
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by afpx 5y ago
Have there been large, complex states that didn't have large bureaucracies?
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by afpx 5y ago
Which countries would you consider being closest to free-market?
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by afpx 5y ago
China seems to function pretty well, if that's your metric.
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by afpx 5y ago
As an American, the EU seems like it's rife with bullshit laws that protect the gentry and aristocracy.

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