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by aggieben 10y ago
Cute. It's not an open protocol unless they make the spec public and free.
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by aggieben 10y ago
"While it is certainly possible that defensive technological development could outpace the development of offensive weapons and countermeasures to defenses, this does not appear very likely." This is sort of what I was getting at:
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by aggieben 10y ago
"The problem was that the OTA was reality-based and reality has a well-known liberal bias." That's cute. No, actually, it's bureaucrats that have a liberal bias. Meanwhile, in the absence of the OTA, we've been bus
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by aggieben 10y ago
I'm near Dallas, and this is close to my experience.
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by aggieben 11y ago
That's actually only true if you count all towns bigger than 2500 people as "urban". That's really not very consistent with what most people think of as "urban" vs "rural". I live in a town of 26,00
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by aggieben 11y ago
I think I can summarize the OP thusly: "All economic and political powers should be in the service of the interests of big urban centers". No thanks.
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by aggieben 11y ago
This would be more akin to judging an author based on what media company prints the magazine (Hearst, or Time, for example).
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by aggieben 11y ago
I really don't agree with the main thrust here at all, and I think I agree with the analyses the OP was trying to rebut: it basically boiled down to luck. There were other viable (and even better) chat products out there. Lacking a &q
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by aggieben 11y ago
I think the OpenBSD code is quite nice, actually (maybe not the cross-platform bits).
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by aggieben 11y ago
Well, firstly I didn't learn all accounting. I learned enough to read a balance sheet, understand the accrual method, and do day-to-day bookkeeping (by the time my business is big enough to need more than that, I will hire an accounta
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by aggieben 11y ago
> Accounting is the rare subject that's nearly impossible to learn on it's own. This is total nonsense. Accounting isn't that complicated, you just have to commit to learning it just like any other topic. I learned the b
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by aggieben 11y ago
As someone who started a business structured as an S-Corp and running it without a professional bookkeeper, I found this site immensely helpful. I do have a tax advisor, but I was on my own for day-to-day bookkeeping. It was well worth it
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by aggieben 11y ago
Yes, exactly. Some perspective is in order. Your examples are on point. Also: duels, anyone?
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by aggieben 11y ago
Today's C is still C.
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by aggieben 11y ago
Yep, I agree. They're definitely not all the same, and some are more helpable (better word please?) than others.
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by aggieben 11y ago
Well, I think we might mean different things by "homeless". The kind of people who prefer homelessness (and I know a couple, even in my small town) don't prefer it because they don't have a house. If someone were to ju
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by aggieben 11y ago
Has anyone noticed this in practice? All the news reports are explaining this as a past-tense thing; as in, gun-related posts are already banned. I have noticed zero effect so far. The gun groups I'm in are still chugging along as n
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by aggieben 11y ago
+1 for discourse
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by aggieben 11y ago
Mailing lists are the only thing worse than IRC. Seriously.
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by aggieben 11y ago
Uh, no. So much no. So many things are better than IRC. Even Jabbr.net is better.
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by aggieben 11y ago
I had to re-read this about three times to figure out that I agree with you ;-) The "yes, but..." really threw me off.
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by aggieben 11y ago
I'm curious how they're actually going to do this. I mean, they can shut down buyer/seller pages dedicated to guns, but those same groups can just set up generic group pages and carry on pretty much as before, except price a
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by aggieben 11y ago
I think it's just the latest convenience. I doubt very much that FB's move will make any difference whatsoever (not that I'm not bummed, because I find it convenient to follow gun trader groups in one place).
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by aggieben 11y ago
That's pretty much how FB sales go. A: "I have this gun I"ll sell for $400." B: "I will buy it from you." A: "Ok. Let's meet at the police station parking lot. What time is good for you?" B: &q
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by aggieben 11y ago
> ask the community That's what meta is for . If you want to be a part of the community that gets asked things, you have to participate on meta.
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by aggieben 11y ago
I feel exactly the opposite: I'm independent now, and I can walk away from my current gig without all that much disruption in my life because I don't depend on an employer for benefits or what have you. While I'm not walking
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by aggieben 11y ago
How is this different than a franchising model, where a parent corporation (say, Taco Bell) sets a bunch of conditions on the franchise license, but independent operators actually execute the restaurant business?
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by aggieben 11y ago
...or simply trading those "rights" for the freedom to be responsible for their own lives. One gives up a lot of freedom to be an employee. That tradeoff might be worth it for some people, and not as much for others.
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by aggieben 11y ago
This is sooo yummy. Nomnomnom.
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by aggieben 11y ago
You cannot hold dual citizenship and get a security clearance, and a clearance is required for many government contractors (certainly defense contractors, anyway).

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