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691.
by basseq 11y ago
That blew me away. Cheaper than a therapist, I guess.
692.
by basseq 11y ago
The FAA doesn't appear to have any guidance on automated flying: e.g., it doesn't say anything (at least in a 1m search) about a human pilot. (I was surprised by this.) So long as you stay within recreational use guidelines (e.g.,
693.
by basseq 11y ago
In related news, John Hammond, President and CEO of InGen, announced today the purchase of Isla Nublar, a tropical island in an isolated Central American location.
694.
by basseq 11y ago
What about something like LegalZoom?
695.
by basseq 11y ago
You can very easily save a couple thousand dollars in negotiation. I understand the TVM, and I see the value in two ways: 1. I can sit around a dealer for a couple hours and save a couple thousand bucks: that's $500-$1k/hr. Pretty
696.
by basseq 11y ago
I read Chandler Phillips' Confessions of a Car Salesman last year (originally published in 2009) and found it really interesting/telling: http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/confessions-of-a-car-sales...
697.
by basseq 11y ago
Or the ones that think they can find another job with 90 days, or the ones who want to try their own thing for a little while (subsidizing the first 90 days of startup runway: enough for a MVP).
698.
by basseq 11y ago
Thought experiment: ignore the holacracy angle and offer everyone in any company 3-months severance if they quit by a certain date. What percentage would quit? I wouldn't be surprised if the average was 10-20% and a vast majority of
699.
by basseq 11y ago
> Anyone getting arrested and resisting will complain that it's "excessive force" when the police use any sort of force to arrest them. It remains that 99% of complaint-filers think the police used more force than was war
700.
by basseq 11y ago
Ancestry has a borderline monopoly on web-based genealogy, and unfortunately doesn't seem to be a very good steward for that data. Generally, the genealogy community is very open and sharing. Distant relatives (n cousins nth removed) w
701.
by basseq 11y ago
Meanwhile, in the DC Metro Area, parents are being charged with neglect for letting their 6- and 10-year old children walk home alone. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-coupl...
702.
by basseq 11y ago
The complicated part of this is that your tax owed (and, by association, a refund from over-withholding) is contingent on tax credits and deductions. The article mentions this in relation to EITC—briefly. But it doesn't mention other t
703.
Don’t Be So Happy About That Tax Refund(fivethirtyeight.com)
1 points by basseq 11y ago|1 comments
704.
by basseq 11y ago
I had always assumed "Happy Birthday" was public domain, if for no other reason than lack of enforcement. The idea of some company collecting royalties is re-god-damn-diculous .
705.
by basseq 11y ago
"It appears they are basing prices on what firms can afford not on the product services they are providing." Which would be sales 101: price your product or service to the value it will create. (Look at any "freelance rate&qu
706.
by basseq 11y ago
Awesome link. Difference between subverting a proper noun (Kindle) and subjective word choice. The first is clear cut: it's a proper noun! The second can be a fine line: you don't make a compelling argument about abortion by calli
707.
by basseq 11y ago
I think legitimacy and respect go along with making a strong argument. If you resort to name-calling, the rest of your argument must not be strong enough—that's the perception, anyway. Amazon and Kindle are legitimate whether Stallman
708.
by basseq 11y ago
Barring a point-by-point analysis, his interesting points include: - Non-ethical corporate compliance with surveillance activities. - Pay-for-placement allegations. (Especially interesting given recent lawsuit for ratings spam.) - Warehouse
709.
by basseq 11y ago
Stallman raises some interesting points, but calling the Kindle a "Swindle" doesn't make for a very rational argument.
710.
by basseq 11y ago
I'm probably not the best person to answer this question, but I do some experienced hiring into technology and business fields, and a fair amount of recruiting overall. YMMV. Two main points: 1. Don't worry about your resume too m
711.
by basseq 11y ago
The "mov[ing] from one part of a store to another" was how the article characterized the kidnapping charge. I would imagine that forcing someone to the floor and threatening them with a gun would be part of the aggravated assault
712.
by basseq 11y ago
I really dislike "stacked" charges. Maybe that's the best way to differentiate between "a burglary", "a burglary where an innocent person was involved", "a burglary where 3 innocent people were involv
713.
by basseq 11y ago
It technically already is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7018988
714.
by basseq 12y ago
> I sometimes get the feeling that traffic signals in my home town (Chicago) are designed to maximize ticket and speed camera revenue, rather than improve the flow. You get that feeling because it's true: http://www.chica
715.
by basseq 12y ago
Location: Washington, DC Metro Area (Arlington, Fairfax, Tyson's Corner, Reston, Herndon, Chantilly) Remote: Maybe, but prefer local. Willing to relocate: For an insane opportunity and/or outside the US. Technologies: (See below.)
716.
by basseq 12y ago
Very true. And the medium (among other factors, like literacy) has a self-selecting component: you're not going to take the time (money, etc.) to make clay tablets out of everything. There wasn't a clay-tablet-Twitter back in the
717.
by basseq 12y ago
Flip this around and look backwards: how much exists from 1000BC–1000AD (using the "1,000 years to 3,000 years" figure cited by Cerf)? In popular knowledge, not much: Sun Tzu and Confucius, the Bible, the Kama Sutra, Homer, Virgil
718.
by basseq 12y ago
This is very common with towing, repossession, or "recovery" companies, who can drive around with automated cameras looking for "hits": cars with repo orders. Companies (ex: Digital Recognition Network [DRN]) sell camera
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A Point-By-Point Response to the Latest Claims Made by Mars One(medium.com)
1 points by basseq 12y ago|0 comments
720.
by basseq 12y ago
> My gut is that a LOT of artists are getting screwed for exactly the reasons mentioned in the article. The article makes the hypothesis that people who listen to "indie" music also listen to less music. I don't think th

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