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by bdhess 8y ago
> If they're going to structure it to be shitty so I do what they want They've structured it to be shitty because that's what the market wants: the lowest cost product. When I fly the major carriers, I often still see the
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by bdhess 8y ago
Many? From the list I count six where the wording implies that a prosecution can occur without permission from the executive branch.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> This is the human condition I guess. We take things for granted. Like the stability we've grown up in, so much that we're willing to sacrifice our inheritance [a stable and mostly fair society] chasing windmills. The notion t
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by bdhess 8y ago
> One has a relatively fixed supply (real estate), the other has a virtually unlimited supply (cars). The supply of space on the road in densely constructed cities is even more fixed than the housing supply.
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by bdhess 8y ago
The breakage you describe in A) shouldn't happen according to the proposal. The compiler for toolchain version X+1 should still be able to compile code that is language version X.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> or you limit upload capabilities for smaller creators (which would be the death of the internet) Would it? I feel like it would actually spark innovation in the host-your-own space. Which is closer to the original vision of the interne
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by bdhess 8y ago
> unless sooner removed for cause by the President In labor law, requiring termination "for cause" is the opposite of permitting termination "at will".
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by bdhess 8y ago
Also, plenty of folks visit NYC without using the subway.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Huh? This doesn't have anything to do with Cuomo. This is the New York County (Manhattan) DA, who is himself an elected official.
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by bdhess 8y ago
I don't think there actually is a contrast in philosophies. The philosophies are the same for each: do a cost/benefit analysis, and then go with whatever makes the most money. It just happens that the cost of fixing an automotive
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by bdhess 8y ago
Yes. And there's the inherent problem in arguing with analogies. Here's another analogy: "This car seats twice as many people, and accelerates twice as fast, but sadly will require twice as much motor oil when it's time
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by bdhess 8y ago
Strangely, ICE itself isn’t on their list.
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by bdhess 8y ago
I don’t think there is a reasonable counter argument. It’s not a free license, for the same reason the JSON license isn’t. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#JSON
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by bdhess 8y ago
> I want someone truly extraordinary. Better suited to the role, more experienced, smarter, better dressed and showing it. I think someone who’s truly extraordinary shouldn’t have to try very hard to look “relatable”. JFK comes to mind i
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by bdhess 8y ago
> Professional athletes who come into sudden wealth due to becoming professional athletes are also infamous for their financial struggles. I think this group has similar characteristics to the lottery winners. They become rich suddenly,
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by bdhess 8y ago
There have historically been two competing models for how to establish the binding between a public key and its owner: the decentralized (web of trust) model[0], and the centralized (PKI) model[1]. This proposal seems to be an implementatio
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by bdhess 8y ago
That’s a common thing to hear when trying to follow the steps for a waltz (counting out RIGHT left right LEFT right left can only be correct for one partner at a time).
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by bdhess 8y ago
This isn’t a new phenomenon. All of the arguments you’re making were made in the twentieth century about gambling.
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by bdhess 8y ago
> It's an amazing amount of societal damage that nobody will ever be able to quantify. We'll never know the books that weren't read, the inventions that weren't made, or the people that weren't helped because som
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by bdhess 8y ago
It’s hardly magic. It’s a defined feature of git. If one couldn’t avail himself of the defined features of git, then there’d be no reason to build on top of it in the first place.
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by bdhess 8y ago
I like this answer. I'd also add: 0) Spend time finding data sets that actually interest you. If you're working with data that you're actually excited about, the questions will flow naturally. And when the questions flow na
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by bdhess 8y ago
> Given that something like one in twenty or so adults in most parts of the country are probably carrying a firearm at any given time I think that’s a gross overestimation. I would guess that most CCW permit holders hardly ever carry in
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by bdhess 8y ago
There’s a difference between performing a licensed activity without a license, and performing an activity that’s not licenseable. As to the red tape argument, you’re sort of implying that every niche of a massive bureaucracy ought to be fam
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by bdhess 8y ago
Funding the government and pleasing your constituents are legitimate aims in a representative democracy.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Just because the customer is in Maryland doesn’t mean the dev has to be.
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by bdhess 8y ago
Unless the dev has the authority to make the decision, what he should really do is explain the tradeoff: “Hey marketing, I know you want this feature, but it’s gonna cause us to drop down in Google results. Is it still worth it?”
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by bdhess 8y ago
How do you persuade “everyone” when the primary deterrent is a fixed fine that doesn’t scale relative to lifestyle?
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by bdhess 8y ago
To me it seems just as farcical to levy a $100 fine on someone who only has $100. What exactly does that accomplish?
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by bdhess 8y ago
Why not? How can this thread make sense in the context of the article otherwise?
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by bdhess 8y ago
Your information/links are about the wrongly convicted, but TFA is about accusals.

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