benihana

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by benihana 13y ago
> One of the reasons for the very high amount of single parents in the South is the VERY harsh sentences for non-violent drug crime, especially among African Americans. Sometimes 10 years for first offenses Outkast (from GA) mentions th
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by benihana 13y ago
you should create a program and corresponding man page called abide
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by benihana 13y ago
>It's an awful exclusionary term and you shouldn't think it funny or ironic. "Don't like things I don't like under any circumstances."
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by benihana 13y ago
>the value these barons robbed from the economy. It's genuinely impressive how you contort people willingly giving their money to Apple, Google, Pixar and Lucasfilm for goods and services into them robbing money from the economy.
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by benihana 13y ago
>So the money that would have gone to the programmers goes to the upper executive layers instead. This merely moves things around slightly, and if anything further squeezes wealth into the top 1% as opposed to top 10%. Citation needed. W
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by benihana 13y ago
You guys don't have wifi in Australia?
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by benihana 13y ago
I initially disagreed with your arbitrary cutoff point for what's natural, but your condescension and lack of explanation of your argument in this post really sold me.
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by benihana 13y ago
>And this is part of what makes email close to useless these days. Outside of your own organization you have no idea if your mail was delivered or black holed at a server somewhere never to be heard from again. I work in the domain of em
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by benihana 13y ago
Don't forget the beer. Durham (and all of the triangle) has amazing beer. I never really found the vibe to be weird. It seemed like a less pretentious Brooklyn (I live in BK now). And I can understand why you would think an area you gr
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by benihana 13y ago
> But when you actually look at what it says, it's basically "roll over" I don't think we read the same comment. It most certainly doesn't say roll over. It says try to find a diplomatic solution before you fire
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by benihana 13y ago
Thanks for this, my 'skeptical' sister in law will believe snopes.
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by benihana 13y ago
It's still forward progress. Why the snark though? Is there anyone who doesn't know the United States isn't socially progressive relative to other western nations? The fact that we're loosening dumb laws is good.
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by benihana 13y ago
I love this comment; it so beautifully and unintentionally proves the OPs point. It's like the perfect comment to represent Hacker News. In an article about Can Do vs Can't Do culture, it piggybacks on an insightful top comment th
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by benihana 13y ago
I bet you're just a joy at parties.
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by benihana 13y ago
I can't really fault Disney for this. Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognizable symbols/brands on earth. The difference between Disney and McDonalds and Coca Cola is that there isn't an expectation we all get unfettered a
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by benihana 13y ago
Have a separate work space dedicated solely towards working. You don't play there, you don't eat there, you work there. It's important to have boundaries when working from home.
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by benihana 13y ago
> it allows extortion/coercion. Suppose I am a mob boss and I wish to become (insert position here). I send my goons to inform you that voting for me is a wise decision because I can offer you protection from the vicious thugs in th
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by benihana 13y ago
>Can someone explain why this is a topic worthy of discussion? I find it incredibly interesting to know just how hard they got hit. I find it interesting that maybe someone from rap genius will be in these comments providing some extra c
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by benihana 13y ago
I live in NYC, and I often wonder what Silicon Valley is really like. Most of the news I read oh HN regarding it is very negative and cynical, but this article seems to think it ain't so bad. It seems like certain neighborhoods are f
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by benihana 13y ago
That's how I read it.
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by benihana 13y ago
You don't understand at all. I was in a relationship with a psychopath. Love does not matter to these people. Your emotions do not matter to these people. Your intentions do not matter to these people. The only thing that matters to
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by benihana 13y ago
An excellent example of the Hacker News subtype, Too Good To Enjoy Anything . This specimen can usually be found three or four comments below top comment expressing extreme negativity or pessimism at any kind of good announcement, or as we
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by benihana 13y ago
This sounds like absolute hell > Every internal email sent between any 2 people on the team has a certain list cc’ed that is accessible for everyone: For example if 2 engineers email with each other, they cc the engineers list, if it’s p
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by benihana 13y ago
Did you read the article? They work 32 hours a week.
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by benihana 13y ago
Please, humans destroying themselves through war is nothing compared to a large rock from space hitting the planet at 20,000 miles per hour. The amount of energy in the entire world's nuclear stockpile would be dwarfed by the energy of
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by benihana 13y ago
It's not like anyone said anything that got them burned. Maybe they both treated this exchange like it could become public correspondence. The point is not whether they thought it was private or not, the point is, it's a dick move
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by benihana 13y ago
Doom might be just a game, but it's underlying message that we should be killing demons makes me very uncomfortable.
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by benihana 13y ago
tl;dr: I had a bad experience once and now I don't like them.
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by benihana 13y ago
This is correct. This makes unique open counts much more reliable as it guarantees that the tracking image will be fetched. Before this change, one could never be certain how many people actually opened their email in gmail because some per
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by benihana 13y ago
I'm anxious to see how much Valve has learned since the launch of Steam a decade ago. Steam is great now, but it sucked pretty hard when it first came out. I remember the genuine shock I felt at having the friends functionality actuall

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