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by bitops 13y ago
It's interesting to consider that tax rates historically have been all over the place. In the United States, for example, the tax rate has been as high as 91% for the top bracket. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incom
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by bitops 13y ago
I'm not sure I understand the point about reuse and decoupling being opposing forces. A simplistic example that comes to mind is a calculator module with a well-defined interface (interface in the Java sense of the term). Maybe there a
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by bitops 13y ago
The offer is voluntary. Joe can either accept it or refuse it. I feel like this point is really kind of secondary to the discussion, or at least, it seems like there's an assumption in here that I don't share. For some reason, I
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by bitops 13y ago
What is life in the village like? I'll admit my first reaction upon reading this is to think "that doesn't sound very pleasant" but maybe it's a lot better relative to where this person came from. Why are people mov
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by bitops 13y ago
Also, this has pushed me further to the left, not to the right. So...who will you work for then?
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by bitops 13y ago
I've always considered myself "on the Blue team" but the past year has really pissed me off. NSA, Healthcare.gov, drone strikes, and the President trying everything he can muster to go to war with Syria. I walked into our Bu
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Cheerleader turned soldier(cnn.com)
1 points by bitops 13y ago|0 comments
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Why I spoke out about my sexual assault(salon.com)
13 points by bitops 13y ago|1 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
Heh...as a Danish person, I think part of that distinction also is that Denmark has a really bad service culture compared to the US. It does seem to be changing. But I feel like Danes are a pretty proud (and/or headstrong) folk with ve
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by bitops 13y ago
If the laws pass that require servants to be paid more, some servants will be lucky enough to make more money as a result, others will starve to death because they will go from making $64/month to nothing at all. In a way, this sort
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by bitops 13y ago
I think what you may not be considering here is that there's a broader point being made about what constitutes a "living wage." Of course it's better to get some money rather than nothing. But if the money is below the m
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by bitops 13y ago
One thing that may be happening (or start happening) here with these bus protests is that unrelated leftist groups from the Bay Area will seek to piggyback on to this and cause havoc. This is a definite trend if you follow political action
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Oakland schools' mission to end child trafficking(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by bitops 13y ago|0 comments
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Total techie takeover of Mid-Market? Won't happen(sfchronicle.com)
2 points by bitops 13y ago|0 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
"ftw - for the women/for the weed" - you're not off to a great start in terms of adopting the language of inclusion.
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Terrible Twos Who Stay Terrible(well.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by bitops 13y ago|0 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
I'm not biased against someone without a degree, many of the best people I've worked with didn't have degrees. But if you don't have a degree, you have to have something else to show.
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by bitops 13y ago
Even if it's not completely technically accurate, I think your explanation makes the most intuitive sense to me out of all the responses I read.
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by bitops 13y ago
I was struck by this statement: "There’s something just intrinsically rewarding about turning around a corner and shooting at something." Do others feel this way? I've played shooter games when I was a kid, but I don't
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by bitops 13y ago
The author of this answer, cletus, is also a member of this community and has quite a high karma. See his content here: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cletus
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by bitops 13y ago
Setting up mail servers is hard because email is a very old technology. What we do today with message queues, they used to do with email. The protocols are monstrosities from what I'm told and there are lots of moving pieces. The best
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Suggest HN: make a separate community just for Bitcoin articles
25 points by bitops 13y ago|19 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
From reading this article and the comments, I imagine that the future of drones in the US may be much the same as what we're seeing with gun control: many people will see value in private drone ownership and will be okay with regulatio
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by bitops 13y ago
I think it's safe to say that both John McCarthy and Dennis Ritchie lived full, rich lives. They did much to change the world but Mandela is in the stratosphere when it comes to that. I say he deserves a black bar.
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by bitops 13y ago
I'm a little sad to see that there's not a black bar across the top of HN due to this story.
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by bitops 13y ago
These types of discussion about language always reminds me of http://www.economist.com/node/15108609 which I find a fascinating read.
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Tongue Twisters - rare languages(economist.com)
2 points by bitops 13y ago|0 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
Disclaimer right up front: I personally doubt that Bitcoin will be a long-term success. I fall into the camp of people who believe it is not a mature enough technology, unproven despite the hype. It is much too volatile to be any good other
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Ask HN: Is Apple going downhill?
18 points by bitops 13y ago|14 comments
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by bitops 13y ago
I'm upvoting you for linking to Prude's Progress which looks like somebody trying to think critically about something. And also for the change in tone. I'll try to match you as best I can. I think the notions of 'sex-pos

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