borism

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   by borism 16y ago

   I don't think you're an idiot, so stop pretending like you don't realize that he used his special privileges as a pilot to get concealed weapons onto the plane. And stop advocating for lifting security requirements off pilots with ridiculou
2. 692.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   > he already has control over it so does co-pilot and auxiliary crew
3. 693.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   I call out BS. "Prior to the departure of this flight on April 7, 1994, Mr. Calloway presented himself at the plane in full flight gear and with carry-on items. Although he was not a member of the flight crew, he entered the cockpit and be
4. 694.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   >>> Severe wounds >>> The crew was left with permanent, disabling injuries and have not flown professionally since.
5. 695.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   Absolutely! Everyone interested in relevant discussion can go to airliners.net where this is top story for few days now: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/re... Another relevant site is pprune.org: http://www.ppru
6. 696.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   DynDNS is wonderful!
7. 697.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   Considering that some start-up founder here might end up as CEO of some bigcorp like ones portrayed in the movie I don't think it's totally out of place on HN.
8. 698.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   You should check out nookDevs
9. 699.▲
   by borism 16y ago

   Don't take karma systems too seriously. There are some (many?) psychopaths here that literally live off cheating karma by posting BS that best fits crowd mentality at any particular moment.
10. 700.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    it is also not available outside the US :) (thanks Hulu/NBC/Fox/etc!) (I've seen it previously and it has a point)
11. 701.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    yes it is :) (I have one)
12. 702.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    I don't know what people you talk to, but the current article clearly talks in present tense.
13. 703.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    First time I hear a claim that charity is responsible for smallpox eradication. Sure, charities did help a lot, but it took Worldwide coordinated effort by WHO with primary donors being UN member states to achieve full eradication.
14. 704.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    I think it's called "enhanced interrogation"?
15. 705.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    Depends what you mean by "Stock Market" If it's a gateway to business ownership then it's not zero-sum. If it's purely game to out-arbiter other participants then it is zero-sum.
16. 706.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    here're the court proceedings in norwegian: http://multimedia.dn.no/archive/00198/Dom_robotsaken_198967a... description of what they did from another forum: - TMB is showing 5k bid @ 9.7 / 5k ask @ 10 - Norwegian viking takes out the ask
17. 707.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    "intelligent AI systems" don't do HFT
18. 708.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    There are many, but nothing could match equity in terms of start-up employee motivation and responsibility.
19. 709.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    > I said that if you're ok with $35,000 a year, why not get a job that pays $200,000 a year and donate $160,000? First of all, not many $200000 jobs are available to people who are willing to make $35000. And second, you totally negle
20. 710.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    people looking for a date != "people who like other people" first thing I thought there are much more high school kids than anyone else. Then I found this: http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/older_lover/Age-Distribution-With... and this: http://
21. 711.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    unfortunately if I may add :)
22. 712.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    so what is the real world % of people who think the Earth is larger than the Sun? surely OKCupid has some selection bias?
23. 713.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    great simultaneous denigration of people who work for charities and people who donate to charities! (surely you can't earn decent salary while working for charity and if you'll donate to it your quality of life is sure to decline! and sense
24. 714.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    I don't see how this could be true. What makes Java the Language so special that it can only be compiled into JVM bytecode and not something else?
25. 715.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    He granted the stock, not the cash.
26. 716.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    Absolutely agreed on most parts of second point - the mentioned companies are quite far from being start-ups for quite some time now. But not quite IPO-ready either, didn't FB delay it's own for at least couple of years? I would even argue
27. 717.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    They're not so remote from everywhere so they don't need to?
28. 718.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    well, if they are allowed to watch the end result that is (if the reports that it was done in DPRK are true)
29. 719.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    There might be, but judging by numerous reports of FB and likes employees selling their stock left and right there didn't seem to exist any restrictions at those places. That's the whole point of starting to restrict those deals now, don't
30. 720.▲
    by borism 16y ago

    they might not qualify to be an accredited investor to be a buyer, but I didn't know there were any restrictions on being a seller there? I've got the impression that all FB employees who had vested stock were able to sell...