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by bsanr2 7y ago
I hope everyone now understands why every seemingly-batshit conspiracy regarding the crack/cocaine epidemic exists: because there truly are people in this world who would absolutely stoop so low. And a reminder to the people realizing
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by bsanr2 7y ago
An additional AskHN: Is there an issue with discussing Kobe Bryant's passing on this forum, and if so, what might that be? HN discusses the recent passing of non-tech individuals regularly. It would be understandable if users simply di
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Breakdown of technical issues related to the crash of Kobe Bryant's helicopter(nymag.com)
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by bsanr2 7y ago
You would be wrong. And in the unlikely case that you're right, you can organize and/or vote to do something about it.
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by bsanr2 7y ago
>Short term reward seems to overrule long term planning and goals if the outside pressure is not there and we have a choice. I think the emphasis is wrong here. Short term rewards overrule long term planning when there isn't room fo
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I'm confused. Isn't AMP mostly an issue on mobile devices? Can you use this on a phone?
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>What’s the deal recently with new accounts on HN peddling anti-western conspiracy theories? That's a gross mischaracterization of what was posted.
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The first modern genocide (if you don't count the Congolese, which most don't but should) was a death march. The Turks didn't try to eliminate the Armenians by shooting or poisoning or slashing them; they simply made them wal
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Essentially, low barrier to entry. Something that free education (not necessarily limited to degree-granting colleges, and perhaps living grants for self-study) and a robust safety net could achieve today.
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>Many people balk at their first or second failure and stop trying Or they run out of time or money.
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Genocide by convenient happenstance, as a side-effect of deliberate action, is still genocide.
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It does make me wonder if people from equatorial regions might have a different circadian rhythm than people from the extreme north. Might this dovetail with the (perplexingly simultaneous) perception of daytime "laziness" and an
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by bsanr2 7y ago
In the interests of not causing a crisis when Top Level Trust Domain endorses the wrong site and the algorithm goes, "Uh uh," (or the endorsement is falsely labeled spam by malicious actors, or whatever), maybe the effect decrease
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Right, so then the question is if the other processes currently in place serve as mitigating factors to the inadequacy those qualifications present to the selection system's efficacy. I'd argue that they don't, in which case
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by bsanr2 7y ago
The answer is simple, but you're not gonna like it. 1) Set minimum qualifications 2) For everyone who passes step one, run a lottery 3) That's it Most interview processes are about as good as a coin flip at determining if a candid
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Is there a term for the increased credulousness with which people sometimes seem to approach increasingly, obviously problematic topics? The more blatant the irregularities in this race, where a black woman had a serious chance of becoming
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I don't think it's a red herring. It gets right to the heart of the very personal entitlement parents have, to the exclusion and detriment of people around them. I asked (rhetorically, admittedly) your stance on school funding equ
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Most people will agree that there's a collective obligation to safeguard children. Not so much for a collective obligation to go out of our way to make parenting more convenient for those who can afford to raise kids AND to purchase pl
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by bsanr2 7y ago
This is less about what one should want for oneself than what one owes others whose lives they are disrupting with their presence. If you take someone's innocence, you have a moral obligation to their mental well-being.
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by bsanr2 7y ago
It's a more widespread issue than you say. Even mature professionals give me a look when they see that I use a 2.5-year-old Note8 instead of any iPhone, let a newer one. Some verbalize their antipathy. "American society" is t
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by bsanr2 7y ago
>Is it because we have more leisure time and can afford to filter the media we consume? More or less. Cash, wealth, and access to credit afford you a number of avenues to avoid trouble, or else get out of it when you realize that you&#x2
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I don't I know the answer is that difficult. 1) Prime Directive: don't introduce knowledge that will make someone's life harder or more complicated if you don't have to. 2) If they have the means to get that knowledge, y
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by bsanr2 7y ago
>I don't have a quick summary of all the financials of all the schools in the country and whether athletics is a net positive/negative. Your argument is kind of moot, then. Your citation is filled with caveats about the nature
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Our system allows police to selectively apply traffic rules. This means that the people who find them onerous and can fight back against them tend to be avoided, while more vulnerable people are subject to them more often. You might remembe
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I'm still unclear on what to do when a police officer has demonstrated intent to hurt or kill you, despite your cooperation.
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You have to understand, much of he law that pertains to using a motor vehicle in the US is a pretense to legitimize traffic stops, which are then used for some other purpose (mostly busting drivers for more serious crimes, or else extractin
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by bsanr2 7y ago
This makes me wonder how much of legal decision-making is based on the actual law and the arguments being made, and how much is based on one's adherence to proper "courtroom culture" demonstrating that you're sophisticat
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I'm still unclear on what to do when a police officer has demonstrated intent to hurt or kill you, despite your cooperation.
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I'm not sure how another anecdote proves the rule.
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It's illegal, and it's totally been used. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/opinion/wells-fargo-se... That was the instance they were caught for mortgages, but it's happened infamously and

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