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by cascom 8y ago
1. I’m not sure most people’s primary concern is stalking - though this would seem to be a solution 2. From a privacy perspective adding google into the loop seems counter productive 3. The cell phone company can still sell you location dat
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by cascom 8y ago
It is mistaken - the “C” stands for customs - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs...
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by cascom 8y ago
It’s clear you disagree with US immigration policy - ok - but like it or not it’s duly enacted law. On the one hand, I’m not sure how you can rationalize people earning citizenship based on falsifying their application. On the other hand, c
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by cascom 8y ago
Agreed - I suppose the point I was getting at was that public transport's record in the US is very mixed, and as such, it is not unreasonable to be skeptical of proposed plans...
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by cascom 8y ago
The phrase "the devil is in the details" comes to mind here.
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by cascom 8y ago
The problem is that in many American cities it doesn’t work like that - e.g. a lane of traffic is removed for a dedicated bus lane, increasing general traffic congestion, but bus utilization does not fully replace that same number of driver
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by cascom 8y ago
There are very few cities in America where public transport is the most efficient option for MOST trips - e.g. think about cities where a family of four could honestly say that they wouldn’t need a car. If a large capital project is not goi
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The government's creepy obsession with your face(theweek.com)
3 points by cascom 8y ago|0 comments
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by cascom 8y ago
2) perhaps someone with some actual experience can shed some more light, but I think it might have to do with potentially losing on base housing accommodations that may not always be provided for married couples?
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by cascom 8y ago
Theoretically - so they can decide between two students that both had 4.0 GPAs, perfect SAT scores, and were class presidents, etc. Cynically - it gives them cover to manage to "other goals" and chalking it up to a subjective meas
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by cascom 8y ago
I don't know much about the Indian system but what is missed in the discussion is that Harvard is NOT a technical university - it is a liberal arts program, and as such, one would expect a broader set of admission criteria than some ot
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More Harm Than Good: Assessing the Nuclear Arsenal Tipping Point(mtu.edu)
1 points by cascom 8y ago|0 comments
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by cascom 8y ago
Just thinking out loud, but I would posit that high grades/scores and "personality scores" tend to be negatively correlated, regardless of race/or within a particular race (just as i would hazard that academics and athle
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by cascom 8y ago
I believe there are several divisional directors, but the commission is made up of 5 commissioners appointed by the president. So while he has a big job, he is essentially a staffer, with policy being set at the commissioner level.
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by cascom 8y ago
fair point!
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by cascom 8y ago
I don't understand how brokers offer options trading without also offering an options analytics package (vol, greeks, etc.) or are people using some third party service and just coming to robinhood for execution? seems like its just le
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by cascom 8y ago
Check out the Options Clearing Corporation https://www.theocc.com/education/options/
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by cascom 8y ago
This doesn’t seem that surprising, most of these companies are “failures” - seems to stand to reason that many of these founders would cast some blame on the VCs (perhaps for not continuing to support the business when it was clear that it
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by cascom 8y ago
I think people are using different definitions of poor here. The article references NET WORTH not INCOME e.g. a doctor earning $200k a year but with $200k of medical debt is "poor." over 50% of households make >$50k a year in t
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by cascom 8y ago
I guess I'm just curious how and where spam callers enter the telco system, and why they are so difficult to stop...
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Ask HN: Why Can't Phone Carriers Stop Spam Calls?
3 points by cascom 8y ago|9 comments
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by cascom 8y ago
Seems pretty naive to risk jail timeover the commercial claims of some internet company... I use a vpn to reduce tracking and keep my ISP in the dark - and so have gravitated to the names in the space that seem to be more solid corporate ci
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by cascom 8y ago
why do these boats need to be autonomous?
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by cascom 8y ago
I have a separate credit card that I put all recurring charges on - it keeps it so much easier from some of them getting lost in the mix of your regular transactions - also let’s you get a sense of just how much you’re spending on that stuf
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by cascom 8y ago
I wonder how many innocent people are going to be harmed due to poor facial recognition matches...
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Ask HN: Best Anti-Virus/Security Set Up for Seniors?
3 points by cascom 8y ago|3 comments
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by cascom 8y ago
The state has does have pretty significant water transport (look up the port of Muskogee and Catoosa), not to mention a great deal of rail and pipeline as well, no idea about the aquifers etc. I wouldn’t want to live there, but seems like a
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by cascom 8y ago
Not mentioned here - the imputed cost of easy eviction on rental prices/ability to rent. I’ve lived in tenant friendly cities (NYC) and landlord friendly cities (HOU). And guess what, its way easier to rent an apartment in a state wher
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by cascom 8y ago
In order to build public housing on Central Park the effective value of the subsidy to each of the families that receive housing there would be hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. That’s like buying Ferraris for people that can’t affor
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by cascom 8y ago
I’m sorry but the US is one of the least densely populated developed countries with abundant fresh water, energy and arable land. If Oklahoma had the population density of the Netherlands it would have an additional 72 million people living

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