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by cc-d 8y ago
"New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $5000 Customs fine" That headline reads as if it is from some dystopian cyberpunk novel. We've reached the age where governments are conducting "digital searches&q
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by cc-d 8y ago
An equivalent example would be giving customs permission to search something private and located somewhere else, such as your house, simply because you're entering the country. This is an obvious and disgusting overreach of authority.
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by cc-d 8y ago
Considering viral DNA makes up approximately 8% of the human genome, eliminating it probably wouldn't end too well.
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by cc-d 8y ago
Serotonin as a biological utility has been around since the beginning of multi-cellular life, maybe even sooner! We organisms tend to share many of the same neurotransmitters. It's always pretty cool to observe similar pharmacological
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by cc-d 8y ago
Sorry to be that guy, but I do believe the actual correct etymological term is "octopizzle".
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by cc-d 8y ago
Or maybe they realize that the 20th dog, who receives no bone and has to watch the other 19 enjoy theirs, might become angry and start causing problems. The 19 dogs, realizing that group performance and cohesion is far more important than 1
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by cc-d 8y ago
Between this and AMP it looks like google's abusing their market dominance to seize control over the open internet. We were able to somewhat break up microsoft's attempt at something similar in the 90s through anti-trust legislati
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by cc-d 8y ago
>I can't imagine many security focused companies would touch her with a 10 foot pole now that she publicly admitted that she is willing to sell a 0day for profit. Selling 0days for profit isn't the issue. The more pressing issu
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by cc-d 8y ago
I've experienced what you're describing, and have observed it in friends. It's usually indicative of heightened anxiety levels, due to the THC. THC itself is certainly prone to triggering incredible amounts of anxiety, especi
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by cc-d 8y ago
Honestly, I've found marijuana functions better as a sleep aid than benadryl/melatonin/etc. It might be something worth looking into, as it's probably the most powerful 'sleep-aid' available which doesn't
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by cc-d 8y ago
Oh no. I happened to see the link to this guy's twitter earlier today in the HN comments (prob where OP saw it too, judging by timing), read the posts, and thought to myself "wow, i'm surprised how this has been posted to HN
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by cc-d 8y ago
Facebook joins Patreon in the "why somebody should make sure our python web framework debug mode isn't enabled in prod" club.
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by cc-d 8y ago
What measures are in place to prevent the FBI from imaging a phone, and then brute forcing every possible pin combination? Would these measures be able to stand up against a team of reverse engineers, with near unlimited resources, which I
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by cc-d 8y ago
If a company values the skillset and knowledge of a potential immigrant at less than $150k yearly (~3 "highly specialized knowledge" employees at worst), they should utilize immigration channels not designed exclusively for poachi
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by cc-d 8y ago
This may work for tech, but I'm guessing there are quite a few other industries with low volumes of h1b applicants/workers which could utilize a "bidding system" to hire well below market rate due to decreased demand whe
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by cc-d 8y ago
Cap minimum pay to the equivalent of $150k yearly and watch as the h1b visa program magically starts working as intended. The solution is not complicated. With the anti-immigrant rhetoric pouring from the current administration, I'm su
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by cc-d 8y ago
>There's no planet where Ritalin has a higher potential for abuse and addiction than Xanax. Most of the prescription opiates such as Hydromorphone, Oxycodone, etc are schedule II as well. >Not to mention all the lower-risk drugs
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by cc-d 8y ago
https://www.health24.com/Medical/Meds-and-you/Medication/Ome... You're right, the website that had showed up in google that I had used for my prilosec example is either incorrect or using some non-DEA sc
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by cc-d 8y ago
I had copy-pasted a typo from a section of my other comment, good catch.
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by cc-d 8y ago
In terms of the symptoms people more classically associate with the concept of "withdrawal", these can last MONTHS TO YEARS after the cessation of long term benzodizepine use. If one wishes to cease benzodiazepine usage, they effe
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by cc-d 8y ago
GABAergenics (the class of drug which benzodiazepines fall under) in general are pretty much the sole class of popular recreational drug which have a very real possibility of lethal withdrawals. In the case of alcohol, it often takes years
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by cc-d 8y ago
Not in some cases, almost all. GABAergenics in general are pretty much the sole class of popular recreational drug which have a very real possibility of lethal withdrawals. In the case of alcohol, it often takes years for addicts to reach a
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by cc-d 8y ago
>The last few times I've flown, I used a mental trick to help me get through it. I read that the odds of a plane crash is 1 in 1.2 million, so I used a random number generator to generate a number between 1 and 1.2 million, and then
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by cc-d 8y ago
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.
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by cc-d 8y ago
>The people on HN and their social circles are waaay on the high end of conscientiousness. They have nary any risk from something like LSD for the most part. As somebody who is pretty close to the bottom percentile of conscientious, I&#x
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by cc-d 8y ago
The label is fine. Nobody is confused as to what a "system administrator" is, even though technically the word "system" itself can have a much broader range of meaning.
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by cc-d 8y ago
Do you believe that nation state actors are currently utilizing quantum computing, and if not now, do you see this happening in the near future? If so, what use cases do you foresee?
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by cc-d 8y ago
I am one of those people. While I could still login to my account, I was unable to deposit/withdraw any usd/crypto. After repeatedly attempting to contact coinbase support for months, I never got any further than automated respons
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by cc-d 8y ago
> It could be local optima, there could be much better optimas, but it's hard to predict if a given step leads to another optima or wrecks the whole civilization like the Chinese population addiction during Opium wars. Ask yourself,
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by cc-d 8y ago
> I full heartedly believe this institution played a major role in retaining the piece after World War 2 I think you are getting the UN/NATO and EU confused, friend. The rest of your post is spot on.

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