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by cesarbs 13y ago
If your genes reveal you are at a higher risk of developing certain diseases and insurance companies had access to that information, they might deny your their products or charge you more for them.
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I think that's really subjective. There are always ways to abuse any kind of system. Take for example working hours. A country with strong labor laws will usually prohibit employers from making employees work more than x hours a week,
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Ask HN: What are the main differences between Common Lisp and ISLisp?
2 points by cesarbs 13y ago|1 comments
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Do you think it will continue to be this simple to get a Blue Card? I currently live in the US but Europe is "the dream" for my wife and I. We just don't move now because my wife is going to college here, so we want to wait f
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I'm exactly the same. Back in southern Brazil, where it's "summer" during most of the year except for a few occasional weeks of ridiculously cold weather - the temperatures drops then rises again very sharply - during t
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I had never considered that "who sets the priorities" angle. Thanks for pointing that out :) I just wish healthcare in the US wasn't so ridiculously expensive.
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Brazilian here, and I repeatedly have the same problem. To complicate matters, my documents have my middle name as a first name, which means officially I have two first names. When I went to get a driver's license in WA, the system wo
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by cesarbs 13y ago
> My personal hypothesis is that people in America (parents) give way too much responsibility to the school to educate their children and expect magic to happen from people who are merely paid to take care of your children. Quit having k
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Some of my colleagues at Microsoft have worked in Denmark and they all complain about the taxation there and consider it unacceptable. I honestly can't understand that. I'd rather give half my salary in taxes to the government and
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by cesarbs 13y ago
Care to elaborate?
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Microsoft Upgraded to Buy By Nomura(businessinsider.com)
1 points by cesarbs 13y ago|0 comments
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My mother recently came to the US and set off an explosive detector. It took her just a few minutes to get cleared and she was not at all harassed like the author of the post was. Although she comes from Brazil, she is white, blonde and blu
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Overshoot Day: Living too Large on a Finite Planet (Op-Ed)(livescience.com)
2 points by cesarbs 13y ago|0 comments
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I usually criticize Brazil (the B in BRIC), which is my home country, in comments, but I must correct you here. Regarding respect for people - be it that they are women, or members of minorities - Brazil doesn't have the issues those o
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by cesarbs 13y ago
Seattle? :)
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The idea is not to club the burglar to death. The point is that such laws are overly protective towards the one that are doing bad stuff, and whoever tries to get in their way to prevent them from doing such usually ends up in a bad situati
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I fail to understand how people accept that, especially the last part. That's basically taking away their right to defend themselves and their families. That kind of law favors and protects the bad guys - what's the point in that?
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I've been living on the Eastside for almost half a year now, and I find people in the area extremely friendly. Also in Seattle. I guess it's a matter of what we're comparing to. Compared to most southern Brazilian people, Sea
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I went to grad school in a public university (UFRGS) there for a while, and that kind of contrast was present there too. The campus looks like an abandoned place, with tall grass everywhere, stray dogs, old buildings full of cracks, etc. Bu
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by cesarbs 13y ago
Security was the #1 reason why I wanted to move out of the country. After my 4-year old stepdaughter saw her aunt being assaulted in broad daylight in a park, I definitely knew we couldn't stay there anymore.
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It does, but it's not a lot (and unfortunately the system is abused). There are still millions of people living in misery.
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At least there at thousands of people out there, and the government can see they won't have it forever. I guess that's the main point of it. It doesn't matter if the protests started for a reason and turned into something els
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I forgot to mention that one, thanks for the note. And that is done in the name of protecting the local market, which is nonexistent for most things we want to import.
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Brazilian citizen here, but living in the US. I never thought I'd say this, but I really wish I was back there to take part in the protests. Brazil finally has a chance to change for the better. For those of you who don't know wha
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Ask HN: How do you balace work, family and personal interests?
4 points by cesarbs 13y ago|2 comments
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Glad someone pointed that out. That distinction seem to be constantly forgotten in this debate. Top companies recruit H1Bs using the same process they use to recruit Americans.
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by cesarbs 13y ago
Here in Bellevue, WA they have an interesting (not to say obvious) solution to having a sound play when there are pedestrian crossings in both directions. The north-south ones play a sound, while the east-west ones play a different sound. A
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by cesarbs 13y ago
I have a hard time driving, altough I've been driving for a number of years now. My "mentality" is really just due to a personal problem. I understand there are a lot of people who find driving easy and enjoy it. But driving for me is a HUG
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I actually drive as little as possible, but my wife doesn't drive, so I have to take her to places sometimes. We have a kid also, and there are things that are just too inconvenient to do without a car. But you're right, the MS shuttles are
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What exactly is so bad about driving there? Just curious :)

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