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by clubm8 8y ago
> What is the advantage of landline over VOIP? A few things. First, there is a small bit of power going over traditional copper lines, and you are able to dial 911 even if the power goes out or the internet goes down. Second it's a
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> @yardie it entirely depends on the intonation and any body language. If you shout "piss off" at someone whilst acting aggressively then I would argue that it's intimidating Well I'm sure the UK has professionals who
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> All speech isn't equal. Nobody has the right to use threatening or intimidating language Is being told to "piss off" intimidating or threatening?
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>“The guy told them to p* off and then they gave him the £90 public order fine for swearing,” Ms Carlo added. “He was really angry.” The fine was not for covering his face. It was for swearing. People often forget that the UK is a monarc
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The only bugs I've had issues with are fruit flies and cockroaches. Fruit flies are easily dealt with by putting cider vinegar in a container and rubber banding saran wrap over it (with a couple holes) - they get in but not out. That,
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This is a bit off topic but the article made me think about it: I am considering getting a landline for my next home, and just realized I have no idea what a fair price is. I have not had a landline my entire life (always used a cell). Is a
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>That would be absurd, as such decision has no technical merit. You think a CTO's job is only to decide which technologies to use?
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I recently appliedm for a job where the demographic questions of gender and hispanic origin had no opt out - I had to mark male or female. It's my understanding that's not legal, but what is my recourse aside from ending the appli
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>technical controls against importing digital goods are already normalized then why is bell canada whining about VPNs, if they're normal and accepted?
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It's not uncivil, in fact it's the opposite - offering to simplify for someone who's having trouble communicating is normal and good. I can't help it if you have weird notions about not being born in an English speaking
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From the HN guidelines[1]: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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> Actually, if they are harrassing, that is criminal and could be actionable. Often what would normally be criminal harassment is no longer by virtue of being a public figure, to a degree. (Ex: repeatedly calling a campaign office to com
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>Are you taking issue with my description of the ruling or with what the ruling says? Which do you think? Were you legitimately confused or are you trying to be snarky?
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> Or, just maybe, the USA feels that today is not a good day to start a war with Russia? Is telling the middle east they should either build a full blown nuke (ala NK) or allow the Russians to build a base are ways to avoid invasion the
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> This controversy isn't so much a "worry" as a "certainty". For instance, the ruling explicitly leaves open the possibility that if we were talking about the County Supervisor's personal Facebook Profile, r
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>It's not enough to be running for office; you have to be in office. It's the use of a private service as part of your official role that creates this situation, not some special duty "politicians" have. My worry is t
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Plus Syria undeniably posesses WMD (sarin) yet we don't invade. Almost like WMD was a pretense and not something that forced our hand...
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Obviously the sound was not crickets, but two weather balloons vigorously rubbing themselves. Obviously this is a sensitive subject[1], so the USG had to invent a cover story. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_M
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Facebook's Achilles's Heel is it doesn't know the strength of your connections. There's lots of data points, but they currently do a poor job of parsing them. Unfortunately given their recent privacy struggles it may b
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How well does this play with Multi-Account Containers?
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I didn't realize DDG was for sale. Isn't the a bit presumptive of a question OP?
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>If you find that someone forgot their car door open, do you deserve money for not telling thieves where you can find a car with an open door? Conversely, if you accuse the person who tells you the door is open of stealing from you and t
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Then next time someone finds an Amazon bug, they should release it 0-day on their blog for the lulz^H^H^H^H credit. Or sell it to someone who can make use of it. It's incredibly entitled for a company to not run a bug bounty program th
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Vegas has it's airport close to the strip (and some residential burbs) but there seem to be little noise issues.
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How recent? (Ex last year, last decade?)
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>Could there be a more mismanaged agency than the FCC? or maybe they're all just as mismangaged, but you noticed them in partiular becaue you are passionate about the FCC's mission? I'd be willing to bet if the average Ame
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Is this outage for both mobile (cell phones) and landlines? Does dialing the direct number (XXX-XXX-X911) work? I've had issues on both when there was no widespread outage to the point I've given up on the utility of 911 and try t
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>The example of the judge is an instructive one, although a little extreme. Due to the immense power vested in judges, even the tiniest perception of bias must be avoided. You can avoid being subject to a judge by not violating the law.
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OP as a US citizen, extending your network outside the USA is probably a good idea. If you want to stay after, it's easier to immigrate having done your education there both for legal reasons + simply having a network. You will possibl
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>The whole point is for users to spend less time exploring so they don't realize the selection of decent content is actually quite limited. I actually disagree. I think Netflix has several massive troves. For example I recently work

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