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by d1zzy 7y ago
As I understand it, the laws of this country (US) do allow for people to come here (without a visa, etc) and ask for asylum. There's nothing illegal about that. The question is, while you are processing the asylum requests, how do you
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Nope, that won't work for most Steam games. However, that's why there's GOG (gog.com), DRM free games. You can download the game installation kits using your browser and if you ever decide to stop accessing their site (or sto
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by d1zzy 7y ago
So those people in California are citizens just like you who pay the same federal taxes and have the same rights yet when it comes to voting for the President they do not have have those same rights. It might be annoying to us that they ar
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by d1zzy 7y ago
To get the benefits that you would get from such a union (whether they see those as benefits is up to them): * access to single market and currency * federal loans/money * territory protection from other countries military intervention
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Agreed. Having had the opportunity to encounter, use, setup, and then later on, read the code and learn from qmail early on in my computer career I think it helped learn about proper system design with an eye towards security. Back when qma
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by d1zzy 7y ago
That's correct but I worry that all this will result in banning e-cigs (in my state at least), based on the idea that cigarettes (and many other things) wouldn't have been legal/popular if they appeared today but we tolerate
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I'm curious how people imagine this would even work in practice. Those departments share the same internal code base[1] and I would expect splitting those dependencies up would take a decade of work, especially when code is constantly
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by d1zzy 7y ago
So people would have to pay money for the official Gmail application? I sure hope not!
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I agree that the candidate should have maybe asked if they can just use third party software but I also think that was failure on the part of the interviewer. If there are constraints about the tools the candidate may use to solve the give
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I'm sorry but what is obvious in an interview setting? Is it obvious that you can or cannot use standard library? Is it obvious that you can or cannot use state of the art existing software to solve problems? I do many interviews and I
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Completely agreed with that. In fact, the VW e-Golf (once they get over 200 miles range or so, here's hoping) is likely going to be my first EV purchase, feels like a Golf, drives like a Golf, looks like a Golf and it's electric,
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Yes, I think you are right. I think this is part of growing up pains that Google is going through. Initially you are a cool small company where you're making buttloads of money, people think of you as very cool/smart/hip, you
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by d1zzy 7y ago
So we didn't need regulation to erode its market stranglehold after all and it was just good fashion competition? :)
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by d1zzy 7y ago
The problem with this approach is that you're still in violation of the letter of the law which means it's up to the cops to decide if they will pursue or not which means now they can pursue you for your skin color, accent, etc an
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by d1zzy 7y ago
It used to be much higher tax credit, if you purchased an EV a while back in CA you got around $10k total (federal + state) tax credits which was VERY significant (it explains why you can find very cheap second hand EVs, the 10k credit is a
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Never say never. This type of policies depend on many factors and while they may not work in some circumstance (time and place) they can be more effective in others. The problem is recognizing when that is AND re-evaluating the situation. T
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by d1zzy 7y ago
And they wouldn't be wrong about that. Note that the 2 main arguments and counter arguments: it helps protect people's information vs it increases the barrier of entry are NOT exclusive. Both can be valid at the same time and I be
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by d1zzy 7y ago
It seems rather logical to me that a person that believes in tipping also cares about the tips going to the right person. Also, obligatory Reservoir Dogs tipping scene (warning, NSFW language): https://youtu.be/V4sbYy0WdGQ
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I feel that in most discourse today we all seem to suffer from lack of perspective. Lack of perspective of the past and of other places in the word. This lack of perspective results in words that meant something in the past (or mean somethi
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I would imagine that each of the investigated companies cases is a multi-year effort with dozens/hundreds of specialists gathering evidence, processing it, etc. It seems rather weird to start such a gigantic effort against all companie
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I would say certain types of problem domains will be more likely to find solutions in academia vs companies. For example, it's going to be pretty hard to get much innovation from academia in the area of operating planet scale networks&
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by d1zzy 7y ago
> I definitely feel like there’s this illusion of tech innovation coming from these big companies that suck up all the tech talent, but at end of day the best and brightest are working on optimizing ad clicks (FB, Goog) or getting people
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by d1zzy 7y ago
That's assuming that "arising" is done as some part of logical plan. The universe doesn't have to be logical, physical phenomena doesn't have to follow human observation and logic. It's crazy hubris to assume t
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I would take this further: even if we NEVER get those answers (because of some inherent physical limit in our observation and understanding of physical phenomenon, similar to how Heisenberg's uncertainty principle means it's impos
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by d1zzy 7y ago
I think the problem is looked at in a confusing way. On one hand, we use a scientific/empiric analysis of the success of science to explain consciousness on the other we are ready to admit science may not be able to explain it but we
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Note that you provided reasons as to why having debit/credit card information stolen isn't such a big deal, if you get protection from fraudulent transactions, but haven't provided any reasons as to why Google targeting ads b
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by d1zzy 7y ago
No but there's a good argument there in terms of priorities. What is more likely to impact you negatively: Google building an internal profile based on your information and targeting ads based on it or your card information being stole
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by d1zzy 7y ago
What's the argument for it? Here are some counter arguments: - having children means you will likely receive support in your older age that childless couples won't, how will you account for that? - having children gives you purpos
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Making it easier/possible for women to join the workforce doesn't necessarily mean that married women will in addition to their spouse, so what made them do that? I think answering that is more important than focusing too much on
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by d1zzy 7y ago
Right, but that's like saying "without women we wouldn't have women entering the workforce". Technically true, but not an argument against it.

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