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by djf1 11y ago
this doesn't fundamentally answer your question, but as a young person, I've been encouraged to get a credit card to develop good credit, for when I need to utilize it in the future. I would rather use a debit card, but I plan to
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by djf1 11y ago
It's a bit harder to link to this type of stuff because by definition its been removed, but for example, this sub has been banned today: https://np.reddit.com/r/paoiskillingreddit here's a thread regarding a
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by djf1 11y ago
As a reply to jfuhrman's comment, Reddit has recently updated their rules to include "Keep Everyone Safe: You agree to not intentionally jeopardize the health and safety of others or yourself." ( https://www.reddit.
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Reddit's biggest crackdown yet on hate speech shows the Wild West days are over(mashable.com)
7 points by djf1 11y ago|2 comments
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by djf1 11y ago
I notice in the article that Coca Cola is an investor. Anyone care to explain why Coca Cola would make such an investment? I assume it's because they're sitting on a bunch of extra cash; but wouldn't it be more efficient to d
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by djf1 12y ago
If person A and person B commit the same fineable offense, it seems fair to me that the fine should be the same for both people. After all, shouldn't the fine be, in expectation, equivalent to the damage caused by the offense?
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by djf1 12y ago
To be clear, there's another innovation here that you're not mentioning. The number of restaurants from which I can get food delivered to my doorstep is greatly increasing. If we're going to critique the value of a service, w
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by djf1 12y ago
Do you have a source on the number of U.S. citizens on the no fly list? I see a report from 2012 which cites 500 Americans, out of a total 21,000 ( https://www.aclu.org/national-security/factsheet-aclus-chall... ), and a
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by djf1 12y ago
Could you elaborate? Which confounding variables?
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by djf1 12y ago
sure, this might make the most sense for web pages, but for programming, I prefer to view my files in columns, and landscape maximizes the number of columns on the screen.
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by djf1 12y ago
In a more positive direction, the state can provide those at risk with counseling and other mental health services to try to prevent the predicted scenario. A similar idea was attempted in Chicago with those on the other side of this: those
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by djf1 12y ago
Pen and paper requires manual subtraction: time finished - time started. An easier UI would be a button to press at start and at finish; the subtraction being done automatically.
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by djf1 12y ago
It seems to me, that much personal information should be transmitted over a secure connection.
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by djf1 12y ago
The part about salting confuses me. Shouldn't salting remain effective against rainbow tables even when the salting mechanism is known?
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by djf1 12y ago
I just did the same ping from Stanford to Mit: 90.340 ms It's interesting to me that the latency has not improved since 1996. I guess it's probably hard to maintain (let alone improve) latency as network complexity greatly increas
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by djf1 13y ago
It gives the full name associated with an email address. A more dramatic but analogous situation would be if an attacker were able to attain password info or credit card info associated with an email address. Just because email address is k
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by djf1 13y ago
What is wrong with a fixed header? Isn't it more convenient than scrolling back to the top of the page to access important links? The only possible issue I can think of is if screen space is limited.
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by djf1 13y ago
You mention pause+rewind as a killer feature. Another nice feature is the ability to watch at a faster or slower pace (I usually watch 1.5x). These conveniences have made it such that I strongly prefer watching taped lecture to physically a
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by djf1 13y ago
Doesn't negate your point, but I checked out of curiosity, and at least with American Airlines, it is easy to buy an airline ticket with cash. http://www.aa.com/i18n/reservations/paymentOptions/cashPayme.
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by djf1 13y ago
I would argue that the desire to censor is the result of its effectiveness in maintaining existing power structures.
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by djf1 13y ago
transcript of the daily news briefing: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/19/transcript-white-ho...
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by djf1 13y ago
"The most common form of request comes from police investigating robberies and other crimes, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide." Such a broad range