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by doktrin 9y ago
I've tried one and was quite impressed, even though it's not a tool that I personally need.
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I almost never say shit like this, but you are clearly speaking from a position of significant privilege. Obviously the cops aren't planting drugs on yuppies and tech workers, nor do you live in one of the many terribad parts of that c
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So you propose that we pay people to wrestle other people into cars against their will without subjecting them to scrutiny?
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You do come across as offended / upset
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> It's very frustrating, but they just cannot stop checking their phones for updates I feel the same way about myself, sometimes, but instead I just open a browser window and start typing news.... (not always HN, but often)
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> You don't need a house. Many of the kids I knew growing up lived in apartments. Apartments are part of the housing market > If they lived in a house they could inherit it from their parents. Teenagers probably want to move out
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by doktrin 9y ago
You conclusion isn't in agreement with the section you quoted, so are you saying that Intel will be punished by the market in the mid to distant future (after 2018)?
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I haven't owned an iPhone in over 5 years, and I feel the same way. No company should be romanticized, and I'm sure Apple's (very public) decision to take user privacy seriously can be viewed cynically - but at the end of the
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by doktrin 9y ago
> I am en EU citizen, therefore an outside observer I don't recall asking, but while we're throwing bona fides around - so am I > I find the amount of state surveillance in both China and the US to be way beyond what is acce
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> Do you think it'd ask for them to be extradited, so that they could be punished for breaking the law in their country? First of all, you're arguing based on a hypothetical. I don't agree with your foregone conclusions, a
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> He stole data but did not place it in the public domain. Instead, he handed it over to a group of journalists who were given the function of filtering the data before publication I understand that, but strictly speaking it's not r
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> why are they not as appalled about the mass surveillance used by their own government on their own fellow citizens? I just read the piece, and I think you're being deliberately uncharitable. The rationale behind not offering a who
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by doktrin 9y ago
VISA most likely cares above all else about making money for VISA. Likewise, Steam probably doesn't care how people pay for their games : they just want to be paid. If they move away from bitcoin, it's probably because they deem
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by doktrin 9y ago
I personally tend to think that I'd value ride sharing services even if prices increase to parity with traditional taxis. After all, just getting a cab in many cities is a real pain point. I also think that ride sharing services are
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> For online payments bitcoin works quite well Bitcoin payments could , theoretically, work well - but that's not currently the case given the prohibitive transaction fees.
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The type of investor behavior described here is emblematic of a bubble : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-21/crypto-cr...
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Excellent point
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I agree, but here's a counterpoint / devil's advocate argument - It's broadly true that wages tend to be "sticky downwards", and that it's much easier to not give something than to give it and then take
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by doktrin 9y ago
> It's not necessarily about being _content_ with earning that much. I think this was poor wording on my part, as it implicitly assigns blame on the employee. I've edited my comment to reflect that I'm more curious as to w
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I agree with all of your points, but want to add an observation : > Basic supply and demand. As long as you manage to hire developers, why pay more? I know of several companies (Norway) that are almost desperate for more talent - to the
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by doktrin 9y ago
> If I say I want $120k, I won't get a job. I do actually know devs who make this much with ~5 years of experience, but they made the conscious decision to forego the large consultancies for smaller shops with less overhead. One obs
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by doktrin 9y ago
> It's not universal. My friend started off his career in Denmark making pretty standard US tech salaries. That's fair, and I'm aware there are always outliers. For added reference, starting tech salaries in Oslo, Norway a
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> ApplThwaway100 Apple, probably
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lower, but not proportionately lower Edinburgh vs. SF (~1.8x) : https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou... Edinburgh vs. Seattle (~1.3x) : https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living&#x
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by doktrin 9y ago
> Also why does HN not support basic formatting? I've always chalked it up to HN's unchanging, simple aesthetic and interface (or, "ain't broke, not fixing") You can block format with 4 spaces, but this isn'
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> I make around 60k usd in a Scandinavian startup as a programmer with experience I'm still trying to wrap my head around why European developers earn significantly less than virtually all their American counterparts, even in high
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by doktrin 9y ago
There is a market for less conspicuous bulletproof "clothing" (chest area only), and prices have fallen in recent years. Just saying.
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> most of these tragedies are misunderstandings between good people In many of these cases, including but definitely not limited the hallway video, the "good person" with the gun failed to communicate with their terrified victi
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As others have said, police in the US are trained to shoot for center mass, and even then they don't have a great track record for accuracy. I don't have the statistics in front of me, but the book 'On Combat' describes
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by doktrin 9y ago
Considering the worst case scenario when being swatted is ending up dead, I think giving them a heads up about fraud risk is sensible. Speaking to cops without a lawyer is a bad idea in many cases, but this doesn't appear to be one of

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