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by eatitraw 13y ago
You might want to know, that the situation isn't unique. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
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by eatitraw 13y ago
There are so many people excited about all these "equality" bills, and nobody criticizes it. So I'll just leave it there: http://paulgraham.com/inequality.html
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Governments are inherently prone to corruption and abuse of power. It is stupid to grant the single entity the right to proctect you, your life and your well-being. What we need is multiple court systems, multiple police systems, etc. And w
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Some sites in Russia actually return 451: curl -I http://lurkmore.to/Конопля
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> I tried something similar but then fell right back in my normal routine. Yeah, happens to me all the time. :( > 1-2 self help books every week Give "Feeling Good" a try then, I don't read as much books as you do, but
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by eatitraw 13y ago
The "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" book by David Burns is really good. Here is the link: http://amzn.com/B009UW5X4C Chances are that you're depressed, OP. And even if you're not, the book is relate
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> The only people who claim this are those who have no idea what constitutes anything near blue skies research. This is simply untrue, there is a great book by Terence Kealey: "Sex, science and profits", you should check it: h
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> First - if I cannot afford a treatment not getting it is not a choice. The same is true in your system, substituting "afford" for whatever verb is better suited for your proposed system. > Also the government should not le
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by eatitraw 13y ago
He explicitly states that in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6040196
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by eatitraw 13y ago
I don't get your point. > No sane person will buy brain surgery if he has no problems even if it 1$ and he has no choice but to buy one at whatever cost if he has. So what? Also, if there are multiple methods to treat his conditions
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by eatitraw 13y ago
I've thought it was archy as in anarchy, and until I clicked I was wondering why someone would post article about some obscure political term.
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> Actually we do have a overall decrease in the number of states over the past few centuries. It doesn't really affect my argument(if all states didn't collapse into one over past couple of centuries, then multi-government syst
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by eatitraw 13y ago
I think we already have "private" dictatorships in most of the world. 2/3 of states are fucked up, just look at failed state index or press freedom index. > The argument is that if you eliminated the government, the altern
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> RAII doesn't save you from buffer overflows How do other languages solve this problem? > or memory leaks when you need an object to live beyond the current scope. Have you ever heard about smart pointers? They take most pain fr
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by eatitraw 13y ago
AFAIK -- no. There are speculations that he may be outside of transit zone, in some hotel under guard(still without crossing border): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732387390457857... This explains absenc
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> I have seen some of the smartest and most sensible people turn into zombies who would and did sell themselves, their kids' toys and baby's diapers for drugs. This is because the prices for drugs are artificially inflated by p
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Any explanation to such strange thing? Is it fake document? I wonder why there is no photo, no signature or stamps. Or is it just ecuador playing safe?
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Why do you equate physical force and prohibition to helping people? Why not start a private fund/charity, which, for example, helps addicts beat their habits? Or maybe distribute accurate information about drugs and drugs-related progr
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by eatitraw 13y ago
You're right, there are no direct flights. The originally announced path was: HK -> Russia -> Havana -> Venezuela (probably: -> Ecuador). I am wondering if the US pressed hard on Cuba and if Snowden can reach Ecuador on a p
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Yes, he really said this: http://lenta.ru/news/2013/06/25/putin/ (just put the link in the google translate if you want). Here is my crude translation of the relevant part: "Considering possibl
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by eatitraw 13y ago
I've checked russian version of Putin's words, he really said that Snowden is still in Moscow. Also, there is a wikileaks twit: "Cancelling Snowden's passport and bullying intermediary countries may keep Snowden permanen
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by eatitraw 13y ago
The title is ambigous. I speak russian, so I've checked one russian news resource: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=... Lavrov actualy said "Snowden hasn't crossed the r
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Did you use any mind-altering substances(excluding alcohol/tabacco)? I guess the answer is no, because you probably would mention it in your original post. But some of them may produce such effects -- that's why I am asking
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Any ideas on why he have chosen Venezuela over Russia? Is russian government more likely to trade him for something with the USA? Or maybe he just was unable to obtain asylum in Russia on reasonable terms(e.g. russian government demanded hi
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by eatitraw 13y ago
> I was born in the 70s and the US was the country you would run to to escape retribution for whistleblowing you did back home. I assume you meant "your home" != USA. But even now many people still seek asylum in the USA. As fo
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Why such obsession about the law? Some laws are good, and that's good that they are enforced. Some laws are bad, and it is bad that they are enforced. The whole concept of "legality" is (sadly) appropriated by governments. Th
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Why are you so sure that you aren't the one who "denies Holocaust" in this discussion?
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Not just high acceptance rate, but 100% acceptance rate(or close to it). Why fucking bother about courts at all? Just let them obtain the information they want without any hassle: they are professional and know the law.
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by eatitraw 13y ago
Why do you refer to taxes in Russia as low? Could you please provide some comparison to other countries? I live in Russia and I don't think taxes here are low.
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by eatitraw 13y ago
I wonder: where did this pictures come from? It looks to me like someone cleverly designed them to accentuate the (possible) beauty and novelty of the new design. Just look at the first five pictures at the blog post: 1) The left part shows

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