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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
"Our forefathers made these laws because they saw that given the opportunity, entities with a profit motive will pursue profit over all else, to the detriment of society as a whole." Half of our "forefathers" built fortu
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
As has been pointed out, it's not illegal when it comes to insurance. I'm not sure it's illegal when it comes to lending. Honestly, I'm a little confused by some of these equality laws. I'm pretty sure that the law
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
That seems to have to do with employment practices. The article is talking about a private company using publicly available data as a factor in determining whether or not to extend a loan to you. I think it's kind of shitty, but I don&
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
There are poorly understood neurological disorders that can cause hypersensitivity to sound, which can present as being easily distracted by sound. See misophonia as an example ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia )
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I talk to a lot of tech sales people and I often find myself doing some casual Google research on them. I've had problems with sales people over-promising because they didn't understand the product they were selling, so I'm o
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Since lottery jackpots are traditionally shared among everyone who picked the winning combination, the only skill/logic in picking a number is picking one that you believe is an uncommon choice. That way, should you win, there's
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
The article does not say to save 50% of your income. It says that if during retirement you want to replace 50% of your income average during your working years, you need to save approximately 17% of your working income over a 30 year period
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I'd be curious how the misconduct numbers compare to other occupations granted special access, such as police. That would help me understand if the problem is specifically with the TSA or if the real issue is that granting anyone such
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
"Over several decades a number of drips did form in the funnel and fall into the jar, giving credence to the hypothesis that pitch is indeed viscous." It sounds like the experiment, as designed, reached a conclusion in far less ti
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
This article seems to imply that there used to be some sort of highly intellectual, dialogue driven summer blockbuster that we're moving away from as a direct result of them not translating well to non-English speaking audiences. Off t
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Even if someone thought such actions were unreasonable, I have no idea how you'd use the law to prevent it.
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Maybe I'm alone here, but I never had an expectation of privacy in regards to what I write on the outside of a envelope and drop into a public receptacle (mailbox). I expect the contents to be considered highly private, but not the out
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Interesting note: "Contrary to popular belief, since the act (that set the drinking age at 21) went into law, only a few states prohibit minors and young adults from consuming alcohol in private settings. As of January 1, 2010, 15 stat
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Here's an analogy I've heard that makes some sense: The government has been tracking postal letters and packages for decades. They don't open your letters (that we know of), but they certainly look at the to and from addresse
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Has there been a clear acknowledgement from a court that these programs violated the 4th amendment? Because I'm pretty sure that government's position is that PRISM was fully authorized under the law with the direct approval of a
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I don't know what the actual legal position on this is, but I think that public sentiment usually recognizes that: 1.) There is a legitimate need for classified information within a government; 2.) The purpose of classified information
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Agreed. It seems to me that with the methods discussed in this article, the people with partial access could unite to unlock the data without Snowden's consent.
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Is this legit? It kind of feels like those old scam ads that would say, "Has your credit card number been stolen? Enter here to find out!". Why, especially in the light of recent privacy concerns, would I just hand over my full na
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Nice idea, but without a search/tagging system, how is someone supposed to find relevant images?
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
When it comes to consumer-grade 3D printing, it seems like all the focus on developing a cheap machine and none of the focus is on figuring out something that people actually want to print. So you can print a spoon and a bowl... great. But
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
There are two kinds of "ripped off" when it comes to Kickstarter: 1.) They collect the money to do the project, attempt to do the project, and then fail for one of a hundred reasons and don't deliver a product. 2.) They collect the money to
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
"I'm not sure what sort of choice she has..." She could have stayed at the lucrative Manhattan law firm where she was making enough to cover her loan obligations. I get that it's rough on the kids, but that was a decision she made, and tons
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
This story is mostly about TERRIBLE money management, not the cost of education. Her parents paid for her undergrad in full and she got a full scholarship to law school. So really, none of this money went directly to education. Apparently s
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
Political blogs/sites arguably have less legal exposure because they specifically deal with public figures and legally public figures have less protections (or at least a higher burden of proof) when it comes to things like libel. That said
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I think it's unclear how scalable and replicable The Magazine's success is (or even how successful it is). Marco Arment has a sizable niche following which provided an initial boost when The Magazine launched. His personal connections have
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I think it almost certainly has to be David Karp. This should be an insane and guaranteed payday for him. Marco Arment hasn't had anything to do with Tumblr in years. He might hold some equity as a result of his time there, especially since
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I'm always amused that when they list the overall odds of "winning", they include the odds of just getting your money back ($1 prize on a ticket that cost $1), which isn't "winning" at all in my book.
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
If you want qualified developers to talk to you, I recommend a sticker that says "PHP Developer" or "I Write Objective C" or whatever as opposed to a generic "I make websites" type slogan. Not only will this weed out the people who just ass
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
I'd be very curious about the viability of clients who approach you in a coffee shop. Seems like you'd get an awful lot of, "So hey, I have this idea that's like Facebook and Youtube combined and I think it could be the next big thing". Tha
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by elmuchoprez 13y ago
This reminds me of a project I did in November of 2006 when I decided to eat for $1/day for the month. The whole thing is chronicled here: http://www.hungryforamonth.blogspot.com/ I wouldn't say what I did was exactly healthy though.

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