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571.
by exit 16y ago
thanks for explaining all of this. just saw this explanation myself in the wiki article and came back to answer my own question - but i read german sloowly. i also know next to nothing about the social systems in the states.
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by exit 16y ago
ok. > - The applicant must be unemployed (he or she can’t switch directly from a job to self-employment). If the applicant quit her or his job they must wait twelve weeks before applying. how does this square with it though? you don't
573.
by exit 16y ago
> - The applicant must still be able to receive unemployment benefits for at least ninety days at the start of the self employment. does this just mean, you can't sign up for this if you are unemployed, and 90 days away from no longer
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by exit 16y ago
He argued that the following 4 things were paramount: -Perceived Control -Perceived Progress -... hilarious
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by exit 16y ago
> where still-living Nazis and their children are residing undisturbed why shouldn't their children reside undisturbed?
576.
by exit 16y ago
i doubt the attackers care what wikileaks disseminates, except insofar as it makes them a high profile target.
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by exit 16y ago
> What are they going to do to him and his family if they find him? then shame on the united states government for not protecting his identity
578.
by exit 16y ago
the most consequential aspect of being an evolved system is our obsessive attachment to survival in spite of the tremendous suffering we endure.
579.
by exit 16y ago
why does it need to be updated in a background process, vs counting how many comments someone has made as well as their total?
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by exit 16y ago
> Facebook's instant personalization is the most interesting piece of web infrastructure since, well, advent of the web itself. i haven't had a single instant personalization "moment" since it launched. mostly i'm just reminded to log
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by exit 16y ago
we hear pretty consistently though that yc invests in people, no their ideas.
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by exit 16y ago
germany yesterday announced suspension of conscription by July 2011: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/germany-abolish-... "The military was founded in 1955, and conscription – introduced two years later – has been seen as a nec
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by exit 16y ago
> "Given that our range of characters is limited." i think what matters is that characters are enumerable, not finite?
584.
by exit 16y ago
sorry, i don't get how characters repeating affects things
585.
by exit 16y ago
unfortunately other people choosing life leads to people like me being born just the same. so i'm going to have to kill all of you.
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by exit 16y ago
> I just don't like criticism without offering an alternative. well sucks for you. god forbid someone should point out a fire without being a certified firefighter. raising awareness gets other people thinking about how to solve the p
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by exit 16y ago
it's definitely a mess (i distinctly recall recoiling from my keyboard when i realized an array of numbers was being sorted lexically), but what do you mean by boring?
588.
by exit 16y ago
because the things we say online are more like thoughts in ones head than words spoken out loud.
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by exit 16y ago
> It makes me happy that people like this exist. i find people like this extremely unnerving. this kind of oceanic "awesomeness" enthusiasm comes across as someone struggling to convince themselves that just the opposite isn't the cas
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by exit 16y ago
YES A THOUSAND TIMES OVER. i post a comment with this sentiment a few days ago, and predictably it got down-voted below -4: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1902911 we live in a world full of tremendous suffering. our attachment to sur
591.
by exit 16y ago
this is a selfish appeal. think about how much profound suffering occurs every day on this planet. now consider that people who do not exist clearly cannot be bothered by not existing.
592.
by exit 16y ago
why the fuck doesn't the banner on the english language site direct to the ENGLISH "personal appeal"? ip based localization is fucking imbecilic.
593.
by exit 16y ago
you think consumers won't consider being able to pass on the film/book they just enjoyed (the way they would a physical dvd/book, etc.) a "legitimate use case"?
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by exit 16y ago
think about how much tragic suffering occurs every day on this planet. think about how much lies behind and ahead of us. it's unfortunate every moment that humanity isn't wiped out.
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Capitalism's tough reality for many Russians (news.bbc.co.uk)
8 points by exit 16y ago|2 comments
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by exit 16y ago
why is "Rod"'s reply "dead"? --- 1 point by Rod 13 minutes ago | link [dead] \begin{sarcasm} How dare you criticize the status quo? Don't you know that the job market for top executives is perfectly efficient, and that their compensation re
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by exit 16y ago
> If you're passionate about what you do, you'll find another. it's vanishingly rare for people to be able to make a living doing something that are passionate about.
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by exit 16y ago
minified js isn't much more readable than bytecode
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by exit 16y ago
this reminds me very much of the thread about compulsory high fives at linkedin: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1422422
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by exit 16y ago
precisely fuck all since they're dead, both literally and in terms of everyday german culture?

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