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541.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
"present" with a citation to Cicero, ironic.
542.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
A centuries to millennia old style is hardly a trend.
543.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
And yet you are chitchatting on HN instead of reading one of those top works.
544.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Which days are "these days"? Do you remember serials? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_(literature)
545.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Why would unrelated information make a recipe rank higher for "chicken recipe"?
546.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
The weight, not the price.
547.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
6% profit after paying the salaries of everyone involved in manufacturing, marketing, and administration, including retailer profit, is quite a lot.
548.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It's a trust, not a monopoly. Antitrust law should apply.
549.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Modern web browsers have already solved all these problems.
550.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
What else matters when choosing a car hire?
551.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Does the verbosity interfere or can you skip over details you don't need?
552.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Why is "everything and the kitchen sink" terrible? Thoroughness is appealing. You aren't obligated to read all of it.
553.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
What book on any language shows you whole programs that couldn't be seen in repl (assuming a repl exists)
554.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It shouldn't be too hard for a study too determine if the distribution of "number of conspiracy theories someone believes in" is bimodal with one mode near 0. I suspect it is.
555.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
The main problem with globalism is that capital conspires against labor but labor doesn't respond with a unified front.
556.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It's not about citizens vs immigrants, it's permanent residents and citizens vs "temporary" workers
557.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Because labor needs more power against capital. Immigrant vs non-immigrant is a shoddy technique, but constraining supply is an effective way to gain negotiating power against capital.
558.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
In the farms, even basic laws banning hiring illegal immigrants get immediately blocked by a coalition of pro-immigration activists and big companies in the industry.
559.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Attracting the most talented immigrants is exactly what this country needs to grow its economy. There are nearly no unemployed top talent, and talent (including immigrants) grows demand. Look how many startups are spawned from the top tech
560.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
This may be the most beautiful "middlebrow dismissal" in HN history.
561.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
They were celebrities and authors before the PhDs...
562.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
You wrote it backwards. Discriminating on roommates is legal.
563.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Targeting means saying it's a Foo themed event, discriminating means banning non-Foo from entry.
564.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
It's not obvious to me. If I photocopy an ilegal ad at Kinko's, is it Kinko's fault? If I send an illegal ad via first class mail, is it USPS's fault?
565.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Musk didn't want to buy the whole company, just move it to private investors. Converting debt to stock is part of the funding for completing the goal.
566.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
That paper is interesting because it proved that the used car market doesn't exist. A proof of a false result is not a good proof.
567.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
OK so now you have one good security certification and a dozen BS phony ones, and plenty of international drop ship / amazon fba sellers happy to counterfeit the legit certification. Now what?
568.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
No, judges and juries decide lawsuits. They have the benefit of being harder to bribe than regulators.
569.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
That pic made my eyes glaze over. It's a good concept, poor execution.
570.
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
We have FTC/FCC and EU/GDPR

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