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by gist 7y ago
> And why in the world is Wells Fargo not liable for damages? This is more or less a digital question in an analog situation. What I mean by that is they could very well be liable however the cost, trouble and barriers to pursue this mak
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by gist 7y ago
Also sounds like in the old days and somewhat similar to 'nobody ever got fired for buying IBM'. Why? Well by throwing money a great deal of money to hire the experts (if that is the case) nobody can be called out as they can if t
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by gist 7y ago
Kind of along the vein of someone telling me I am paying to much for my fancy luxury sports car and completely ignoring the reasons that I find value in it.
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by gist 7y ago
> The researchers developed a proof-of-concept device — the warship, which has a similar size to a small phone — into a package and dropped it off in the mail. The device, which cost about $100 to build, was equipped with a 3G-enabled mo
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by gist 7y ago
> there were so many red flags that I got outta there as soon as I could Instead of joining the bashing party and lieu of making a broad statement why don't you detail what some of those red flags were?
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by gist 7y ago
> Sitcom actors are always more attractive than normal people You mean 'actors are more' (no need for 'sitcom'). Most people in entertainment (maybe with the exception of musicians and radio personalities) are more at
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by gist 7y ago
Thank you will pass your name to the right person.
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by gist 7y ago
Actually I (also) know of someone who needs web scraping so I will also give your name to them thank you.
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by gist 7y ago
Request for anyone with Java and/or Perl skills as well as Google Cloud to post (looking for freelance in that area) so that we can get in contact with you.
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by gist 7y ago
Zero usage that I remember having grown up very close to a suburb but still in the city. I literally would not even know how to pronounce this 'jawn'. I do remember 'jit' and until a few years ago was not even aware tha
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by gist 7y ago
What are you talking about? Is there some registry out there whereby you announce at some point that you have had interactions with someone but renounce what they have done (or might have been convicted of?)? Or did you expect these people
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by gist 7y ago
There are probably so many angles to this but I will give one. Netflix is more likely to be used and loved if it gives someone something similar to the thing they just finished watching (like the next episode) then if they lose them to some
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by gist 7y ago
Are you claiming that in those countries there have been cases where people are identified and rounded up with some mass sweep identification by online viewing habits?
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by gist 7y ago
> Porn has always been leaders in technology. This is typically repeated but I question if there is actual proof of it rather than one of those '8 glasses of water a day' which just keeps getting passed along or some kind of pl
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by gist 7y ago
> when I was tested by a couple of police detectives about a theft in a building where I was a security guard. Why did you agree to take the polygraph? > Like if you don't answer right we're headed to your place to search ev
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Ask HN: How long will HN be relevant?
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by gist 7y ago
Very generally you would need to be a suspect in a crime which is completely separate from having cash and not being a suspect.
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by gist 7y ago
This seems like the type of FUD that would be spread by people that are looking to short the stock. Start to float an idea and put out a few provocative headlines. Next thing you know if enough of it is spread around it becomes a reality th
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by gist 7y ago
> Having more than roughly $10,000 cash in the US is nearly illegal Where are you getting that from? [1] There is nothing even close to being illegal to possess in the US any amount of cash. There are laws to prevent illegal activity an
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by gist 7y ago
I am curious if that is something that is taught at law school or just something that is picked up over time (like anything else related or unrelated to a person's career)? [1] [1] I am thinking that the vast majority of info that I kn
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by gist 7y ago
I will take the 'that guy' crown from you. I am thinking what is self driving if the video shows it going off the track and not slowing down for the curves. This reminds me of back in the day with slotted race cars that if you did
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by gist 7y ago
The latte argument (popularized by that other writer) completely ignores the fact that buying and drinking a latte (or money spent on any entertainment, travel etc) provides in theory an uplift in someone's day which may actually have
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by gist 7y ago
The idea here is to appear to give employees who do the warehouse jobs some kind of aspirational future event 'if I take the job I could end up learning how to program'. So it's basically a job benefit. Not even that importan
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by gist 7y ago
> The sheer arrogance of Apple to think they know better than their customers Nobody gets it right all the time but Apple has a history with this type of behavior of being correct.
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by gist 7y ago
You know what most amazes me about a guy like Ken Shiriff? The fact that he is smart enough to do this but he uses his brains to just scratch a curiosity itch. It seems not only time consuming but in practical terms (other than mentally)
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by gist 7y ago
By 'lift' you mean 'elevator'? When I first read this I thought you meant 'summon lyft' the ride service but then realized what you meant! Interestingly in the 'old days' of elevator operators hittin
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by gist 7y ago
A good way to remember idempotent is to think of the 'delete' or 'mark as read' function for gmail. You can delete an email or mark it as read even if it's been done before (on another open screen as an example).
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by gist 7y ago
You are reading this for entertainment and perhaps to learn but my point wasn't that it wasn't potentially interesting but more the actual business purpose of doing this. One again using an example of lost luggage I don't rea
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by gist 7y ago
100 not true. All you have to do is pull a list of the daily additions and deletions and you will see that they have many customers that are not 'tech' people. Further you are assuming all the customers of theirs that are tech peo
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by gist 7y ago
Oh you have that figured out already? How so?

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