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by gist 8y ago
> and leaves the burden on the victims rather than the perpetrators How do you think an (alleged) perpetrator is supposed to prove that something did not happen prior to even having details on what has happened? Also in the case of a &#x
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by gist 8y ago
Business? Not all websites are for business or run by business people. Yet they provide info on the web. Also Let's Encrypt (I am familiar and we use that btw) is great for certain types of situations but not all situations and doesn&#
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by gist 8y ago
This actually shouldn't be something that a company that is giving away a product should even be enforcing or deciding on their own. Reason? It makes the assumption that end users are not willing to accept that in rare cases their traf
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by gist 8y ago
Thanks. But one question. What is the chance that a drone in the path of an airplane will not be impacted by the force of some other object on, or design of, the plane that is not the wing? For example the engine or the landing gear (small
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by gist 8y ago
Hah why I said 'low cost country'.
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by gist 8y ago
Also (along the lines of air dynamics) I am wondering about whether an airplane has a force in the direction it is traveling in and if that force does push anything small out of the way. As a small example if I have a pot in my hand and I m
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by gist 8y ago
> Recycling is good for ecology Looking at the recycling issue I wonder if you are using so many disks (that fail) if it is possible to ship them to a low wage (sorry) country have them taken apart and rebuilt using parts from other disk
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by gist 8y ago
> the way it works in Sweden, many fines are defined essentially in days wages and not in money. So the judge doesn't sentence you to pay $100k, they sentence you to pay 45 days wages So explain how that makes sense because it doesn
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by gist 8y ago
> everyone's tax return is public, and fines are based on income in your last return Not unusual for business people or anyone to have varied income from year to year but also that does not relate to actual assets or (the original p
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by gist 8y ago
> a) fines should be a percentage of your net worth Not an easy process to determine net worth of anyone let alone someone like Vinod. Most likely he does not even know his net worth. For one, things that you own can vary greatly in valu
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by gist 8y ago
> start dealing with those who continue to take a paycheck from Facebook even in the face of constant and horrific evidence of wholesale ethical violations and negligence Do you also suggest that someone should no longer be friends with
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Tall Poppy Syndrome(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
The issue is not whether it would be of benefit to someone like you. The issue is if having that feature as well as the downside risk to people who are in the general public and don't have a particular risk factor or need. Also it&#x27
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by gist 8y ago
Exactly. And what's funny is that people seem to think that physicians make accurate judgements all the time and don't make mistakes. And that there are not a host of gray areas which are taken into consideration. Maybe a similar
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by gist 8y ago
The down side of this is that someone accepted then will focus on the startup instead of finishing up their studies. You could argue that would happen either way but I think 'having it in the can' means more chance of doing so. An
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by gist 8y ago
Typical bashing of physicians in line with most NYT articles or stories general themes such as: a) They get paid to much b) They don't do their jobs as well as they should c) Health care is to damn expensive d) They should magically kn
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by gist 8y ago
> There's a reason casino cage cashiers don't make minimum wage despite it being a low skill job, and it's not out of the goodness of their hearts. Not sure that is even the primary reason. Could also be: - Paying more att
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by gist 8y ago
> but all the people who are barely making it who's lives fall apart if something on their car breaks. Maybe people need to take personal responsibility and not spend money as if the government will make things easier for them and
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by gist 8y ago
> I pretty much hear: "realistically, 15 years out at the earliest." And honestly any number is simply just 'pulled out of the ass' anyway. It's not as if they can see daylight on all the problems that need to b
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by gist 8y ago
I am always amazed at how HN takes little morsels like this and votes them up. The information presented is no more insightful or valuable than info found in comments or from the views of less well known or important people. Yet everyone se
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by gist 8y ago
> Some people really enjoy shows which other people consider to be "junk." A matter of learning to appreciate a genre. For example I like certain types of reality tv which others think is 'stupid'. But first I didn&#x
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by gist 8y ago
> He has severe dementia unfortunately. Sorry about that. I have this theory on dementia that part of the cause (stress among other things) is a change from an intellectually demanding career or a life involving thinking and a change to
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DNSSEC Root Key Split Among Seven People (2010)(schneier.com)
1 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
You do realize that policies like that insure that everyone ends up paying for someone's mistake or issue. The vendor (whether the seller or manufacturer) will calculate that when coming up with prices for what they sell. Let's us
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by gist 8y ago
> [Edit] What is interesting is that given that I read HN for both knowledge and entertainment the edit didn't even matter. The story was still interesting even if the facts were off.
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'The Oldest Building' actually should say 'Oldest Known Building'. Hard to believe that in a country this large there aren't structures that are around (occupied or not) that are simply not catalogued in any way or
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by gist 8y ago
New Jersey log cabin, for sale for $2,900,000: https://www.weichert.com/73240434/
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by gist 8y ago
> I think it's important to remind everyone that these behaviors are actually signs of poor leadership. Maybe not. Could also just be an example of manipulation on a higher level than what appears to be obvious. For example take thi
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An in Depth Explanation of Why I Am Leaving Union Square Ventures(medium.com)
1 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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by gist 8y ago
My question for developers and engineers (on HN) today is this. Do you think that people like Hertzfeld, Atkinson, Wozniak etc were super special in the way they are portrayed? Or were they simply around at a time when there was little comp

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