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by gm678 2y ago
> Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
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FTC Proposes Rules to Deter Deceptive Earnings Claims by Multilevel Marketers(ftc.gov)
4 points by gm678 2y ago|1 comments
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by gm678 2y ago
> While deceptive earnings claims are already illegal, the proposed changes to the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule and the new Earnings Claim Rule would allow the FTC to seek strong relief – including money back for consumers and civil p
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by gm678 2y ago
Given that Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for murder, it feels quite shameful for the author to be unable to name his victim as anything other than "the suspect" - the sentence feels like one of endless exampl
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by gm678 2y ago
> Article then proceeds to describe a toy GRUB wrapper bootkit that has nothing to do with UEFI firmware (other than running on UEFI systems like any other UEFI bootloader), does not persist in UEFI firmware whatsoever (it just is instal
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by gm678 2y ago
Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41304695 Prior discussion of context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40136010
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by gm678 2y ago
Dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41304691 Prior discussion of context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40136010
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by gm678 3y ago
> Reality: DNA/Alleles do in fact encode the "blueprints for life". This seems to be talking past the article, which notes: "genes’ activity — [e.g.,] the length of protein that they encode — depends on myriad externa
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In San Francisco He Was Attacked by a Homeless Man. Was There More to the Story?(nytimes.com)
3 points by gm678 3y ago|1 comments
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by gm678 4y ago
Fun read! The diameter estimations reminded me of the Star Trek: TNG episode "Remember Me," which might be this story's spiritual opposite.
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by gm678 4y ago
One example of this was a CVE for ReDoS in the `py` support library, which caused failed CI runs and "noise for hundreds of thousands of pytest users" despite being of questionable severity (as original article explains) and not a
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by gm678 4y ago
Somewhat relevant previous discussion: "We should have markdown rendered websites": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33548134 I think a major pro of browsers serving content in a limited markup language (with
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Nina.chat is rebuilding the original AIM, AOL Desktop, Yahoo and ICQ platforms(nina.chat)
2 points by gm678 4y ago|1 comments
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by gm678 7y ago
" So what happens now if a man accuses a woman of "raping" him? I'm guessing that he'd be ignored. " I do think there is currently a double standard, and I think that misogyny and the view of women as "pas
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by gm678 7y ago
Could you show me an example of modern feminists trying to suggest that consent can be withdrawn retroactively? I find your argument that people can now be credibly accused of rape because their partner misjudged their wealth to be unrealis
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by gm678 7y ago
I cannot find a single source for your claim. Do you have one?
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by gm678 7y ago
"Less than 10% of incarcerated people are held in private prisons." While this is true, that's still 133,000 people. An attempt to make the system more ethical for over 100,000 people makes a significant difference.
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by gm678 7y ago
While I absolutely agree that there are people of all political beliefs who have major problems with remaining civil, I think we sometimes have an unfair standard. If someone is dealing with people who just want to spread hate and have no i