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by gph 12y ago
I wonder if someone might challenge China on this at the WTO. It could perhaps be seen as a backhanded tariff. As you say it's acted like one for their domestic internet businesses.
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by gph 12y ago
I suppose what mostly bugs me is using the word hack. Calling something that appears to be targeted social engineering a hack seems wrong to me. I guess the definition of hacking has been rather fluid in recent years. Course that word has b
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by gph 12y ago
This is perhaps a bit off-topic but, >after all, the company is fresh off a hack that allowed strangers to steal, view and share nude photos of famous actresses from iCloud accounts Why do people still parrot this line? Unless I missed s
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by gph 12y ago
So we've finally gotten to the point where Snow Crash is going to become a reality. That's fun.
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by gph 12y ago
Alright, I'm going to use an analogy that's a bit thin, but just stick with me on it. Imagine some private organizations decided it would be safer if everyone that came to their establishment had a fully loaded gun with their spec
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by gph 12y ago
Yea, I agree, that's why I wasn't that opposed to W3C adopting DRM into the standard. But I think most the resistance is more ideological than pragmatic. People are upset because the standard represents a shared platform that ever
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by gph 12y ago
I wasn't a vehement opponent of W3C implementing DRM, but I'll put my two cents in; I don't mind if private companies implement DRM in their own products. I do mind DRM being standardized, meaning every vendor has to implemen
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by gph 12y ago
I agree that the title is a bit hyperbolic and should be changed to the real article title. But the article does mention the 10,000 hour rule. >These findings filtered their way into pop culture. They were the inspiration for what Malcol
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by gph 12y ago
I don't think the point was to minimize the negative impact of drugs. The point was that our understanding and treatment of addiction is flawed, and we need to change that perception so we can really help those with addiction. You&#x27
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by gph 12y ago
Do you just read headlines and then comment? I mean the author addressed your point within the first few paragraphs, yet you don't seem to be incorporating any of that into your post.
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by gph 12y ago
That wasn't really my point. If you don't want to learn something, you probably aren't going to. But even classes I enjoyed like Math and Science, I wouldn't do all the homework. I still learned all that I needed to. The
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by gph 12y ago
This article brings up an important point about our education system. How much is it about teaching a subject versus teaching you how to work. I always did well on tests and in any class I didn't totally hate I felt like I gained the k
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by gph 12y ago
You mean falsely victimizing themselves?
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by gph 12y ago
Ah yes, civilization is based solely on mode of transportation. You should become an anthropologist with such great insight.
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by gph 12y ago
>Modern consumers prefer less flavorful meats. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing (not that you were saying it is). I've enjoyed venison burgers/steaks, but most the time I'd rather taste the seasoning
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by gph 12y ago
Yes, people in the past (and even some currently) thought that marijuana and prostitution were "bad" so they made them illegal. We are not living in a libertarian society, though I guess you can believe we should if you want.
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by gph 12y ago
Not entirely true. Tesla gets $195 million in tax credits that they can sell to other companies. Note that it's a credit and not simply a tax break or deduction. Furthermore, the state and local county will have to pay large amounts of
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by gph 12y ago
>You can argue if it's a good or bad thing, but it's definitely not illegal nor should it be illegal. That doesn't make much logical sense. If you think it's a bad thing you would want it to be illegal so that it does
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by gph 12y ago
>It doesn't seem as difficult competitively as eg picking stocks on wall st is what I'm trying to say. Not yet. But I'm a bit worried about the future. The governors in California and Texas are going to take quite a bit of
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by gph 12y ago
This exact deal is not open to any other company. This isn't a policy that's open for everyone to take advantage of in the way that some tax breaks are, e.g. for film makers. Just because other deals like this have also occurred d
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by gph 12y ago
Perhaps in this specific case, but what if it was for a company you don't think has a good chance to succeed? Or how about a company you don't agree with ideologically? Like I said in another comment these types of deals are turni
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by gph 12y ago
Not entirely. From the article: >$195 million in transferable tax credits, which other Nevada companies will be able to buy from Tesla in order to reduce their own tax liabilities to the state. Credits are basically the state writing the
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by gph 12y ago
Finding this unethical or wrong doesn't mean we don't understand economics. Even if this leads to profit for the state through higher tax receipts, I still question whether this is a good thing in the big picture. It's one th
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by gph 12y ago
>They might make that up in payroll, sales, and property taxes from the employees alone. I might be wrong, but I think Nevada doesn't have income tax. And property tax is typically paid to local county/city governments. I think
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by gph 12y ago
Yea I've seen people making the hand motion on the side of the road around here quite a few times. It's not so much a wagging of the finger as a constant pointing downwards, like you're tapping on an invisible desk. It makes
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by gph 12y ago
But isn't the main difference that a new vaccine can easily be created for any new strain of a bacteria or virus, whereas once something becomes resistant to an antibiotic then that antibiotic is now worthless to fight that infection,
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by gph 12y ago
It makes me wonder if in the future there might be false convictions based on DNA evidence, and not from chimeras or inaccurate testing. DNA found at a crime scene has basically come to mean that person is guilty in the public mind (thanks
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by gph 12y ago
You misunderstand, I'm not saying you personally lack integrity. I'm saying integrity is what is missing from your consideration of this issue. Integrity and honesty are important values that are worth standing for even if it&#x27
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by gph 12y ago
>Am I missing something? Yes, integrity. The easy thing probably would have been to leave this whole thing alone. But the easy thing to do isn't automatically the right thing to do.
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by gph 12y ago
Just because something is theoretically open to the public, doesn't mean it's accessible or useful to the public. If the catering event is setup outside Google HQ or even in a public park in a rich or rural area it's not like

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