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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   Or pay with both, like the NYT (print edition) which costs money _and_ comes with ads, Windows 10 (assuredly not free, the OEM has to pay for it)
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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   My main point is that people tend to view everyone as themselves. So intellectuals tend to view everyone as intellectuals. So we think that if only I'd have guaranteed income, I'd finally get around to fixing Firefox, or making an
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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   In other words, the tragedy of the commons. My biggest concern with the UBI is that looking back at societies with UBI (such as the upper class Europe of the Middle Ages through the 19th century), for every Newton or Voltaire were many more
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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   The danger I see with UBI, is (in addition to possible inflation, etc.) is that commentators on HN tend to be of higher education, curious, and simply "hackers". Most people here would love to be payed money so they could sit and
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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   The issue is like this. I load https://webmail.example.com . I see my email. My ISP doesn't see my email. The NSA (or anyone else who can MITM https, such as my workplace, college, etc.) can effectively turn it into http, an
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   by hahooooo 10y ago

   Is there any advantage in using a functional language when programming non-mathematically related code? I see how it can help write Neural Networks, AI, financial code, etc. But if you know Python,Ruby,PHP,Java and Lisp (well), why would yo