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1. 241.▲
   by hsod 9y ago

   Sounds like if they had the money for a refund they wouldn't be shutting down.
2. 242.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   When someone shows you their new computer, do you Google these things?
3. 243.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   Thanks for the clarification.
4. 244.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   Edit: seems this doesn't apply because the doors hadn't been closed yet. See below I found this law which, from a layman's perspective and based on my understanding of the sequence of events, the passenger violated: https:&#
5. 245.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   I've been reading HN for 5 or 6 years and this feels very strange to me. From the comments in here by the principles it kind of seems like Stripe is doing IH a favor. A few things that stick in my craw: 1. This seems like it would be d
6. 246.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   I don't know, I think Americans are right to be concerned about and sensitive to Russian cyberattacks: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf
7. 247.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   There's a difference between banning an account for TOS violations and complying with a legal order to unmask an anonymous user to a law enforcement agency. Not sure why you would try and conflate them
8. 248.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   My #1 UX issue is that it makes me manually sign into my profile every time I turn it on, which is a clunky and overlong process, even though I only have one profile and I ALWAYS use it.
9. 249.▲
   by hsod 10y ago

   Wow, I thought you were exaggerating. That made my blood boil and I have zero stake in this whatsoever
10. 250.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    So that your users know you are who you say you are
11. 251.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Care to expand?
12. 252.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    The r/all algorithm was tweaked last year during the election to prevent subreddits from flooding the front page. What you observe may simply be the result of that, rather than vote manipulation.
13. 253.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Seems like your argument is based on the idea that it's unreasonable to expect the end user to understand the terms under which a service is offered. And that's fair in some cases, but it's also kind of a cop out. "How w
14. 254.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    I disagree. The person who owns the server should get to decide who has access and under what circumstances. Joe Scraper, having invested nothing, has no claim or rights to it whatsoever. Furthermore, the fact that the server gives 200 resp
15. 255.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    > Right now, Uber is subsidizing each ride How can this be true? I thought Uber takes a cut on each ride. Are you suggesting that they actually pay the driver extra money on top of what the riders are paying?
16. 256.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Wow that was shockingly bad. These seem like very standard conditions. Was there some confounding factor? He mentioned the sun being right in front of him...
17. 257.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    That seems to fall under the category of irrational?
18. 258.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    I'm an American and I just bought one and I've been kind of wary around it, even going into the other room while it cooks. I know it's irrational, but I find I keep thinking about the Boston bombings.
19. 259.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Well put. I've noticed a phenomenon where people seem to substitute PR/optics for their own morality. That is, people will criticize a public person not for what they've done or said, but for how it looks or how it is likely
20. 260.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    > I think I would be okay with being filmed as long as it wasn't secret. Would you be OK with the video being published on a major news site?
21. 261.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    I think it's one of the most famous quotations in the country (it has it's own wikipedia page[0]), and the reference wasn't exactly subtle. I'm betting most downvoters (myself included) got the reference. [0] https:&#x2
22. 262.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Consumer action like boycotts and social media posting is nice, but I think the solution to this problem is lawsuits. Victims can seek redress through the courts, which both compensates them and holds the company directly to account for the
23. 263.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    I don't think anyone is missing that, cutesy little jokes like that just don't tend to do well here on HN.
24. 264.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    > witness all the left wing types who seem to believe that the American underclass would rather sit around on welfare than do the work that illegal immigrants will no longer be doing. What? Isn't the "welfare queen" a righ
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    by hsod 10y ago

    Because it's a purely semantic argument (in the literal sense of being an argument about the definition of words). There is no fundamental universal truth underlying whether it's OK to refer to piracy informally as "stealing&
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    by hsod 10y ago

    > If we accepted your handwaving, people charged with actually robbing someone's home and people charged with downloading half a season of Glee would face the same sentencing standards. Can you expand on this? Seems like a non-sequi
27. 267.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    ]This semantic tangent has been derailing these conversations on forums across the internet for years. I think it's time to put it to bed. No one is confused about this usage of the word "stealing," nor is your specific defin
28. 268.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Isn't that just taking from the system without contributing anything back? Doesn't sound like anything to be proud of.
29. 269.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    In case anyone was wondering about point 1, there have been three terrorist attacks in the US since 9/11 perpetrated by immigrants from countries on the list, with zero deaths. ( http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter&#
30. 270.▲
    by hsod 10y ago

    Right call. Though I understand that being on the council is not an endorsement, it does normalize Trump and set back the resistance movement.