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by jacalata 10y ago
Everybody who knew about smartphones at the time knew about them. A couple people on HN who aren't in that group doesn't mean 'nobody knew about them'.
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by jacalata 10y ago
They definitely leave notes at least some of the time. Can you prove that they leave a note every time?
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by jacalata 10y ago
When I'm reading to learn, I take notes - and if I get through a chapter or two without taking any notes I will probably abandon the book.
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by jacalata 10y ago
technically he could just fire a guy today and then hit parity at 14 and say the initiative is over.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Huh, would it apply retroactively? That seems weird.
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by jacalata 10y ago
I think they're trying to say that stereotypically female industries are more on board with part-time positions, which is an interesting suggestion. I know I had a couple of years in elementary school where the teachers were job-sharin
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by jacalata 10y ago
It might be, but that's orthogonal to the point I was making, which was "yep actually human breastmilk is significantly different to chimpanzees".
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by jacalata 10y ago
> A study recently published in the Journal of Proteome Research details how human milk has a stunning 1,606 different protein types essential for newborn growth - a cocktail of many key nutrients that other mammals' milk does not b
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by jacalata 10y ago
Really? I would have guessed that they absolutely had a copy, if only to hand over to law enforcement - and more likely, to submit as training data for PhotoDNA if they don't have their own similar work.
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by jacalata 10y ago
A straight line border is usually an indicator that it was artificially imposed by a group of people who had never been to the border being defined and did not give a shit about the existing cultural groupings that they were arbitrarily cut
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by jacalata 10y ago
I mean "do you know a specific person who would use any of these"
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by jacalata 10y ago
Which one do you have users for?
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by jacalata 10y ago
It doesn't supersede anything, it should be completely unrelated. Do you have any evidence that residential tenancy law applies to office leases or co-worker spaces?
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by jacalata 10y ago
Because travel is polluting for a start. When we get cold fusion teleportation with no environmental externalities then everyone can live 100 miles from work if they want. When we don't have to carpet the world in roads and internet ca
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by jacalata 10y ago
It's a liberal area where people don't care about problems that only affect poor people. A lot more Libertarian than classic left-wing.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Yea, that's why nobody blamed Toyota for any crashes caused by faulty brakes and they didn't have to spend millions recalling all those cars at all.
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by jacalata 10y ago
No, that's not the implication. The implication is that each person wants space around their house, but would ideally be close to all the amenities they visit (like restaurants, doctors, groceries) in order to avoid wasteful transport
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by jacalata 10y ago
Tragedy of the commons.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Do you think locksmiths destroy the locks they open?
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by jacalata 10y ago
It's not clear to me, I would not be at all surprised to see someone make that claim here.
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by jacalata 10y ago
How dare you police his speech by telling him he shouldn't have said anything.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Over the last few decades longer hours have become associated with higher earnings and higher educational backgrounds http://www.nber.org/digest/jul06/w11895.html (old data but a good start)
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by jacalata 10y ago
As I understand it, countries tend to either allow multiple citizenships or one citizenship - if they let you have two, then you can go and and get 17 as far as they care. So Sweden is probably fine, although you should check with them. My
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by jacalata 10y ago
Yes, I have lived with relatives with diabetes and understand that it's quite complex. I don't think anyone with diabetes would suggest that it should be ok to just start taking insulin without a doctor involved, which is (to my u
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by jacalata 10y ago
It seems relatively defendable - it is far, far more dangerous than many prescription only drugs (eg: birth control), and most people will not be able to work out how much they need without seeing a doctor first.
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by jacalata 10y ago
By "modern medical systems" do you mean "the insurance setup in the USA" or something else that exists in multiple countries?
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by jacalata 10y ago
"hard assets" means "things that people would want even if the bank that gave them out collapsed". People wanting shiny things is seen as a more reliable collective hallucination than any specific economy.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Is this half million dollars your retirement savings, or extra cash on top of retirement savings?
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by jacalata 10y ago
No, it's an effect.
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by jacalata 10y ago
And....these places are little hotbeds of airbnb rentals, yes? That's where your hypothetical Argentinian company would be sourcing their nice tourist friendly housing?

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