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by jeangenie 12y ago
Why would the statement need to provide any basis? It's merely a carefully worded expression of a decision that's already been made. You will find even recent history rife with examples.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I agree that the presence of that single qualifier casts an irrevocably ominous shadow over the entire sentiment. In a purely-hypothetical dystopia it could be the basis of more invasive monitoring and control capabilities over network in
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by jeangenie 12y ago
So whole societies should sacrifice their privacy so someone can have a hypothetical chance at recovering a stolen car more quickly?
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Could also be useful for interactive walkthroughs of interfaces.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Definitely Latin. By the time Aurelius was emperor the Greeks had already been overtaken by the Romans. Edit: Incidentally, a simple Google would've shown it was written in Greek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medit
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by jeangenie 12y ago
A) Most users will never open their computer for any reason, including upgrading RAM. B) Apple wants to capture the cost of upgrading their hardware in the future.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Well said!
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I'll have to rewatch. My family and I were also discussing this same idea in relation to Minority Report . Are these instances of life imitating art?
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I think the term "legalization" needs to be qualified. The situation is moving towards extremely limited government-controlled privatization. Citizens can buy recreational pot in an approved store but it's still illegal to gr
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by jeangenie 12y ago
It is obvious but completely ignores my question. As an aside, I can't think of many governments that would willingly divest themselves of access to tax revenue/citizens.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I often wonder whether it's even possible to sustain a functioning representative democracy at this scale without some major work.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Interesting idea.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
My assertion is that, with the backing of enterprises raking in 12 figures annually, it's within their operational capability to obtain all the necessary parts to do exactly that. To be fair, I think it's entirely possible that th
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by jeangenie 12y ago
As an aside, I have most assuredly been guilt of this on HN and elsewhere but have been making an effort to curtail it. We'll see how that goes.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Are you asking because you plan on doing so? I'd be interested to hear what you find. Here's something to get you started: http://online.wsj.com/articles/j-p-morgan-fined-92-million-b...
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by jeangenie 12y ago
It's certainly logical but my question is if it will actually impact Mexican cartel revenue as much as some people claim. If the alternative to cartel weed is industrially-farmed weed propping up another unholy conglomerate I'm no
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by jeangenie 12y ago
What do Americans use to buy drugs? Hint: It's US dollars.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
What would stop the cartels from investing in legal storefronts and capturing profits regardless? (This certainly shouldn't be construed as an argument for the morass we have now, just an interesting aside.)
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Not sure what your point is. It's okay for government representatives to threaten citizens for circumventing laws that are demonstrably foolish? Regardless you should step back and think about how a representative democracy should fun
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by jeangenie 12y ago
This sort of exchange is unfortunately the dominant mode of discourse--not just online either. Both sides loudly proclaim the foolishness of the other without ever having an opportunity to establish some reasonable grounds on which an actua
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by jeangenie 12y ago
It bothers me that Wired occasionally puts out interesting pieces but churns out puff-pieces on products and companies daily. Thanks, Condé Nast.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
This problem is precisely what leads me to doubt the value of what we currently call higher education. To put it bluntly (and in a slightly exaggerated manner), in exchange for your tens/hundreds of thousands of dollars, you get obsole
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by jeangenie 12y ago
An idea's utility is often orthogonal to its complexity.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I prefer yours. Nice work!
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by jeangenie 12y ago
This idea is the basis for mafia and similar organizations the world over.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
The hilarious/frightening thing is that one can analyze most public bills, projects, or proposals and discover similar shortcomings.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Commenting so I can find in the future.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
Is this your own translation?
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by jeangenie 12y ago
I'd be interested to see raw numbers since there are many possible values for y=x/3.7.
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by jeangenie 12y ago
> Controlling western media on a useful scale is way beyond this limit. Define "useful scale". There are many examples of the government controlling mass media.

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