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by jes 13y ago
I don't know, the author sounds pretty rational to me. Do you think he's mistaken?
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by jes 13y ago
Are you claiming they act illegally, or are you claiming that they have some duty to pay more than they do today?
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by jes 13y ago
I appreciate the sample text, thank you. In it I found this advice: 'Kôdô Sawaki once said: “You are not important.” Think about it.' Why should a person consider himself unimportant? What actions would follow from a person who tr
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by jes 13y ago
Government is force, and government must have a legal monopoly on the initiation of force in a society. And yet, the use of force should be appropriate to the circumstances. This was not.
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Woman Forced To Strip And Serve Jail Time For Overdue Ticket(dfw.cbslocal.com)
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by jes 13y ago
Hey, PHP isn't perfect, but calling it malware seems over the top! /rimshot Thank you, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week!
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by jes 13y ago
I don't hate Microsoft, but as an older (54) hacker who was plenty happy on his 11/780 running Mt. Xinu BSD in 1989, I'm still waiting for this whole "Windows" thing to blow over.
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by jes 13y ago
In my original comment, part of what I said was that I wanted a society that understood and cherished individual rights. If we had such a society (we don't) the majority would not choose to infringe upon the rights of minorities. As re
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by jes 13y ago
Thank you for your comment. Are you saying that a government focused on protecting individual rights cannot exist, because people sometimes disagree? If so, that's too big a leap for me -- I don't see how one necessarily follows f
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by jes 13y ago
I agree with your comment. I want a society that understands and cherishes individual rights, and a government that is limited to and efficacious in protecting them.
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by jes 13y ago
This article[1] comes to a different conclusion: “Neither Medicare nor Social Security can sustain projected long-run programs in full under currently scheduled financing, and legislative changes are necessary to avoid disruptive consequenc
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by jes 13y ago
I wonder even about the seemingly simple case you mention, that of spending some money on health insurance. In this case, it seems like the principle has already been compromised, and now the two parties are simply haggling over the price,
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by jes 13y ago
With respect, I wonder if pragmatists are really what we want. A pragmatist is someone who, as you say, seeks to compromise on principles in order to achieve some outcome. I want politicians who will refuse to compromise on principles, and
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by jes 13y ago
I appreciated your comment and the opportunity to further discuss a topic (privacy) that I think is important and under attack in our society today. Thank you.
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by jes 13y ago
w_t_payne did not specify the level of detail, so it's conceivable that s/he intended that the transactions be sufficiently detailed so as to be able to ascertain, for example, what products Sally purchased. But even in your case,
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by jes 13y ago
It would be helpful if you would clarify what you mean by "all financial transactions." What about transactions such as a teenage girl buying a pregnancy test kit? Should the children in her high school be able to go to a website
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by jes 13y ago
What if their most cherished assumptions were actually the source of the biggest obstacles they faced?
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by jes 13y ago
Why do many people have little choice in the work they do? Are you talking about short time scales, or periods of years?
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by jes 13y ago
I find this constant indoctrination concerning. Where does it end? If two people wanted to have a serious discussion about individual rights while waiting in a checkpoint line at the airport, would they also be subject to arrest? Whatever h
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TSA loudspeakers threaten travelers with arrest for joking about security(policestateusa.com)
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by jes 13y ago
With respect, I think attagart has a valid point. Violence can also be confining someone to a jail cell, or confiscating (taking without voluntary consent) some or all of their property (e.g., imposing a fine on a person) Your modern Austra
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by jes 13y ago
To what degree is the sheer complexity of the underlying government legislation responsible for cost, delays and complexity in the IT systems government pays to have built? No wonder we are going broke. It's nothing but special cases,
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by jes 13y ago
Are the taxes to pay for this voluntary in Switzerland?
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by jes 13y ago
If a lot of people were able to build products based on his open source library, it seems wrong to claim that anything he held back was truly essential.
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by jes 13y ago
With respect, I have never had to sign an NDA to interview with a company.
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Glooko Helps Patients Manage Diabetes Digitally(xconomy.com)
1 points by jes 13y ago|0 comments
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Women-only Coding School Aims at Worker Shortage, Gender Imbalance(xconomy.com)
2 points by jes 13y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Hack my weight with a sleeve gastrectomy?
2 points by jes 13y ago|4 comments
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by jes 13y ago
Perhaps a nice benefit of these plants, presumably, is that your operating costs don't change much due to changes in fuel costs (your fuel is free) and these plants ought to be somewhat easier to site / approve than a nuclear plan
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by jes 13y ago
Sorry for being unclear. I meant concentrating sunlight onto existing PV panels. I suppose that I'm assuming mirrors << PV in terms of cost.

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