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by jimt1234 2y ago
> The whole microchip registry thing is a mess, though. That is, unfortunately, correct ^^^ I went through this with my dog. I was told to find out which services your local animal control and humane society use, and make sure your pet i
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by jimt1234 2y ago
In most cities CrossFit is a really good, supportive community. I know a few dudes whose entire social circle is built around CrossFit.
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In my 25+ years in this industry, there's one thing I've learned: starting something isn't all that difficult, however, shutting something down is nearly impossible. For example, brilliant people put a lot of time end effort
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I get that, but why doesn't any of this fall on dudes? Yes, mothers actually "give birth", but focusing punishment only on mothers implies that dudes lack accountability in the birthing process, like, "Here ya go. Her
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Also, CPS is a joke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40379325#40381801
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The article seems to focus on the unreliability of drug testing, which is a great topic, but IMHO, the real issue here is mothers being drug-tested, seemingly without their consent or knowledge. Furthermore, I feel like focusing on the reli
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by jimt1234 2y ago
That was my read, too - basically, "We have a teenager in India that quickly scans through a thousand AI-generated articles per day, looking for offensive language or anything that could get us sued, but that's it."
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My personal fav: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rCszxibClKE
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Does a Tesla owner (I am not) have any control over the video data? In other words, can an owner configure the vehicle to only retain the last 60 seconds of video data - something like that? Does an owner have any access to the video data?
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I love it when interviewees say "I don't know" , so long as they follow up with some sort of mental process explaining how they'd find out the answer/solution. So, "You know, I'm not exactly sure how the
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I was once pitched a business where external-facing cameras would be provided to car owners, distributed through auto insurance companies. The business intended to make money from selling the video data to law enforcement. I'm skipping
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Alaska
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A high school friend of mine in Modesto became a cop and ended up doing undercover work - small-time stuff, mostly dealing with biker gangs and meth dealers. Years later we met up and he told me the undercover work he did reminded him of th
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by jimt1234 2y ago
My boomer mother started her career in accounting/bookkeeping, working in payroll for a large company back in the 70s. The company decided to migrate their payroll system onto a fancy new mainframe computer, so they sent my mother to c
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I'm not gonna downvote, but I am gonna challenge this premise: "...the most talented and impressive young man who applied and didn’t get in is objectively more talented..." That's just not necessarily true. If me and a
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by jimt1234 2y ago
To be clear, The Strip is nothing like living in Las Vegas. Nothing. Las Vegas, outside The Strip, is basically Phoenix, except there's video poker machines in the grocery stores.
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Corporations are, indeed, people. Just ask Citizens United, which really boosted the legal concept of "corporate personhood". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
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by jimt1234 2y ago
BS. If that was the case (Disney doesn't own or operate the restaurant), then that would've been Disney's first motion to the court. But it wasn't. Their initial argument was that the Disney+ EULA binds the dude to arb
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by jimt1234 2y ago
> ...a unanimous 2018 ruling by the US Supreme Court that said courts cannot decide whether an arbitration clause covers a dispute if the contract language says an arbiter must also resolve any such question. We're all screwed. SCOT
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I've got a hunch that the "bug in the legal system" is forced arbitration . I have zero actual experience here, but my general feeling is that arbitration rarely works out to the benefit of the plaintiff. Or, put another way
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Sort-related question: Can restaurants refuse to serve someone who mentions severe dietary restrictions? Honestly, if I owned a restaurant, that's where I would lean because the risk is too high. If one of the cooks accidentally includ
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by jimt1234 2y ago
The job of judges is to apply the law as dictated by their billionaire, gift-giving "friends". Made a few changes to reflect the current state of SCOTUS. :)
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Thanks for the review. I have a Garmin inReach device that I connect to my phone when I go up in the mountains, but I would love to get rid of it. Sorry Garmin.
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Does anyone have experience with these trademark/DMCA takedown requests? I'm curious, do receivers of these requests really do any sort of due diligence on the requests? Or, do they just rubber-stamp them, and pass them onto the t
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by jimt1234 2y ago
I can't believe it's been 6 years since I wrote this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17395675#17398314 ... It basically explains local cops and "civil forfeiture", and how it ruined an innocen
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by jimt1234 2y ago
My Boomer mother is the same way. She sits around the house watching cable news and browsing the Neighborhood website - "This area is going to hell. Did you see someone had their bicycle stolen 2 weeks ago?! And someone's dog poo
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by jimt1234 2y ago
Story time: About 6 years ago a close friend with years of software experience was bored with her job and decided to look for another. She received plenty of solid job offers, all with excellent pay, but one of them stood out. It was a comp
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Also, just because a potential buyer has the money doesn't mean he/she is gonna automatically pay what you're asking. I can try to sell my 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup truck for $50K, and a lot of people have $50K, but that do
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Why settle for a measly $23B, when a successful IPO will get them 10x that?
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Totally agree with this. I grew up in the 70s & 80s; myself, along with every other kid I knew, learned to exist without any supervision starting around 3rd grade. I think that might be difficult to believe for younger people today, but

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