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by jimt1234 3y ago
I feel the same way about all the new-ish toll roads in Southern California. It feels like the government's answer to traffic congestion is to sell a solution to those who can afford it and ignore the fact that it worsens the problem
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by jimt1234 3y ago
What's the point of building more housing if it's all owned by the same handful of investment firms? In my community, over the last few years, one investment firm has spent billions, purchasing nearly 60% of the rental properties.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Why not both? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I once read a comment here on HN from someone in Australia, saying that, according to local laws, advertised prices must match the final price, including taxes, fees, etc. So, if the price says "$100", you're gonna pay $100.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
This story is absolutely horrible. I feel so bad for that kid's parents. I had no idea this kinda thing was happening to dudes; I thought it was all teen girls being tricked into sending nudes, and then being extorted. I don't kno
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by jimt1234 3y ago
One thing I've found interesting with social media and children is that almost every parent I know recognizes the impact social media has on their children, but they willfully ignore it or feel powerless to avoid it. I hear stuff like,
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Growing up in the 80s, no one I knew avoided cigarettes because of regulations. Cigarettes were easy to get your hands on as a kid, even though it was illegal to sell to children. We avoided cigarettes because we had a general understanding
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Just a side-note: My step-dad was a long-hauler when I was a kid, before any of the "maximum hours" regulations. The stories he used to tell me are terrifying. Basically, back then, all the long-haulers were alcoholics who drank c
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by jimt1234 3y ago
You had me at "Breakin'". That owner is the coolest guy in your hometown. LOL
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by jimt1234 3y ago
This is exactly why I miss the old, neighborhood, mom-and-pop DVD-rental store. The place near my apartment back in the early-2000s pretty much never removed anything from the shelves, so you could find almost any movie ever made. You just
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Do you have any sources? (Not calling BS, just curious.) I'm especially interested in drug-sniffing dogs, as I've heard that the dogs are often trained with specific commands to bark; then, when conducting a search, the officer
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Speaking of Keybase, is it still supported? I just launched mine after a multi-week hiatus, and I'm getting an error: "x509: certificate signed by unknown authority" Hmmm.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I would go one step further, saying that proper verification is prone to fraud because of failure in government (in the US; not sure about other countries). It still baffles me that identification typically comes down to two things: social
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by jimt1234 3y ago
This is the best comment ever. Thank you! ... The narrative around "identity theft" and "personal data" needs to change.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I interviewed a bunch of "financial hardship" people a few years back for an app my company was working on. The lack of financial knowledge was pretty disappointing to me, but the big thing I remember is that all the people I talk
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I heard this was the real reason the US took out Saddam Hussein. Basically, Saddam had been saying for years that he wanted Iraq to abandon the dollar for trading its oil. If he was successful at this, other Arab Nations would most likely
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by jimt1234 3y ago
How could remote work not be more productive? Most of my friends/colleagues get back at least an hour of their lives each day they don't commute, and they all use the "extra" time to do more work. People wanna work
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by jimt1234 3y ago
That sounds like a someone calling the cops because the meth they bought was fake, which I've heard actually happens. LOL
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I used to live a little dangerously when I was young. At some point I realized that some people just don't give a fuck - jail, beatings or even death is not a deterrent for them, at all. To last in the streets, you either have to be on
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I was thinking 'honeypot', too. It makes me think of scantily-clad, female undercover cops, walking the streets, looking to arrest johns for solicitation. Walking the streets, looking and talking sexy isn't illegal. But solic
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Or, the over/under on what date 'the streets' catch up to him, and unfortunately , he gets robbed/shot/murdered? If you're gonna flex like that online, someone is gonna come at you at some point.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Years ago I worked with a guy that was a flight attendant and a systems engineer. He lived in Phoenix, Arizona, woke up early every morning, worked the same flight to San Diego, California, then took a taxi (this was before Uber) from the a
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Agreed. And still, LeMond was yet another victim of Armstrong. https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/walsh-on-lemond-enduring...
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Does anyone know anything about current defenses against large-scale drone attacks? The scenario I'm thinking of is 100+ small drones, each with an explosive device attached (maybe a grenade), all programmed to attack a specific target
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I totally relate to this, but from the exact opposite perspective. I'm old-school, everything is a "file" to me. It's still weird to me that modern tools have abstracted away from "files" to just data. I'm
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by jimt1234 3y ago
Wait. The DEA sets the "scheduling" of drugs? I always thought it was Congress and/or the White House.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
First time I've heard "Not your keys, not your device." I love it. Thanks.
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by jimt1234 3y ago
For criminal organizations, it's common to "decipher" coded language to juries. And it's really not that difficult when drug dealers are talking about "kings" in conversations that have nothing to do with royal
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by jimt1234 3y ago
I used to work at a company that talked a lot about "customer obsession", too. However, in reality, the way the company operated reminded me of that scene from The Wolf Of Wall Street : "Fuck the clients. ... Move the money
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by jimt1234 3y ago
A few years ago, my company found hundreds of internal projects using the malicious "python3-dateutil" library. One instance was ultimately used to get full ATO of an AWS account and launch hundreds of EC2 instances to mine crypto

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