jstalin

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by jstalin 14y ago
Then let's raise it to $1000 an hour. We'll all be rich. To respond to the above comment, yes, it does lead to higher unemployment for those with lower skills, particularly in an environment when unemployment is already high. Who would you
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by jstalin 14y ago
A felony conviction and jail time is akin to a career death sentence for most people. You'll never get a decent job again.
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by jstalin 14y ago
To answer your question: It depends. Some states are easy to purchase guns in, some are not. My own state, Michigan, has essentially no requirements to purchase a rifle. You can go to a dealer and purchase one on the spot. You are subject
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by jstalin 14y ago
Clean coal is a lie. The byproducts of coal usage are stored in gigantic ash ponds. In 2008, one such pond ruptured and spread 5.4 million cubic yards of waste containing mercury, arsenic, lead, and thallium (amongst other things) all over
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by jstalin 14y ago
Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament!
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by jstalin 14y ago
Just an FYI: If you transfer more than $13k in a year to the account it will trigger gift taxes.
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by jstalin 14y ago
But that's implied in a contract. If it becomes something you didn't (objectively) intend to agree on, it's not a contract anyways.
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by jstalin 14y ago
There is a movement in the legal community toward using plain English . Though, some think that doing so somehow reduces the quality of the legal writing. I was recently struck by how Google's terms of service are written in plain English
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by jstalin 14y ago
This assumes that the government is better at it than private industry.
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by jstalin 14y ago
Possibility: A suit under the Alien Tort Statute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Tort_Statute
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by jstalin 14y ago
I think you're right, particularly when it comes to currency. Currency is the absolutely pinnacle of power of modern governments. Loss of that power means weaker governments. Most people don't realize that for much of the USA's early existe
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by jstalin 14y ago
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the tens of millions of people who lawfully own guns...
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by jstalin 14y ago
So much pessimism here. Although I can't afford a Tesla S, I thank god for those who can. They are the early adopters that make the market for future models that surely will be cheaper, either from Tesla or another company. Tesla is on to a
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by jstalin 14y ago
Well, it would be hard for the German company to claim there was no contract when they're trying to collect on it. As for US law, yes, there is enough there for a contract to be formed. Additionally, the CISG may apply if the contract was f
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by jstalin 14y ago
If you don't pay the mechanic, the mechanic doesn't get to put a sign out front saying "BOB DOESN'T PAY HIS BILLS. HE'S IMMORAL!"
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by jstalin 14y ago
You might not realize that just sending an email to a design company saying "Please design us a web site and we'll pay you $500" creates a contract (assuming the design company responds and says "ok!"). I doubt the design company would have
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by jstalin 14y ago
Conversion might work too. Of course, any suit would probably go after them using as many legal theories as possible. Tortious interference comes into play when you are purposely trying to interfere with someone else's business arrangements
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by jstalin 14y ago
There certainly is a contract, even if it was oral, the question is what were the terms of the contract. Likely there were no terms dealing with what happens if there is no payment.
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by jstalin 14y ago
Thanks.
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by jstalin 14y ago
I can't find in that paper how many iterations they put PBKDF2 through and which hashing algorithm they used. Any implementation of PBKDF2 I do uses a very high number of iterations (50,000+) and I use whirlpool, which is amongst the slowes
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by jstalin 14y ago
While I think it's cool to have a competition to help come up with better, "standardized" methods of hashing, PBKDF2 is pretty good already. The problem seems to be a lack of implementation, not a lack of good options.
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by jstalin 14y ago
That web designer turned a contract issue into a potential tortious interference issue -- against him.
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by jstalin 14y ago
Very few break the silence because the far majority of human beings will submit to authority without question, if the conditions are right. It's well documented that they will even do so to the point of hurting or even killing someone else.
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by jstalin 14y ago
The TOS seems a bit too illusory: "SECTION 10: LIMITATION ON NON-HTML CACHING You acknowledge that CloudFlare's Service is offered as a platform to cache and serve web pages and websites and is not offered for other purposes, such as remote
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Ask HN: Why does an email unsubscribe take "10 business days?"
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by jstalin 14y ago
...or maybe more people are searching for flu information than are going to the doctor to treat it. I had the flu and didn't go to a doctor because I know there's little than can be done.
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by jstalin 14y ago
Ah yes, more "cars are evil" claptrap. Some people like dense urban living, some don't. Cars offer that option. The author is one of those who wants to remove that option.
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by jstalin 14y ago
Does anyone remember the Pirates of Darkwater?
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by jstalin 14y ago
My favorite site for finding all kinds of VPS deals (some for as little as $15 a year) is http://www.lowendbox.com . It's great for finding a VPS nearly anywhere in the world for your SSH tunnel, offsite storage, or just to tinker with.
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by jstalin 14y ago
This needs to be the top comment. In a former life I was a local politician and currently I do some public policy work. I can say without a doubt that journalists do not print the truth. They print the story they want to convey. I've been

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