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721.
by judk 12y ago
The courts have taken a dim view of "bundling" in the past -- leveraging an incumbency in one product area to anti-competitively subsidize another area. Sure, I have 4 cell phone networks to choose from. But how many cellphone+mus
722.
by judk 12y ago
Thank you for telling me the content of the spam email I received today.
723.
by judk 12y ago
Two-factor authentication is a second basket. Sending a copy to Glacier is a second basket. Does Amazon not have 30-day undelete for bulk storage? Seems crazy.
724.
by judk 12y ago
Might does not make right. And modern people did not sign off on those conquerings.
725.
by judk 12y ago
Ridiculous. 128GB SSD is far more useful than a 500GB spinning disk. We stream media from cloud storage now.
726.
by judk 12y ago
For 95% of consumers, all Apple CPUs are phenomenally overpowered.
727.
by judk 12y ago
Only if you like to upgrade frequently. Otherwise your prev gen refurbished will run into non-support for the next OS or hardware innovation.
728.
by judk 12y ago
Obviously very hard to test. But no one is told they need certainty. And a lot of people get existential angst -- a topic discussed on HN at length. And we clearly have a strong need for social belonging, most of us. Spiritual experience is
729.
by judk 12y ago
It's just WSJ rah rah blind patriotism and running interference for moneyed interests. Obviously USA has a lot more to offer a plantation worker in Honduras than a wealthy retiree who might need some medical care.
730.
by judk 12y ago
Ferrari crashes in Seattle also fuel anti "rich scofflaw" sentiment... http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023636226_ferraridri...
731.
by judk 12y ago
Why does WSJ (and NYT) add extra words to make headlines more awkward? Is WSJ really trying to argue that expats are dodging tax rules , not taxes ?
732.
by judk 12y ago
Since a lot of us are thinking it: How do you justify you career as a morally acceptable calling?
733.
by judk 12y ago
IME, optional fields are used for...optional fields. Like when you have a 50-field data object but only want to transmit 5 of those fields.
734.
by judk 12y ago
Not new, so much as never bothered to be implemented by the controlling cabal.
735.
by judk 12y ago
Maybe next time the Gates Foundation and its hundreds of resesrchers will consult you before wasting time on its billion-dollar "unresearched" programs.
736.
by judk 12y ago
Based on pricing across the world, banana appears to be the cheapest fruit in the world, by far. Are people starving due to low banana yield?
737.
by judk 12y ago
Good job citing speculation about a third-party's motives and justification for your speculation. A+ for specious citation.
738.
by judk 12y ago
Las Vegas is big because of the gambling money, not tax structure. Compare to the rest of the state.
739.
by judk 12y ago
Instead of drones and cars, perhaps it would be simpler to just relocate individuals and businesses toward downtown.
740.
by judk 12y ago
What are the grumps?
741.
by judk 12y ago
Not really true. Buying in bulk is a minor savings that offsets the cost if a big car or big house or whatever. The core issue is that life has transaction costs on that the wealthier folks don't need to worry about, but a poor person
742.
by judk 12y ago
Pretty harsh. I'd bet the shirt you are wearing was made by a hard working person you consider not important enough to matter, yet worth taking a shirt from.
743.
by judk 12y ago
No, dealers consult the registry when required by law, and police consult the registry when they recover a bike. Most buyers don't care, they have no incentive to care.
744.
by judk 12y ago
Register your bike before someone else does! These are properly aligned incentives. Also, investigation can turn up purchase date payment records (receipt, credit card) owners manuals, eyewitness reports, etc
745.
by judk 12y ago
Why? Legalistically, "Hotel" just means "complies with short-term stay laws". Can be "bed and breakfast" or "extended stay" or whatever.
746.
by judk 12y ago
They have reinvented "certification"? MCSE and Cisco might want a word with them about their "new kind" of credential.
747.
by judk 12y ago
BMW products don't sell themselves, they are constantly advertised to push an image in your mind of their upscale luxury materialistic desirability.
748.
by judk 12y ago
Processing issues are usually only a problem if the information implicates the government in criminal activity.
749.
by judk 12y ago
That's the sort of the thing the city will deal with in retrospect after a leak leads to a robbery or murder.
750.
by judk 12y ago
Which is why free education is better than taking out loans, a point in favor of this program.

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