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by judk 12y ago
Please stop the silly argument that encryption is just math. Shooting a gun is just physics, and killing someone is just biology. That is no defense.
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by judk 12y ago
The 9/11 hijackers were on watch lists and immigration violations.
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by judk 12y ago
Obama has run the NSA for 6 years, shielding them from prosecution or even censure for their crimes.
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by judk 12y ago
1984 is harmful because government agents get inspired by ideas in the book.
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by judk 12y ago
This is similar to USA, but the slaves mostly stay in Asia and Latin Americs, and their work is imported to USA.
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by judk 12y ago
Coddles some men. You know statistics better than this. Care to poll a coal mine or oil rig?
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by judk 12y ago
Is daytime tv really worse than hacker news?
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by judk 12y ago
I suspect you saw about 5 people being conspicuous out of hundreds of less exciting folks. I am sure some poor folks committed some crimes as well.
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by judk 12y ago
Also that metric is likely considering low income religious people who are giving money do their church leaders, not charity in the sense of "giving to others for nothing direct in return" A d of course high income folks pay 10-20
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by judk 12y ago
You can always borrow people's labor. That's all fiat money is. Print some money, give it out, borrow it, pay idle people to work. This only fails if everyone is already working but failing to save, because they are only generatin
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by judk 12y ago
You are mistakenly believing that money exists like wool or oil or lumber or stone. It doesn't. Money is imaginary. It is simply an IOU to be exchanged for labor or services. It is subject to inflation if a society amasses too much, u
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by judk 12y ago
Define "fair". You can't just s/equal/fair/. If you meant "equal", say it. Don't argue morals by wordplay.
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by judk 12y ago
The rich have no moral right to real estate at all. Real estate was created by God or whatever you believe, not the sweat of ones brow. Property is a social construct; society sets the rules. Property tax is one way of smoothly implementing
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by judk 12y ago
Strange. "The winner must drink" is a confusing way to say "the winner gets 1 point". And "roll a 3 or 6" could just be "roll a 3 sided die".
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by judk 12y ago
Metaphor, not analogy. Ironically, the word 'analogy' is often misused to mean 'metaphor'.
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by judk 12y ago
12 years to clean up? That must be worse than starting from scratch.
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by judk 12y ago
Right, if you quit the project and leave the sponsors/employers holding the bag.
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by judk 12y ago
Incorrect. There are many professors at colleges that do not have PhD programs.
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by judk 12y ago
That's pretty much Google's recruiting philosophy you quoted.
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by judk 12y ago
Fake, not Mock (if you need to Mock, you've alrrady lost), but yes, you shouldn't write anything static if you'll need to provide an alterate implementation of the interface.
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by judk 12y ago
Richard Feynman said that only about 6 people understand quantum mechanics."perfectly understood" is an overstatement.
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by judk 12y ago
Didn't we just have the bogus story of the kid who made $300k on penny stocks?
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by judk 12y ago
Colleges love celebrities, it gets their name in the news.
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by judk 12y ago
What do you mean by "become" and "no longer"
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by judk 12y ago
Google favors recent news sites over old general knowledge.
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by judk 12y ago
http://fair.org Who is going to pay for it?
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by judk 12y ago
Wrath? If you charge me a fee for driving a bus to your address, I will stop driving there. Do you fear me?
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by judk 12y ago
A college intern could debug that problem. It's a non-issue.
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by judk 12y ago
In USA, You get a lot more sanitary running water and air conditioning and bed linens for your quarter-monthly wage.
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by judk 12y ago
This crowd isn't all libertarian. To some extent, you can choose not to spend your money at companies that are known to exploit their workers. You can buy USA produce, which is produced under better conditions. Mexican leadership can p

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