liber8

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by liber8 15y ago
It is a horrible summary of Fair Use. Unfortunately, posting the statute itself is also a horrible, and nearly meaningless, summary of Fair Use as well. The doctrine is so case driven that you simply cannot understand the boundaries withou
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by liber8 15y ago
>> In my reading this is what I perceived: Historical employer/employee relationship + Freedom of contract = unshackled startups encouraging hard work << Then you should read more closely. (Sorry, I say what I honestly feel.
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by liber8 15y ago
>> It cant happen and wont happen, but this downward spiral of competing to the floor can only be stopped if the entire world sets minimum standards of employment. Even them places like the US and EU will need to revise down, while
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by liber8 15y ago
Where does this idea that art that is not "popularly accessible" cannot be supported by the market? Such art might not be supported by the mainstream or by the "lay person" as you call them, but those people do not make up the entirety
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by liber8 15y ago
You're misstating history. There are no "great works of art that are considered worthless in their time". They were considered valuable, if by no one else, by those that created them, and whoever happened to hang onto them, and pass them
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How To Not Get Sick(ajkesslerblog.com)
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The Passion Myth(ajkesslerblog.com)
1 points by liber8 15y ago|1 comments
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by liber8 15y ago
But that's not what the quote implies at all, at least taken in the context of the article. Instead, it implies that the only reason he is being punished is, not because of the hack, but because he hacked facebook . It implies that, had
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by liber8 15y ago
The economist wrote a similar piece a few years back: http://www.economist.com/node/13496638 I remember seeing a good discussion here on HN about the article, though it seems to have disappeared.
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by liber8 15y ago
Semantics point/question: The T. gondii, as viewed from the cat's perspective might be a symbiote, but from the rat's perspective, is certainly a parasite, isn't it? The T. gondii is benefiting at the expense of the rat. Do biologists clas
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by liber8 15y ago
It seems so strange now, but remember, the Berlin wall only fell in November 1989. Even in 1991, the communist threat was still very much on people's minds.
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by liber8 15y ago
What "true subsidies" are you referring to? The link you cite to doesn't really mention any. The three biggest fossil fuel subsidies listed are: Foreign tax credit ($15.3 billion), the Credit for production of non-conventional fuels ($14.
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The Tim Ferriss Falacy(ajkesslerblog.com)
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by liber8 15y ago
Which is exactly, of course, why we get such overreaction. Like referees, those in charge of security are only noticed when they do a poor job. Except, unlike referees, there is absolutely no penalty for false positives. They will alway
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by liber8 15y ago
That other countries practice similar, or worse, exclusionary methods is irrelevant. That people within America still have the right to freely express themselves is, I think, a less interesting takeaway from this snafu. More interesting is