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by libertyEQ 9y ago
If that is the extent of your understanding of authoritarianism vs. liberty, that's your prerogative. I believe there is more nuance involved than your comment indicates. If your goal is to create more trump voters, you are off to a go
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Being against socialism is not violence. The idea that the taxi medallion system was anything but a cartel is very crude. I'm not even sure what kind of person writes these comments that are in stark disagreement to the founding princi
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Only the government has the power of 'legitimate violence' so they have to be considered in a different manner.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
>removing NN is like gifting the ISPs the chance to further reward themselves for maintaining their monopoly This is one of those things that seems to stick in the craw of some, as if when you "stick it to the man" you'll
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
In this very subthread, we have seasoned HNers, all of whom I've agreed with over the years of reading comments from all 3 of you. I believe you all have a sound grasp of logic, and I think there is some common ground you could all agr
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Title II goes back to 1934[0], and it is what allowed Ma Bell to stagnate for 50 years, thwarting any innovation and competition in the space (which is why we had to break it up in the '80s). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
I think utilizing a firewall at the router level would be one way to deal with the problem, but it will take time to determine and implement the appropriate rules (a popular choice on HN is the EdgeRouter Lite3 from Ubiquiti). There may be
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
The mesh system could be augmented with the TV broadcast spectrum (UHF, ~650MHz), where supernodes could operate with high ERP. This would require rethinking our allocation of the EM spectrum.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
It is so annoying to be DV'd without a rebuttal. Please make your case and we can debate the merits.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Since you have a real world example of this solving your problems, I'd be curious to know if having the CMS funtionality available in an Electron desktop app, using a VPS (e.g. Digital Ocean) to host your metalsmith instance, and front
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
>And now the Western free world is starting to see these problems and impose regulations. This has not happened in the US, and it is only the authoritarian types that you are hearing from even discussing the idea. In fact, the current
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Do you not recognize that both words have the same Latin roots? It is only in the US where this illogical distinction is made because the word liberal has been bastardized. "William Safire points out that liberalism is attacked by bot
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
From what I understand the Webextension API is somewhat standardized, and intended for the long haul. So, now would seem like the time.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
I'm not sure why you were DV'd, but in grad school in the US a C is considered failing.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
This is a great point. Congress is abdicating its responsibility to enact proper legislation and allowing this issue to be decided by the whims of whatever the executive branch wants (which is subject to change every 4 years). We need certa
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
The extremely liberal for their time founding fathers of the US were greatly concerned about the tyranny of the majority, which is why people get pedantic when talking about the US as a democracy. As has been pointed out elsewhere in this d
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
The goal would be to seek out the signal instead of trying to identify the noise.
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
As def_true_false mentioned, the way keybase handles things would be what I was thinking, but the crypto doesn't have to be as strong, nor the workflow so elaborate. And for those mentioning gaming, HN does pretty well against all but
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
As the topic has been discussed on HN over the years, I've often thought it might be cool to create a browser extension that only shows reviews from HN users with the option of specifying a minimal karma threshold. Perhaps the HN commu
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
While AMZN might grow into their valuation eventually, there are many other equities that are seemingly undervalued given their current fundamentals. I wouldn't try to short AMZN, but I would look elsewhere for investment opportunities
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
I'm a 'free-market' type that believes in prioritizing liberty, and I do not see Scandinavian countries as communist. I just see them as small to medium sized states (wrt a given state within the USA), where implementing such
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
I feel like I've read comments of yours I disagreed with before, but in this case we agree completely. I'm not interested in winning a debate per se, but I wish we had more people looking at the fundamental principles at stake her
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Is the internet network infrastructure not owned by corporations, and isn't this giving them the freedom to do with their asserts as they see fit?
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
>you can string wires along the rails relatively easily, and power everything directly with electricity - Except all freight trains in the US have 6600 HP diesel engines, usually ~6-8 engines per 100 cars from what I've seen (which
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
You people are unbelievable. Please tell me about the last tech startup from Switzerland or Luxembourg... I'm not trying to declare some definitive "winner" here, but if you don't recognize which country is clearly domin
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
You make this claim as if it is a fact, and various Americans cannot have different points of view. I believe heavily in the ideas of individual liberty and private property. Even though I'm a nobody, in fly-over country does not mea
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
What your comment misses is the commitment to the principle of liberty as set forth by Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations and its influence on the U.S. Constitution. I would suggest reading all 71 Anti-Federalist Papers. Here is a good c
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Are you sure your logic is sound here(?): The great firewall and net neutrality are both examples of the government regulating the internet. Edit: Just to be clear, I'm sure we all agree that our ISPs should offer neutral transmissio
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
Sorry to sound like a nationalist here (i'm not), but the US has 1/3rd the population of China yet still has the largest economy, and the goto reserve currency. China actually has an ownership stake in all of their IT companies. C
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by libertyEQ 9y ago
I don't know if you are aware or not, but Boulder is in the process of 'municipalizing' the electrical grid and will be moving on to broadband once complete. It will be interesting to observe the process, though it will not h

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