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by lolsal 8y ago
> The funny thing is that many Americans are perfectly happy with this... but if you bring up, say, universal healthcare they rage against the very idea of the government spending so much money. You're over-simplifying the healthcar
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by lolsal 8y ago
You don't think it's possible that 'financial laws' are just a little bit more complicated and complex such that there are more than two possible reasons they are not machine-readable? Lots of laws are up to interpretati
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by lolsal 8y ago
I think the question of age comes into play though.
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by lolsal 8y ago
I found it interesting that they revealed an electric truck in Manhattan, I would have thought that would not be a great place for using trucks. I suppose I would not really know though. I really like the fact that the creators investigated
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by lolsal 8y ago
> I've owned VHS's, they're worthless ... > I've owned DVD's - they're worthless > I've owned Books - they're worthless I honestly find this unbelievable and amazing. You have never rewatched
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by lolsal 8y ago
The web is not 'about' portraying oneself in the slightest. There are still new and fascinating things to learn and discover - you just have to step away from Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/etc. and be willing to explo
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by lolsal 8y ago
The situation: The author improved internet functionality using what he knew about networking. The plan: Write about what they know and how they were able to improve their parent's rural internet experience using layman's terms an
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by lolsal 8y ago
It's unnecessary if you're trying to write technical reference docs. That was not the goal of the author. This style was more enjoyable to read and gave more insight into the author and their perspective. I appreciated it and read
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by lolsal 8y ago
The benefit is more noticeable when you have more clients using the connection - big family with phones, tablets, desktops, etc.
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by lolsal 8y ago
I really don't know what happens - my point was that there will still be need for things like homeless shelters, food programs, etc.
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by lolsal 8y ago
There is also the concern for what kind of welfare programs to implement (or keep) even with UBI - for example, if I blow all of my UBI on gambling/drugs/alcohol/electronics, will society let me starve to death in the street?
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by lolsal 8y ago
It works fine for me; maybe it's fine for most folks.
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by lolsal 8y ago
Ok, but I was referring to the number of people in the program, not the dollar amount.
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by lolsal 8y ago
Ok, but I was referring to the number of people in the test, not the dollar amount.
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by lolsal 8y ago
Alright, but I was referring to the number of people in the test, I wasn’t saying anything about the dollar amount.
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by lolsal 8y ago
> Stockton will give 100 residents $500 a month for 18 months, no strings attached. This does not seem like enough people to really learn anything about the effectiveness of UBI, but who knows - maybe they'll learn something and som
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by lolsal 8y ago
It seems that would make JSON likely more verbose than XML.
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by lolsal 8y ago
> The point is that phones have added little value. ... to you. My phone doesn't always have to be solving a problem or completing a task. The other day I was waiting for something and happened to look up the weather. I ended up goi
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by lolsal 8y ago
> Do you even need instant communication in that case? It's not like you're going to have a quick unexpected meetup or some "hey I'm quite busy can you go get the kids?" Not to mention time zone issues. "hel
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by lolsal 8y ago
I'm not a huge fan of Slack or Hipchat either way, but I can't help but lament that there is less competition for enterprise chat solutions now.
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by lolsal 8y ago
The ageist comment seems unnecessary. I've been on the 'internet' since the 80s as well, but I don't think of the internet really taking off until the 90s, so I understand what the author's comment was conveying.
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by lolsal 8y ago
You putting signs in your front yard is not the same as people posting content on a free service, hopefully you see that. Either way, I don't think you're really interested in discussing this, so I'm done with you. Have a goo
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by lolsal 8y ago
> You're notably not fighting my point that Facebook has total control over their platform. I don't think anyone is. It's their platform, they can do whatever they want with it. Facebook access is not an unalienable human
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by lolsal 8y ago
> You ever notice that Facebook isn't known for hosting child pornography? It's because they police their platform effectively, and things that they don't want on their platform are quickly removed. Facebook is highly moti
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by lolsal 8y ago
> He's not just respecting it, by curating content on the platform he's personally endorsing the stuff that stays up. I have a suspicion that policing a social network with billions of users and keeping on top of trolls, bots a
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by lolsal 8y ago
> Would you post other people's hate speech on your own web site? No, but if I was running a social-oriented platform, they could post it themselves. > By your reasoning, if you don't, you're blocking free speech. Not
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by lolsal 8y ago
I believe in free speech whether or not I believe with what is being spoken.
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by lolsal 8y ago
I don't run a huge company or have any influence whatsoever, so I am probably being very naive - but I believe the Holocaust happened and if I were in his position I would not remove Denier rhetoric either.
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by lolsal 8y ago
Amazon won me over with "real two day shipping". It was truly glorious when I signed up. It lulled me into this constant consuming state - shipping was so fast (and 'free' with prime) I could just mindlessly order any th
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by lolsal 8y ago
> I think you could name multiple competitive players in lots of areas that aren't your core business. You can't name any others in ad services because Google is a monopolist. That is totally silly - What in the world makes you

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