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by magduf 7y ago
I totally agree with beefield, and like the idea of banning cars, however you're wrong about the tech cost. The only tech needed is a computer and some sensors, and computers aren't exactly expensive these days. The Tesla model
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by magduf 7y ago
Sorry, I don't buy it. Biologists at large may have "enabled" biological (not chemical, that's chemists) warfare by learning about biology and contributing to humanity's understanding of it, but it was only specifi
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by magduf 7y ago
Laws are frequently different for cops.
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I seriously doubt it. Remember, "never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence or stupidity." Our law enforcement community isn't that bright or long-term thinking. Plus, once criminals get
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by magduf 7y ago
Also the first X-Files movie; it had a whole spaceship buried in Antarctica.
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by magduf 7y ago
>Many value and enjoy being among nature. My ex-coworkers who live in rural areas seem to have a good time on their quads, Listening to an extremely noisy engine for hours on end is not my idea of "enjoying nature". I've l
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by magduf 7y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/wp/2018/06/05/l... Fines are how many cities stay solvent. The job of police in America, therefore, is not to keep the peace and provide justice, i
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by magduf 7y ago
>As for transport, cars are already pretty unfeasable in SF with the population as is. Whats so bad about investing more in public transit and biking? Simple: Americans hate public transit and biking, and want to stick with cars no matte
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by magduf 7y ago
Why should the OPD bother chasing down purse thieves? How are they going to make money for the city by doing that, when they can go after people for speeding and parking violations instead and make lots of money?
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by magduf 7y ago
If email worked this way, the whole thing would collapse, because much of the time, you really do want to receive messages from new people. How would contacting a business work if their email system auto-rejected all messages from people n
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by magduf 7y ago
>Don't get their bananas, though, they go from green to brown, completely bypassing yellow. The same goes for their avocados. I'm not sure what the problem is, but they're pretty lousy in my experience. Trader Joe's
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by magduf 7y ago
I have to disagree about the hand tools. The most recent Craftsman tools I've seen have been pretty lousy, and Harbor Freight's tools have gotten pretty darn good, especially considering the price. I have some HF tools, and for
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by magduf 7y ago
>it really feels like a big "fuck you" to anyone who would bother to shop at their stores. Nobody wants to do business with a shop that's trying to bait and switch them with deceptive "deals". You'd be surpr
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by magduf 7y ago
This is the kind of idiotic thinking you get with Libertarianism. They're thinking, simplistically, that "competition is good", but the problem is that they're already in competition: in your case, the bank is already c
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm surprised that there aren't dozens and dozens of comments here lauding Lampert's behavior and business strategy here. After all, tech and HN are chock-full of libertarians and Ayn Rand lovers.
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by magduf 7y ago
Your response is obnoxious and patronizing, and you can shove it. Yes, I do know. It's been in the news for the better part of a year now; the causes of these plane crashes have been thoroughly investigated, and completely publiciz
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by magduf 7y ago
All that stuff you talk about here about design principles, testing, etc., don't actually work when the people at the very top, both at the manufacturer and at the FAA are actively working to undermine it. That's why people have
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by magduf 7y ago
As the other responder says, this is a terrible generalization. Japan also has a society where the greater good and social harmony are highly valued, and they don't have things like concentration camps, a great firewall, IP theft, etc
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by magduf 7y ago
This isn't a great analogy. The problem with guns is that it's mostly binary. Either you live in a society with guns, or without. You don't really have a choice once you're in that society: if you live in the US and do
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by magduf 7y ago
>iPhones, iPads and the whole mobile device segment is useless if a company can decide the content. It will never be your device. I don't like it either, but don't fool yourself: lots of people don't care. They don't
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by magduf 7y ago
That dev is completely and utterly wrong. >He says that you can opt out of code signing and the App Store on Mac because that's a professional OS And this is why he's wrong: it's NOT a "professional OS". My sist
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by magduf 7y ago
>What you wrote goes against everything I know about aviation safety. You think "aviation safety" means that outright criminal negligence should go unpunished? That goes against all common sense.
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm not proposing punishing people for making mistakes, I'm claiming that punishing people for criminal negligence is absolutely useful, and the court system thankfully agrees. Is this really a hard concept for you? >You are
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by magduf 7y ago
>But that doesn’t get you safety or improvements. Yes, it does, because it makes people accountable for their actions and makes them fear punishment, so they'll avoid criminal actions in the first place. >You can’t test anything
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by magduf 7y ago
>Edit: It appears that dogs are allowed on the train/bus in DC if they are in carriers. With a "toy" breed, that's easy. With some 80-100 pound dog, good luck with that. I don't know many people capable of lift
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by magduf 7y ago
They are? They seem to live together in coops ok. Sorry, I don't know much about chickens except they live in coops (the hens do, not the roosters), and they'll eat just about anything.
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Most? I don't think so. But some small but significant fraction, perhaps 5% really are, and then they're able to get a good chunk of the rest of the herd to follow along with them.
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by magduf 7y ago
>Seems to me a large part of growing up is keeping up with the herd. Like a pack of zebras in the savannah. If you stray too far behind or show weakness, you get picked off by the roving lions. Yeah, but you don't see the zebras bea
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by magduf 7y ago
>I would be severely tempted to say in response: "From now on, everything that is done by bullies to my child, I will do to you. >Obviously that may not actually turn out to be practical I like this idea. For it to work, you pro
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by magduf 7y ago
>It's not that hard to spin things in a way that people unknowingly vote for the opposite of what they actually want or need. If people are intentionally voting for the opposite of what they actually need, why is this a problem? Wh

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