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by mark212 9y ago
anyone have an annotation for "the trolley problem" referenced here?
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by mark212 9y ago
Many of my friends and family agree, but for anything over a sentence or two I just dictate. Voice recognition on my iPhone is fantastic these days and I hear Android is as good if not better, even without internet access. I think the world
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Not true. The new tax law excludes businesses that are labor-based (eg law firms, doctors, tax advisors). Precisely the folks described in the paper as the working 1%. It’s really only a benefit to people who earn income from passive real e
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by mark212 9y ago
and yet, mysteriously, many millions of people are absolutely addicted to this product. I say that without snark, just wonderment at how resilient it is even thought it's so totally ill-suited for the actual use.
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by mark212 9y ago
not even original! From the movie "Enemy of the State." This video at the 0:44 mark, Gene Hackman searches Will Smith and puts his stuff into an empty chip bag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6KdHmoMbw
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by mark212 9y ago
That’s how they paid they lawyer’s fee. Instead of a $7.5 million settlement to the client, with the lawyer then taking at 40% contingency fee, the settlement splits it into two checks separately paid. Has to do with how the payment is repo
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by mark212 9y ago
unless those eateries are super-basic, it doesn't sound like this is competition for them. The canteens offer one meal of two items for a fixed price. Anyone with more means will surely choose a more varied menu and better service &#x2
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by mark212 9y ago
maybe that's not so bad. Wouldn't it be great to have political parties competing as to who best can provide food to the poor?
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What You Need to Do Deep Learning(fast.ai)
9 points by mark212 9y ago|0 comments
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by mark212 9y ago
Article quotes a USPS guy saying the total losses on cross-border parcels is $71 million. Compared with the service’s losses of $5 _billion_ this doesn’t strike me as an actual outrage.
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by mark212 9y ago
This is a horribly written announcement. The headline should be "Limit on Tweets is Now 280 Characters for Most Languages," or something equally pithy and the first sentence should be a short restatement of that. Then -- and only
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by mark212 9y ago
I think the assumption of the author is that the folks who run Apple will be seduced by profits generated by the financial arm and start emphasizing that more. Which if anyone knows anyone who works at Apple is ridiculous in the extreme. Al
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by mark212 9y ago
not sure that's the primary purpose. It can also be a very strong way to reinforce / test the boundaries of a group. Do you talk like us or not? Are you one of us? There are a multitude of ways to convey understanding; the how i
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by mark212 9y ago
The judge can impose sanctions for discovery violations up to and including entering judgment in favor of the other side. That’s pretty extreme but an issue sanction wouldn’t be unusual or (from what this article says) unwarranted.
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by mark212 9y ago
They all suck. BMW, Ford, Honda, Infiniti are all ones I've had ample experience with over the past year and they're all horrible. I've gone back to headphones and it's glorious (I use maps very rarely, just audio conten
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by mark212 9y ago
Podcasts? Audiobooks? I've had some really great experiences on long drives listening to thought-provoking non-fiction audiobooks. Recommend it highly. (Of course a pair of headphones and your device of choice can probably do just as w
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by mark212 9y ago
And always returns to its origin, no matter how far away
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by mark212 9y ago
And the last time it was "competitive"? 2009, with commissioners appointed by the last Republican president.
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by mark212 9y ago
But the photography on that was amazing wasn't it? Slow-mo from behind the tube, just the hand and the watch dipping below the surface. Great visual I thought Edit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvD80mNKBM
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by mark212 9y ago
During the demo they described a small chip built in that worked as a SIM so I don't think it's purely software / eSIM.
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by mark212 9y ago
Talk to your member of parliament and get a more consumer-friendly set of laws.
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by mark212 9y ago
No, there are actually five superior court locations in Orange County (Westminster, Brea, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, and Orange -- but Orange is Family and Juvenile so it's really four if you want small claims). No need to go to Sacramento
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by mark212 9y ago
The no-lawyer in small claims rule doesn't apply to corporations. They usually send a paralegal or operations person who has some experience with legal matters and the relevant paperwork.
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by mark212 9y ago
Tennessee I believe. Limit is $10,000 in California. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/small-claims-suits-ho...
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by mark212 9y ago
Generally the laws on video recording are based on where the camera operator is standing while filming. If you have a lawful right to be where you are, it's probably ok to make a video. But take a look at the facts in Shulman v. Group
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by mark212 9y ago
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 USC 227) says that each of these calls is worth $500 minimum in statutory damages -- and may be trebled to $1500 per call if shown to be willful. Assuming you live in the US, this is a great
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by mark212 9y ago
This is not accurate. California makes it illegal to record "confidential" communications, which is sometimes called "two party consent," but that shouldn't be interpreted to mean that affirmative consent is require
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by mark212 9y ago
RFP says 45 minutes to an airport with direct flights to Seattle, SF, NYC, and Washington DC. I don't know the area but it seems to me that YYZ is too far away to qualify
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by mark212 9y ago
and yet "lawyers, judges, magistrates and other judicial workers" -- a profession not at all known for agreeableness -- have a divorce rate substantially below the median. (Shocked the hell out of me, to be sure.)
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by mark212 9y ago
Because these tenants have no money. If they did, they'd likely be buying properties and listing them instead of doing these illegal sublets. The landlords in the area will likely drastically increase the rental deposit (unless it&#x27

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