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by mfoy_ 9y ago
And I suspect on HN particularly very few of us will find a better ratio than in our day jobs...
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How are any of those passive?
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Also I can listen to the same album over and over for hours on end, but once I've watched a TV series or movie I am unlikely to revisit it again for a decade. So exclusive TV/movie content has a "novelty appeal" that mus
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"Bailout"
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I'd sign up for "Spotify for newspapers".
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For me and mine, a big selling point of FB is the event management piece. Does Mastodon have anything similar?
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Seriously. Rock solid evidence that directly contradicts your sworn testimony? That's perjury. That's a crime.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
I don't think the double-edged sword is the metaphor you're looking for... in that, at least one edge is working for you. :p
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I played a lot of computer games when I was younger, and I always had an interest / knack for programming... everyone always instantly asked "Oh, so are you going to make video games when you're older?"... they always se
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
I think the ad is utterly genius (in a nefarious way) because it's making me want to play devil's advocate soooo badly. The authors are clearly trying to get people to conflate "H1-B abuse" with "immigration".
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Generally speaking, it's not wrong. There's historically always been friction between labour and management. I don't know what the ideal "solution" is, though the authors of the ad seems to thinks it involves immigr
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
A criminal record, while cumbersome and overly-easy to attain, doesn't impose nearly the same scope of restrictions as this article suggests...
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Git is a decentralized source control system, also known as a DVCS (distributed version control system). "GitHub" is essentially just "git" on some someone else's computer with a bunch of extra features.
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Actually, I never said it was unfair, I just elaborated on what Amazon had allegedly done to warrant a raid from the antitrust regulators.
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Or labour, if they had illegal working conditions, or anything at all, really...
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
So it sounds like the issue is that Amazon is using its weight to force suppliers into eating their platform fees rather than pass it on to the consumer. I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but imagine Amazon takes a 10% cut of any sale
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Or Native Americans.
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>The site is part of a growing list of fake Native American pages run out of places like Macedonia, Kosovo or Vietnam. So the headline is a little misleading... It's just that there are a growing number of websites that simply plagi
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Even if the fraud if being committed poorly, it will drag the accused through the mud before the truth comes out. Even though the doctor in the article was not convicted (and I guess we'll never know the whole truth of the matter) you
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Good point, but Cableshaft had the right idea of it. I mean, at no point in the plumber scenario does the plumber have to actually part ways with his weed: "Sorry officers, I guess the guy must have moved his stash after he realized I
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Classic media-driven science reporting: Headline today: "Study shows X causes cancer!" Headline tomorrow: "Study shows X can prevent cancer!"
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There's an important distinction between being lonely and being a loner . Key point: A loner wouldn't get lonely, they'd be perfectly content to be alone.
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I think you replied to the wrong person.
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I'd say the linked item actually has the better article as it discusses some of the issues with this.
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I haven't had my coffee yet and missed the perverse-incentive / fraud aspect... thanks for pointing that out. It's definitely a problem. Imagine you hire a plumber to snake your drains and he places a bag of weed behind the p
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
The article does not clarify the nature of the payment. It's not clear whether or not he knew he would get paid when he reported it. It's not necessarily that the FBI has an arrangement with technicians to snoop around.
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The first three are policy / legislation issues. Rather than focus on the FBI / GeekSquad / See-something-say-something bits, take issue with what constitutes "illegal imagery". Basically, all your concerns are abou
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
The way I see it, there are three pension scenarios: 1. You are promised a pension and the company delivers. 2. You are promised a pension and the company does some creative accounting to screw you. 3. You are not promised a pension and pla
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
It's an Op-ed opinion piece... Although, I agree pensions are... sub-optimal.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Regarding GP's comment, then... is that type of closed-mindedness actually bad? If they've finally changed their mind about a deeply seated belief, that means they must have had some pretty compelling reason to do so... why would

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