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by mhurron 10y ago
And the only reason any of that works is because people accept it and pay for the privilege. Don't like the situation, don't buy the service offering it. It turns out, society doesn't really care about these things.
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Except it is, you are trying to put forward that IQ among engineers is high as some proof that HN must be of a higher general intelligence than the rest of the population. I said IQ is bullshit, the implication being it can not be used to p
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by mhurron 10y ago
That intelligence can be distilled down to a single number is bullshit. IQ score is meaningless. http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(12)00584-3
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> People are not just randomly assigned to reading and commenting on Hacker News No they randomly show up being either directly or tangentially associated with either technology or startup culture. That's it. And while those people
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> Most here on HN are in one of the other two groups What would make you say that? Since there is no actual filter and no one is actually forcing any requirement, it should be that most of any group are somewhat similar to the standard d
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> I hope this finally lays to rest all those BS accusations that Snowden's a 'russian spy' and how he 'partied at the Russian consulate in HK' If simply presenting the truth stopped the spread of rumours, lies an
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That's pretty much exactly what the OP said. A completly shitty product that does just enough that people over look how shitty it is because it 'works' for them. Once it becomes embedded it doesn't even matter if someone
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Seriously. Vending machines have been created, the only thing different here is he put something else in it, which is not amazing.
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'Bad things' are tracking (Google does this), targeted ads (Google does this), selling access to information so others can target ads and drop tracking (Google does this), allowing Governments access to your activities (Google doe
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by mhurron 10y ago
Selling access to the user that created the data is the same damn thing for the end user. It's just that in the way Google does it, Google gets paid over and over instead of one time selling a static list.
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It's hard to change the wallpaper in OS X and Linux desktop environments?
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> Neither the student body nor the taxpayer needs that kind of expense so the place can attract students from three counties away. And if the county their from doesn't have a community college, or the community college in their coun
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> what do they take on to better their station now? I just can't think of a great anwser to that Community College.
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> was surprised one "fact" - many more people read than people who wrote Why would that be surprising? Far more people are interested in learning than are capable of teaching and even more just want to be entertained. It seems
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This little place called everywhere.
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by mhurron 10y ago
Ya, but checkout my watch.
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But that there is basically going to be no real performance difference between the current and whatever the refresh will be, getting the current is basically the same thing.
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by mhurron 10y ago
> What is your perspective? Especially on the 'desperate' part MUST HAVE THE NEW SHINY. A Macbook Pro refresh probably wouldn't bring noticeable performance improvements to anyone, but they'd feel better because the C
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by mhurron 10y ago
ftupid fhithead. It's a Futurama (Suturama?) joke that I absolutely love.
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Eating too much is not illegal. The actual state of being addicted is not illegal. If someone broke the law trying to get their next meal they would be prosecuted. The US doesn't treat obesity or addiction, or we can say they treat obe
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> if obesity and T2 diabetes and alcoholism are public health problems due to dietary misbehavior The US doesn't do anything about those issues either, so drug addiction is already handled the same.
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> Sometimes (especially on mobile) it seems to be the only way to get rid of it. Or hit back and don't sign up at all.
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> not just against enemies, but anyone who disagrees with the government or threatens the status quo. Those are enemies of the state. What you consider enemies are not who everybody regards as enemies. That is why there is no such thing
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One of the benefits of being a living artist is the ability to disavow anything as their work.
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Where are the lower priced competitors? If there is no reason to lower price, it won't be lowered.
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> Nor were all of the mentioned facts in the pre-trial coverage. Which actually should never have mattered, because the trial never should have happened. Doig said, no, that is not my painting. That should have been the end of it, but th
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> The OpenVPN Hardening wiki says 3DES-EDE is still fine Last modified 2 years ago
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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. -- The Byrds. FTFY /not actually serious
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> Do they make significant money from spam calls? There is also the other side, do they lose any money from spam calls? If they don't or it's negligible, they aren't going to be open to spending money to block them.
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Why do you act like they have to?

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