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by mreome 8y ago
I would disagree that Meritocracy only distinguishes between those with the same opportunities, and argue that a true Meritocracy can only exists when people are afforded generally the same opportunities. If everyone is playing with a diffe
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by mreome 8y ago
I can't help feel like including any discussion of the ultra-rich such as Gates as an example when discussing meritocracy confuses the question. That level of wealth and success relative to others can only possibly be achieved by luck,
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What the Hell Happens to Money You Put in a Flexible Spending Account?(splinternews.com)
7 points by mreome 8y ago|5 comments
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by mreome 8y ago
But you would be facing a government arguing that Tor doesn't have any legitimate legal uses... after being put through the process of being raided, having all your equipment confiscated, and being arrested.
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by mreome 8y ago
But you're giving a tool to the people who want to ban it. Just because it's not an exact fit doesn't mean that someone can't use it to achieve their specific goals. Plus vagueness like this can create chilling effects t
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by mreome 8y ago
I think CDN's would be harder to argue as being included. The vagueness seems to put things more like Tor and end-to-end encrypted chat at risk. Any service could be involved with illegal actives, but if there is a clear and primary bu
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by mreome 8y ago
That sounds like a reasonable explanation for the reason behind the law, but vague wordings are still problematic, more so when it comes to any complex technology. You don't want a vague law that could be reinterpreted as making it ill
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by mreome 8y ago
The problem with laws like these is just as you say... How do you draw the line? Vague laws allow the government to draw the line wherever they want to achieve their goals. It's speculation yes, but abusing and reinterpreting vague law
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Rightsholders Can’t Sue Without a Copyright Certificate, Supreme Court Rules(torrentfreak.com)
5 points by mreome 8y ago|1 comments
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by mreome 8y ago
I’m honestly surprised yours is the only comment so far that mentions emotions in this discussion (I also didn’t see a mention of this in the article). I think this is a similar situation to the often extreme costs seen in the Death Care In
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by mreome 8y ago
My academic background was Computer and Systems Engineering, with a focus on computer science and machine vision. I started with project/application-level work at a company that specializes in industrial machine vision then moved into
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by mreome 8y ago
Unfortunately I couldn't really offer any useful advice here as it wasn't really a major transition for me. My academic background was Computer and Systems Engineering which includes embedded systems programming.
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by mreome 8y ago
Social interaction and co-habitation is not a zero-sum game. I'm sure we're both working from our own personal experience here, but for me I've always found living with a room-mate or significant other to be a net positive fo
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by mreome 8y ago
Having someone else around who's a positive influence on dietary, entertainment, and general physical activity choices can have a large effect on the probability you'll need an ambulance.
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by mreome 8y ago
I see something similar in my industry. I work on embedded systems for industrial automation and in my mid 30's I still tend to be one of the younger ones in any group of coworkers/clients. In my case don't think this is issu
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by mreome 8y ago
I think this is just a subtle semantic issue. In my previous post, and what I think the original article is talking about is the act of romanticizing something that is not romantic (or not entirely so). Parts of it may be so, but automatica
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by mreome 8y ago
Being in awe of an achievement, past or present, does not necessarily mean you are romanticizing it. You can have strong emotions and positive feelings about something without romanticizing it. Romanticizing means viewing something in an id
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by mreome 8y ago
It can go beyond just not learning anything, and into learning negative habits. For me "Gym" was the most dreaded part of my life as a young person, and was one of the few things in school I really hated. I was generally out of sh
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by mreome 8y ago
I learned how to handle being belittled and insulted both by my school peers and by adults in authority roles, and learned that I should avoid situations involving exercising and sports unless I wanted to be subjected to that. It's tak
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by mreome 8y ago
Thank you very much for all your work on "Game Programming Patterns." It's an amazing resource. I was not aware of "Crafting Interpreters" before now. I can't wait to start digging into it. I've come acros
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by mreome 8y ago
I love this book as well. I think part of what makes it so good is that the patterns are discussed in a very domain-specific context and their usage is not overly abstracted. I often find it hard to see why a particular "widget" o
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by mreome 8y ago
I still can't see the M or F even after reading what it's supposed to say. It's also extremely sensitive to scaling. Zoom out to a low-res/business-card size: The faded parts of the movie reels aren't really visible
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by mreome 8y ago
There is also a practical advantage to this quality. Even if initially it's "only be used on screens" there are always going to be new places a company wants to put their logo, having it 'degrade' well means that th
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Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS(krebsonsecurity.com)
6 points by mreome 8y ago|0 comments
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Taking the smarts out of smart TVs would make them more expensive(theverge.com)
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Assistive tech can't handle the unusual fonts people use on Twitter to be cute(boingboing.net)
7 points by mreome 8y ago|3 comments
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by mreome 8y ago
I'm not arguing about what the current state of the laws are regarding tourist visas. I'm arguing against "there is very little benefit for allowing remote workers in your country." With a reasonably constructed visa pro
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by mreome 8y ago
How do the benefits to the host country get wiped out? The person is not allowed to legally work in the host country, and an appropriate visa specifically for this remote-work situation should become invalid once they were unemployed -- so
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by mreome 8y ago
I fully expect the reality is that nobody is going to care about a digital nomad setting up shop for a month or two. I'm more thinking that there seems to be a good argument for some countries to create something along the lines of a &
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by mreome 8y ago
"I had set my life up and housing up to be gone for a year. I’d found people to watch my dogs. And now I’m five months in. I can’t just go back." I think the issue is more about the lack of refunds and sudden need to make drastic

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