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by mthoms 3y ago
Elsewhere on this site, you proclaimed to be a libertarian opposed to almost any and all government-related functions. There's nothing wrong with that of course, but... I suspect that probably colours your opinion somewhat? If you&#x27
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by mthoms 3y ago
Canadian checking in; Has anyone ever built a cost-effective outdoor camera (pi-based or otherwise) that can withstand extreme cold (~ -35c)? Or, are there any off the shelf products that don't cost an arm and a leg?
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by mthoms 3y ago
I have. It's a nice experience but boy is it expensive. How do you imagine increasing private ownership of roads would work? It's near-impossible to ever have true competition in the sector so market forces wouldn't work as t
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by mthoms 3y ago
I never implied it was hidden. I’m not sure why you’re arguing with me.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Thats nearly exactly what I said? - If you typed the domain into the address bar, and pressed enter (obviously) the affiliate id got appended. I'm not clear what distinction you're making here.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Private sector highways here in Canada are a disaster and an embarrassment. They have near zero public support (aside from libertarians).
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by mthoms 3y ago
It didn’t. They did append their affiliate id to type-ins for a single crypto exchange once. They quickly retracted and apologized. That’s bad, but not nearly as bad as what the parent commenter described.
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by mthoms 3y ago
This is cool but I can't help but wonder - if it's free, what's the catch?
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by mthoms 3y ago
>Simply launching another search engine, even if it's better, won't be enough. I otherwise agree but defaults are a very powerful tool.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Is this open source?
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by mthoms 3y ago
>Ahmed is now trying to drive away Elon Musk’s advertisers on X, this time based on dubious claims that the social media site is a playground for racists. It's an interesting, well researched piece but I'm curious if HN readers
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by mthoms 3y ago
Here's what you said: >This was probably nothing but gang rivalry. >>Indo-Canadian organized crime or Punjabi-Canadian organized crime is made up predominantly of young adults and teenagers of Punjabi ethnic, cultural and ling
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by mthoms 3y ago
Blaming it on criminal ties simply because the ethnicity of the victim? Are you serious? When is that okay? And for your information, I live in Vancouver. I'm aware of the organized crime issue here. But not every Sikh is a terrorist o
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by mthoms 3y ago
This is overt racism.
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Trudeau reported what CSIS - in conjunction with it's allies - has concluded.
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What's wrong with both?
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This was the plan the entire time. 1) Announce changes that are even harder to stomach than the bad ones you have planned. 2) Wait for fallout. 3) Backtrack and say "we're listening". 4) Roll out the bad (but not that bad)
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by mthoms 3y ago
I'm not sure if it's still happening but... there was a potato shortage during the pandemic. At least here in North America. It had to do with a disease affecting the crops IIRC.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Is Unreal known for having poor web and mobile support? Genuinely curious.
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by mthoms 3y ago
> moral universalism has a long history of resulting in impingement of the sovereignty of foreign nations For the last time: We were talking about what an individual can peacefully do in order to effect change (if anything). No one has m
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by mthoms 3y ago
Maybe start your own top level comment thread if you want to talk about that; You specifically replied to a person asking what they can do about it as an individual. Peacefully. You told them that it wasn’t their place to do anything. When
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by mthoms 3y ago
You acknowledge that the practice is morally indefensible but at the same time you're actively trying to convince others they shouldn't care. What a truly baffling (and concerning) serious of comments.
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by mthoms 3y ago
The op was asking what we, as individuals, could do. You argued (very poorly) that we shouldn't do anything simply because it's none of our businesses. When pressed on that (here and elsewhere in this thread) you keep pivoting to
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by mthoms 3y ago
>What is this American moral universalism? Believing you shouldn't be brutally murdered for criticizing your government is not an American thing. >What the f—k business do we have weighing in on Saudi society? Some people believe
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by mthoms 3y ago
You can buy kits from proknot.com The one I have comes with two small lengths of cord and two small carabiners (I'm a climber). My only complaint is that the cord tends to be a bit stiff but that's unavoidable if you're using
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by mthoms 3y ago
Orion Browser works pretty well for SSBs. But I can’t wait for native support.
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by mthoms 3y ago
I followed the thread just fine. You accused me of being rude (it was someone else) and also accused the other commenter of lying. Neither of which are true. You did that, not me. It's you who seem to be having a problem with understan
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And what does it say about copyright? Genuinely curious.
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by mthoms 3y ago
The point is that 8% is volatile relative to the market cap . That's a massive amount of (paper) wealth being created.
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by mthoms 3y ago
Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Excel: The glass is January 2nd.

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