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by mynewwork 13y ago
No. Not at all. I really wish people understood what "free market" means. Just like "free software" is used by people to mean open source, free as in libre not gratis, "free market" does not mean anarchy. A
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Wolf promises to look after sheep if shepherd leaves them in open pasture.
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That is absolutely not true. Any person can be guilty of breaking insider trading rules. In this case, Ackman, the person who shared the information with Ackman, and any of the hedge funds which acted on that information could all be liab
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Most are making 5x to 7x? If we estimate that a professor in a low-paid field makes maybe $60k (ignoring the possibility of grants to pay for additional salary during the summer) this would mean most of your high school friends are now mak
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Medical information can be the most private information about people. There are plenty of situations with obvious stigmas - STDs, abortion, mental health as well as a near infinite list of things which could cause embarrassment or that peo
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by mynewwork 13y ago
It's a sad day when even on Hacker News, a product that doesn't run on Linux is referred to as "runs on everything". If it doesn't run on Ubuntu and RedHat, it doesn't run on everything.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
It takes far less motivation or willpower to do manual labor than mental labor. I had multiple manual labor jobs before becoming a developer and I could do my work on the factory line even if I was tired, unhappy, apathetic, distracted or
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Wait, the blockchain can't handle the transaction volume of the trades happening today? What happens as businesses (overstock, etc) start accepting bitcoin? Will bitcoin never be able to handle to volume of an amazon or walmart?
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> That may be a valid argument for many jobs, but I can't imagine who isn't part of PayPal's target demographic. Engineers who understand the privacy implications of installing and using the app?
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That's also how reddit works, and in 6 years it's gone from technology, programming and world news to memes and cat pictures. When anyone can create an account and start voting, both moderation and reminders from existing users ab
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Isn't that just very basic web-tracking and ad targeting? Somewhere an ad-server is keeping track of keywords your browser is associated with and now atrazine is in your list.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
"Google is effective when people search for things they already want to buy and then see ads for relevant products. Facebook is better for educating consumers about products they might want to buy in the future." Funny, this divid
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I do find it fascinating that every time someone tries to use historical evidence to show the dangers of a current trend, they are inevitably accused of making light of the historical event and people ignore their actual statements. We see
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I know you meant your comment as just an insult, but you're sort of hilariously off the mark. The whole point of the "I don't own a tv" and the backlash against saying it, was that it became a way to demonstrate that you
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by mynewwork 13y ago
How many schools offer AP CS? I know in some areas of the midwest schools had no AP courses and advanced students could take college courses for high school credit.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Student loans aren't removed in a bankruptcy (in the US, which is what is under discussion here). Also, while 'Nobody forced the loan down your throat' might be sort of technically true, for most Americans born after 1980 the
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I choose the word draconian because I thought it was the best word to describe the idea I was trying to convey. If I had to rephrase, I suppose that all of 'strict', 'harsh' and 'excessive' would be fair words
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Does the system let you create a new facebook account or only login with an existing one? If I were to see this system in place, I'd just create a new fake facebook account. So long as the system doesn't have some draconian &#x27
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by mynewwork 13y ago
> Employment is not some kind of privilege we should be thankful for. Remember that. So someone is compelled to provide me with employment? By what force and why? Am I automatically entitled to employment at any company of my choosing?
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Pedantic, but I think far more HN people are developers working in R&D rather than administrators working in IT. I wouldn't be surprised to see there are more people working in product marketing than IT too for that matter.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
When a hacker gets your credit card info, you're liable for $50 and have the hassle of a few days without your card until you get new one. When a hacker gets your bitcoin wallet, they can empty out your entire account.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Of which, only Nashville is "the south". New Orleans is maybe 50% "the south" and 50% its own thing.
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by mynewwork 13y ago
This is a serious concern of mine. There already exist countries in Europe which tax savings. It wouldn't shock me if after 40 years of living below my means and saving diligently, that an act of congress makes my IRA/401k be ta
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Does that mean someone can denial-of-service all of bitcoin just by moving a balance between a couple wallets repeatedly? Can one person (or group)'s activity crowd out other people so their transactions can't be added to the blo
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Assuming the current bitcoin tulip mania keeps going for a while, can't the thief just launder small amounts over a long period of time? Right now, a small army is attempting to track the thief, but how many will still be doing so in a
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by mynewwork 13y ago
I don't understand the anger and animosity at 23andme I've seen on HN lately. Maybe I'm not understanding something the way you are. My understanding is they sequence some of your dna, and then link to various publicly avail
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by mynewwork 13y ago
Or, less cynically, because no one uses 'gals'. There is no female analog to 'guys'. Males under age 18 -> boys. Males 18-35 -> guys. Males over 35 -> men. For female, it's less clear. Calling a 20-som
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by mynewwork 13y ago
> I write this as a man who has several uncles and cousins who are farmers, including some who raise cattle All of whom would not be harmed by outlawing the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in agriculture. Right now we have a situatio
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by mynewwork 13y ago
> Isnt bitcoin supposed to be pseudonomous? Yes, but the rest of the world isn't. Financial companies still must comply with laws (tax evasion, money laundering, etc) regardless if they're going dollars to euros or dollars to
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by mynewwork 13y ago
1) Perfect for harassment, repeatedly send .000001 btc to someone, to force them to keep sending it back or be blacklisted 2)What happens when someone using blacklist A accepts payment that looks clean, only to find out they are now blackli

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