namlem

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961.
by namlem 11y ago
Marriage between opposite sex partners who cannot procreate has been legal for ages.
962.
by namlem 11y ago
Uber is going to be one of the biggest proponents and purchasers of self-driving cars. This whole rideshare thing was just to get their foot in the door. I'm sure the drivers will be pissed though.
963.
by namlem 11y ago
Who cares if it's their fault or not? All that matters is that the service sucks and there's a better alternative.
964.
by namlem 11y ago
Why would anyone want to stay on Win 7 though? With the exception of businesses who rely on legacy software of course.
965.
by namlem 11y ago
The google example is bad, but I think it applies to reddit and facebook. There are no real alternatives to speak of. Now, if they really adopted policies that harsh, people would leave anyway and the competitors would experience a massive
966.
by namlem 11y ago
I have to agree. It's not like shitty stuff doesn't get posted here all the time, but on average, HN is definitely better than reddit.
967.
by namlem 11y ago
You're assuming it's easy to measure "calories out."
968.
by namlem 11y ago
Soylent is much cheaper if you make it yourself. It's only expensive if you buy it pre-made.
969.
by namlem 11y ago
It's crazy how far left liberalism has been pushed these past few years. Just as crazy as how far right conservatism has moved over the past couple decades. This extreme polarization is very worrying. It's not stable, and it'
970.
by namlem 11y ago
Natural rights are fictional.
971.
by namlem 11y ago
100% this. The desired outcome should be baked into every law passed, and all laws that don't achieve their desired result should be able to be invalidated by the lowest court fit to rule on them.
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by namlem 11y ago
FWIW, humans usually have a very difficult time changing their habits and routines too. I think if you could observe humans in an unbiased way, you'd rarely see these types of changes. I think it's unfair to assume that chimps and
973.
by namlem 11y ago
It was a one way trip for many of them. And who says there will be no material gains on Mars?
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by namlem 11y ago
I think you're fundamentally right with regards to your "gentleman's agreement" argument. However, when sites use sound or animation in their ads, IMO they are the ones breaking the agreement.
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by namlem 12y ago
The thing is they always do shit like this. Steam had tons of problems in the early days. And remember when Greenlight was launched? Total shitshow. Valve doesn't always think things through all the way, but eventually, they work out t
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by namlem 12y ago
The closest thing Europe has to a major tech hub is Tel Aviv.
977.
by namlem 12y ago
This could be a huge deal. What I wonder is if repressive regimes like China will be able to block or censor the signal from internet satellites.
978.
by namlem 12y ago
Tons of dorms in the US still have no air conditioning.
979.
by namlem 12y ago
Ugh, the private sector is laughably bad at drug development. All the big pharma companies combined haven't put out more than a handful of genuinely innovative drugs in the past two decades.
980.
by namlem 12y ago
Keep in mind that some cities/states have much more generous social safety nets than others. Utah, is perhaps a bad example due to the confound of Mormon culture, but it has a good safety net and tons of entrepreneurs.
981.
by namlem 12y ago
Especially when the labor consists of indentured servants.
982.
by namlem 12y ago
HN is nothing compared to reddit when it comes to this phenomenon. I come here to get away from the crazy. And then I go back to reddit when I run out of content here.
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by namlem 12y ago
Well, except for that Howard Dean noise incident.
984.
by namlem 12y ago
I agree, it was a mis-step. But they realized their mistake and fixed it. Windows 10 has no such problems.
985.
by namlem 12y ago
I have the box checked and I recently started seeing Youtube ads.
986.
by namlem 12y ago
The Great Firewall's days are numbered. What do they think is going to happen when SpaceX and friends start launching their internet satellites?
987.
by namlem 12y ago
And Cortana on my Windows notebook.
988.
by namlem 12y ago
You can't make the federal government too small without breaking up the union entirely. And even if you did, the regulatory powers would just fall to the states. Not that I'm opposed to breaking up the country into smaller countri
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by namlem 12y ago
There's no such thing as a world without governments. A large scale stateless society is impossible. If you weaken the power of democratic governments, non-democratic entities will take their place as the de facto government.
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by namlem 12y ago
I've always thought that setting would make for a good MMO.

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