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by noarchy 14y ago
Can the CFTC actually collect these penalties, or "ill-gotten gains" (did someone put a gun to their customers' heads or something, in order to get their money?) from this non-US company?
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by noarchy 14y ago
It is quite true that no one is forcing anyone to partake in this bad food. There is a choice. But the author praises the policies of a mayor (Bloomberg) who wishes to use force to remove choice.
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by noarchy 14y ago
Governments are cracking down on the use of cash in ways that will only help the promotion of Bitcoin. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/10/17/large-cash...
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by noarchy 14y ago
Agreed. The GPL (in all of its various incarnations), for all of its faults, is a fantastic example of a practical, usable solution to a real problem.
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by noarchy 14y ago
Here's what Human Rights Watch had to say about Iran in 2011: http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2011/iran
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by noarchy 14y ago
I'm particularly amused when American regulators try to claim that one should not purchase drugs from Canada, because their safety can't be verified. Really. Every rich nation has a complex web of mercantilist measures in place, for sure.
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by noarchy 14y ago
Canadian here. My country is listed higher than the US in both lists, but I have to laugh out loud at that. Canada is swimming in protectionist laws that choke off competition in some vital sectors, like telecom. Even Amazon got crap for wa
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by noarchy 14y ago
The legal protection afforded to cartels is just astounding. I think just yesterday the front page of HN was talking about the taxi cartels, and their efforts to use the law to prevent competition. And now this? As others here have already
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by noarchy 14y ago
Developers are fortunate that our field has not been swamped by credential inflation. In other words, we don't even need a degree to do what we do. It is enough to have a portfolio of solid work and some good references, and high-paying wor
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by noarchy 14y ago
Reading the article, I get the impression that working for this guy is similar to being a cult member: "To become an employee of Broad, you must recite a life manual penned by Zhang, guidelines that include tips on saving energy, brushing y
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by noarchy 14y ago
I've repeatedly had the pleasure of receiving content on the very day of the launch. And yes, it often involves tweaking the stylesheet, or something similar.
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by noarchy 14y ago
It isn't much of a stretch to say that police in the US are an extension of the military, the branch that is dispatched to control its own population.
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by noarchy 14y ago
It isn't up to Eric anymore. I wish him well, personally, but the product's fate is in the hands of Telerik.
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by noarchy 14y ago
This was the first that come to mind for me, as well. Living in Canada, this was front-page news not long ago, and for several days until his arrest in Germany.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I wonder which would actually net more jail time?
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by noarchy 14y ago
A case could be made that it is quite responsible to let people know how they can control the permissions that they grant an app.
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by noarchy 14y ago
There's probably something buried in the terms of use that they'll claim allows for this very sort of scenario. If these players lived in North America, they might be able to find a legal remedy, but they're in Iran.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I don't recall any calls to ban Twitter over the birther issue, though.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I happily use a Microsoft bluetooth mouse with my Xubuntu-based laptop, as I can't seem to stand using a touchpad of any kind. Previous Microsoft-branded hardware that I've used (keyboards) have been quite nice, as well.
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by noarchy 14y ago
That would turn users into customers. This would probably have interesting ramifications, in terms of what such users would begin to demand (and expect to receive).
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by noarchy 14y ago
If someone is clever enough to hide their JavaScript like this, then they hopefully know that it isn't foolproof. In other words, don't rely on obfuscating your code for anything related to security (as an example).
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by noarchy 14y ago
I'm fortunate to be using a Teksavvy connection with no caps. However, they're still running on Videotron's equipment, meaning I'm still paying Videotron-like prices for cable internet. Teksavvy's Ontario rates appear to be cheaper for exac
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by noarchy 14y ago
I have a hard time believing that governments today would be able to examine changes to basic rights that did not involve removing them. This is the direction of things, unfortunately.
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by noarchy 14y ago
I know there is a temptation to blame bitcoin itself here, but wow... this is just some amateurish security on the part of these bitcoin sites. If the big banks were doing this, it would be cataclysmic disaster. Instead, the big banks have
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by noarchy 14y ago
You might have lost some people when you said, "Monitoring is all fine..."
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by noarchy 14y ago
I cheer for that possibility, but the outlook is gloomy. The taxi industry is so heavily regulated in many major cities, that they might as well make the drivers government employees. The supply of medallions/plates are very limited (driver
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by noarchy 14y ago
I have to throw in that TrueCrypt runs quite well on Linux and Mac OS, too.
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by noarchy 14y ago
A nice perk for a startup, indeed. But Twitter isn't something that we can call a startup at this point. I'm sure that the real estate that they're using is well beyond the financial means of almost all startups.
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by noarchy 14y ago
As we speak, Chicago taxi drivers are protesting the fact that fares haven't gone up in seven years, while their expenses have. http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13500/the_7-year_itch_... That's right, they can't even set their own fa
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by noarchy 14y ago
Seems like we've gone an awfully long way in the evolution of tablets just to arrive at another sort of laptop. But of course the comparison isn't totally fair. I can't take the screen off my actual laptop, and the hardware in my laptop a

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