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by oconnore 16y ago
I don't think you can frame civil rights issues as strict utilitarian propositions. Or, if it is possible, it requires a more in depth analysis than you are giving it. For example, restrictions on freedom of press are usually for the greate
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by oconnore 16y ago
You left out: some innocents may be convicted for unpopular but innocent searches, some guilty may be exonerated for being smart enough to search at the library instead of at home, some of those FBI agents may hold onto that information lon
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by oconnore 16y ago
Your analogy confuses me. It seems that Lisp, and it's tree structure, would fit better with "multiple overlapping layers", and assembly would fit better with "2d layout", since it is so important to visualize the memory model, like a map i
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by oconnore 16y ago
I would love to read this, but the website is completely broken for me in Opera 10.63. It breaks after one of the many many many cross site plugins is loaded.
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by oconnore 16y ago
> Or get rid of civil rights laws. "Reason" is a libertarian publication, so that would probably be their solution. I agree with the rest of your post, but this is not accurate in the slightest. You might as well write "liberals want ta
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by oconnore 16y ago
There is no reason for the login API to be proprietary: Universal Login 1.0 File: (ULAPI-1.0 (username "oconnore") (seed "a3k5...") (password-hash "pq3i...") (password-hash "ve83...") (additional-information (eye-color "bro
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by oconnore 16y ago
Whether or not he is a good programmer or not is sort of irrelevant. I think he exaggerates his position as "spokesperson of hackers everywhere", and it is occasionally annoying (although more often I do enjoy his writing).
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by oconnore 16y ago
My first thought was "what trickery did they pull to make this only run well on IE9?"
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by oconnore 16y ago
This makes no sense. If you can generate the same power with less physical exertion, and no significant reduction in reliability or weight, why not take it?
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by oconnore 16y ago
The chain goes on one side of the bike.
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by oconnore 16y ago
Thanks for the link. It's funny how people are so resistant to innovation. "Biopace chainrings are often cited as the epitome of a solution looking for a problem among the biking press." While typing on a computer that likely contains a mec
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by oconnore 16y ago
Neat. I wonder if creating a vertical elliptical pedal path, or even a linear path would be an improvement. That way the cyclist would have more leverage on the down stroke, since at the bottom of a circular stroke you are forcing the pedal
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by oconnore 16y ago
These puzzles are more about recognizing fuzzy areas in the problem definition than about any sort of logic. In conversational English, "the labels are all wrong" does not guarantee that each label is guaranteed wrong, only that at least on
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by oconnore 16y ago
Most management is bad, because most managers treat the function of 'management' as a separate domain/skill. Really, management is a combination of good people skills and a strong understanding of your product development & market.
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by oconnore 16y ago
That guarantees you find people who are desperate. Personally, I would walk out. A month of my time is very valuable, and I am not keen on giving it away. Especially when the risk is subjective and not necessarily under my control.
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by oconnore 16y ago
#1: No, increasing the latency of the time it takes to post spam has nothing to do with the throughput. #2: Probably not a good idea. It's very hard to get lots of karma from comments alone, and you start to cut in on actually useful posts,
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by oconnore 16y ago
I think you are wrong about what sexism is, or what any -ism is. I can make all sorts of observations without falling into an -ism: There aren't many women in tech. I am not sexist. A majority of convicts are minorities. I am not racist. Ol
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by oconnore 16y ago
I'm sure there are plenty of existing challenges, but the author can't really fault people for being good at statistics and acting accordingly. He is essentially asking males to ignore the current situation so that females can ignore the cu
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by oconnore 16y ago
Did you see the article? Then you saw the font...
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by oconnore 16y ago
I never said anything about style. If you live in the western world with a modest living, you can afford to take a few vacations here and there to neat places. But I would have to be rich to telecommute during the week from Venice, Peru, Ja
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by oconnore 16y ago
I think the one way that riches truly improve your quality of life is to make travel easy. The ability to explore your world is a great gift, and something that not many underpriveledged people can afford. A Lamborghini doesn't factor into
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by oconnore 16y ago
You should have read to the 4th paragraph: "My girlfriends and I are certainly driven to be successful; we want to be high achievers in our fields, and we stress over everything we haven’t yet accomplished, but no one’s especially concerned
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by oconnore 16y ago
I don't think cynicalkane was responding directly to you.
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by oconnore 16y ago
That's not a mental illness. That's some sort of an existential crisis. I recommend you stop worrying about problems you can't solve, and start living. It's the only way you will find out what God thinks of you, or whether girls like you, o
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by oconnore 16y ago
I didn't down vote you, but I am guessing that the reason is because this is off topic. You are welcome to make your own thread though!
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by oconnore 16y ago
It's not a 1984 scenario, no one has video surveillance in their house, and you can have sex without being executed. You win. On the other hand, this is a pretty big deal, and your reply doesn't justify it. Yes, not everyone "is" a business
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by oconnore 16y ago
Effectively banning cash/check/MO/wire transactions doesn't make this any better. This needs to go away.
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by oconnore 16y ago
A more useful article would be titled, "Make sure you are really good at public speaking." I'm not convinced working a sales job is necessary for most people to sell a product to investors, and I'm entirely convinced a sales job won't help
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by oconnore 16y ago
What is the possibility of simply socially informing your friends and family that you are "married" to your significant other, changing your last names to match, and signing a contract that you will support her/him for x number of years aft
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by oconnore 16y ago
I don't understand this either. I think some HN users think of themselves as 'all business', but humor is a useful contribution. We are humans capable (and in need) of a range of emotions and responses. Embrace it. It only gets to be a prob

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