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by ordinary 13y ago
While it's true there was a significant upset in the Diablo 3 economy after the 1.0.8 patch came out, things are settling down again, and we're certainly not seeing the kind of delta that would make me call out a hyperinflation. If anything
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by ordinary 13y ago
You're right. Marching and protesting does not guarantee success. However, sitting on the couch doing nothing guarantees failure.
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by ordinary 13y ago
Hi. I see you're new here. "I agree" is a contentless response that adds nothing to the topic at hand. Feel free to post if you have something interesting to say, but "+1" is discouraged here.
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by ordinary 13y ago
A mail address is not required to create a HN account, as far as I can tell. It's been a while though, and I don't want to create a random dummy account to find out for sure.
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by ordinary 13y ago
The article's header says "Obama to Name Wheeler to Head FCC", but the HTML title attribute says "Obama to Name Wheeler, a Former Lobbyist, to Head FCC".
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by ordinary 13y ago
Deleting your account does not stop Facebook from tracking you, unfortunately.
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by ordinary 13y ago
I should have read the post you replied to, all the way through. My apologies.
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by ordinary 13y ago
Faulty generalization: Paul Ryan is not sensible, so everyone who agrees with him on anything must also be unsensible.
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by ordinary 13y ago
Org 7.9.2 (the version I have installed here) is 113 emacs lisp files, for a total of 85k LoC and slightly over 3 MB of code. I'm not exactly sure what that git diff --stat command pasted above actually compared, but I don't think it's corr
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by ordinary 13y ago
Training, experience, the requirement to follow procedures that safeguard the innocent.
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by ordinary 14y ago
My first (indeed, only) experience with the smell of burnt human flesh and hair was when a friend of mine flipped the switch on a PSU to 110v when it plugged in to 220v. He was fine, but the PSU didn't make it. RIP.
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by ordinary 14y ago
Nothing throws this into a grey area as much as deafness. Deaf culture is truly profound. Entire vibrant deaf communities exist within 'normal' communities and can interact with others on an equal basis. I'm genuinely curious: would curin
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by ordinary 14y ago
A bit confused by your referencing senescence, since that's just growing old. Everyone is born with a fatal disease: mortality. The first and second questions asked in the grandparent's post can therefore be seen as similar, which, from a
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by ordinary 14y ago
You're confusing two statements: "emotions and irrationality play a big role in people's poltics" and "emotions and irrationality should play a big role in people's politics". The former is undoubtedly true. I hope no one would argue agai
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by ordinary 14y ago
When our current education system was first conceived (with the notable exception of universities), back during the industrial revolution (minor updates notwithstanding), the goal was not producing capable citizens: The goal was to produce
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by ordinary 14y ago
The button still exists, though you may have to add it yourself. Right mouse > Customize.
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by ordinary 14y ago
If North Korea ever decides to uses their nuclear weapons, South Korea will be just as badly off. Actual use of nuclear weapons is a lose-lose scenario for all parties involved (and, indeed, all parties not involved). Threatening use of nuc
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by ordinary 14y ago
A plain-text version: http://www.korean-war.com/Archives/2002/06/msg00262.html
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by ordinary 14y ago
As I see it, there's basically two ways to effect change. One is to trust that the abstract entity 'government' is a benevolent being and that we have but to supply a couple of good arguments to make it do the right thing. The other is to t
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by ordinary 14y ago
Most democratic countries use civil law, actually, though I don't think that's particularly relevant. There's a much stronger correlation between language and system of law than there is between form of government and system of law. Note th
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by ordinary 14y ago
Civil law systems by and large do not use trial by jury. The judge (or judges) pronounces verdict.
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by ordinary 14y ago
My bet would be that it's because the URL doesn't end in '.pdf'.
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by ordinary 14y ago
Try: set bind-tty-special-chars Off in your .inputrc, before you do the bind on C-z. The readline man page is a little misleading: bind-tty-special-chars (On) If set to On, readline attempts to bind the control characters tre
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by ordinary 14y ago
That's a time window that is just small enough to include the single most lethal terrorist attack in the past 150+ years[0]. That's a bit too number massagey for my liking. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_and_other_viol..
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by ordinary 14y ago
http://www.pompeiana.org/resources/ancient/graffiti%20from%2... It's translations of Roman graffiti found in Pompeii. If you're surprised human nature hasn't changed in 16 years, prepare to be flabbergasted. :)
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by ordinary 14y ago
Tom Lane writes a lot of emails For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5171284
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by ordinary 14y ago
I think you provided a counter-example, instead.
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by ordinary 14y ago
Traffic lights do not condition humans. Traffic accidents, driving instructors, parents and policemen do. I find myself sharing the grandparent's discomfort. I'm an avid gamer, yet sometimes, when I lie awake at night and mull over the even
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by ordinary 14y ago
The best (worst) thing about this whole law is that these sites used to work fine without cookies, but now no longer do. In effect, while making a sincere (and successful!) attempt making cookie use more transparent, thereby enhancing user
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by ordinary 14y ago
There are certainly aspects of our market economy that are emergent. Trade is as old as humanity itself, but not all aspects of the economy are so old, nor as immutable. The modern corporation, for example, is a relatively new invention. De

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