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by parfe 12y ago
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emms-help/2014-03/msg00002... Hey look! the real reason. "Last.fm killing off its subscription service" http://venturebeat.com/2014/03&#x2
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by parfe 12y ago
>I claimed that a single individual disagrees with the proposition that legally reducing one's tax burden is immoral. You are butchering his position even worse than I thought. He never said what you claim. The best case you can a
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by parfe 12y ago
http://www.leagle.com/decision/19471007159F2d848_1759 He quoted from the dissent in Commissioner v. Newman. He found a single judge who wrote an opinion at one point in American history that fit his mindset. An opini
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by parfe 12y ago
This discussion thread started with: >I don't understand the whole "If you behave logically as a business we hate you" sentiment. Yes, companies can legally and rationally reduce their taxes to the absolute minimum. Vie
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by parfe 12y ago
Just because you "behave logically" does not mean you behave morally or ethically. Perhaps you should reflect on why immoral behavior would result in people hating you.
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by parfe 12y ago
You aren't teaching them to use a text editor. You are teaching them to use emacs. A choice based on your personal preference that wastes lots of their time learning what is a very complicated environment. You need to write lisp jus
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by parfe 12y ago
I hope you will be teaching Intro to Emacs. Why else would you impose a text editor on students?
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by parfe 12y ago
Yeah I know. Thanks :) I just like poking at the conspiracy nuts and hoping they try to rationalize why a US plot to extradite Assange from the UK involves Sweden at all.
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by parfe 12y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/opinion/The-Dangers-of-Pri... An op-ed I randomly came across today regarding the topic.
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by parfe 12y ago
Acceptance of bitcoin continues to increase, but has a store seen sustained usage? I recall a chart from a few weeks ago after newegg(?) began accepting bitcoins an initial glut of bitcoin transactions quickly dwindled to background noise.
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by parfe 12y ago
Pizza delivery guys have a far more dangerous job than police. Drive to a location chosen by a stranger who knows you will show up with cash, food, and a car which you will willingly exit. And all in 30 minutes or less. And they deal with
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by parfe 12y ago
Is extradition from Sweden easier than the UK? Why wait?
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by parfe 12y ago
>And from what we've seen so far, the case seems shaky at best: A he-says / she-says where in the case of a trial, the prosecutors may be unable to even produce a signed statement from one of the women; will face a lot of ques
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by parfe 12y ago
Jul 16 18:08 - VERDICT: Julian Assange is to REMAIN in detention in absentia. Just announced. Looks like an overzealous persecutor found himself in front of an overzealous judge. Combined with the English courts agreeing as well that he be
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by parfe 12y ago
There are multiple offenses for which Assange will be charged when he is delivered to Swedish custody. Being pedantic about how Sweden charges suspects will not change the fact that two separate women accused Assange of sexual assaults and
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by parfe 12y ago
The funny "sex without a condom" case is the actual rape charge. 4. Rape On 17 August 2010, in the home of the injured party [SW] in Enkoping, Assange deliberately consummated sexual intercourse with her by improperly exploiting
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by parfe 12y ago
>It also makes one ask for whose benefit this case is all for Other people Assange, or others in society, may want to violate without a condom for his own pleasure at the expense of his partner's well being. >All the men and wome
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by parfe 12y ago
>Why would you have both passwords be the same? That makes no sense. Sure it does. With only one password you are less likely to forget how to log in to an account. It makes perfect sense. >All passwords should be different. And eat
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by parfe 12y ago
The interesting observation is how the economy correlates to dui arrests. Either through people maintaining their lifestyle but not being able to afford a cab or police departments reacting to cuts in funding. Crediting uber is a startup ec
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by parfe 12y ago
That's a shitty reason. Don't excuse his behavior as though it was his age that caused him to be a gigantic asshole. He acted badly and had peers who provided feedback that supported his behavior. 18 years olds are empowered to
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by parfe 12y ago
"Tinder is cause of sexual harassment lawsuit."
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by parfe 12y ago
You just posted your comment on HN.
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by parfe 12y ago
I don't understand the service. When watching tv with my hearing impaired father I push the CC button. For the world cup specifically the espn announcers perform so terribly we likely won't even do that and have music playing ins
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by parfe 12y ago
What does an economy that deprecates most of humanity look like? What happens when the economy doesn't demand people? I do not see a future like Star Trek with its Utopian ideal of every person choosing to follow their dream pursuit.
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by parfe 12y ago
The emails pertain to a program called Enduring Security Framework (ESF). A program which facilitates communication between major tech vendors and the NSA to secure computer resources against threats the NSA chooses to share. The story cov
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by parfe 12y ago
Wheeler created a legacy dystopian novelists only dream about. The article uses netlfix vs amazon for their exclusive example but the true issue is news. Millions of customers limited to seeing video from one news network. Fox news or CNN
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The female developer allegedly harassed out of GitHub is naming names(dailydot.com)
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by parfe 12y ago
In six months FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will be a VP at NBC Universal/Comcast. Not a bribe; just coincidence.
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by parfe 12y ago
For solo work as a dev surrounded by hardware people, I set up GitLab. Installation took a lot of effort and had a surprising number of service dependencies. For a single user it wasn't worth my time to install or maintain. Though, i
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by parfe 12y ago
I apologize if I missed it, but what mistakes did Tom Preston-Werner or GitHub publicly admit to? I just re-skimmed his blog and the github press release and only see denials of very specific terms regarding illegal sexual harassment.

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