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by patmcc 7y ago
A market order is "I want to buy 10 units, no matter what the market price is" and a limit order is "I want to buy 10 units at a price no more than $50" or whatever.
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by patmcc 7y ago
Intersex/Asexual usually.
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by patmcc 7y ago
I mean, if you got "the source code" for a project at my work, you might get the raw source for Project A and then a bunch of already compiled libraries we put together for use, some of which could do similar things to existing co
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by patmcc 7y ago
The constants mentioned are the following: "01234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" and "01234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" It's very possible that separate implementations of this function would use those same c
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by patmcc 7y ago
>>> fair-use detection into content-id -- if the clip is less than 30 seconds or 10% of the work (or whatever threshold makes sense legally), then it's fair use, period, can't submit a claim on that. That isn't how f
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>If they don't make back this money, it will represent a huge waste of resources. Hardly; it'll just be a transfer from VCs with too much money to everyone else in the economy. We could probably use more of that.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>>In Korea, barber shop poles are used to identify locations of brothels What identifies barbershops then?
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by patmcc 8y ago
No, it hardly provides any services. It's a payment middleman + a very basic blogging platform.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>Should the insurers costs be a factor in patient care? No. This is a very odd view to take. I live in a single-payer system (Canada), although we don't have a similar system for prescriptions (yet). I have supplementary medical
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by patmcc 8y ago
While I agree insurance companies do harm, encouraging generics is probably a net benefit. Doctors, just like anyone else, respond to marketing, so they remember 'viagra' more easily than 'sildenafil' and write prescript
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by patmcc 8y ago
Why? Both things can be true. Firearms could cause an increase in both homicides and suicides.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>I can't imagine wanting to live in a world where it's illegal to defend yourself from thieves. It's not illegal to defend yourself , but it might be illegal to defend your property, yes. I think it's an complica
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>Conversely, if the average person, during an attempted carjacking, opened fire on the attacker, it would be a major deterrent. It would also be a major incentive for the carjacker to carry a gun and possibly use it.
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by patmcc 8y ago
I think you can be called gin if you're flavored with any botanicals, doesn't specifically have to be Juniper.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>A solution involves restricting access to public spaces for selfish morons who don’t get vaccinated, and yes, their children. Easier than that - you either vaccinate your kids or we take them away, period. We're ok taking kids
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>Many places have way more significant wait times for treatment... Canadian here - yep, there are sometimes wait times, especially for specialists, especially if it's something that is unpleasant but not urgently life threatenin
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by patmcc 8y ago
First, on the legal side: the firm can leave the position open, or hire a full or temporary person for it, but when the parent returns they get their old job back (or an equivalent one). Also it's not exactly 52 weeks parental leave, i
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>why there's not protection for this. Because the people who own companies have a lot more power and influence than the people that work for them, and the politicians write laws that reflect this.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>Naturally, I choose the latest to expire to maximize my options within the consumption time-frame. And I think everyone does? I certainly used to, but now that I have a toddler that consumes an unreal amount of milk, I just buy what
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by patmcc 8y ago
>> I just didn't like their small selection of designs. They may only have a small-ish selection of designs at any one time, but they cycle very quickly; if you subscribe you get a new/unique design each month.
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by patmcc 8y ago
What do you mean by free will?
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by patmcc 8y ago
As opposed to the billionaire owners of large media empires, who are of course impartial.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>That's a 200%+ increase that is very difficult for even modern businesses to take sitting down. Because businesses would rather have a person leave and then hire someone at 1.5x or 2x their salary than just pay the first person
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by patmcc 8y ago
Literally every other developed nation has figured this out. Here's one way to solve this: single payer. The payer (government) sets the price and the doctors either accept it or stop treating patients. Maybe they'll bill 15% less
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by patmcc 8y ago
I don't think that's as true as it once was - the majority of that 96GB is almost certainly media of some kind - images, textures, music, etc. - they don't losslessly compress well at all.
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by patmcc 8y ago
Isn't that (possibly) true about a huge number of advertisements, political statements, religions, etc.? When a politician says "this is good for my constituents" when it's really good for their donors, should they be ba
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by patmcc 8y ago
People should be voting for what's best for society as a whole. Sure, consider your own interests as part of that, but "I make $200k therefore people making $200k should get tax breaks" is a pretty shitty way to be.
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>Isn't it selfish of the library to misuse the money that could be better spent on the less fortunate? Gosh, I hope you don't have any vices or leisure pursuits.
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by patmcc 8y ago
Whether or not it's OSI approved or not isn't relevant, but if it doesn't meet their definition or something similar ( https://opensource.org/osd ) then it probably isn't what most of us would call open so
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by patmcc 8y ago
>>It ruined the vacation for me, and I've stopped visiting Canada because of how disgusted I felt afterwards. I don't blame you for this at all, but I will say this is bi-directional; as a Canadian, when I travel to the US,

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