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541.
by pif 3y ago
> medical industries complicity with stigmatizing drugs I know nothing on this subject, but I trust you checked your sources. Anyway, concerning public health, or any other public policy, would you rather listen to people who devoted sev
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by pif 3y ago
> Choosing to take a drug ... choosing to eat nuts There is a HUGE difference between the two options: one is legal everywhere, the other is illegal everywhere. Stop conflating the two things.
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by pif 3y ago
I'm not sure you read any of my comments, apart the one you replied to. My only point is that discussions concerning the use of encryption must be accepted, because there is nothing inherently evil or unnatural in them. Don't let&
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by pif 3y ago
> You have a responsibility to pay ... I agree with you that this is the case in a sane society. And this responsibility gives me the right to implement policies to prevent such issues as much as possible.
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by pif 3y ago
I'm sincerely interested in an example. Thanks in advance!
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by pif 3y ago
@isaacremuant There is no excessive severity in a law that most people can follow while leaving a full life.
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by pif 3y ago
It is very well known that Down Under the roof is down and the floor is up. Thus, the pictures are not hung to the wall: they are anchored to it!
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by pif 3y ago
I don't care what you choose to believe in. Just remember that it is your choice to believe in it, and never try to impose your beliefs on me.
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by pif 3y ago
Whether for one person or for everybody, eavesdropping requires encryption to be breakable. We must accept that serious discussion on this issue is not yet closed, and we must accept that one possible outcome is that encryption be banned. T
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by pif 3y ago
I'm not sure we are talking about the same subject! I was responding to someone proposing to let everybody consume what he wants, and I replied that freedom to choose must imply obligation of bearing the consequences. Concerning the ad
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by pif 3y ago
> draconian legislation When it does not infringe a human right, and most people can follow it, a law cannot be considered draconian.
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by pif 3y ago
> It is already illegal to harm someone else. Which means that nobody should be surprised of measures meant to prevent people from getting harmed. Following your reasoning, as it is already illegal to harm someone else, then there is no
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by pif 3y ago
It's not only a matter of medical insurance: it's also, and most important, a matter of driving while intoxicated, or putting yourself into such miserable conditions that you will forget any human decency and commit petty and&#x2F
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by pif 3y ago
> How about you stop insulting? I'd like to point out a very important detail: I'm not insulting people for wanting to enjoy themselves. No, not at all! But people are idiots when they don't see the connection between th
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by pif 3y ago
> I love how authortiarians Authoritarians? I'm talking about democracies! Where most people want marijuana, it gets legal. Where it doesn't, it's because people at large don't want it. That's it! People can prot
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by pif 3y ago
> No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his ... correspondence Still, nobody was ever shocked that a judge could order letters to be open or telephones to be tapped. And yet, as soon as someone asks whether we should c
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by pif 3y ago
> you want to put people in jail because they consume a substance you don't. No, I'm not a priori against illegal substances, and I'm open to discuss legalizing them. But if the only people asking for their legalization a
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by pif 3y ago
> Drug cartels exist due to those things being illegal Drug cartels exist due to those things being illegal AND people keeping giving money to them.
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by pif 3y ago
Because they can't tilt backward?
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by pif 3y ago
> an amendment to the constitution guaranteeing the right for private individuals communicate over encrypted channels I understand here on HN it looks so obvious, but if you stop and think for a moment it is no natural at all. The only n
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by pif 3y ago
> no law shall be made preventing an informed and consenting adult from consuming whatever substance they so please Which is as stupid as it can get, unless you add the prescription that said adult must be the only one to bear the conse
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by pif 3y ago
What do you propose exactly? What should we monitor? By the way, I worked at CERN for a few years up to the first months of operations of LHC. Furthermore, I've been living in the region since then; for several years, my home was exact
563.
by pif 3y ago
Don't give me numbers, I've already enough of them. Give me hunger suppressing pills and I'll give you gold in return!
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by pif 3y ago
During the last decade, we drove three times through France to spend our summer holidays in Biarritz. One of the many selling points for us was the Gant d'Or tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVwqcCzWyk
565.
by pif 3y ago
> ... are all excellent requirements documents. No, they are not! They can be a wonderful resource for the validation tests, but a developer needs a model to start. The documentation of existing tools may be a nice requirement document,
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by pif 3y ago
> It sucks when you say it like the title: "6 days to change 1 line of code" Which just states the fact. > The system improved in a few other ways Which were not required.
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by pif 3y ago
> green renewable should be our goals Comfortable life for everyone is my goal. > we're bathed in power every day it just needs to be bottled That word "just" proves that you don't know what you are talking about.
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by pif 3y ago
So many things could stop working if we didn't insist on backwards compatibility with ancient systems.
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by pif 3y ago
> Obviously, planning is critical. Considering it very often fails even for successful projects, obviously, it is not. > This belief is detached from reality. Failing to provide estimates means a failure to scope how much work is requ
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by pif 3y ago
All the successful projects I've participated in could have been managed with this simple sentence: "After some indulging in alcoholic beverages, we have signed a contract for <vaguely specified features> to be shipped on &l

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