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by pzxc 12y ago
You have it reversed. It is inevitable that government is going to be inefficient, so as a practical matter the lower-hanging fruit is to decrease the magnitude of the waste. Not try to put lipstick on a pig. Reducing the scope of governm
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by pzxc 13y ago
This is absolutely 100% false and a good example of why you shouldn't take legal advice from the internet. When you have a written contract, any and all verbal contracts or amendments mean absolutely nothing. It's called the &quot
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by pzxc 13y ago
I tried to log onto my IM client (Pidgin) and found that my google account had been disabled. I clicked their contact/appeal link, and the response I received gave no information whatsoever -- just repeated the same message to review
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by pzxc 13y ago
This exact same thing happened to me a couple years ago. This is how I got it resolved within a day: http://pzxc.com/internet-is-still-wild-west
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by pzxc 13y ago
Not to nitpick, but I'm sure you mean Scholar's Mate, where you attack the pawn in front of the king's bishop with two pieces (usually queen and bishop/knight) and win in 4 moves or so. http://en.wikipedia.or
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Apache-style Wildcard Hostname Rewrite Rules in IIS (finally)(pzxc.com)
1 points by pzxc 13y ago|0 comments
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by pzxc 13y ago
A better way is to do a hybrid single/multipage app as described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6507135 It's a multipage app, that uses ajax to function as a singlepage app. From the user's point
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Single-Page App That Behaves Like a Multi-page App(pzxc.com)
1 points by pzxc 13y ago|0 comments
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by pzxc 13y ago
I've read interviews before where it was indicated they know nothing (and want to know nothing) until they walk through the doors to make their pitch. The extensive due diligence is done after the show, which is why deals struck on th
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by pzxc 13y ago
I wish it was about catastrophic injury insurance. I'm a single, healthy 33-year-old guy with no kids, so it'd be perfect for me. My annual healthcare expenditures are virtually zero, year after year, right now. Coverage in case o
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by pzxc 13y ago
The thing I hate most about bootstrap 3 is changing the class names of the grid. "span3" and "offset1" were much better than "col-lg-3" and "col-offset-1". Seriously... there are several places in the
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Logical Fallacies Cheat Sheet(pzxc.com)
3 points by pzxc 13y ago|0 comments
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Guide to setting up a *nix VM, ruby+rails, and discourse(blog.discourse.org)
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5 minute introduction to front-end web development(pzxc.com)
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3gb more bonus space offered by Dropbox (for using camera uploads)(pzxc.com)
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Parsing Markdown in Under 100 Lines of Javascript(pzxc.com)
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I really want to like Mozilla Persona(pzxc.com)
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Hidden HTTPS: Get browsers to trust self-signed certificates(pzxc.com)
6 points by pzxc 14y ago|1 comments
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by pzxc 14y ago
It sounds pragmatic to me. It takes someone very naive to be rude to a cop or other government official, knowing how miserable they can make your life with very little effort. It takes someone even more naive to genuinely care about someo
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by pzxc 14y ago
Please state the nature of the medical emergency.
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by pzxc 14y ago
In my freshman year of college, I discovered something neat about perfect numbers and Mersenne primes (verified by my math professor): The first perfect number, 6, written in binary is 110 The second, 28, in binary is 11100 The third, 496,
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by pzxc 14y ago
You don't lose any constitutional rights when you accept a plea bargain, but you voluntarily give up many constitutional rights. To suggest that the only reason people take plea bargains is because they don't expect to win in court is hardl
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Use passphrases for better security(toolground.com)
2 points by pzxc 14y ago|0 comments
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by pzxc 14y ago
I don't have a problem with PayPal putting a temporary hold (delay) on new funds coming into an account (as long as it's clear what the guidelines are for such a policy), but what I do have a problem with is PayPal freezing an entire accoun
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by pzxc 14y ago
This is what I've been working on the last two weekends. Why another to-do app? Because all the other ones are too complicated. First 20 visitors from HN get a free upgrade to a premium account by visiting this URL while logged in: http://
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Show HN: My 2-Weekend project, KungFu To-Do. Free for first 20 HN visitors(kftodo.com)
2 points by pzxc 14y ago|2 comments
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What is it with banks?(pzxc.com)
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Icon Sets for developers who aren't good at design(pzxc.com)
2 points by pzxc 14y ago|1 comments
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by pzxc 15y ago
I don't dislike fighting dirty when it really counts, but realistically this strategy would never work. First, such actions would not stand long-term, because the government can merely prohibit withholding services from government agents,
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by pzxc 15y ago
I think most people are good but not because it's innate. I think humans are like electricity, seeking the path of least resistance. Attracted to pleasure, averse to pain, people judge circumstances and weigh their options according to what

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