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The royalty rates are controlled by Congress precisely to allow for services like Pandora to exist until the internet music market can reach bargaining parity on par with other music markets (i.e., radio, etc.) Without those rate limits, t
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1) Impeachment, if Congress feels strongly enough that the judges of the FC have breached their duty to uphold the law (as SCOTUS rulings are binding law upon lower courts). 2) SCOTUS cannot do anything except to rehear FC cases... but it
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No, it's not. It's saying that in certain states the definition of a car dealership precludes Tesla's current sales facilities (i.e., mall storefronts) from finalizing sales. Tesla can still maintain these storefronts, and still negotiat
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Part of the GM dealer franchise agreement prohibits GM from competing against its dealer franchises, i.e., by selling directly to customers straight from the factory. It's not a law, it's simply a contractual provision that the dealers nego
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I don't think that regulatory compliance is as simple as ensuring that drivers are competent and providing some means of recompense. That is merely the purpose of enforcement, not the mechanism. The mechanism is a great deal more comple
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I know people in the echo chamber don't like to hear this, but ridesharing is not an innovation. Los Angeles and Chicago have had ridesharing programs for at least a decade. Hell, even Cleveland had a ridesharing program years before Uber
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People on HN seem to be misunderstanding the purpose of this exam. This exam is not for web programmers, or game programmers, or any "startup"-type programmers. If what you do can be done iteratively without much problem, this exam is not
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Actually, when it comes to sales across borders, "Not for Resale Outside of [X country or region" has legal effect in every country that respects copyright. First-sale doctrine is a uniquely American idea; it only applies to (first) sales s
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That would be true in a strictly hard currency world, as each dollar in circulation would become more valuable (because it would be increasingly more difficult to find another dollar to spend). However, when you take into account credit-ba
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I don't think you understand how currencies or economics work. Currencies are by nature inflationary in a growing economy. This is a good thing, because inflation encourages spending and/or investment. Deflation is fatal to an economy:
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He said he would accept multiple files; he did not however agree to change the rules of the game, which unambiguously required "a decompressor and a compressed file." A compressed file, as in a single file, which has been compressed. Patr
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Color would be a startup, because it has the intention to make money, and has attempted to make money (i.e., through ads). The lack of success is not determinative of whether a venture is a business. However where the line is blurry (i.e.,
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Legally, a venture which is not intended to make money, or which has no plans for earning revenue, is not a business. If the venture is not a business, it is generally treated as a hobby, meaning, among other things, that expenses are not
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I thought it was pretty clear based on the second sentence that the comment was intended as a joke. Do I really need to start adding /jk to the end of my comments?
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I would prefer to force candidates to implement FizzBuzz in a language invented solely for purposes of that interview (and which will never be used again). This places all candidates on the same level. It's probably a good thing I don't in
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Yes, which is why HR departments will generally make digital copies of these materials available, i.e. for use with on-screen magnification or TTS.
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This is a scam. The LED industry includes hundreds of players and thousands of products driving billions of dollars in annual revenues. If this patent was truly a problem, everyone in the LED industry would be all over this, as this would
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Any language which uses floating points to represent these values rather than fixed points. C# and some versions of C use fixed-point representations for these values by default (or correct for floating point errors internally, as with C#),
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>What is the problem with arbitration? The problem is that the company pays for the arbitor, who is usually an independent contractor hired on a per-arbitration basis. The arbitor is ecnomically pressured to side with the company, be
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Important to note, which the article does not, that substances which are gaseous at room temperature are chilled to liquid using excess energy (i.e., energy produced at night). These liquids are stored chilled in vacuum-insulated canisters
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It means it wasn't as much of a financial success (from a business standpoint) as its founders hoped, and they have departed for greener pastures. Carsabi is/was a great site, and well designed and well coded, but its revenue model was lack
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While you're at it, don't hire a lawyer after you've been arrested until just before your sentencing hearing. That way, you can save a whole bunch of money. After all, the overwhelming majority of people plead guilty anyway, so what's the
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It's a headache for your accountant for you to incorporate. However, it's a nightmare for you if you don't. Don't let his laziness put your finances in jeopardy. I strongly suggest you find another accountant, because your current guy wi
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A startup is simple a new business. Legally, a startup is a business in the process of setting up its operations, and ceases to be a startup once it has completed its setup activities and begun its ongoing business activities.
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The last twenty minutes improves your endurance, strength, and/or power (depending on the activity), but the first twenty minutes provides the general health benefits.
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What you are proposing is generally illegal in the U.S. Companies are allowed to snoop on non-encrypted web traffic, because there is no expectation of privacy, but different standards and rules apply to encrypted sites, i.e., including ba
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Plenty of people outside of the Valley are doing stuff in healthcare, especially in SoCal, Ohio/Pittsburg, DC/Baltimore, and Miami. However, most of what they do is not tech-related, so it is not covered on a tech-focuses site like HN. T
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Further, the reason health care is so expensive is government regulation. No, healthcare is expensive because there are multiple layers of middlemen, each trying to earn an increasing amount of profit, and because healthcare treatments ar
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Based on the conflicting statements the interns wrote, this is how I would put it: "Thanks for all your help help, Mentor. We'll be off! [And we're taking your designs with us!]" "Sure thing kids, go crazy. Do whatever you want! [I don't kn
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The interns note that they were accused of stealing designs in the mentor's complaint. They never address this, and talk instead about website infringement issues. If the suit relates to the misappropriation of their mentor's designs, they

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