ryeights

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   by ryeights 7y ago

   > Kids are stupid and even the smart ones get peer pressured into doing stupid things that can injure or kill them. This happens to adults too (especially sheltered ones). It’s a part of life. Wouldn’t you say it’s important for kids to
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   Ah, you’re absolutely right. Interesting, though, that their FAQ page says “firearms” are allowed while the code only provides an exception for rifles and shotguns ( excluding handguns ). Seems dangerously misleading considering the penalti
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   >Non-residents with a valid Massachusetts non-resident hunting license do not need a firearm license to possess or carry rifles and shotguns and ammunition during the hunting season. >Non-residents do not need a firearms license to tr
4. 394.▲
   by ryeights 7y ago

   “well-regulated” refers to the militia, not the right to bear arms, and means “in proper working order” (in the sense of a breathing regulator), not “controlled via legal regulations”
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   Thank you for your valuable contribution to the discussion
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   Okay. Let’s say we’ve gathered a list of the most dangerous ‘violent’ words (e.g. kill, harm, murder, cleanse, racial epithets, etc.) that could be used in a direct incitement to violence. Would you support a license requirement and word li
7. 397.▲
   by ryeights 7y ago

   Would you support a license requirement or a word limit for the First Amendment?
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   >Youtube's 10-minute minimum length requirement for monetizing via ads. This is inaccurate. It is suspected, but not confirmed, that the YouTube recommendation algorithm favors videos longer than 10 minutes because they increase the
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   by ryeights 7y ago

   (my conjecture) It’s human nature: your animalian instinct to avoid death takes over once you’re actually facing it
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    That which never lived cannot die
11. 401.▲
    by ryeights 7y ago

    Probably isn’t worth their time. 10 more imposters will pop up in its place
12. 402.▲
    by ryeights 7y ago

    Good to know about this vulnerability, but this article is distilled clickbait/blogspam
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    I find it significantly harder to concentrate when reading an eBook versus a physical copy. Maybe it's Pavlovian conditioning from all the time I waste on my phone, but something about small glass screens makes my focus shut right off
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Google doesn't put much care into the Play Store and it shows. Counterfeit apps, malware, and PII vacuums run amok
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Buy the fear on this news. Various governmental bodies (Congress, the FTC, etc.) have shown that they're more talk than walk on the issue of antitrust litigation
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    > Tech companies have failed to buy enough politicians over the years. I doubt it. Facebook getting away with a mere $5B fine from the FTC is a sign that the big tech companies aren't in much danger IMO
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Microsoft isn't a part of FAANG so they don't get mentioned often
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Good point.
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Sure, but the stated purpose of the organization behind this app is to protect undocumented (i.e. illegal) immigrants: https://unitedwedream.org/about/ edit: can you show an example of a legal immigrant being deported?
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    ...and there it is
21. 411.▲
    by ryeights 7y ago

    https://chimera.sh/ for old iOS 12 versions
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Thanks, economist.com is terrible
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    >Bear in mind that most of the flying public aren't even aware that there's a problem, so the only issue is getting the airplane airworthy. This might have been true in the first few days after the accident, but the 737 Max has
24. 414.▲
    by ryeights 7y ago

    Using out-of-place quicksort to advertise functional languages always felt like cheating to me. The in-place implementations of quicksort (the ones you'd actually use) are not nearly as pretty
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    I agree. My only other complaint is the display latency/responsiveness... I don't understand why so many car manufacturers refuse to make their infotainment systems perform well.
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Regular reminder: paper bags are less environmentally friendly than plastic bags > It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag. [...] The majority of paper bags are mad
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Only 23%? That's disappointing. Adding commercials on top of their shrinking library and recent price hike would amount to spitting in the face of subscribers.
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    Yes, the article mentions that the old Mac Pro was produced at a plant in Texas
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    >In their separate interviews with the FT this week, Mr Cook and Sir Jonathan insisted that no single person at Apple decides which innovations graduate from its R&D labs and which are sent back to the drawing board. “The company run
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    by ryeights 7y ago

    What is Super? Is it a step above Ti? This article is very sparse on details...