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by s73ver 9y ago
No. "Voluntary" quickly has a way of becoming the de facto mandatory.
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by s73ver 9y ago
"It's a crime of computer / network intrusion. Not a crime of property law (you can't own a record in a database as property, and therefor I can not steal your property)." This is quite wrong; it's still consid
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by s73ver 9y ago
I do think most of the burden should be on corporations. They're the ones that need the talent.
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by s73ver 9y ago
At the same time, my countrymen, my neighbors, being gainfully employed has far more benefit to me directly than people on the other side being gainfully employed. And while I'd like everyone, everywhere to be prosperous and happy, the
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by s73ver 9y ago
And companies shouldn't feel emboldened to scam left and right.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Then almost no company would seek that "seal of approval", the regulations would be worthless, and just about every US Citizen would be worse off.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Because many of the people who could make $100k doing software could make several multiples of that doing something like finance, and be in a more respected profession to boot. Whenever the salary question comes up, people are always quick
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by s73ver 9y ago
Given those numbers.. the problem is the salary. It does not matter that it's Sacramento; it's still California. And, honestly, as a fresh out of college dev, why would I go to Sacramento for 40k when I can go to the valley for 3x
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by s73ver 9y ago
So you had support while you were able to do those things. Most of the people you were disparaging don't.
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by s73ver 9y ago
I would also say that it isn't quite fair to try and concentrate all of the thought and progress in one small area. Not fair to the rest of the world, and not fair to the area which has to suffer increased cost of living because of it.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Looking at the coins as just "data" is ignoring a lot of what they are. Your bank account is just "data", but if I hacked into it and took the 1s and 0s making up your balance, well, there's no question that's
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by s73ver 9y ago
How is it not against the law? They're still fraudulently obtaining things which do not belong to them.
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by s73ver 9y ago
What kind of thing would you consider impressive? Quite frankly, I have no idea what I should make that would reflect several years of experience (there is also the issue of finding time for all this among other hobbies, but that’s another
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by s73ver 9y ago
That doesn’t mean he has to work to make it easier to be used for those things, though.
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by s73ver 9y ago
I would say both cases has far less to do with the anonyminity or lack there of. HN is a heavily moderated board, with things like trolling, offensive comments, non civil discourse, etc, being stamped out fairly quickly by the moderators (w
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by s73ver 9y ago
Trump doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, here. He's long, long, long since lost that.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Suggestion: Add the conferences talk submission info and deadlines, so you can use it to find out what conferences to talk at.
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by s73ver 9y ago
"It's free speech whether you like it or not" So was the people calling for him to resign.
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by s73ver 9y ago
But how, in the end, did that affect Oracle? Did their stock price drop? Were they unable to sell things? Or did business kinda go on as usual? The comparison isn't as appropriate, as Oracle is a much bigger company, and is able to han
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by s73ver 9y ago
There is such a thing, in the US at least, as criminal copyright infringement.
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by s73ver 9y ago
"People streaming HD video from cell towers is simply crazy." Why?
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by s73ver 9y ago
Maybe I did downplay a bit. But the key takeway was, he was involved with all of that, not because he was assigned to it, but because it was interesting to him, and he wanted to do something with it. His work with digital circuit design aro
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by s73ver 9y ago
Except those who end up out of a job, and unable to provide for themselves and their families.
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by s73ver 9y ago
"These cheap inverters have most of the same safeties as the UL 1703 certified variety" I've seen inside enough cheap chinese power equipment to know that is most likely not true.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Quite possibly. From what it sounds like, Shannon's job with Bell Labs was kinda his form of UBI. They didn't really make him "work"; they just kinda gave him money, and told him to do what he felt like. That lead to a b
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by s73ver 9y ago
I read The Idea Factory, about Bell Labs, and they had a few sections on Shannon. Honestly, from what I read, it sounds like the guy didn't want to work, or have a job. And the Fates were kind, and dropped him into a situation where no
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by s73ver 9y ago
You might. I wouldn't. I'd be willing to wager that most people here wouldn't. They might take more vacations, but they'd probably also be starting more companies.
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by s73ver 9y ago
I think they're speaking from the perspective of founders who, until they start the company, do have day jobs somewhere. In California, there's no issue, but in other states with enforceable non-competes, that can be a pretty big
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by s73ver 9y ago
Honestly, another thing that could be done is that VCs could start funding things outside of Silicon Valley. There is precisely zero reason why they all need all of their companies to be right there.
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by s73ver 9y ago
Yet, this is an article about someone who did get busted for selling drugs. And people in this thread are acting like it was some kind of huge civil rights violation. It's not. He wasn't any kind of freedom fighter. He was trying

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