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by saq7 7y ago
Were they free to go? Did they have parents or lawyers present? Was any adult on their side present? They had the same liberties and agency they would have had if they were behind bars. Zero, to be precise.
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by saq7 7y ago
Which particular laws would you use in this case? Are there no protections for free speech in India? Or is it rather that implied negative speech against the government is not protected by the law? Certainly, strong arming Muslim children b
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by saq7 7y ago
As another commentator mentioned, these kids aren’t free to leave. As you said, there aren’t any lawyers or parents present. Not sure how you aren’t classifying their situation as locked-up. They have no liberty or agency, and putting them
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by saq7 7y ago
I agree, though real economic progress doesn't seem like a priority for the government as can be witnessed by the slowdown and silly policies like demonetization.
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by saq7 7y ago
One example is looking at the coverage The Hindu gave the BJP, RSS, and Modi before he came power and after. Before they were critical of BJP when it warranted, but since they came into power the coverage has been fawning. This sort of comp
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by saq7 7y ago
The dream of open source isn't any closer to being realized than it has ever been. Open source enthusiasts tend to overlook the fact that most people don't want control. Control is difficult to handle and requires a lot more energ
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by saq7 7y ago
This harkens to some of the points some other commenters have made in this thread. Earning $7/hour in 1970 for a welding job is equivalent of $95k/year in 2019 money. Similarly, getting a start and sticking it out is just as diffi
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by saq7 7y ago
I suspect the top 0.1% would realize that they are the cream of the crop and wouldn't be so easy or cheap to fly out by "throwing some Euros". If there was any price differential between the best welders in these two countrie
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by saq7 8y ago
Correlation does not mean causation. Restaurants close all the time for myriad of different reasons. Do you have any data that can actually support a causal link here?
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by saq7 8y ago
It is simply untrue that the overall utilization of the infrastructure is low. Streetcars on King and Queen are usually jam-packed, unless you are in the far east and west ends. The bike lanes running east west on King, Adellaide, and other
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by saq7 9y ago
Oh the noble Americans! Suffering under the yolk of oppressive pharma so the rest of the world can take advantage! Praise be. Really, though, it's absurd to demand that the rest of world be grateful. Try changing the system in the US a
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Have you been a worker on Mechanical Turk? Share your experiences
1 points by saq7 9y ago|0 comments
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by saq7 10y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I know that files can be deleted and from history as well. I figured if I left those files in, a reviewer could find them and keep it away from someone who didn't care enough to look. Thinking back to it,
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by saq7 10y ago
yeah, the folks over at reddit said the same thing. I have uploaded it to github and posted a link in the submission text
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by saq7 10y ago
Though I know about Procs, Lambdas, and Blocks, I did not use any of them, because there was no real need to. My goal when completing the work sample was write concise and readable code. Though there might have been places where these const
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Ask HN: Can someone please review my code?
1 points by saq7 10y ago|8 comments
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by saq7 10y ago
Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Remote: preferred Willing to Relocate: For the right opportunity Technologies: Python(Django, sklearn, nltk)/Ruby(Rails)/Lisp(<3) Resume/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/