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by senior_james 10y ago
It was a rhetorical question. If He wrote about Islam, he would get death threats. My point is that the current trend is to shit on Christianity and praise Islam.
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by senior_james 10y ago
You really don't need to be a passionate programmer. However, passion will bring you much further when you have to work on something that's boring, tedious, or has no real end in sight.
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by senior_james 10y ago
1000% this. I've had multiple co-founders over the years that love the idea of being part of a startup, but were unwilling to sacrifice any free time and accomplish anything. If you've had more than 3 meetings with no commitment
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by senior_james 10y ago
Why focus on just Christianity? Islam started as an 'obscure cult', like most religions.
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by senior_james 10y ago
I actually hope we can loosen the restrictions from the FDA. One of the main reasons our drugs in the US are so expensive is because it can take $100 million and a decade of clinical trials to actually get something approved. This broken m
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by senior_james 10y ago
"Users were apparently willing to tolerate a degree of advertising (which, BTW, is a loooong way from any kind of a pact), but after a point they'll turn the tap off if there are tools available to do so." The issue is that i
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by senior_james 10y ago
Mysterious deaths surrounding the Hillary/Podesta leaks: a conspiracy theory. Mysterious deaths surrounding Russia and the DNC email leaks that showed us that they have been colluding with the media to destroy all political opinions: n
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by senior_james 10y ago
The swamp did need to be drained. We forget so quickly (or bury) all of the damning emails from the DNC. The collusion with the press to destroy Bernie Sanders and all of Hillary's enemies, the fake protesters they hired, the racist
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by senior_james 10y ago
I find no problem with temporarily banning immigrants from those countries until we have a better vetting system in place. It's actually one of the more intelligent things Trump has suggested. Obama, for instance, put a temporary ban
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by senior_james 10y ago
If this ever actually came to fruition, it would be a disaster. No Federal funding from the United States, The Republicans would pretty much win any future US election because the Democrats are losing major electoral college votes, and ther
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by senior_james 10y ago
You can also add the huffington post and salon to your list.
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by senior_james 10y ago
What happened was that the newspaper/media industry was gutted when social media became popular. Most people, especially under 40, are unwilling to pay for news that they can just get from a Tweet. Because of this, they can't pay
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by senior_james 10y ago
"In 2015, according to PSZ, the richest 1% of people in America received 20.2% of all the income in the nation. Ten points of that 20.2% came from equity income, net interest, housing rents, and the capital component of mixed income. &
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by senior_james 10y ago
I'm not surprised. Medium is just a glorified blog site. Online newspapers have a near impossible time breaking even, and medium is no different. Not to mention the fact that most of its clientele probably uses ad-blockers. It would b
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by senior_james 10y ago
No, it didn't work. The idea of cutting the hours was that overall, there would be a savings because the nurses would take less sick leave and it would improve patient care. While there was some improvement, it didn't actually sa
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by senior_james 10y ago
My cousin in almost in your position exactly (and is a software developer). Stage 2 colon cancer, has a tumor, they couldn't remove it and is now undergoing chemotherapy. This all happened 3 years ago. His tumor is still there and he&
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by senior_james 10y ago
"Nah. Trump gamed the process in more ways than one through the electoral college" The electoral college is now considered 'gamed'? This has pretty much been how a president is elected since the United States was founde
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by senior_james 10y ago
This is like trying to beat up your dad because you don't like what he has to say..even though he is paying all of your bills and feeding/clothing you.
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by senior_james 10y ago
Funny how so many people are against bigotry on HN (I constantly see articles about it). Yet, it's perfectly fine to be bigoted against someone that goes against your political beliefs. Generalization and bigotry will only bring us 8
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by senior_james 10y ago
I just added 2FA through Google Authenticator on my centos 7 box. It's not that straight forward and I had to compile everything from multiple github repos, but it works pretty well.
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by senior_james 10y ago
Fantastic. Let's arrest the victims of crimes and give the thieves a medal.
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by senior_james 10y ago
"They see how meaningless their lives are, and how they try to use the markers of status and prestige to pretend otherwise." How are millennials any different? Social media is mostly used my millennials to show off to others and
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by senior_james 10y ago
"Ads disable the concept of people paying for something they consider valuable" Nobody pays for news anymore, so sites are forced to get money through ads. The concept that everything needs to be free has also led to the abundanc
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by senior_james 10y ago
'ghosting' happens because our world these days is way too litigious. Any type of rejection email or phone call could be used in a lawsuit against the company or recruiter. People hate to be rejected for any reason and many just
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by senior_james 10y ago
Which companies are getting this 'extra money'? Certainly not the journalists or news organizations. "but that in no way incentivizes them to do "real journalism"" Sure it does. If you actually have the money
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by senior_james 10y ago
Adblocking has indirectly created many of these fake news sites we see today and will only create a more cluttered and product-filled user experience. Most news sites rely only on advertising for income. Real reporting and investigation co
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by senior_james 10y ago
What happened to the moratorium on political links on HN?
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by senior_james 10y ago
Mr. Robot may be technically correct, but I couldn't get past a few episodes of the first season. Comically bad/cliche companies that are polluting the earth, killing innocent people, and robbing the poor. A closeted gay, masochi