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by singleshot_ 5d ago
A functioning society
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by singleshot_ 5d ago
> a large number of people are required to use those services for their job Okay, but their job is a net drag on our society, so you haven’t quite convinced me. Counterproposal: ban influencers
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by singleshot_ 5d ago
> If you want to force Uber to take responsibility for the driver, the simplest thing is to get rid of the driver. No. The easiest thing to do would be arbitrate against uber. Deploying a fleet of self driving cars would be much, much mo
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by singleshot_ 6d ago
Wait, did I miss something? Wasn't that the point the entire time?
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by singleshot_ 11d ago
Restitution is an equitable remedy, not a legal basis.
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by singleshot_ 13d ago
> HN likes to abdicate YC of all wrong doing or negative outcomes My take is that we like to hang out on PG's blog and make fun of his avarice. Is there a better place to do this?
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by singleshot_ 14d ago
Insurance kills this plan every time.
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by singleshot_ 14d ago
Sure, but the Waymo is taking intrusive video of much more than the inside of the car. And unlike a mast-mounted camera, it can be sent almost anywhere at almost any time.
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by singleshot_ 15d ago
> If you have never actually _______, please just stop trying to confidently assert things about this subject. If this site had a slogan, I think you just guessed it
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by singleshot_ 15d ago
Well, you probably haven’t asked anyone who knows. The government doesn’t have a compelling interest. Banning it wouldn’t be narrowly targeted.
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by singleshot_ 16d ago
People with morals are narcissists and Peter Thiel is humble. Well, that’s a point of view, I guess.
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by singleshot_ 21d ago
Do the prosecutors where you live have a hard time getting jury trials?
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by singleshot_ 21d ago
> leads to too much stress and anxiety in otherwise healthy people to think about controlling their glucose The idea that a healthy person who thinks about sugar becomes anxious seems less than completely hinged. I’m not sure you’re desc
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by singleshot_ 22d ago
The TCO of a slim Jim is less than the TCO of a steak dinner, too.
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by singleshot_ 22d ago
Do you think the prosecuting attorney has a substantial likelihood of a conviction?
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by singleshot_ 24d ago
What does mlb require a smartphone for?
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by singleshot_ 24d ago
I’d prefer not to.
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by singleshot_ 24d ago
Is it illegal for an interviewer to know what university you attended? I better change my resume.
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by singleshot_ 27d ago
Very interesting that the Christmas Disk still has not been released.
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by singleshot_ 1mo ago
“See that thing? It’s watching you” vs. some complicated story about room 641a… I agree, it makes a degree of sense.
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by singleshot_ 1mo ago
You’ll encounter some very bad news if you do some research on the state of the law as it applies to suing people for defective software. All of the things that you’d like to be able to do to a manufacturer of a car whose steering wheel fal
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by singleshot_ 1mo ago
A great number of things that people in chat rooms “can definitely see” end up sounding awfully ridiculous in court.
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by singleshot_ 1mo ago
Given that the politicians are making a billion dollars on crypto scams, being gifted multimillion-dollar airplanes, and recipients of gold crowns, I’ll eat whatever I want regardless of who is elected. The truth is that if we weren’t burde
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
no one is talking about a Terry stop except you. “Might” is not probable cause.
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
I think it's just something that Jack Welch at GE said so many times while making so much money that people started to believe it / wanted it to be true. I'd be happy to hear other stories about why this nonsense arose.
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
Generally speaking, there are two fiduciary duties of the officer: do not usurp corporate opportunities and do not act without information. Your second question is not relevant because you do not have to be the majority shareholder to initi
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
I dunno. If I woke up on a battlefield the first thing I’d probably do is poke my head up to figure out what’s going on and doubtless, I’d be immediately killed. Americas Army was the most intuitive game I ever played.
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
No, not all code is constitutionally protected free speech. Generally speaking, code can be considered speech, but it can also be considered defamation, a munition that could not be exported, a dangerous device that a convicted person could
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
> The latter is legitimate, isn't it? No, arresting people for crimes they haven’t committed is horrifying and bizarre.
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by singleshot_ 2mo ago
> This is why restrictive zoning rules are very bad. Of course, one reason that they are very good is so that you can avoid living in hell. It's a balance.

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