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by slackson 13y ago
Wasn't the data the guy was blackmailing him with the information on sellers on the site? Between 100+ people getting 5+ year jail sentences (arbitrary numbers here) and two people dying, the later might seem more acceptable to a stron
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by slackson 14y ago
I'd like to have hope that this is not a long-term trend, that these counterproductive lawsuits will soon awaken politicians to the need to reform patent and copyright law to a form that encourages innovation and creation. I'm not sure if t
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by slackson 14y ago
I imagine it would be quite difficult to have working multiplayer relativistic mechanics. So far, I can only see single player mechanics working, which would restrict the appeal of such a game.
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by slackson 14y ago
They do this for New Zealand school students. A truck with a dental clinic inside it comes to the school and everyone gets a check-up.
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by slackson 14y ago
It also depends on the circumstances, though. And I've found the problem with gym memberships is that it adds a small obstacle to keeping up exercise habits if you're moving around as often as this guy, and that can make a significant diffe
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by slackson 14y ago
Democracy's pretty cool, I agree, but the stagnation is problematic. It might be better than anything else that's been tried, but that doesn't mean as much when not much else has been tried for quite a while.
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by slackson 14y ago
There are other factors involved. There's really easy migration to Australia which has a stronger economy, it's common for people to have other passports so it's easier to move elsewhere because of that too, there's less of a belief that we
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by slackson 14y ago
If people are willing to accept an increased risk of dying for a dollar value, that means they don't value their life infinitely. If they did, no amount of money would be worth an overall increased chance of dying.
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by slackson 15y ago
A large part of learning how to lucid dream is learning what clues there are that you might be dreaming, and making it a habit to check whether or not you're dreaming. I think the idea when it comes to avoiding the biases is learning to ide
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by slackson 15y ago
I don't like the tone of this sort of piece. The capitalizations and bolding, the oversimplified assertions of "caveman brain" and "rational brain". It probably has valid advice, but it rings quackery alarms.