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by steve19 11y ago
It's abusive because by law we cannot modify our TIG welders to unlock these features/bypass restrictions.
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by steve19 11y ago
Why is it not considered fraud to advertise the book as being written by Ms. Frank, only to claim another author decades later? They seem to both have their cake and eat it too. I find it especially galling as the co-author died never claim
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by steve19 11y ago
Can someone explain why the artist cannot sue everyone who sampled the track? Seems like plenty of lawyers who would happily take it on given the recent successful lawsuits? [0] Does their limited sampling not constitute copyright infringem
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by steve19 11y ago
The charitable explanation, which this article seems to imply, is that he suddenly discovers how important these programs are and how much is at stake. The less charitable explanation, since it's hard to believe he fundamentally agrees
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by steve19 11y ago
My takeaway from that was a toilet seat makes for an OK headrest if nothing else is available :-)
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by steve19 11y ago
Do you honestly think people are suggesting small cars should be marketed to hunting and dirt bike enthusiasts? European Hunters have as much choice as we have.
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by steve19 11y ago
Easy. Any civilization advanced enough to read microscopic encoded data would be advanced enough to do basic statistical analysis on ASCII encoded English/whatever and work out what it is. The harder part is figuring out how to underst
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by steve19 11y ago
True ultra long term storage with decent storage capacity could prefix each and every binary files with an ASCII text file detailing the file structure on the binary in enough detail that a competent programmer could write a parser. If you
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by steve19 11y ago
What is to stop Facebook buying corn farms in the USA? Nothing except it's not what they know and not as profitable.
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by steve19 11y ago
The cops who work for the cartel [1]? [1] http://time.com/3490853/mexico-massacre-students-police-cart... Edit: Downvoters, I would love to hear why I am wrong. I only know what I read about Mexican law enforcement, no
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by steve19 11y ago
Is this a case them being told it's improving so they perceive it to be doing so?
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by steve19 11y ago
Pulling out a Straw Man, is the last resort of the lazy debater. I never implied correlation or causation. I attacked a repulsive philosophy. I implied the justification of "its for the good of society" in removing/restrictin
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by steve19 11y ago
.... Said every murderous dictator when he decided a certain segment of the population was polluting the gene pool and he no longer wanted to see or hear them. or in other words: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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by steve19 11y ago
At the very least it would undermine the leadership's ability to mould Chinese society (culture, thoughts, values) how they see fit. Have a read of this recent article by the BBC to learn the silly (by our standards) lengths they go to
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by steve19 11y ago
> What counts in life is how many people turn up to see you off. If you judge the value of your life based on other people's opinion of you, you will never be happy. We all do it to a degree, but making it the ultimate goal will onl
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by steve19 11y ago
Reading pop-archaeology online (mainstream articles, not journals), I find they frequently seem to overreach in what can be inferred by some small find or, just as often, what they did not find at some small site. Find one badly preserved j
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by steve19 11y ago
Spoken like someone who has never truly been afraid for his or his family's safety. I am pleased I live in a society where protests are legal, but rioting is not.
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by steve19 11y ago
Thanks for your concern, but I will keep my religion.
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by steve19 11y ago
"We’re pleased to announce that we’ve received cross-signatures from IdenTrust" How is this beneficial for IdenTrust?
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by steve19 11y ago
The American Standard Version is a slightly more modern revision of the KJ and is out of copyright and widely distributed online. The Standard Version and ESV build on it with successively more modern language and are in copyright. Comparis
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by steve19 11y ago
Why so rude? Like the OP I also pleasantly surprised. Not because I am a racist who thinks the Khoisan are stupid, they are not (I have actually met many of them, they are some of the nicest people in the word). I would not have thought any
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Amazon Shutters Hotel-Booking Site After Six Months(bloomberg.com)
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by steve19 11y ago
Just yesterday there was an article on the modern resurgence stoicism on HN. While you see it as sexual freedom, others might see it as just another example of hedonism (which they don't believe is something worth striving for in life)
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by steve19 11y ago
It's supposed to be at least true... VICE frequently fails this test in subjects I am familiar with. For example, I watched thier ISIS documentary on the weekend, it's full of staged battles. But I admire them, they have figured o
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by steve19 11y ago
For all the articles waffling about the possibility of trans-atlantic trade you really need to read far into the article to find the most likely source. tldr .... > Are there any plant sources known to have been available to the Ancient
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by steve19 11y ago
You cannot repossess an education. Most loans are to buy something tangible that can be sold for at least something if the debtor defaults.
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by steve19 11y ago
Samsung has for example been known to detect benchmarks and then over clock the cpu and gpu. That is outright cheating. ://www.extremetech.com/computing/177841-samsungs-latest-android-update-no-longer-cheats-on-benchmark
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by steve19 11y ago
I can't help but think these drug companies are playing a very dangerous game. The last thing they want is regulation, but of they keep this up that's what they will get...
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by steve19 11y ago
Not the OP but I struggle to sympathize with someone who takes that kind of job. I can't think up any other motivation other than greed or addiction to money/power. A friend of mine just turned down an insanely high paying Wall St
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by steve19 11y ago
Where is the best Chinese retailer to buy bikes from?

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