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by steveeq1 10y ago
Actually, the vast majority of cases where people sued over hot coffee that was as hot or even hotter than the liebeck case are dismissed as "frivolous". The liebeck verdict was more of the exception, rather than the rule. Source
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Also be sure to explore "the other side" after watching that movie: http://www.hotcoffeetruth.com/ I agree there was a lot of bad reporting on this case, and there are a lot of misconceptions about the case, but I
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by steveeq1 10y ago
The other side's point of view: http://www.hotcoffeetruth.com/
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by steveeq1 10y ago
That was 700 complaints out of 171 BILLION customers over the course of 10 years. This is statistically nothing.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Actually, the vast majority of cases where people sued over hot coffee that was as hot or even hotter than the liebeck case are dismissed as "frivolous". The liebeck verdict was more of the exception, rather than the rule. Source
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Some of them. But I would image the great bulk of them are incarcerated because they committed crimes.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
I think culture also plays a role in explaining crime stats, not just poverty. Low income asian areas experience far fewer crime levels than corresponding low income black areas.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Curious. Do you use vim? Does this affect the way you use the navigation keys (h j k l)? Do you remap the keyboard differently for navigation?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Ok, wait. I am somewhat confused by this article. It is from my (non-lawyer) understanding that intellectual property ownership generally default to the creator. This happens even in "independent contractor" type of relationships,
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source?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
> Then, to cut costs, McDonalds raised the temperature of their coffee without telling people what it could do. How does raising the temperature of coffee cut costs?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Hot Coffee lawsuits constantly come up in the US court system at temperatures that were as hot or hotter than the coffee in the Liebeck case, and they almost always gets thrown out as frivolous (source: https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by steveeq1 10y ago
I don't understand. What does "hug of death" mean?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Do you mean "Dream Machines"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Lib/Dream_Machines Alan kay listed this on his list of good books: http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books&#x2F
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by steveeq1 10y ago
or legal tactics.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
What does "binom" mean? Is that a typo? I tried looking it up online, but don't see anything.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Arrggh, I got all excited because I thought they were talking about "Helm for emacs"
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Yeah, i agree. Why can't I downvote this article? HN only allows upvotes for articles?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
There's a GREAT book that discusses this phenomenon called "Society of Mind": https://www.amazon.com/Society-Mind-Marvin-Minsky/dp/0671657... Every HN'er should read it. Basically, we have all
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by steveeq1 10y ago
> And see how the republican base and party reacted. They reacted the exact same way any political party would react against their opponent. > Or the country didn't feel it could express its racism until Trump gave it a bullhorn
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Well, me and my friends have different experiences then.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Ok, non-white writing here. I've never been stopped and frisked and neither have most of my non-white friends. And it certainly doesn't happen "all the time", at least to me in my part of town. Although anecdotal, admitt
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by steveeq1 10y ago
> Tonight a large portion of the country confirmed that the US is for whites. Well, we elected a black man as a president for two terms in a row, so the country may not be as racist as people perceive.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
Not available in electronic format, unfortunately. It's very well illustrated though. I read it, twice in fact, and can vouch it is a very, very good book. It's basically a collection of charlie munger's speeches and writings
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Are you black? Do you suspect racism?
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by steveeq1 10y ago
One can always type Ctrl-C or Ctrl-] . Also, remapping ESC to CapsLock is also possible and even preferable to some people.
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by steveeq1 10y ago
I've actually asked people about this, and the prevailing attitude is "it puts lives in danger" or "sacrifices national security". While I don't agree with those opinions , the opposing viewpoint seems to view
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All lives matter.
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Yes, and what percentage of those killings are actually justified? The police have an inherently dangerous profession.
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Yes, and this is a good thing for everyone involved.

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