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syshum
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> libertarian orthodoxy got us into this mess. What? What@@!@ Hardly, people not listening to the warning of libertarians got us into this mess. Libertarians have been very accurate to the consequences of government largess, and at ev
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5y ago
Canada's actions to suppress their citizens speech by using the financial system has driven me back to cash I used to be the same way as you, but cards became more convenient so I slowly moved away.. I now have a cash supply.
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If they can take a 2 year vacation and the company is operating fine then their roles should be eliminated because they do not serve any function to the company A Company is not a charity, people are not kept on payroll just because
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5y ago
Why do you believe that, the NSA had access to Cisco PIX systems for years and it was only disclosed once those systems started to be replaced with ASA and other newer hardware. I dont believe the NSA, CIA or even the FBI really have any a
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The problem here is you state clearly that a "clean bill" would be impossible yet you want to argue the issue like a clean bill was possible. Sorry reality does not work that way, any attempts to change the law would have massive
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5y ago
hmm FISA, Gag orders, National Secrecy laws, etc all exist in US law, so tell me again how they are different? Also, as an American Citizen, who has more power to put me the individual in a cage, the FSB or NSA?
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5y ago
The problem with that is often times "codifying" things with government regulations ends with several orders of magnitude of unintended consequences that often do not improve the lives of the people you are targeting while at the
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I have had many names over the years... I tend to shred them every 2 years or so, this one has lasted longer than normal, and I am close to shredding it just lazy.. I dont think I will ever change that, and keep a fake name very long, and
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5y ago
Which is also how the vast majority of companies in the US, even in At Will states, do it as well with rare exceptions Mass layoffs often are treated differently but then they come under different laws as well. but a normal single employee
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5y ago
This is a huge problem we have in many area's of society. Cult of personality has taken over more than just entertainment, but Academia , Research, and now it seems InfoSec That is not a good thing
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This is why anonymity is important. Having grew up in the 80's getting internet in the 90's, using "real names" online was unthinkable.
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Just need to train your brain to get that dopamine hit from the down votes... Let their anger and displeasure fuel your happiness :) Hmm I wonder if that is healthy....
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ahh yes, the classic "we investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong" Sorry if I do not trust their investigation
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5y ago
Congress is privy to inside information that impacts the market via several mechanism including private briefings for upcoming policy changes, or knowing about laws that will be passed before the actual votes Congress should be investigate
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5y ago
not a lawyer, but inaction should never be criminalized.
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while I agree, the cousin / close friend is pretty stupid as well unless you are making minor moves. That would be easily discovered as well However I agree with the principle that it easy to do if you have any level of intelligence (
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5y ago
if you are in the position of knowing secret data of a publicly traded company, and you are uncomfortable with the position of possibly losing money because you can not act on the secret data, I would suggest you not hold stock for compani
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and no GPL... which google is very hostile to GPL so that alone would be a reason to replace Linux Personally I think they have grander visions than just Android.
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I know many Angular 1 devs that would disagree, and who moved away from Angular all together do to the changes with Angular 2 to them, google killed Angular.
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When they double the price, in a single year, with no real spec increase, and no other justification other than profits yes that it killing it
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5y ago
The Nexus 6P has the same spec's as the FlagShip Pixel for 1/2 the price
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I wish MS would actually kill InfoPath... not they keep in this is quasi life support mode that is broken 50% of the time but still listed as "supported" with a 2013 client that breaks all the flippen time.. The official death dat
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No... Sorry just no Nexus line was an Affordable/ value reference implantation of Android Pixel is an overpriced atrocity marketing platform for Google. Pixel IS NOT a replacement for Nexus
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There is a litany of complaints I have with Teams... However Teams has no more or less QA and other problems than ever other MS product I use... I dont know if that is good or bad but ......
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Right I will build for iOS.... ohh wait.... Ok that is out... so what is the other platform?
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We already have the answer. We do not really need new laws, or regulation We need enforcement of contract law (and maybe a prohibition on binding arbitration which would be a new law) However today these "Terms of service" are not
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Now, that was not always the case. Hollywood was changing in the 90's but it was very mixed then, more balanced. that was a time where Congress was holding hearings on Violence in Video Games, and wanting to ban pornography and other
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Libertarians where too focused on Right Authoritarians we got flanked by Left Authoritarians and never saw it coming, the problem now is too many liberty minded people are see the Right Authoritarians as allies to the cause of liberty makin
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Why is it reasonable to expect people to live alone. I would think people would desire people to have roommate for environmental and other reasons?
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I commend you for actually defining a "living wage"... using your standard, against the current average 1 bedroom apt rent in my area, factoring housing as 1/3 of the budget. I come at $11.00-11.75 as minimum wage for my ar
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