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by thesagan 10y ago
Wouldn't they be trespassing if it's without permission?
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by thesagan 10y ago
Ya. I'll also add there's a lot to be learned from embracing and observing your own 'loserdom' for a while. Entitlement begets its own correction.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Can't edit my original comment – sorry about the 'I love you', that's a bit over the top. I might've had a drink earlier. ;)
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by thesagan 10y ago
If the law stands in isolation. But there are more questions that arise. To whom? For how long? In which way? Etc. etc. The side effects must be investigated because that's largely where we are in the public discourse right now. We&#x2
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by thesagan 10y ago
I love you. :) Seriously, though, your econ mind is on the same track as mine. "Economics" is a pretty broad brush, and it's difficult engaging in meaningful discussion. You make a great point: The "economic system"
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by thesagan 10y ago
Paid with a smile. It's good software, I reward good software (if I can) as a point of principle.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Marx's contributions to sociology are definitely relevant today, even if they're not in vogue. Even if they're wrong. This is human behavior we're talking about, and people have memories that they act upon.
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by thesagan 10y ago
You're right, it's a larger question of validity in these nuances. I knew I'd get in trouble saying "101", but I hope people will read that in a sympathetic light. (Ha!)
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by thesagan 10y ago
Please accept my apologies: I'm taking a Mary Poppins approach by "not explaining anything." We're all capable of looking for examples that'll confirm our own suspicions; an attempt at confirming or disconfirming wh
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by thesagan 10y ago
Begging the question; economics is not a physical science where you can run A/B tests on an economy and find results. It's a social study, mostly. As someone who studied it for years , institutionally and on my own, I can tell yo
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by thesagan 10y ago
I sent those types on to try other contractors. Not worth it for me to repeat my own [unpaid] history.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Good thing then; that he mimicked what he might otherwise abhor.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Who does the auditing? How is that verified to be not rigged if there are claims that the election was? Why are audits less corrupt than administering an election? Is it easier to add or subtract votes one way or the other in a recount or a
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by thesagan 10y ago
It doesn't load if I use google's DNS. My ISP's DNS, which is Comcast, is ok. (I did flush my DNS cache, etc.)
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Senators Want FCC to Crack Down on ‘Harmful Zero-Rating Offerings’(morningconsult.com)
86 points by thesagan 10y ago|37 comments
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by thesagan 10y ago
I think there may be growing pressure to game Hacker News. I've been seeing (anecdotally) increasing odd activity in early morning hours (EST) linked with some funny account activity, etc. Seems most potential spam gets caught and flag
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by thesagan 10y ago
Competition for attention among personal relationships seems to be growing thing in my life. Makes me a bit resentful sometimes. It's been especially harsh these past weeks.
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by thesagan 10y ago
That's definitely a BIG part of it from what I'm seeing in my rustbelt state.
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by thesagan 10y ago
It's very intense here in Michigan. Personally and via the numbers, and it's definitely the "flyover state" sentiment that did it.
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by thesagan 10y ago
According to old diaries in my family collection, even my german ancestors detested working for the English "lord" in the late 1800s.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Adding to your point: I sense they've taken a tacky and somewhat nannyish "guardian of democracy" approach in their headline selection lately. I like to be told the news, but it felt as if I was being told how I should be vot
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by thesagan 10y ago
This speaks to me. Career curation; making sure it means something. Burnouts can sometimes afford to be selective in their work. Illness is very expensive.
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by thesagan 10y ago
Same for me, I try not to fear my black dog, my good 'ol friend. Instead I try and take it as a sign that I might have some growing to do, or some grieving to finish, or that some change is needed and that I should start thinking of po
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by thesagan 10y ago
Your last paragraph about the Internet as once-upon-a-time being a place to "hide" is spot-on for me, personally.
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by thesagan 10y ago
I think formal education is a personal vitamin and economic good with inherent diminishing returns, and one that cannot indefinitely require additional years for each societal advancement (since we do not live indefinitely). Perhaps we shou
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by thesagan 10y ago
I really wonder which form the Destructor took in that scenario. The impact object itself?
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by thesagan 10y ago
This oft-quoted piece of advice is starting to sound like "have you found Jesus yet?" to my ears. Yes, yes – we know, we know that's an option worth considering (if feasible).
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by thesagan 10y ago
I agree on the attitude. Further in his article, he gets to the meat: the discovery process. (If you didn't get that far down in the text) Large projects need the discovery/consultation process to help arrive at the estimate so
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by thesagan 10y ago
I guess I'm trying to nail down the point that whatever constitutes the basic "threshold" for voting is also a political argument that would face almost (if not the same) issues within an preparatory system than without. In f
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by thesagan 10y ago
Driving is a routine-type task that's fundamentally different than electing representatives – I don't think those two are analogous at all. I think "preparing voters" would move political pressure into the education syst

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