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by throwaway19937 5y ago
They aren't all junkies but 68% ( https://regionalhomelesssystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0... ) of Seattle homeless self-identified as having a substance problem.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
> That's the reason you've lost empathy for them, because they are humans who have to shit and are denied access to toilets? Nope, I lost empathy because in Seattle the homeless are exempt from prosecution and commit crimes wit
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
The baby isn't (yet) a violent habitually offending addict like Travis Berge or Francisco Calderon.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Many social problems in west coast cities are self-inflicted but there's also the 9th circuit's Martin v. Boise decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_v._Boise ). It prevents criminalizing public campi
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
You're the one arguing for a change to the status quo, the burden of proof is on you.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
One issue that CLAs solve is the problem of copyright termination after the death of the author; see ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/203 ). DannyBee is an open source lawyer, his comment ( https:&#
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166 ) is an example of well-received humor; it's one of the top rated comments.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Many social problems in west coast cities are self-inflicted but there's also the 9th circuit's Martin v. Boise decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_v._Boise); it prevents criminalizing public campi
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Android is a low-quality platform with limited security updates, multiple app stores, preinstalled crapware, and other debris. I chose an iPhone so I wouldn't have to deal with these issues.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
> Do you want our future determined by a few well-informed, rational people? Or do you want it determined by an ignorant, short-sighted mass? An elite in practice means that we're stuck with irrational beliefs such as Lysenkoism. De
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Things can always get worse. Consider what would happen if brokers disappear and your application is rejected by an AI from a company that most landlords use.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Here are some of the weird things I did in college. I bought a military surplus flamethrower, called the CIA on a dare, and performed standup comedy.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
> How are they different? Honest question. The security of the Linux kernel affects millions of people. Submitting fake papers to omphaloskeptic social science journals affects thousands at most.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
You can turn on the showdead option to see flagged posts.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
To quote Sam Kinison, "It's like Christians against Christ."
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
AFAIK there aren't specific guidelines but posts like the grandparent are normally moderated down. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166 ) is an example of well-received humor; it's one of the top rated pos
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
I don't think that would matter; you'd have to ask a software licensing lawyer for a definitive answer. DannyBee's comment ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18148727 ) gives some other advantages of CLAs.
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by throwaway19937 5y ago
Developer Certificates of Origin don't solve the problem of copyright termination after the death of the author. See ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/203 ). You can attest the origin but your e
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
> The way to make sure you have the right to talk about people being gay is to fight for those rights by throwing bricks at cop cars, not to trust a bunch of think tanks who say they value the abstract ideal of free speech. If there&#x27
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
> How come other professions like Law and Medicine were able to make huge progress overcoming similar problems while tech continues to lag behind? There were class action lawsuits that required law firms, law schools, medical schools, an
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
Kim Elsesser's book Sex and the Office: Women, Men, and the Sex Partition That's Dividing the Workplace has some concrete advice on this topic.
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
> Why would this guy give up real money to defend them? Dr. Gebru has a lot of support among the professor's peers in AI ethics; accepting the award would paint a target on his back. Edited for clarity.
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
There's plenty of blame to go around. The EU started negotiating later and signed a contract with fewer remedies than the UK ( https://www.politico.eu/article/the-key-differences-between-... ). It's not at all
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
The Israelis paid more[1] and placed orders earlier than the EU; it's not surprising their orders are higher priority. [1] ( https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-be-paying-avera... )
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
According to ( https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/world/europe/europe-vacci... ) the US spent at least 3x (10 billion) as the EU (3.2 billion).
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
I didn't flag this story but it doesn't gratify one's intellectual curiosity ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ). The author wrote a tweet that upset one of her employer's clients - there&
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
( https://pando.com/2014/02/12/war-nerd-the-long-sleazy-histor... ) argues that the slogan is derived from a British army recruiting pitch for cannon fodder.
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
> I'm always amazed that in the land of the brave and free butchering general purpose computing machines is supposed to be justified by the fact grandma doesn't install the wrong apps. If you want a low-quality platform with li
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
Jokes are usually supposed to be funny. Your response is at best antipathetic; support technicians aren’t going to go out of their way to help you. Was your goal to rant or solve your problem? If it was the latter then you may want to use a
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by throwaway19937 6y ago
Gab's policies are their business; my goal was to provide examples of such content on Parler.

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