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by travisp 11y ago
It's worth noting that civil forfeiture doesn't just apply to cash. It can be (and has been) used against bank accounts or pretty much any property you can own. For example, here's a case where the government tried to seize $
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by travisp 11y ago
On the other hand, many of us don't really care about 4K -- there's no benefit unless you sit somewhere less than about 6 feet away (which is not normal for most homes). Most people will not notice a difference between 4k and 1080
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by travisp 11y ago
This is very variable across Europe (of course that could be an issue on its own). The Heritage Foundation's Economic Freedom indexes consistently place some European countries higher than the US (e.g. Switzerland and Denmark rank high
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by travisp 11y ago
>Uh, are you saying that Standard Oil should have made business decisions based on what was good for their competitors? This starts to get into collusion. This is exactly what some critics of antitrust law say happens: > Under the Ant
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by travisp 11y ago
>A common example is jobs where 80% of the time they just need someone there, and then someone does piecework at the same time. EX: A night watchman who's also writting essays. But in this case, when a driver takes a Lyft passenger
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by travisp 12y ago
Most likely you could cancel or return for a refund.
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by travisp 12y ago
Several US news outlets did, the biggest being the WSJ: http://www.wsj.com/articles/charlie-hebdo-puts-muhammad-on-c... http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/01/12/
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by travisp 12y ago
This must depend on the city or your typical usage. I'm not a daily Uber user here in NYC (I commute by subway as most sane people do), but I'm not an infrequent user either (particularly on weekends or evenings with my family). I
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by travisp 12y ago
If you believe Gordon Crovitz (granted, his view is controversial), the average person commits three felonies a day: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/28/three-felonies-a-day-say...
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by travisp 12y ago
If we're all going to post about vote conspiracies, maybe let's hypothesize that it was pushed by Lyft PR.
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by travisp 12y ago
You are correct that they are usually taxed like capital gains (up to 23.8% currently), but stock buybacks allow deferment of these taxes, which is usually better. If you hold the stock until you die and don't reach estate tax levels,
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by travisp 12y ago
It's certainly possible, but it's unlikely. The Lyft driver's own assets are likely small, and most lawyers suing the driver would rather settle for an amount within the $1 million insurance policy, rather than risk getting n
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by travisp 12y ago
>Who knows when The Eye will glare your way? It seems like arbitrary application of political power in this way is more likely to increase political lobbying dollars than anything (make The Eye glare a different way or get your competito
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by travisp 12y ago
It's worth noting that other things sold include "firearms; stolen credit card data and personal identification information; counterfeit currency; fake passports and other identification documents". A number of the sites didn
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by travisp 12y ago
I'm sorry that I missed that phrase. I don't have experience going to/from the one of three NY area airports that has flat taxi fares because I live in Brooklyn, not Manhattan (and Brooklyn applies to the analysis of Uber in
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by travisp 12y ago
The flat fare is only from JFK to Manhattan(source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rate.shtm... ), not to JFK, or to/from LGA, and not to the other boroughs. UberX also comes to m
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by travisp 12y ago
While I understand your concern, it doesn't seem like they are actually sending the sound back across the network, which makes it substantially safer than things like Dropcam, which many people have installed and running in their homes
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by travisp 12y ago
Lack of iron is a serious problem, but many people (particularly men) may have too much (even if they don't have hemochromatosis). Iron depletion has been hypothesized as the reason that blood donation may be good for your heart, alt
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by travisp 12y ago
I think it's a nice concept and don't have any problems with it (in fact, it looks quite nice), but I do wonder what distinguishes these various services. Here in NYC, there are several "Uber for" maid/massage/
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by travisp 12y ago
There are a number of studies that suggest that the antioxidants (Vitamin C and E) very well might harm you -- supplementing with them may reduce or prevent the benefits of exercise: http://www.pnas.org/content/106&#x2F
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by travisp 12y ago
It's true that large firms and NPEs hold the patents and can better enforce their patents, but "patent trolls" (aka patent license companies that specialize in holding and enforcing patent rights as a business model) can be i
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by travisp 12y ago
blackout blinds or curtains and blue-light filtering glasses
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by travisp 12y ago
I don't know if that's quite fair. Infeasible to guess urls do have a level of security that's significantly higher than implied by "Remove privacy settings - allow anyone to download". Yes, someone could shoulder s
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by travisp 12y ago
> You can't not lose weight if you burn more calories than you eat. True. However, you can eat less and not lose weight, or eat more and not gain weight, because while Calories Consumed = Calories Stored + Calories Expended, by the
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by travisp 12y ago
Like it or not, neither modern media nor the MPAA introduced this usage of piracy. It has been around and part of legal discussion about intellectual property since the 1800s: "I know patentees are much troubled with piracies upon thei
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by travisp 12y ago
Yes. Prior art still invalidates patents under first to file. Actually, the system is harder now in some ways (and easier in others) because it's closer to "first to publish" than other "first to file" systems: >
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by travisp 12y ago
>Starbucks coffee is not served anywhere near that hot. True, it's usually not, although it's considered a "hack" to get better coffee to ask for hotter coffee from Starbucks (so that your drink stays warm in the cold
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by travisp 12y ago
I live relatively close to Best Buy (I just have to walk a block), but even then, unless I really need something immediately, I'd rather wait 2 days than go into the store, wait in line, and deal with their reluctant customer service.
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by travisp 12y ago
It's worth noting that in this context as far as I can tell, Uber's drivers and cars were regulated and licensed . They are allowed to drive limos for hire, but the law requires them to return to their place of business after a
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by travisp 13y ago
Road debris causing damage, to the underbelly or elsewhere is not uncommon (heck, drivers even have to worry about road debris going through the windshield and impaling them, let alone dangerous damage through the underbelly). I would not h

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