turc1656

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by turc1656 9y ago
Good point about intent. That's something that seems lost on much of the general public. The entire notion of "mens rea" is overlooked by many, yet it is critical. It's what differentiates between different crimes or
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by turc1656 9y ago
This is a great piece. https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=232617 It's written by a disagreeable, cantankerous man, but he used to be the CEO of an ISP in Chicago years ago. He knows what he's talking about.
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by turc1656 9y ago
The theory behind it's lawfulness is that property doesn't have rights. That's why when the property is taken, the cases are named things like "United States v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency" or "State of Texas v
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by turc1656 9y ago
I could be wrong, but I believe bank checks are treated as cash because they are certified by the originating bank. They aren't like a regular check. They are considered to be a cash equivalent because it was issued by a licensed ban
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by turc1656 9y ago
I think the link was updated. There is more information than was previously available. It includes more details now. Either way, my statement still stands. Whether or not it would have made a difference in this particular instance isn&#
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by turc1656 9y ago
Totally understandable. And it's a sad state of affairs when that's something an average citizen has to worry about when you're talking about legally obtained and owned money. Have you thought about a bank check? Pretty muc
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by turc1656 9y ago
This is a prime example of why you never answer questions like this from police. Give them nothing and they have nothing to twist against you. In a rigged system, the best option is to not play whenever possible.
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by turc1656 9y ago
Yes, it's highly unusual. Doesn't mean that every time someone does something that others don't understand the cops should step in and take their property in what is essentially legalized armed robbery. What if you were goin
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by turc1656 9y ago
Civil Asset Forfeiture has nothing to do with Trump. This outright theft of money and other assets during traffic stops has been going on for years. It was originally enacted to help deal with gangs and drug dealers who tend not to use ba
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by turc1656 9y ago
I disagree. I am working on something right now at my employer where we are taking spreadsheets that have been used for quite a long time (and were created fairly quickly) and they are converting all the business logic to code. Each workb
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by turc1656 9y ago
Yes. I use Excel every day and while there are some serious cons (like a large data sets eating up tons of memory, crashing as a result, etc.) it is still an extraordinarily powerful tool. It is also extremely intuitive for the basic user
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by turc1656 9y ago
I've taken several days to consider your comment. I believe you are largely correct after giving it some thorough thought. Workers should receive additional compensation for increased productivity. Obviously, they would not receive
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by turc1656 9y ago
"ERROR: Task completed successfully"
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by turc1656 9y ago
I get where you are coming from. And generally I would agree with you. But for something like this, what was considered was, as far as I can tell, something that would violate international law and/or possibly be considered a war cri
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by turc1656 9y ago
Normally, this is the sort of Alex Jones stuff that I would roll my eyes at dismissively, but given the language is plain in the declassified documents, it seems very clear to me that the US at least considered the possibility of a false fl
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by turc1656 9y ago
If the employee knows that at the time the offer is made, then why would they accept it? Because it actually is the prevailing market rate for their role and they know that. Also, let's not forget that there is always a large risk whe
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by turc1656 9y ago
I fully believe that the asymmetry that exists is due nearly entirely to government. It's hard to have big business without big government. And many of the regulations and barriers to entry are created at the hands of government. I
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by turc1656 9y ago
Maybe not. I have no idea. I'm not in the field. I'm probably confusing it with another DB role.
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by turc1656 9y ago
I did mention a pay ethic and you even quoted it - "...basic common sense when it comes to employee compensation and morale." I also indicated that if the OP didn't feel they were being fairly compensated they should have
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by turc1656 9y ago
And? That's true of a lot of people, including myself. Do you think that's a new thing? As if not being a productive member of society leading to poverty is this evil new capitalistic creation? Or that pursuing your own ideas
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by turc1656 9y ago
I'm not surprised. There are a lot of jobs outside of the main metro areas that don't pay that much. They could be, for example, a DB admin for a non-tech company where their priority is not IT because IT is viewed as a cost cen
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by turc1656 9y ago
I'm not sure how someone can just graduate and yet have meaningful experience in the field. Seems like only a very, very select few people can every really say that. Also, it's not clear if you and your father have degrees in th
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by turc1656 9y ago
I imagine what dionidium is getting at is the lack of good, reasonable cause to either not show up or be late. For example, I'm fortunate enough to have a high paying job in the finance industry and our office/company is pretty l
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by turc1656 9y ago
You think this is bad? Apple has a design patent on a rectangular display device with rounded corners. http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1701443/USD670286S1.pdf As if any self respecting engineer would design a d
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by turc1656 9y ago
Yeah but in PayPal's case, they were all MasterCard numbers. And keep in mind that since one of the primary uses was to be able to Pay secretly with PayPal on a site that doesn't support it, the number would have to validate thro
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by turc1656 9y ago
Paypal used to have this feature that allowed you to install a browser add-on and you could generate a CC number on the fly that was good for either one time use or recurring use (for subscription services). This feature served two primary
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by turc1656 9y ago
What you're referring to were societal/cultural issues and artificial limitations to education. I'm referring purely to the quality of higher education for the price that was paid. Accounting for inflation, in real terms the
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by turc1656 9y ago
I agree that universities are not going to tighten the purse strings unless they have no choice. The cause, as you mention, is the feds throwing money at the education system. Therefore, the only logical solution is to remove that. You s
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by turc1656 9y ago
"If we didn't prevent it, then you'd be stupid to not go to college take out $120k in loans and then declare bankruptcy at 22 prior to taking a job" Yeah, but that's exactly why no one would ever lend that amount
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by turc1656 9y ago
This is dumb. A hash? That's only going to deter the most incompetent internet users when it comes to a file type that is subject to alteration without losing it's information value (pictures, video, music, etc.). All someone ha

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