utternerd

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by utternerd 9y ago
Not that I agree, but Canada has been doing it for years: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/public-safety-and-l...
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Parents Learn How Local Cops Killed Their Son(techdirt.com)
1 points by utternerd 9y ago|0 comments
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by utternerd 9y ago
I don't, you're certainly right and I even questioned myself as I wrote it.
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by utternerd 9y ago
> saying such legislation would be “better from a public safety perspective” According to whom, we the people or a bunch of authoritarians who'd like to be able to access every nook and cranny of our personal lives?
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by utternerd 9y ago
Probably the same as many other professions, why would working for Uber make you more likely to become a criminal over any other lower-end paying job? "What percentage of grocery checkers pursue crime as a means of extra income?"
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Venezuela Seizes G.M. Plant in Latest Blow to Foreign Firms(nytimes.com)
2 points by utternerd 9y ago|0 comments
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by utternerd 9y ago
As a customer, I can tell you we're very, very happy (Singapore SoftLayer, our Asian DC). No upfront capex, I can add or subtract hardware as necessary (I can say the same, they usually take about 2 hours to have it up and configured a
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by utternerd 9y ago
So you're saying I'm indentured to my society? This is sounding increasingly similar to slavery. Using force against someone else to get what you want isn't morally acceptable, and it certainly isn't altruistic; if you d
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by utternerd 9y ago
Slavery, Prohibition, Women being unable to vote, Gays being unable to marry; the list of inequities imposed on others due to democracy, and faith in the State to "do the right thing" is long. The aforementioned aren't small
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by utternerd 9y ago
It's a belief based on historical data and personal experience. The "state" and it's blind followers have one of the highest death tolls attributable to it, that's an objective truth. It's fascinating that so m
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by utternerd 9y ago
The point of that example was showing there is no moral force behind something simply because the vast majority of people agree with it. However, with your argument what choice do I have when it comes to paying Federal or State (where appli
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by utternerd 9y ago
Using the force of the state to further other's goals is something I am entirely against because historically we can see how much damage it's done, calling that stupid isn't constructive.
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by utternerd 9y ago
I can't agree with this, for example just because we "democratically" decide slavery is OK doesn't make it moral, or even acceptable. Yet people seem to act as if something democratically agreed-upon has moral force behi
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by utternerd 9y ago
"Competent bureaucracy" is essentially an oxymoron. "Things" necessary for economic growth are infinitely more efficient when directed by the market, not by forceful removal of my property for "them" to decide
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by utternerd 9y ago
If you prefer more extortion, that's fine; stop pushing it on others. No one is stopping others from voluntarily paying more in taxes if that's your belief, but personally I'm tired of paying for wars, the slaughter of innoce
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The JavaScript phenomenon is a mass psychosis(hackernoon.com)
3 points by utternerd 9y ago|2 comments
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by utternerd 9y ago
Interestingly the coordinates I get in the footer are 33.6751, -117.7339 which is some undeveloped land inside the Orange County Great Park - perhaps what it gives back is based on GeoIP?
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by utternerd 9y ago
Bit flips when your storage is on the line is a Very Bad Thing(TM).
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by utternerd 9y ago
Agreed. I went with a 1700, and clocked it the same as an 1800X, saved $170 for effectively the same performance. The thing is a beast, for really cheap.
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Denmark Proves We Don't Need the FCC(reason.com)
3 points by utternerd 10y ago|1 comments
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by utternerd 10y ago
Yes. Yes, I do.
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by utternerd 10y ago
Completely agree this was a ridiculous article, but it's also what I'd expect from TC.
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by utternerd 10y ago
How about other topics to debate?
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by utternerd 10y ago
All of the above reasons are why I stopped engaging with the aforementioned "natural fallacy" folks long ago. It's painful, and seems to get nowhere regardless of how many facts are throw at them.
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by utternerd 10y ago
Please don't take this as flippant, it's a legitimate query. I keep seeing the call for "more women in technology", however I don't see a similar rally for say, "more men in early education". Most teachers
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by utternerd 10y ago
How would one even make genetically modified salt? The most you could do is to add additional genetically modified compounds to the salt, but salt in and of itself cannot be genetically modified.
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Performance Dashboard for PostgreSQL(github.com)
2 points by utternerd 10y ago|0 comments
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Applicative Protocol Multiplexer(github.com)
1 points by utternerd 10y ago|0 comments
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Sslh – Applicative protocol multiplexer(rutschle.net)
1 points by utternerd 10y ago|0 comments
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by utternerd 10y ago
And thus, death by a thousand cuts. If an entity is getting 20k in tax breaks or "handouts" it's in their best interest to defend that. To the taxpayer however, the $1.78 you're paying (or whatever the minuscule number i

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