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by valar_m 12y ago
Both this article, and the Washington Post article it links to strongly imply that the Arkansas woman's credit was wrecked as a result of incorrect information about a drug conviction, but none of the three main credit bureaus report c
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by valar_m 12y ago
No, it is a code. It is literally called the United States Code. Criminal laws are laid out in Title 18 of the United States Code. And contributing to the commission of a crime is conspiracy. No, this is incorrect. That is not the legal r
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by valar_m 12y ago
Directly from the article: There is no federal law against building hidden compartments, even if they're made with the sole intent of smuggling drugs. He was charged under federal law. It does not matter what California law is.
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by valar_m 12y ago
I can't agree that the getaway driver scenario is analogous. The difference is attenuation from the illegal act. The getaway drive directly took part in the illegal act itself. Here, Anaya never saw or touched drugs. He had no hand in
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by valar_m 12y ago
However, what he did is against the law - building compartments for drugs. Do you have a cite for that? I'll just tell you. You are mistaken. Building compartments for drugs is not illegal. This fact is not in dispute. That he was se
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by valar_m 12y ago
But when you have a personal relationship with clients who make it pretty obvious that they're engaged in criminal activity, you absolutely have an obligation to stop assisting. This needs a citation for your argument to hold water.
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by valar_m 12y ago
Two years ago, I spent eight weeks teaching high school students about the legal system through a juvenile diversionary program called Street Law. One would think that this would be prime time for what you described, what with me being esse
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by valar_m 12y ago
This talking point needs to be squashed immediately: I think that you have right to privacy but that doesn't mean that you have the right to anonymity It almost sounds reasonable, like a compromise of sorts. And that is deeply troubl
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by valar_m 12y ago
Except you're not allowed to go drink beer in the street: access to the main street will be restricted to people with company-issued bracelets Does knowing that alter your opinion? That's not intended as a slight, btw. I'm
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by valar_m 12y ago
You're missing the highly relevant, distinguishing factor: At one end of the spectrum are streets and parks It's the main street of the town, not an open field or fairgrounds.
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by valar_m 12y ago
I'd like to see a First Amendment challenge to this. From the article: > [A]ccess to the main street will be restricted to people with company-issued bracelets Justice White, for the Court: In places which, by long tradition or b
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by valar_m 12y ago
SSL, private boards, and some kind of assurance that what we're drawing truly is being erased. Add that, and we'll pay you money to let us use it. I suspect other companies will, too.
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by valar_m 12y ago
Tic-tac-toe over the internet is actually pretty fun.
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by valar_m 12y ago
Title feels like a pretty obvious attempt to suggest that Basecamp is insecure. Along with this clear attempt at scaremongering: Can't overestimate this stuff in times like these... And I'm sure that GoSi -- created within an ho
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by valar_m 12y ago
Not a dumb question. Responsive design is a modern web development technique for building sites that adapt to the screen on which they are being viewed. The idea is to provide a good user experience on mobile, desktop, and tablet with only
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by valar_m 12y ago
I'm having trouble conceptualizing the idea of being unable to remember anything before the age of 24. Can you expand on that? For example, I can recall my time in high school and college -- both generally and specific events -- rather
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by valar_m 12y ago
>Is it legal to commit a felony to catch a felon? Happens all the time. For example: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/fbi-busted-child-porn-...
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by valar_m 12y ago
You should redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.
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by valar_m 12y ago
This would annoy me to no end if it impacted me to any degree. Another annoying feature (new, I think) is auto zooming new tabs/windows I open if I had been zoomed in on the previous page. It doesn't seem like it can be turned off
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by valar_m 12y ago
I actually hope the trolls win.[0] I believe that the current state of IP law does far more to stifle innovation than to support it, and I fear that it will only change when sufficient monied interests become inclined to support a change. P
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by valar_m 12y ago
Agreed. Now how should we make sure that they are indeed trying to kill American citizens before we punish them?
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by valar_m 12y ago
Executing someone without a trial -- no oversight, no opportunity to defend one's self -- that does less harm to the rule of law than acting in accordance with the principles of due process as set forth in the Constitution?
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by valar_m 13y ago
What do you mean by "heavily subsidized shipping service"?
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by valar_m 13y ago
Bag checks are fairly common, usually occurring at ends of shift or closing. Pat downs are less so, mostly because it's generally not a good idea to require employees to touch each other. Retail internal theft really is a serious probl
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by valar_m 13y ago
At this point 744,408 BTC are missing due to malleability-related theft which went unnoticed for several years. Placing this sentence in bold text seems like an attempt to create panic. It seems unlikely that Mt. Gox would want to do that
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by valar_m 13y ago
Or, perhaps Paypal is a company whose interests aren't well served by the availability of electronic money transfers with little or no transaction costs.
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by valar_m 13y ago
> The fact that he was awarded $1.6M is being glossed over It's being glossed over because it's irrelevant to the discussion. > this was not, in hindsight, a reasonable procedure In hindsight? Are you seriously implying th
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by valar_m 13y ago
> Making an example of these fucks would do nothing It might. Making an example of these fucks might make the next group of fucks think twice.
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by valar_m 13y ago
One solution for police misconduct that I heard recently is to require officers to purchase malpractice insurance[1]. The idea is to incentivize good behavior, as bad actors would pay higher premiums because they're a higher risk (or s
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by valar_m 13y ago
One reason is that it taxes consumption, not income, so the poor and middle class are hit the hardest because they spend a larger percentage of their income on food, clothes, etc.

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