viscountchocula

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by viscountchocula 4y ago
"College is important - it’s why there is a cost to it." What a strange way to look at it. Elementary, middle and high school is important, no? Roads are important. And parks. And scientific research. So much of our civic infrastr
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
Doing multiple of those things at once. You're watching a movie while one kid is downloading a game and another is watching something else? I'm saying it lets your whole family never have to interact with one another.
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
Here, the Ponzi idea is that early investors in suburban and exurban housing receive generous subsidies to expensive infrastructure beyond what their value can realistically support tax-wise over the long term. Their early, illusory success
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
So what happens when you sell this car or buy one used? Who's on the hook for the subscription?
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
"universally, the domain name always comes first, the business idea comes second" The target audience is people who are too lazy to Google "Vidalia onions" and just go to vidaliaonions.com, I guess?
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
I get why gas isn't green, but why isn't nuclear?
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
The point is that they can easily comply while asking for less pii.
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
The market did figure it out. The status quo is what it settled on.
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
It causes a lot of fraud in the US, too!
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by viscountchocula 4y ago
They accept PayPal for subscription payments (or at least did as of when I was a subscriber). Unsubscribing was as easy as clicking to de-authorize in PayPal.
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by viscountchocula 5y ago
I think you're significantly overestimating the practical ability to opt out of commercial collection. Governmental and commercial collection seem equally non-opt-outable to me.
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by viscountchocula 5y ago
That wouldn't obviate the need for DRM, though, as there would still need to be a way for the content owner to be confident that players register each use. And we sort of have this use-based system now, but with unlimited uses per mont
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by viscountchocula 6y ago
What have you found it helped you to do?
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by viscountchocula 6y ago
Serious question: can the schools just have a required course that's like, walk around campus for an hour with a mask and describe your feelings? Pass/fail, 1 credit.
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Ask HN: Are services like Wonderlic's WonScore reliable?
2 points by viscountchocula 7y ago|0 comments
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by viscountchocula 10y ago
Actual article link: http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neurali...
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by viscountchocula 10y ago
How does this compare to the SITA API? https://www.developer.aero/Flight-Information-API/API-Overvi...
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by viscountchocula 11y ago
>> Should I kill someone if it is the best way to decrease child mortality rates in Africa? >I'd be very surprised if the EA movement has a consensus opinion on this question. Right, but the rest of the world absolutely does h
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by viscountchocula 11y ago
Technically, that's the definition of "the sum of its parts". The others are absolutely intended to have revenue and profits. Fiber already has revenue, and the potential upside on self-driving cars is astronomical. Non-G Alp
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by viscountchocula 11y ago
Sued, yes, but ultimately withdrew. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/07/apfelkind-cafe-...