westicle

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by westicle 13y ago
Yeah, well maybe the people in MY state are OK, but those bastards one state over are fair game. And don't get me started about the neighbours across the road. Their tribe has no rights in my book.
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by westicle 13y ago
Very surprised those start-ups don't flick the proposed acquisition terms to one or more competitors of the acquirer and ask them to make an offer. Even a low-ball is better than a liquidation.
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by westicle 13y ago
I hope you're asking this ironically.
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by westicle 13y ago
In regards to point 6, how do you figure? I don't have that right, ergo it must not be inalienable. I might as well say it is an inalienable right to possess pipe bombs and molotov cocktails. At least those things are easily obtainable
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by westicle 13y ago
In case you think "these people" have an (unstated?) agenda to push, perhaps I can share my point of view... You'll note that I'm not Singaporean nor have I ever posted anything relating to Singapore on HN. I have visited Singapore several
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by westicle 13y ago
A corporate entity is simply a registered company. I have several corporate entities, which I would describe as "typical" corporations. I would have no strong feelings one way or another about using such a service. You might be thinking abo
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by westicle 13y ago
Why exactly do you want to fight them?
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by westicle 13y ago
If those are actually the facts of this case, sounds to me like he just has a terrible lawyer. For what it's worth I'm not a lawyer in Massachusetts. However in most jurisdictions I'm familiar with it would NOT be a difficult or expensive t
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by westicle 13y ago
No problems. Lots of other great content on her blog too, but this is the first update in a couple of years I think. I figure knowing more about depression (or sharing someone else's experience of it) might be interesting and/or useful to o
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Depression Part Two(hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au)
977 points by westicle 13y ago|240 comments
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by westicle 13y ago
Not sure I understand your point here... Are you suggesting that on a national scale things would have turned out for the better if Japanese Americans started shooting anyone who tried to intern them? Or if Black Panthers started shooting c
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by westicle 14y ago
In many jurisdictions an engagement ring is considered a conditional gift (conditional upon her agreement to marry you). This is logical. Otherwise why not string along as many man as possible to the point of proposal, then thank them for t
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by westicle 14y ago
Could you please expand on the type and method of the mental exercises? I'm interested in what worked for you... are you able to describe how someone else could undertake those exercises?
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by westicle 14y ago
By design, Watsi will never "make a dollar". As it is operated by a not-for-profit company, never making a dollar is part and parcel of its purpose. Hopefully it also helps many people in the process.
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by westicle 14y ago
It's amazing how similar they are to humans in many respects.
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by westicle 14y ago
In Australia Volvo drivers are stereotyped as terrible, unaware drivers (possibly due to the tank-like nature of early-model Volvos). So much so that the phrase "Bloody Volvo driver" is a commonly understood phrase. And now Volvo itself doe
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No, you're not entitled to your opinion (2012)(theconversation.edu.au)
2 points by westicle 14y ago|1 comments
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by westicle 14y ago
Don't be an apologist for solar-parasites.
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Australian ISP to throttle peer-to-peer networks(theage.com.au)
3 points by westicle 14y ago|0 comments
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by westicle 14y ago
It isn't just "a bit Crocodile Dundee" - it is a genuine and persisting phenomenon (which happened to be mentioned in Crocodile Dundee). Indigenous Australians to this day have very different beliefs about photography and filmography than m
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by westicle 14y ago
This seems like a strange question to a foreigner like me. Presumably there are fast food restaurants and menial jobs in New York City. Ergo there are people living on minimum wage in the city, or near enough to commute. Therefore, provided
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by westicle 14y ago
I'm not sure why you characterise this as a straw man argument. GP post suggests that investing in viruses is unethical on a similar scale to investing in deceptive crapware installers. You drew a separate distinction between those scenario
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by westicle 14y ago
If my startup was selling a product which was so successful I couldn't afford that product myself, it would be a good problem to have. I don't understand this article. Either Bolivian farmers want to sell their products for the best price t
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by westicle 14y ago
This might be too extreme, but what about forcing the prosecution to put some skin in the game where it comes to predicting the eventual outcome of the case? In civil matters parties have the option of making a "Calderbank Offer", in which
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by westicle 14y ago
For a (hopefully) fictional example of how this could already be happening without our knowledge, check out the film "The Joneses". Pretty entertaining film too.
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by westicle 14y ago
Just noticing the black "armband" worn by hn today. Many tributes for this impressive man.
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by westicle 14y ago
For the uninitiated: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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by westicle 14y ago
Humour those of us who were busy doing Christmas-related things and missed this one. I found it interesting. I expect the next move from those beholden to the major studios will be to lobby for tougher legislation - SOPA-style. It is import
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by westicle 14y ago
Roald Dahl came up with this idea decades ago. For anyone not familiar with his work, I highly recommend his collection of short stories titled "The great automatic grammatizator". The major plot of the eponymous story is about a hacker who
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by westicle 14y ago
Nobody said it was criminal. But it is most likely negligent. If I rely on his books which presumably have no editorial oversight, he'd better hope I don't suffer a loss as a result.

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