westicle

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by westicle 14y ago
Now this thread has been pg-jacked, I can't help but feel that the submitter's unashamed plug for swig! has severely backfired. No doubt when instacart sorts out the regulatory hurdles involved in alcohol sales they'll have a bunch more sub
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by westicle 14y ago
I upvoted your comment because I agreed with it, but then realised my upvote was for the wrong reasons. On a side note - I think "in good conscience" is the more appropriate phrase in this circumstance.
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by westicle 14y ago
Upvoted for quoting Frank Herbert. So much interesting (sometimes convincing, often troubling) political philosophy in his books. Recommended reading.
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by westicle 14y ago
So very refreshing to see a response to a (self-acknowledged) lack of citation which is helpful and advances the discussion rather than snarky or negative. I very much appreciate the high quality of discourse hn makes possible (despite the
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by westicle 14y ago
If people weren't eating up your "stealing a car" example, I doubt the "violently kidnapping and holding for ransom" example will fare any better. How about this: a young woman has a sick child in a jurisdiction without universal health car
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by westicle 14y ago
Given that people already spend multiples of ten thousand dollars to fly it in greater comfort at "normal" speeds, I suspect there is already a significant market.
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by westicle 14y ago
To be fair, that is for return shipping on two kits (you have to send the kit back to them for testing). That said, hopefully they do some A/B testing on shipping prices next ;)
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by westicle 14y ago
Given that technology is supposed to increase efficiency (meaning fewer can do the work of more) I'm not sure that jobs are a great measure of educational success, or even the ideal goal of education. We've seen the transition from almost a
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by westicle 14y ago
Or for that matter, kilometres per litre.
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by westicle 14y ago
A few hundred dollars spent in conference with a lawyer who specialises in trade mark law will let you know your options. A good investment in my view... in many jurisdictions there are penalties for falsely alleging trade mark infringement
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by westicle 14y ago
For those who haven't seen the film in question, there are some pretty serious spoilers. Perhaps a spoiler tag would be appropriate?
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by westicle 14y ago
I know your comment was facetious, but having completed law school and being a lawyer are not the same thing. If the barista at Starbucks tried to give you legal advice they would likely be breaking the law themselves.
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by westicle 14y ago
The irony is delicious.
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Australian government scraps Internet filter plan(theage.com.au)
1 points by westicle 14y ago|0 comments
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by westicle 14y ago
Maybe I'm showing my hn colours, but I'm surprised by no mention of SOPA/PIPA. I would have thought broad policies which have already been introduced as bills during the last term in office would be more significant to technology than poten
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by westicle 14y ago
An example of where Rap Genius could naturally expand and add value was discussed on hn just yesterday. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4652309 Obviously not every text lends itself to the annotation format, but there is certainly val
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by westicle 14y ago
I'm mostly amazed at the low average IQ in the bottom scoring countries. My understanding is that having an IQ score below 70 has historically been the definition of mental retardation. Intuitively I feel there must be some severe cultural
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by westicle 14y ago
Voldemort managed. ( http://hpmor.com/chapter/34 )
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by westicle 14y ago
Add Australia to that list, where you can pay $80 per month for a connection with a 50GB download limit. http://www.telstra.com.au/internet/home-broadband-bigpond-el...
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by westicle 14y ago
The actual numbers here are irrelevant; gp was providing a hypothetical in which it makes sense to sell a stock. If exaggerated numbers make the hypothetical concept easier to grasp I don't think it detracts from the example to use them.
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by westicle 14y ago
Hi. I'm in Australia, I buy my iPhone from an authorised distributor. I then decide to update to an iPhone 2, so I list it on eBay. Someone in the United States purchases the iPhone. Do I have the authority of Apple to import that phone to
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by westicle 14y ago
That isn't actually what "insolvent" means. Insolvent refers to a situation in which an entity is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due. Not whether they have a positive or negative asset position. Strictly speaking, the balance
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by westicle 14y ago
I think you missed the entire point of the discussion. Where speed limits are set arbitrarily or cannot be set at a consistently appropriate level, there is no moral consequence of exceeding them. Thought experiment: A geriatric, possible s
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by westicle 14y ago
For a reference that good, maybe he considers it karma well spent.
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by westicle 14y ago
The case concerned the liability of an ISP "iiNet" for the copyright infringement of its customers via BitTorrent. The actual judgment is worth a read. It goes into some detail about the technology involved and is in my view a pretty good l
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Supreme Court of Victoria on the liability of ISPs for copyright infringement(commercialcourt.com.au)
3 points by westicle 14y ago|1 comments
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by westicle 14y ago
Apart from the fact that these types of contractual terms are legally invalid and unenforceable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_damages
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Man who stripped nude at airport to protest security not guilty(wwltv.com)
1 points by westicle 14y ago|0 comments
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by westicle 14y ago
There is a difference between filming in public and private spaces. In most common-law jurisdictions filming in public is completely legal, even filming an event put on by a private entity (ie a sports game - there is no property in a spect
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by westicle 14y ago
Your third paragraph is also a pretty accurate summary of the discovery process in complex litigation. Although much is made of the high-tech data mining services available to assist with discovery, having used some of them I sometimes wond

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