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by westicle 15y ago
I had to double-check the author of the article. For a second I thought Eddard Stark was freelancing for the Wall Street Journal.
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by westicle 15y ago
Liability for rear-ending someone lies with the rear-ender where I live. I am pretty effective at collecting debts too :) Whereas a speeding fine here can easily cost you between $300-$500.
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by westicle 15y ago
This is interesting to me. I'm probably one of those "dangerous drivers" you're referring to. I almost uniformly drive at 5km/h under the limit (I do restrict myself to the "outside lane" however). My rationale is simple - I've been driving
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by westicle 15y ago
Certainly puts things in a different perspective. His mother tanked the first deal? So his father told him to fire her? I'd love to be a fly on the wall at that family christmas.
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by westicle 15y ago
Not to mention fairer on the employee. Not everyone is a self-starter or "rockstar". Failing to document clear responsibilities and goals and then measure performance against those goals shortchanges you and them. This may be an unpopular s
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by westicle 15y ago
Don't forget friends. Probably the largest potential subset of your tribe you can form :)
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by westicle 15y ago
Project HN: Identify all non-confirming Wikipedia articles and edit them to fit the pattern.
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by westicle 15y ago
Grandparent comment is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the recent "Jonathon's Card" incident which was extensively discussed on HN. I don't think you should take it at face value. In fact, I don't think it belongs in this thread at all as it
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by westicle 15y ago
Rental situation is quite decent - from memory Australia has one of the lowest rent to equity ratios in the developed world. There is a huge rental market for temporary residents largely driven by international students. I've heard of inter
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by westicle 15y ago
Your last comment is not necessary or helpful and detracts from the discussion in my opinion. Thanks for giving context to the grandparent post, but when compared to the actual wording of the policy it is certainly not "bullshit" and within
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by westicle 15y ago
When contributing value to the discussion, context is important. The article clearly distinguishes this situation from the case you cited. If you want to discuss that decision in more detail, try: "If anyone is interested in the case mentio
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by westicle 15y ago
Great summary of the tax advantages available for buy and hold investors in Australia. How would these concepts integrate with the US tax treatment of stock trading? As far as I know there is no imputation of dividends under USA tax law - c
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by westicle 15y ago
I would have thought a customer not purchasing the product because it doesn't meet their requirements (or some part of their requirements) is a net win. If the OP was correct that his technical specifications were exhaustive and accurate, a
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by westicle 15y ago
That's why in most jurisdictions the winner of civil litigation proceedings is (generally) entitled to have their costs paid by the other party.
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by westicle 15y ago
Unless they are required to do so by law.
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by westicle 15y ago
This is such an important point but people just don't seem to grasp it. The idea that you have to be the most dazzling job cantidate or the most amazing romantic partner to succeed in these areas probably holds people back a lot. In my expe
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by westicle 15y ago
Plus, they just look plain shifty. He seems unable to maintain eye contact with the camera and his gaze darts around. She seems agitated and keeps desperately staring at him. I don't encourage anyone here to watch and increase their ad impr
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by westicle 15y ago
Coming soon to a courtroom near you: RIAA has Opera shut down as an "illegal filesharing program".
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by westicle 15y ago
Anecdotally the petrol station thing aligns with my experience, and my preference for filling up on the way home. Slightly different situation for Mcdonalds though - they're trying to market convenient, fast breakfast food to morning commut
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by westicle 15y ago
"we've made sure our customer is whole." - why do you assume this statement refers to monetary compensation? Might be just me but i didn't read it like that at all.
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by westicle 15y ago
A modern update on the concept of Monopoly - try the card game variant "Monopoly Deal": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_Deal All the childhood nostalgia of traditional monopoly (sans the dice & little pewter tokens) but with mul
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by westicle 15y ago
You genuinely don't understand how he could possibly fund his trip with bitcoins? Or are you exaggerating to make a point? I think it is conceivable that he could fund his trip by bartering for the majority of his food and/or lodging using
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by westicle 15y ago
Those examples don't necessarily refute grandparent's point. See link below regarding "two speed economies" in which resource booms can actually have a negative structural impact on production. http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/1421/HTM
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by westicle 15y ago
I wasn't familiar with the rooting reflex and had to wiki it. Good thing I did, in Australia "rooting" is common parlance for sexual intercourse. Which I suppose would also qualify as an inherited instinct.
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by westicle 15y ago
Sounds like you were overclocking your brain.
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by westicle 15y ago
Although i'm not personally familiar with the "standard series seed" documents, I would think this problem could be easily avoided through appropriate application of copyright to the original documents. Something to the effect that the docu
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by westicle 15y ago
If that is the case you have your lawyers on a very sloppy retainer. Going outside the terms of a retainer is classed as professional misconduct where I'm from. A lawyer should not take any action on your behalf without, at the very least,
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by westicle 15y ago
Does that make 4chan a sovereign entity?
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by westicle 15y ago
Think very hard before enrolling in a 4 year (?!) diploma course at age 20... you will likely end up twice as lost at the end as when you start :) My recommendation is spend those four years working in as many different fields as you can ge
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by westicle 15y ago
I consider the above advice pretty good (to be taken as prescribed, with a grain of salt). I would add to the list of "things to avoid" (hard drugs, marriage, mortgage, child): spending weekday time in front of movies/games. Use your produc

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