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by xor1 9y ago
This looks really cool, I was just thinking earlier today that I need to set up some Anki decks. I just have one question: Do you gain any rights to user-made decks? Ownership or usage rights or otherwise.
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I didn't have a chance to read this before you deleted it, but let's get one thing out of the way immediately: I'm not a white male, yet you seem to be attacking me (and others who think you are doing more harm than good) on
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>Power is enacted through multifarious means, with wealth being one of them. Wealth isn't a requisite for power Name the other sources of power in the United States in the year 2017. Whatever you can come up with, none of it is as s
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>Men aren't reminded constantly by their culture to do things they don't want to do? Where do you live, because it sounds like paradise to me. blackrose is exclusively thinking of rich and powerful men when framing his argument
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>Men hold the vast majority of power in our society. Power isn't based on gender, it's based on wealth. Do you think abuse of power will suddenly end once the majority of wealthy individuals are women instead of men?
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>Being able to sue for anything becomes effective censorship by those with the deepest pockets. You've misunderstood both my post and the post I was replying to. I know what they said, and I agree that the pay-to-play American legal
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by xor1 9y ago
Any chance you can link me to an example? are you talking about a topper? e.g. https://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Splendorest-3-inch-Sl...
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by xor1 9y ago
Learning about Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and the rest of the Cluster B disorders (and their comorbidity) helped me understand ALOT about certain types of behavioral patterns that I previously found
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I had no idea about this lawsuit, that is horrible. Fuck Casper.
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Where do I get a slab of foam rubber? I'm definitely not interested in spending money on a mattress, and I need to upgrade my size soon...
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What are you sleeping on instead?
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>You shouldn't be able to sue someone for writing a review You can sue anyone for anything.
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Propaganda never has a negative connotation within the country that produces it so long as it's centered around ideologies supported by the majority of the population, that's the entire point. The tone of your post makes me think
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williamstein never told anyone about this event, despite the fact that it bothered him enough to be a clear and distinct memory 15 years later. I am presuming that he did not tell anyone because he did not have any sort of dependable suppor
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You seem to be attempting to validate and excuse behavior that is, frankly, extremely inappropriate and arguably cruel. When I was in my early 20s, something like this would make me very wary of approaching other people in the future, becau
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>Instead, of getting excited by any of the projects I proposed, Cathy got really, really angry at me for (I guess) intimidating her (?). I've had similar experiences to this, across work, academia, friends, and online gaming. My tho
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Have you ever been on stage? Have you ever interacted with an audience member who has addressed you in a way similar to what happened here?
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>I don't see any "'call out' culture" here. Note that the person in the audience did not say "you are sexist". The words were "Let her speak please". Specific, and to the point. The "call
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>So they're getting out of the market. By giving it away? What.
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I'm really, really amused by all of the people posting their wallet address in the Hacker News comments. How do you not understand that the submission links to a Reddit thread, and that that's where you're supposed to be post
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by xor1 9y ago
From what I know, in the US, you're responsible for tax when using cryptocurrency as an actual currency for transactions. But I don't think you have to do anything if you're just giving it away.
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When are they coming out?
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Ugh. Is the author basically a professional patent troll?
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Started looking at the author's patents out of curiosity. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=... A computer receives user preferences. The computer receives a document, wherein the doc
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>Of course that happens, but most of the time it doesnt, simply because its not sustainable. I laughed out loud at this comment. You're cute. You really think things are less likely to happen just because they're unsustainable?
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>How about paying what it's worth for labor instead of expecting to get 'cheap' labor? Tell that to all of the companies that outsource manufacturing.
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I'm talking about salaries working for one of those big corps, and I'm talking specifically about iOS, which is higher than Android when comparing mid-level and senior salaries. This is based from what I've seen on Glassdoor,
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it's also one of the highest-paying software niches this might not last, but you can always switch to android. unless mobile dies out completely, but that won't happen for a while
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>Given the gender skew amongst high-school programmers, this is almost equivalent to saying "women should not be starting a CS degree" What makes you bring up gender over race or class ? There are more middle-class Asian and Wh
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Anecdote time: My friend is currently doing a Computer Science MS at a university that I'm sure most people on HN have heard of. She got accepted with an unrelated undergrad degree (though still STEM) and two Intro to Programming commu

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