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by zajd 8y ago
People disagree on what the purpose of government even is, so... no.
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by zajd 8y ago
And yet, multiple companies that do all kinds of crazy things with your data ( https://www.google.com/search?q=gdpr+shutdown ) have shut down already as a result of GDPR. You could argue that wasn't the goal but I'm
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by zajd 8y ago
Who would have guessed that two blowhards who inherited their wealth would throw temper tantrums when the media doesn't paint them in the kindest light possible.
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by zajd 8y ago
How does this work?
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by zajd 8y ago
wasn't there just a story about background check startups finding these records and using them?
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by zajd 8y ago
> When I got my Vive and was playing around in The Lab, and one of the experiences puts you on the side of a mountain, I stepped off a cliff edge and I could feel my heart rate increase slightly as my brain was expecting me to fall to my
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by zajd 8y ago
I'm pretty sure the way this works nowadays if that your launch bombs you throw your game into as many bundles/deals as possible so I'm guessing those sales are at 5-10% of the original MSRP at best.
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by zajd 8y ago
> If the law is not at least an approximation of morality, then what is its purpose? To maintain existing power structures
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by zajd 9y ago
The problem isn't how food is treated, it's Americans unwillingness to use tax dollars to help poor people(even children). Foods got nothing to do with it, it's the same with their school supplies, technology, quality of educ
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by zajd 9y ago
It's not a straw man though? Meritocracy, the word itself, was invented to describe a fictional dystopian society.
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by zajd 9y ago
> You can't just take freedom of speech from the people you don't like to listen to; you would be taking it away from everyone. Good
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by zajd 9y ago
What's unsavory about it? Why should the Chinese care about American IP laws? Also I encourage you to look up how much the US has respected IP law when the shoe was on the other foot. http://foreignpolicy.com/2012/
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by zajd 9y ago
What makes you think Republicans care about increases in the efficiency of the free market?
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Zealots of the Blockchain(thebaffler.com)
4 points by zajd 9y ago|0 comments
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by zajd 9y ago
this is good for bitcoin
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by zajd 9y ago
Love Adam Curtis but this video more or less ruined his films for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg
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by zajd 9y ago
Will Twitter ever handle this? Given how easily this journalist found this pattern I'm pretty sure it would be trivial to start banning these accounts with their internal metrics.
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by zajd 9y ago
California sounds more and more like a dystopian hellhole between the rampant homelessness, absurd economic inequality and now "events for GIG "workers"" > A GIG equals a freelancing job and thanks to technology you h
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by zajd 9y ago
Disappointing (lack of) response/fix Would have assumed they'd do better given how polished their consumer products are
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by zajd 9y ago
> Are we suppose to call TechCrunch a "surveillance-powered ad powerhouse"? Or Tesla "surveillance-powered vehicles"? Yes and ignoring the fact that we're baking in surveillance to almost every aspect of our life
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by zajd 9y ago
Am I supposed to feel bad for the tax evading repeat substance abuser who's still sitting on 8 figures but didn't get to cash in on the nepotism fueling his family's fortune? Everyone involved in this story sounds like a horr
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by zajd 9y ago
Can't wait for the Nathan for You episode that generated this
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by zajd 9y ago
I'm not sure "being involved in war" has anything to do with being stable, seeing as the US has been "involved in war" for the past 250 years. Also, Saudi Arabia did not have a coup d'etat by any reasonable def
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by zajd 9y ago
This is probably the best way to prove his point for the record.
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by zajd 9y ago
All of them ignored the law. If Uber was just Uber Black you might have a point.
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by zajd 9y ago
A match made in heaven
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by zajd 9y ago
> I just believe that as a general strategy, we should be continuously attempting to reduce govt power and involvement while allowing the free markets to work. Sure, I can agree with that. But what if the lack of government power is what
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by zajd 9y ago
What kind of role do you think the government should play? Should we continue to privatize things like prisons? Seems it would be difficult to incentive rehabilitation when prisons are paid per bed filled. On the other side, should we priva
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by zajd 9y ago
What about the internet? The highway system?
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by zajd 9y ago
We have a progressive income tax, at least here in the US. Hard to argue that's not redistributing wealth, although I'd argue it's not enough :)

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