1812calif

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by 1812calif 10y ago
iff it's a higher salary in exchange for #2 and 3 i suspect the employer / (healthcareinsurer if in US) imbalance is really the core issue. In medical research ethics, informed consent acknowledges the imbalance. I think e.g. CA
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by 1812calif 10y ago
old/new money suffices without an indicating your opinion whether people worked hard, or not.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
To start, I agree with what you're saying. What I struggle to reconcile in my own life is the difference between this logic, and the logic of a businessman who believes he cannot compete without polluting. Do we accept "well, my b
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by 1812calif 10y ago
heart disease vs. terrorism. it seems to be an unfortunate emergent behavior of groups of humans.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
We are in agreement. My comment was to the effect of "the author took literary license, most (native speakers) probably knew that, don't beat a dead horse."
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by 1812calif 10y ago
In America, you are 100% allowed to do these things to your own house because you have to live with the consequences. The trades are here to protect other people from me asserting my skill in electrician-ining, when I have no such skill but
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by 1812calif 10y ago
Short pithy statements, are worth the electrons written on.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
OK, I would encourage you to reread the conversation. The HN consensus is clearly different than how you perceive it. You may be absolutely correct. The HN Hivemind is frequently wrong. But please use this as an opportunity for introspect
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by 1812calif 10y ago
It is acceptable and logical for someone to not be directly or indirectly affected by an incident, yet it still is not bullshit. Suppose Mars gets destroyed by an unseen cosmic event. Are Earthlings inciting bullshit to go "oh shit, t
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by 1812calif 10y ago
You are speaking of basically an IP-based version of the spamhaus blacklist. For general http or TCP protocol. I, for one, would be fine with a general internet citizen losing access if they have a compromised device. I suspect this is ho
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by 1812calif 10y ago
Do you perceive that your sarcasm was effective? Did it convey your point clearly and concisely, so that you can share your perspective and point of view? Or did it do more harm to what is otherwise a legitimate viewpoint and possibly dese
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by 1812calif 10y ago
This is a meaningless statement. "Those who are not hopeful, who do not believe in a better future, are not paying attention." --me Same amount of authority.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
IMO, the most American of traits is a deep seated disbelief that their own government has private citizens' best interests at heart. Many people do not agree, believing that their government (as defined by what they think it should do)
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by 1812calif 10y ago
In the US, many states require the consumer pay a deposit upon purchase of a Coke bottle. On return, this is refunded.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
Because once your government is the arbiter of "journalism", anyone who disagrees will be marginalized? Even the threat of it can affect what is / is not covered. Once the government has significant power over journalism, you
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by 1812calif 10y ago
I'd be fine paying for it to cover the cost of SMS. Like parent, I'm not willing to use facebook to get access, even for free. One option would be to re-enable the SMS option for people who deposit money to cover the SMS fees. M
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by 1812calif 10y ago
It seems like attendant readers understands what the author was doing. They didn't say the definition explicitly, which would violate pep20 (explicit is better than implicit), but, considering this is an article in Outside Online maga
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by 1812calif 10y ago
Not at all. A low probabilty does not make the prediction invalid because of the result.
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by 1812calif 10y ago
I live in California. My neighbors are disabled and got blue curb for handicap in front of their place when they moved in.