Rylinks

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by Rylinks 7y ago
this is like saying you don't own a lock because it won't open if you've lost the key
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by Rylinks 7y ago
it's the most non-renewable resource, but it also goes away whether we use it or not.
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by Rylinks 7y ago
I'm not an expert in this, but i think the first-sale doctrine only applies if the phone is in similar condition as the new ones you get from apple (or if it's used, you say that it's used, etc). The seller of the wiretapped
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by Rylinks 7y ago
I do not think it is fraud to print the Apple iPhone X US-version 64GB Black code on a box that does in fact contain an Apple iPhone X US-version 64GB Black Trademarking your UPC would not work, as someone reselling your product is protecte
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by Rylinks 8y ago
if you have tons of proof about a murder, it's almost certain to fall under one of the exceptions to the doctrine. e.g, if law enforcement would have discovered the evidence anyway, it is not excluded.
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by Rylinks 8y ago
there's plenty of people who think defending a criminal at all is ethically dubious. Depriving criminal defendants of the most effective defense by applying social pressure to their attorneys is not a good road to walk down.
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by Rylinks 8y ago
why? I do think there is a historical case, but what about freedom of expression makes it harder to build bridges, and is there a way to build bridges anyway?
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by Rylinks 8y ago
How is making prisoners pay for the prison any different than a court fining someone convicted of a crime?
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by Rylinks 8y ago
Will banks accept a faxed photograph to rebut a claim that the membership was cancelled?
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by Rylinks 8y ago
Much of professors' salaries are paid from grants. The professor who barely does any teaching is (hopefully) pulling in research money.
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by Rylinks 8y ago
I don't know whether this is feasible at the temperature gradients created by data centers, but it's not prohibited by physics. If there are chemical species in the water that are stable at 24 C and not 19 C, the fish can harvest
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by Rylinks 8y ago
I agree, and if I were forced to answer I would say that even the CA constitution probably doesn't apply to Facebook et. al. I think the point I have in mind is that there are less restrictions on speech as the venue becomes more priva
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by Rylinks 8y ago
This is wrong, even in the United States. There are rare circumstances where a company's property is open to the public to such an extent that they become subject to first amendment restrictions (e.g. Marsh v. Alabama). Some states, su
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by Rylinks 8y ago
Prices are not set to guarantee profits for landlords. If it's a cold rental market, the owner of the property still would prefer to lose only a small amount, rather than having the unit sit empty and losing all of the fixed costs.
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by Rylinks 8y ago
It seems like a high-variance strategy. Most of the time it would be a demerit, but that doesn't matter if most of the time you will not get past the HR screens regardless.
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by Rylinks 9y ago
Generally speaking, a company communicating information to you does not bar you from trading unless you explicitly agree to refrain from making trades.
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by Rylinks 9y ago
Chemical engineering: If you don't know what you're doing, your reactor will blow up and kill people. Here are some cases where people didn't know what they were doing. Don't be like them.
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by Rylinks 9y ago
China has clearly shown a capability to govern reluctant populations. I'm not sure why occupied NK would be different.
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by Rylinks 9y ago
People have been competing against solar and wind for years
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by Rylinks 9y ago
We learned about hereditary traits long before gene sequencing even existed. You do not need to know how something works on a genetic level to make strong conclusions about heritability. That being said, this specific case looks like bad re
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by Rylinks 9y ago
>As long as you're doing the standard things that help you retain talent (like paying market rate, providing good opportunities, etc.), there should be no reason to worry, right? Right, that's the point: sports teams benefit fr
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by Rylinks 9y ago
Most companies cannot have their employees sign multi-year contracts. Outside of sports, there is a much bigger risk of your competitors poaching people after they've developed.
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by Rylinks 9y ago
>The loss of Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef alone costing that region 1 million visitors a year, imperilling 10,000 jobs and draining $1 billion from the economy This is terrible for Queensland, but it doesn't support the $1T globa
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by Rylinks 9y ago
Generally if a loan is collateralized, you are not liable for it beyond the collateral.
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by Rylinks 10y ago
Berkeley will caption any video for their students on request.
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by Rylinks 10y ago
While it's not possible for Uber to have an apolitical stance on collective bargaining rights for independent contractors, it is totally possible for Uber to have an apolitical stance on the composition of the Micronesian parliament. I
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by Rylinks 10y ago
Just to remind the hydroelectric fans here: the cost of Banqiao Reservoir Dam is 170,000 people dead and resettlement of 11 million. That is ONE dam gone wrong. Why anyone would build another one is beyond me.
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by Rylinks 10y ago
This is only one side of the tradeoff. Both tiredness and shift hand-offs cause bad judgement, and both can kill people. An analysis that only looks at one is incomplete.
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by Rylinks 10y ago
>In the coming days there will be reams written on these laureates in the scientific press, much of which will be more enlightening, informative and contextually relevant than the dedicated encyclopaedia article. In my experience, the sc
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by Rylinks 10y ago
>They don't want to do that because that takes money away from them. It takes money away from the enrolled students that UCB is currently spending money on.

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