arg01

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by arg01 12y ago
I too like the ads. But programs with "tip of the day"s in them have had this problem solved for a long time, just including a check box for never show me again. You could make the argument with some programs that it interferes wi
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by arg01 12y ago
Well you can look at how the US has done in the middle east for an example of the economic cost of asymmetric warfare. Though I generally agree with your point that it's not going to work out well for the invaded country either unless
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by arg01 12y ago
When you read it your also copying it into cache. We could argue the technicalities but really it's about copyright law not the colour of bits. Or if you prefer we can just say it's legal to copy the ebook to a new owner if you re
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by arg01 12y ago
Netflix did offer to have their client generate random upstream traffic to balance the load. Which netflix says was met with silence in the meeting where they proposed it. It has some amusing implications where netflix saturates verizon&#x2
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by arg01 12y ago
It's actually a historical issue. In the US cellphones orginaly used standard POTS numbers while in other countries cellphones often had an easily distinguishable format. This means that in the US granny wouldn't know she was call
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by arg01 12y ago
Seems to me a government mandated program might seem more limitless and be less personal and thus you don't feel like your taking advantage of the kindness of caring people or stopping resources going to those who are possibly even mor
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by arg01 12y ago
One of the problems is they're natural monopolies. You only need the one data link and so it's (arguably) more cost effective to have a single regulated monopoly on the last mile side. You can create hybrid systems (like the UK) w
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by arg01 12y ago
Region locking fun. The worst part being they say in the eula that you can not use VPN services with the Origin shop. So the choices is between either play guess the interface with real money or having them be able to say we blocked your ac
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by arg01 12y ago
The fix isn't particularly ridiculous. Updating an exisiting databases value from an 8 bit to 32 bit integer would have required quite possibly rebuilding the entire database and any software that was bound to getting an 8 bit integer
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by arg01 12y ago
To simplify: Bitcoin miners race to discover a code that gives them 50 bitcoins. This code gets harder to find each time it is found. This decision is pre-baked in using the bitcoin system (other e-currencies have different traits.) If you
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by arg01 12y ago
I don't think there's any particular outrage. Unless it's along the lines of not having the systems in place so that this doesn't occur. Whether this is outrageous (others in the thread have pointed out solutions) it&#x2
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by arg01 12y ago
Somewhat ironically some countries have laws that make work-to-rule (usually phrased in law as malicious compliance) as illegal.
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by arg01 12y ago
Plenty of civil disobedience is of the form of ignore bad laws and complain loudly when they are enforced. This is without passing comment on whether copyright infringement is terrorism or freedom fighting.
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by arg01 12y ago
The New Zealand treasury actually did a preliminary impact paper on BI several years ago and it was noted that many of the people currently on welfare would likely end up with less money. (They use the term GMI, but it seems to be framed as
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by arg01 12y ago
There are multiple studies and meta studies presenting a link between inequality and crime. So even if it's not for basic subsistence it does appear that raising the lower end of society up could improve the crime rate. Though I admit
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by arg01 12y ago
You are not volunteering to engage, you are an externality in someone else's transaction. It's comparable in the outcome to your life. Though admittedly there is a difference in that the single entity purports to obey rules that t
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by arg01 12y ago
I don't think that's a given (possibly even after the leaks). If your giving up very real technical capabilities and increasing costs to protect your self from an ally it seems like a reasonable argument could be made either way.
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by arg01 12y ago
Depends on the type of redistribution. It's not hard to imagine inflation as an effect for a lot of them (though the inflation could have a net positive effect depending on the redistribution scheme). At the very least people may quit
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by arg01 12y ago
I'd point out that your definition of slavery is just as applicable to any work were the person being employed needs to work to get the basics of survival (with corresponding parallels between changing jobs and changing countries, choo
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by arg01 12y ago
Interesting to see that this does not include a similar declaration for someone with expertise in the field that the investment opportunity is in. Still I guess it could be argued that even if the business is successful you could be hard do
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by arg01 12y ago
There are similar restrictions for flying visually or by instruments. Even flying visually you wouldn't pass your flight test if you restricted your field of view to anything like a normal camera. It's amazing how prescriptive the
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by arg01 12y ago
It's one of those nebulous things. For example. Is it illegal for me to pay you a commission to sell products for me? Is it illegal for you to subcontract selling these products? Is it illegal for the subcontractors to subcontract? Is
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by arg01 12y ago
A classic one in the US would be the choice of visiting the doctors. The rich can afford to have regular checkups(or insurance) and get a sniffle checked out early. The poor can not afford to visit the doctor over minor ailments and because
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by arg01 12y ago
That's very no true scotsman with regards to freedom. Saying the road is private inherently infringes on my freedom to use that land just as much as anyone else. Under this idea of free I could buy a road and the land around your house
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by arg01 12y ago
The innovation only seems to come from the fact that the monopoly has a large enough war chest but it's the competition that distributes the fruits of that innovation to the public. Which really seems more like an argument for high fun
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by arg01 12y ago
The problem is that when you're talking about a free market benefiting all its actors you're talking about those actors being rational. Psychological tricks like skinner boxing really lower any credibility in that assumption. Too
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by arg01 12y ago
It will be based on the idiom "forest for the trees", effectively having the same meaning but also includes the fact that they are a part of what makes up the forest.
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by arg01 12y ago
You'll know how to manage your condition better than others but I'll point out that there is talk about a rather high GI for soylent thanks to the maltodextrin. Which could possibly mean it's not suited for you (or rather you
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by arg01 12y ago
Yes and no, you can buy some solutions but the daily extra effort associated with using them doesn't outweigh the occasional effort/annoyance of the mistake at this point. It's one of those things that would take a large amou
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by arg01 12y ago
The problem is it's a thousand little things not just one big thing. The real power is that every item can be improved a little with automation. Your dryer starts an hour before you wake up so that your clothes are dry, your underwear

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