diogocp

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by diogocp 19d ago
The fact that someone is willing to pay them that much suggests that your valuation of their labor is not universally shared.
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by diogocp 20d ago
No, they are not.
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by diogocp 1mo ago
Exactly. Many countries have switched to an opt-out system for organ donation for this reason. Most people aren't in the habit of wasting their time making choices about things they don't care about.
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by diogocp 1mo ago
So your suggestion is to be a hermit? What is the point of communication if not to change what others think?
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by diogocp 1mo ago
I prefer smaller portions. If you want more, you can always buy two.
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by diogocp 1mo ago
> The features of successful systems The tragedy of the commons is what happens in the unsuccessful systems.
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by diogocp 2mo ago
Fun fact: the guy who reported it (Andres Freund) works for Microsoft. Another fun fact: Moscow is in the same time zone as the Middle East.
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by diogocp 4mo ago
> it shall be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to depart from or enter, or attempt to depart from or enter, the United States unless he bears a valid United States passport. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
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by diogocp 5mo ago
What if someone thinks they can personally fix the loading time of a multi-billion dollar game, while having no access to its source code? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339
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by diogocp 6mo ago
> I find myself on the fence with proposals like these. They have good intentions but they do not solve an issue at its core. It's clearly a joke à la RFC 3514.
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by diogocp 8mo ago
> USB 2.0 slow Many phones indeed only support USB 2.0. For example the base iPhone 17. The Pro does support USB 3.2, however. > I guess everybody has given up on the idea of saving their photos and videos over USB? Correct.
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by diogocp 8mo ago
> we are seeing time and time again that ICE/DHS agents are finding the wrong people There is a difference between what you are seeing and what is actually happening. 99.9% of the time they are finding the right people, but "il
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by diogocp 8mo ago
> Laws do, actually, work, for the most part. "No-one charged in 9 out of 10 crimes" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44884113
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by diogocp 10mo ago
Approximately nobody uses US coins outside the US. Even in countries where the dollar is widely accepted, trying to use coins will get you weird looks at best.
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by diogocp 10mo ago
Or deport them. > Unauthorized immigrants live in 6.3 million households > Almost 70% of these households are considered “mixed status,” meaning that they also contain lawful immigrants or U.S.-born residents. That works out to 1.9 mi
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by diogocp 10mo ago
The people who define the rules in France are called "French", not "American".
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by diogocp 11mo ago
Your best example of a "historically efficient way to solve political problems" is a 4 year civil war that killed more than half a million people and, after all that, still left African Americans as second-class citizens for a cen
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by diogocp 11mo ago
> I can see Linux advice though: kill, mount, etc. And cat. Some people are triggered by useless use of cat.
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by diogocp 1y ago
Excuse me, the law actually states that growing wheat on your own land solely for your own personal consumption is interstate commerce.
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by diogocp 1y ago
There is no loophole. Defendants in the 5th circuit can appeal to the Supreme Court. That is one of the main roles of the Supreme Court: resolving circuit splits.
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by diogocp 1y ago
Ali Khamenei: "The situation between America and Iran is this: When you chant 'Death to America!' it is not just a slogan – it is a policy. https://www.memri.org/tv/iran-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-k...
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by diogocp 1y ago
There's a difference between choosing to wear a seatbelt and being chained to the seat by the car manufacturer, who then refuses to release you "for your own safety".
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by diogocp 1y ago
> You are getting a stylised view of a topic from an entity who lacks the deep understanding Isn't this how every child learns? Unless his father happens to be king of Macedonia, of course.
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by diogocp 1y ago
You mean this part? > as far as heat goes, well, one could either pay a little extra in electric for that — or they could have the Amish deliver their scrap wood from their sawmills to burn in a wood stove, very cheaply.
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by diogocp 1y ago
Habeas corpus comes from English common law, not Roman law. It was never used in German law. Latin terms are still used in German legal writing. Just not this one.
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by diogocp 1y ago
> $45M per year Well, in a hundred years they should be able to afford a couple of new subway stations. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...
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by diogocp 1y ago
> They have access to the whole European union? Only if they are EU citizens. > People value not having to step over the homeless to get to work Better stay away from Paris, then.
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by diogocp 1y ago
Your comment makes no sense. The DoH providers can still log requests and sell them. DoH protects against intermediaries spying on your requests and potentially forging responses. Exactly the same as HTTPS. Sending anything in clear text
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by diogocp 1y ago
https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-googles-priv...
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by diogocp 1y ago
No, but the "everything is political" people are not capable of making that distinction. Which is probably why everything seems political to them.

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