fixxer

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by fixxer 9y ago
> Being poor is 2 nights in jail because of a clerical error Tell us more
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by fixxer 9y ago
Sure we are. "Socialism works so well there! We should do it here." "They have such low recidivism there! We should use their sentencing as a standard!" I think violent offenses are more than something that requires refo
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by fixxer 9y ago
I find their population bares little resemblence to Chicago's.
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by fixxer 9y ago
I suggest reading about http://www.projectprevention.org for a less coercive version of the same concept.
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by fixxer 9y ago
In the case of drug crimes, I agree with you. Appeal of the logic starts to break down when you scale it out for violent offenders. In fact, I find the lax sentencing in Scandanavian countries appalling.
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How a Rising Minimum Wage Affects Jobs in Seattle(nytimes.com)
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by fixxer 9y ago
Things have changed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policies_of_Americ...
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by fixxer 9y ago
Looking through the comments, I see a combination of anecdotal evidence about Unions being bad/good and a few (very logical) statements about how collective bargaining leads to higher wages & benefits. Here are my two pennies: Priv
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by fixxer 9y ago
Is the kid executing this purported forgery from his parents' basement?
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by fixxer 9y ago
I thought Cornell was? It was part of the M.Eng in ORIE.
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by fixxer 9y ago
Especially true in Paris these days...
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by fixxer 9y ago
Good ol' Illinois in the top 10. Represent! Cook County kinda sorta expected, but why Lake County? Waukegan really that bad? EDIT: http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Waukegan-Illinois.html not that bad
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by fixxer 9y ago
The author's suggestion - temporary work visas to refocus on labor mobility - does not consider strain on public services and entitlement programs.
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by fixxer 9y ago
In the absence of federal support programs, are people who would drive for Uber or any of these gig-type apps better or worse off with the opportunity to earn $4.40/hr? If you raise that wage, most likely the business model ceases to
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by fixxer 9y ago
> Isn't this kind of what happened in the 2008 collapse? Not at all. The housing crisis resulted from credit expansion. Specifically credit was extended to people that should not have been able to take on risk. A secondary cause was
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by fixxer 9y ago
One has nothing to do with the other. The financial crisis was the result of expansion of credit. What I suggest is a reduction in the tax burden of owning a home. There are many valid reasons to be against my suggestion; the subprime crisi
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by fixxer 9y ago
Sounds like we should increase it to make home ownership more attractive, resulting in greater civic engagement from the population ("skin in the game").
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by fixxer 9y ago
Lol. Comparing incisors to ability to rape. What a fucking douchebag.
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by fixxer 9y ago
Quick question for anyone who actually studied Baumol's theories: Did he bring into consideration how some services, such as education and health care, exist in an awkward limbo between services we pay for (right/libertarian view)
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by fixxer 9y ago
I don't support free trade when the comparative advantage is the cost of labor. I don't support Europe's socialist ideals. Edit: awww, downvote. One less fake internet point :(
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by fixxer 9y ago
Yep, and if you look at the carders in Russia, they have some very close ties with government. Perfect infrastructure for this shit.
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by fixxer 9y ago
I think that is likely the case, but I don't know if that is an exclusive thing anymore. A lot of what I read about reminds me of 1970s sponsorship of various terror entities and revolutionaries.
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by fixxer 9y ago
Or me, since I want isolation and fewer ties to Europe.
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by fixxer 9y ago
They do. Obama campaign had a contract firm that implemented and enforced infosec. They even tossed USB keys in the parking lot to catch campaign workers that we're dumb enough to try them. The problem is beyond rote security at this p
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by fixxer 9y ago
As someone who doesn't want to share my creds with Mint or rummage through GNU Cash to write my own solution, this looks like a great idea. I'd love to build a consolidated dashboard for my networth with APIs like this.
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by fixxer 9y ago
ROI went down. End of story, unless you're a social justice warrior, in which case, shriek as loud as possible.
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by fixxer 9y ago
If by "right" you mean a wealthy, unified bloc of Democrats and Republicans, then yes.
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by fixxer 9y ago
Ugh, I hate hearing about crap like this. Unfortunately, the incentives at large, public, consumer-facing companies always drives this behavior. I would have done the following: 1. Shut down my account. 2. Send the exploit to the company an
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by fixxer 9y ago
Meh. Edit: downvote welcome. I have lots of fake internet points to spare. I'm not going to dignify a subjective, semantic argument with anything more. Fuck, "meh" is more than 99% of HN comments deserve. Moar Edit: Heil Trum
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by fixxer 9y ago
Nope. But where do you draw the line? Mosquitos feel pain. Who cares? Why don't we care? These moral/ethical lines are completely arbitrary.

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