kbatten

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by kbatten 4y ago
i think it's now "human capital restricted stock unit"
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by kbatten 5y ago
script kiddie is simply a hacker term, it has nothing to do with age or even skill.
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by kbatten 11y ago
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, a
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by kbatten 11y ago
It was incredibly easy to implement compared to other options and didn't require giving up a lifes worth of personal information to do so. I do believe that efforts like you are implying and others will push this forward to something t
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by kbatten 11y ago
I'm not going to contest your experience because my experience with uber in the city was for tourism/getting home after a night of partying, not work. In my experience uber drivers took my word over the GPS every single time when
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by kbatten 11y ago
My take away was the discussion about poverty, specifically "I'm sure most of those who want to decrease economic inequality want to do it mainly to help the poor, not to hurt the rich." So I don't think he based it on a
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by kbatten 11y ago
After the meth problem in america became rampant (and is still a huge problem in many places) it was hard to get pseudoephedrine so instead there were many drugs that just got me high (in a non fun way) but didn't actually clear my sin
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by kbatten 11y ago
Alternatively India has a lot of smart people and they can develop drugs if US companies don't. How much are US companies subsidized by both money and Indian scientists, and how would one determine this? Frankly I'm not sure where
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by kbatten 11y ago
Why should humans exercise morality?
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by kbatten 11y ago
Why can't everyone afford it, or at least middle class and above? The US is already the "1%" right? So we all can take a hit to solve this problem now. It may be politically unpopular, or even politically nonviable but it can
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by kbatten 11y ago
PLA is easy to recycle, though as I said I mostly print PET. That does seem to be recyclable though I question the cost/benefit of doing so since the recycling itself has cost and it may weaken the plastic. Personally I have a bucket f
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by kbatten 11y ago
Why can't you just create another email for these services? The actual email address is irrelevant for something like Google Play Music.
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by kbatten 11y ago
Can you give evidence to it only lasting a year? I print in PETG which is the same plastic used by Coke to create their 2 liter bottles. Even "if" it only lasts a year, the cost of the plastic is cents so I'll just print anot
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by kbatten 11y ago
With the explosion of 3d printing I would love to see what Lego does to capture this market. I can already print lego clone pieces. My niece doesn't really know about intellectual property, she know about mashing plastic together. They
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by kbatten 11y ago
The NSA either fights for the american people or it fights against them. Currently the NSA is fighting against me, an ameician citizen.
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by kbatten 11y ago
Surely there is also instinct at play here. A cat raised in captivity still can hunt mice and if its released into the wild it could survive and reproduce. And of course there is the famous california condor story where they are now all eit
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by kbatten 11y ago
I don't know about the EU but in the US politicians to work with field experts, they are called lobbyists. This is why you have the automotive industry writing automotive law, etc.
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by kbatten 11y ago
My espresso machine was one of the best purchases I have made. I can have straight espresso or any variation of frothed milk and coffee that I can imagine. I use store brand coffee and milk and it is delicious. Its worth investing in if you
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by kbatten 11y ago
If you are only an occasional user why are you even commenting? I'm only picking on you because you are an easy target, but I have seen a number of HN posts from people who first state that they barely use reddit, then go on to blast a
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by kbatten 11y ago
Shouldn't google block youtube if they care about massive corporate supported copyright infringement?
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by kbatten 12y ago
I don't see this as any different than buying something from amazon though, which anyone can do. Micropayments are a problem, but as long as you buy a few dollars worth of reddit gold it is more akin to buying a gift card than a microp
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by kbatten 12y ago
I've bought reddit gold several times and it was incredibly easy. What specific obstacles are you talking about?
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by kbatten 12y ago
Hero is only as biased as history is and the US has written a lot of history. The US government already considers many military personal heroes today.
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by kbatten 12y ago
Data caps seem fine as long as they keep up with technology. The problem is that even 5 years ago 300GB was barely reasonable and it is completely unreasonable today. What I mean by "fine" is I would rather have a datacap and a hi
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by kbatten 12y ago
I have a hard time understanding why anyone would lease a service that is vital to their job, or at least without a backup. If your livelihood depends on something then spend your money appropriately. Even if you did sign up for CC you can
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by kbatten 12y ago
Prevention efforts could include ways to talk about your problems without being afraid that people would treat you differently or force you to do something you didn't want to do. There would have to be an absolute guarantee of privacy
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by kbatten 13y ago
I have had a problem where people sign up for stuff using my email address. Yes I can (and do) unsubscribe, but it is really nice that these are now pretty much all filtered out of my inbox automatically. I've never seen a marketer ver
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by kbatten 13y ago
Someone like that needs help, not a firing in front of everyone on the planet.
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by kbatten 13y ago
Every time I navigated within the site I got a popup telling me to sign in with facebook or google. Incredibly frustrating and I don't even know why I would care to sign into that site.
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by kbatten 13y ago
Were you using timemachine, and if so did the photographs get removed from there as well? No matter what, that sounds like an incredibly poor user experience.

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