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by lcc 10mo ago
Why waste the backdoor on routine screening?
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by lcc 10mo ago
The only relevant part from that document is this line from page 33: "Foreign visitors have the fewest rights... if a foreign visitor refuses a border agent’s demand to unlock their digital device, provide the device password, or provi
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by lcc 1y ago
Canada and Mexico were already hit with 25% tariffs (on non-USMCA-compliant goods) last month... Source for original tariffs: https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-tariffs-canada-mexic... Source for continued or
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by lcc 1y ago
Like the parent said, a tech-related opsec failure at this level is absolutely something a 'good hacker' would find interesting.
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by lcc 2y ago
I've had good luck just asking for it, even with group chats (though admittedly my friends are mostly technical and more privacy conscious than the average person). Usually it's a switch from FB Messenger and I just say that I don
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by lcc 2y ago
Accidental pregnancy is preventable, but abortion restrictions also undermine the safety of women who are pregnant by choice. We saw this recently with Nevaeh Crain, for example, who died because doctors were afraid that treating her might
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by lcc 2y ago
They're different. El Zonte (aka Bitcoin Beach) is a town that exists in the west of El Salvador, and Bitcoin City is a new development project being proposed in the east.
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by lcc 3y ago
Actually you can get parts for Huffys, direct from the manufacturer online. Mine has had replaced tires, pedals, crankshaft, and chain.
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by lcc 3y ago
Beautiful, thanks for the lovely garden and knowledge share. We recently added some plants in front of our home in the Mission but still have a ways to go - seeing this is really helpful and inspiring. And since it's randomly/incr
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by lcc 3y ago
For one thing, in California, prop 13 means that property taxes on a newly purchased smaller home would be a lot more than a bigger/nicer home purchased decades ago. In a lot of other places, property taxes are similarly under-assessed
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by lcc 5y ago
Toronto has gotten noticeably worse in the last few years, unfortunately. Still not as bad as SF but on its way.
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by lcc 6y ago
David Graeber made a really good argument for why misunderstanding others is exactly a symptom of privilege. The whole article is worth reading (as is the whole book I originally read it in, "The Utopia of Rules"), but here&#x27
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by lcc 6y ago
> Decentralized Communism(Any examples?) Nordic countries? Canada/UK? Though they are socialist, not communist.
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by lcc 6y ago
I found that confusing at first too, but then I realized that 'they' is probably Matt's preferred pronoun. Which, while non-traditional, is a totally valid choice in 2021.
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by lcc 6y ago
I think this is BS, actually. I think I'm allowed to say that because I've completed some long-ass hikes and other suffer-fests myself. Suffering, in and of itself, isn't a skill. You will endure iff you want to endure. Tha
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by lcc 6y ago
Have you ever paid for anything in cash? That has exactly the same guarantees.
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by lcc 6y ago
It's hard to argue against what Google has accomplished in the last 20 years. But in my Bay Area social circle, working at Stripe is considered more prestigious. These days Google is big, boring, bureaucratic, and maybe a little evil.
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by lcc 6y ago
Maybe don't rule sports out entirely. I accidentally joined a hockey team full of lawyers in Oakland. I guess similar people tend to clump even outside of the tech bubble; it's easiest to recruit people in your network. They would
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by lcc 6y ago
Sure there are plenty of beaches, but most of the time they're cold and windy. On a typical day I wouldn't want to lie around in a bathing suit or swim. Friday's weather was an exception and I'm glad you were able to enj
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by lcc 6y ago
I agree. I live in SF and hate driving in the city. 95% of my in-city transportation is walking and biking. But my quality of life went way up once I bit the bullet and got a car. Skiing, surfing, and hiking all became way easier. I was alr
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by lcc 7y ago
People would still be free to work and gain income that way... UBI doesn't force anyone to be dependent on the government. I'm not sure why you think there would be a deeper bureaucracy. UBI would be way easier to administer than
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by lcc 8y ago
I found the learning curve really steep (even coming from a skateboard/snowboard background, and being a reasonably good swimmer). A lot of it is learning how to read the waves, which is frustrating at first. I've been at it for a
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by lcc 9y ago
As another washed-up former athlete (one of my old teammates will be playing in PyeongChang any day now), what resonated most with me was how the author grappled with her self-identity after quitting. It is easy to define yourself when you
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by lcc 10y ago
I don't know the official answer, but given that it's all under the table, short term and no money is being exchanged, I think you'd be crazy to even try getting a work visa. I'll be honest that it didn't even cross
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by lcc 10y ago
I highly recommend HelpX to get a really good feel of the lifestyle in foreign countries. Rather than just staying at someone's place like Airbnb, you do light work for your host in exchange for free room and board. You get a place to
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by lcc 10y ago
There's always the opportunity. You could start a terrific technology company in Toronto (and stay there) right now, but you'd be an outlier. That said, I think it'll only take a few high-visibility 'anchor' compa
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by lcc 10y ago
Yes. Junior dev base pay in SF is 100k. I know junior devs here making 130k. Add RSUs, factor in the exchange rate... the multiplier is easily 2-3x.
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by lcc 10y ago
Not if Toronto keeps hemorrhaging talent. I graduated from the University of Toronto last year and can only name 2 of my classmates who are actually working in Toronto now. The rest are in SF, Seattle, and NYC - including many people who ha
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by lcc 11y ago
Submitted by bmnews - does this mean news outlets are starting to submit their own articles to HN directly?
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by lcc 11y ago
I absolutely loved using BlaBlaCar when I was backpacking in France. It was recommended to me by several other travellers who all raved about it. It is a fraction of the price of the train, and far more convenient (in terms of pick-up/

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