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by mcappleton 9y ago
The fundamental problem is that the Japanese population is shrinking. The only real solution is more babies or at least really good robots.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
He didn't say that. He said he didn't want their content anywhere on hacker news. Getting a heads up that content may be biased is great. But that's a lot different from censoring it altogether.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
>The urge to believe in the moral decay of the young is extremely powerful. It's probably actually right. It takes a long time to figure life out. The problem is that the older people of today are comparing themselves who have lot
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by mcappleton 9y ago
It's not just drug offenses. Now you can go to jail if you speed over 20mph over the speed limit even if your being safe about it
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by mcappleton 9y ago
That is low man. It's like saying: "I don't care if you're right. I don't like you so I'm not listening." But if that's how you feel, I think there is reason to like Exxon. ExxonMobile has done an unb
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by mcappleton 9y ago
This whole debate about gender pay is based on the flawed assumption that marriage is not an integral part of human society. Humanity has functioned since time immemorial with marriage as a fundamental human institution. Sure, it's no
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by mcappleton 9y ago
Haha avoiding danger definitely makes it more interesting... or when you step on an acorn!
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by mcappleton 9y ago
You hit the nail on the head! I'm actually reading that book right now.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I'm fine with unions or no unions. What I'm not fine with is the government making laws giving one side unfair bargaining power. I think a lot of unions have gotten too greedy and "killed the goose that laid the golden egg&qu
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by mcappleton 9y ago
People have a right to voice their opinion, even if they are wrong. This is draconian and goes against principles of free speech. You have the right to say something you think, even if it turns out later that you were mistaken. These peopl
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by mcappleton 9y ago
When the government punishes your speech with a 1 million dollar fine, how can you say the government isn't "actively preventing you from doing it"?
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by mcappleton 9y ago
Probably depends on the language. Frameworks are great on the front end though, because Angular/Vue are basically just easy ways to interact with the GUI. It's much less convenient without a framework.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
When someone acts like a jerk to you, remember this: hurting people hurt people. It is a natural tendency to lash out at others when we are hurt. So to fix the situation, try to figure out what's hurting the other guy and see if you ca
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by mcappleton 9y ago
That's why if you can be a person who genuinely cares and show it, you can go very far in life
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I would hardly consider this "setting a precedent", given the fact that this is standard practice for the Chinese government and any company who works there.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
It's "cool" to hate on millennials now for being lazy and such. A hilarious song about it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hLpE1Pa8vvI
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I have a 4K laptop running Linux mint and it's great. Mint has a high dpi setting that makes it look good. There are a few programs that have trouble, but most work just fine. I think Ubuntu will be coming out with support soon as wel
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by mcappleton 9y ago
To be pedantic: minus taxes
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by mcappleton 9y ago
It's a tough situation. The parents are already wracked with grief over their mistake. Anybody can forget. For something truly accidental it's not right to punish harshly. Obviously in the case of intentional neglect or intende
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by mcappleton 9y ago
Thanks for the advice. I don't know where I would get that information though.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
We did not give up "lex talionis". In fact, shooting a police officer is currently punished more harshly than regular people, at least in Texas. It's called "capital murder" in texas
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I ran cross country in high school and I just ran barefoot around the neighborhood. I'd run 10 miles barefoot sometimes. I had Vibrams but didn't like em as much. The great thing about running barefoot is that you can feel the gr
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I believe it's better that some guilty go free if it means that the innocent are not wrongly punished. Wrongly punishing the innocent is terrible and causes so many psychological problems. That's why we have innocent until prove
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by mcappleton 9y ago
For front end, Vue.js. It is what angular 2 should have been in my humble opinion. Any time anything changes in angular or react, both recalculate how the entire application state should be (although there are some workarounds). Vue, on the
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by mcappleton 9y ago
What if they were legal but every sale had a special tax with the money specifically going to rehab and for those who need help.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
This is some of the best advice I ever got for business: Ask and you shall receive Seek and you shall find Knock and the door will be opened The only way to get 10k short of stealing is for someone to give it to you. And nobody will give it
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by mcappleton 9y ago
This is a great article. Thank you for sharing it.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
I care about animals. I try to at least only buy cage free eggs and meat from humanely treated animals. However I wonder if the author is also against killing lions, wolves and other predators. Those animals are so brutal in how they kill
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by mcappleton 9y ago
After google got fined 6 billion euros for advertising on their own website, I'm shocked that The NY Times acts like the EU isn't a burden.
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by mcappleton 9y ago
Its a good point. Depending on how frequently you use it, dual booting is an option though. I switched from windows because Meteor was slow as molasses and I'm very glad I made the switch. Dev stuff just runs better on Linux in my exp

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