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by narrowrail 9y ago
If you think you are safer from the NSA because a server is located outside the US, I've got some bad news for you: outside of the US, the NSA can do whatever they want as the US Constitution has no jurisdiction. Whether or not they ar
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Owning the domain makes for great email address portability. If I hadn't read so many of your comments here over the years, I probably wouldn't suggest this, but I think a good strategy is to buy 2 domains, one for trusted entit
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by narrowrail 9y ago
If most people you email with use Gmail, what's the point of an "encrypted email" provider? Why not just use PGP and stay with your current provider? Thunderbird+enigmail is the way to do meaningful encryption and it is provi
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Well, given the question asked, we need to be clear that the legality of downloading copyrighted content varies by country. Also, the DMCA[0] has been around for 21 years, so it's not exactly a recent change. The last time the industry
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by narrowrail 9y ago
The distinction being made that I see is that a CEO of an organization has different expectations placed upon them than any other employee. So, this home vs. work separation makes sense in most cases, but not when it comes to the CEO role.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>Amazon beating Walmart Let's not get carried away here. In the most recent quarter, Walmart had revenues of $123B vs Amazon's $38B. Walmart still has time to figure out the ecommerce game.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
The guy is a pathological liar, there is not one proposal I've seen that would, "restrict the rights of gay people" or "ban all Muslims."
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by narrowrail 9y ago
As a 20+ year listener of NPR (and Terry Gross), I always thought Gross was the best interviewer without a doubt. About 2 years ago, I stumbled upon a Howard Stern interview and was blown away. Never thought much of the shock-jock before,
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by narrowrail 9y ago
The idea, I believe, is building camaraderie among your users as they teach each other how to use it. IMO, Snapchat should be the easiest to decentralize and federate b/c the ephemeral nature allows expectations to be set for simple ho
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I don't think I'd throw away remote opportunities if they are available.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Many prominent and respected HNers have laid out the case for why Telegram has security issues. If you use the search function at the bottom, you will easily find these issues raised. I don't personally possess the knowledge to determi
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by narrowrail 9y ago
HN is a news aggregator. A blog is short for web-log: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog These words have meaning, and your idea of a 'blog' is even worse than those people that don't know the difference
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Wal-Mart's Q1 revenue was $117.5B vs. Amazon's $35.7B ought to put that into perspective.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I like the BBQ at KT's out on 75th (good while on a bike ride). There is also good BBQ in 'downtown' Louisville that is owned and operated by Texans.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Sushi Zamai on Spruce St. in Boulder is also good (or it was 10 years ago). My understanding at that time was Sushi Den and Zamai shared the same cargo plane for their daily fish deliveries.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>In theory MusicBrainz already has metrics What does "in theory" mean here? Do those tables exist in whole or some part? Is this a matter of indexing an existing data set or hoping some data was acquired by accidental consequen
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by narrowrail 9y ago
While not religious, the reasons look similar to gangs in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_United_States#Rea...
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by narrowrail 9y ago
In the US, civil asset forfeiture laws are state specific. Wikipedia has a good break down by state if you're interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Occam's Razor says this is a simplistic view. It causes more divisiveness and demotes discussion to ad hominem attacks.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Couching the discussion as a la carte channels instead of a la carte shows is some kind of jedi mind trick by studio execs. Apple Season Pass should be like $3/season, not $5/episode. Edit: Netflix didn't negotiate certain se
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by narrowrail 9y ago
It's not clear that you understand the majority of the ~36K MCD restaurants are franchised, so the employees do not work for MCD, they work for small local franchisees businesses. MCD only owns ~7k locations (i.e. ~16%).
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Is there an actual argument against my claim from someone with better biblical knowledge?
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>I didn't exactly invent a feudal power structure from whole-cloth, here. No doubt. You did posit it as the alternative, however. Mentioning the idea that some people are ok with indentured servitude (freedom to relinquish your free
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>nothing about modern society involve choices that only affect the people right around you This is covered by tort law. If you can prove damages, you can have your grievances addressed. If we adopt nationalized health care, your argument
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>When your communities...are full of "entrenched" families/clans—groups of people who, for reasons of proximity or tradition, just won't move no matter how bad things get This is a really great point, and I am admitte
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>It's more obvious And then you factor in the the original Progressive Party came out of the Republicans (i.e. Roosevelt).
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by narrowrail 9y ago
These abortion rights opponents derive their arguments from the bible (for the most part). The same bible says that judgement is the domain of god, not humans. In other words, cherry-picking the ideas that serve their own goals.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Madison discusses factionalism in Federalist No. 10, and as I read it, basically concludes that all these competing desires/interests and/or beliefs would be best served by a federal republic where locals would be able to solve th
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This may seem pedantic, but the nuance here is important: It's about liberty, not freedom. Medical weed is is allowed in half the states and recreational in 8; New York has effectively banned fracking. I've lived in 6 different st
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I hate this conflation of "small-government" and small federal government. It's just too difficult to manage a country this large and populous from D.C. We all would have better control over our own lives if we did more at

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