professor_x

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by professor_x 1y ago
Learning from history and still ending up on the side of almost every issue that is considered unspeakably cruel a generation later. Slavery, segregation, women’s suffrage, child labor protections, labor rights, Social Security, interracial
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by professor_x 2y ago
How is it any more or less rent seeking than property ownership?
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by professor_x 2y ago
Its not the coolest thing but idk if it’s unexpected or scandalous
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by professor_x 2y ago
This sounds like a non true scotsman. If large societies buying into a story doesn’t qualify it as a success, what does? M
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by professor_x 2y ago
Im just someone interested in geospatial. Im a regular SWE. Seems like <1% of SWE jobs have even a nominal geospatial element like putting pins on a map. Any tips in general? Not just for breaking in but what you wish you knew
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by professor_x 2y ago
Safe relative to what? Being a Venetian banker or Chinese tea exporter wasnt that safe. What about prospecting for gold in Colorado river valleys where bears hang out? Moving trains of camels thru the Sahara? Chasing whales around for years
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by professor_x 3y ago
I don't think OP is arguing in bad faith.The fact is it's unclear what laws this legal argument is supported by.
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by professor_x 3y ago
Yes this sounds like the best of both worlds tbh. Id like to find a list of companies which have this.
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by professor_x 3y ago
Interesting that galaxies can collide without a star hitting another star.. but would it also be that the distances are so vast that the stars dont even (or mostly dont even) affect each other?
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by professor_x 3y ago
how does this happen in practice? This must all be computerized now, you’re either in the system or not. Why does the officers beliefs factor into whether or not you have a warrant
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by professor_x 3y ago
Irish people are just insanely delightful
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Ask HN: Best books about the stuff they talk about on Shark Tank?
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