smtddr

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by smtddr 11y ago
A system can be owned using various exploits combined together. So if someone finds a way to alter the installation images, suddenly a mild trick that would normally just result in funny icons is now an exploit. Kinda good example right her
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>In general I've found the trope of "the rich don't pay taxes because of their fancy lawyers and accountants" generally turns out to be false. It's not that they don't pay taxes at all, but they defini
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by smtddr 11y ago
In comparison to what? And exactly what income-levels paid what percentage of that? Did the poor & middle class paid 98% of of that? Did the rich & powerful use all kinds of crazy tax-loop-holes to avoid paying trillions? Cost of li
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by smtddr 11y ago
I'm assuming the OP is talking independent stores vs. Amazon as in "I don't wanna support the monolithic beast known as Amazon; I'd rather support mom&pop stores" .... and other various data points around Amazo
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by smtddr 11y ago
You need proof that a child growing up with quality care and a quality social/cultural environment is more likely to be able to function and "succeed" in life as an adult?
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>any non-pathological adolescent or adult can take care of children acceptably Define "acceptably". Some babysitters think it's acceptable to just chat on Facebook all day and plant the child in front of the TV for 1
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by smtddr 11y ago
It's only weird if the employee isn't directly responsible for creating that something. e.g., You can buy a Lambo for nearly one million but the cars salesman who sold it to you probably isn't rich. But when you buy a paintin
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by smtddr 11y ago
Because you never really know until you _really know_ . I know there have been times in my life that I was 100% sure of something and never thought there was a way I could be wrong, but somehow new info came to my attention and turned ever
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by smtddr 11y ago
The more things change, the more they stay the same :)
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by smtddr 11y ago
Just fyi, https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html ...still works! I bet there are some people on HN who never saw the original Gmail.
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by smtddr 11y ago
That's one translation. Another could be: "Our users are being innovate and using our services in ways we didn't completely anticipate, therefore we are trying to let our products grow "organically" and will make c
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by smtddr 11y ago
I don't know how "proprietary" or "walled-garden" it is, but I can connect to slack using open-source "irssi" on linux. http://www.tricksofthetrades.net/2015/09/10/slac
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by smtddr 11y ago
This arstechnica comment has it spot on and is tagged as Readers Fav: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/feds-apple-must-s... """ That's because unlocking the iPhone was never abo
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by smtddr 11y ago
You may already have figured this out, but just incase anyone is wondering what the potential problem here is... If it doesn't wake up and run the date command in a certain timeframe then this while loops will run forever. The chances
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>Most banks don't make any security demands of internal applications because they are not accessible to the internet. At which point safety is just a way to slow you do. This is a bad way of doing things. That means as soon as
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by smtddr 11y ago
You can't dismiss Facebook for copying myspace then in the same breath credit Google without respecting all internet entities that tested the waters before it. I was using Netscape Navigator, mapquest, yahoo, hotbot, lycos, and altavis
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>Personally, I would not want anyone with criminal records in my neighborhood/private property. There are plenty of good people who get labeled criminals and plenty of people would really should have a criminal record but avoi
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by smtddr 11y ago
Well, I pretty much did the same thing and lost 35 lbs. I know my electronic scale can't be influenced by the placebo effect. That said, I'm not trying to say sugar is 100% bad for you. I'm sure removing 100% of the sugar fro
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>And what they hear is that every single thing causes cancer http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/processed-meat-causes-c... ...you're so right it's painful. =/
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by smtddr 11y ago
it's possible :p
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by smtddr 11y ago
Hmm, I don't know that show by name but it's possible I may have tuned in just to see something horrible scene.
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by smtddr 11y ago
The closest thing I can think of is maybe a bunch of vines will come out and grab me or something.
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by smtddr 11y ago
We're talking irrational fears? For the longest time I had a fear of unfamiliar shower heads well into adulthood. http://i.imgur.com/qcVVJwCl.jpg Like if I'm in a hotel room and need to take shower, I have to take
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by smtddr 11y ago
One day... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjuQRCG_sUw
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by smtddr 11y ago
These kinds of HN threads have completely ruined me on ever using the term "liberal" in any context. It doesn't reliably scale to broadcast a consistent concept to a sizable group of people.
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by smtddr 11y ago
Wait... then, what _IS_ tax-free about it? If I still have to pay capital gains tax and sales tax on it, then what's different about taxes in regards to bitcoin vs. government currency?
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by smtddr 11y ago
To spell it out, the point I'm trying to make is that historically oppressed and/or underrepresented groups trying to get a foothold in society, trying to get an identity or trying to celebrate their culture... as soon as they get
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by smtddr 11y ago
This argument is similar to "gay" meaning "happy". Yes, we all know that was the original definition but then it became associated with homosexuality then people started saying "gay" when they're describin
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by smtddr 11y ago
So... I can't speak directly to the issue discussed in the article, but I am reading a lot of HN comments that seem not to understand the term "cultural appropriation" , think it's a non-existent problem and anyone comp
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by smtddr 11y ago
Well that's interesting! I'm still convinced that living on Twinkies & McD's isn't going to result in quality health, but it's good to know the super-size-me person had to lie in his documentary.

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