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by theworst 12y ago
Your comment is useless. Is this not feature comparable with others in its class? What don't you like about it? Is something not worthwhile if it's not first? Aaaaand you've convinced me to again eliminate my HN account and
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by theworst 12y ago
I also don't care if they show me pictures of wallets I like over wallets I don't like. I do care when any third party knows where I've been, what I am interested in, and otherwise monitors my activity. Like everything, it&#x
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by theworst 12y ago
Ya, really. Of all the sites I visit and get valuable content from, most of them I pay for. The only outstanding ones I can think of are google search, gmail, and HN. Facebook? NYT? Buzzfeed? Not really in my interest areas. I'd
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by theworst 12y ago
Yes, it makes sense if you think about that "tax" as the payment for the lottery ticket of a functioning body and brain. Every person here won that lottery ticket, when we could have just as easily suffered from any number of horr
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by theworst 12y ago
Correct, but that's just because of the inherently unpredictable nature of future telling. What are the alternatives? One could simply not engage in projections, which is difficult because they're so tempting. A third option is
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by theworst 12y ago
I'd just like to say that Disneyland has always felt like BNW to me. In that sense, it seems more realistic, because I've experienced something like it in today's society.
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by theworst 12y ago
I suppose it depends on how you define "lucked in to". Even building my own company, bootstrapping over these 5 years, I feel like I lucked into where I am. Not because I'm undeserving, but really because I feel lucky to liv
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by theworst 12y ago
IMO, religion is something organized and part of a community. "Spirituality" is when it's something personal (and, as I get older, I am coming to believe is an important part of my life, even though I don't believe in a
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by theworst 12y ago
Generally it means that you do not identify with a particular religious sect. It may also mean that you do not believe in the organized supernatural ideas that most religions do.
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by theworst 12y ago
I don't see it as a goalpost for poverty, more of a milestone -- it's the first symptom of poverty that IMO humanity wants to relieve
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by theworst 12y ago
Not familiar with Modern Perl, and I guess you could call 2007 not modern... but check out http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/han...
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by theworst 12y ago
Also, what if someone's wealth changes between the ticket and the penalty? If they are rich when given the ticket, but lose it all, is it still fair to charge them the higher rate? My point is: changing from an absolute value to a rel
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by theworst 12y ago
Should we also do prison sentences based on life expectancy? Suppose the penalty for murder is 50% of your remaining life. Should we put a 20 year old away until he's 50 (assuming 80 years expected lifespan), but only lock a 60 year o
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by theworst 12y ago
The argument that I've commonly heard is twofold. One, Manning was in the Army, so lots of his actions fall under military jurisdiction, where the primary concern is not the rights of the accused. Secondly, Manning dumped a lot of inf
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by theworst 12y ago
In my baseless opinion, the "shame on you" radar signs are probably pretty effective. And definitely preferable to robot overlords handing out tickets. And doubly less offensive than charging people more based on income. At lea
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by theworst 12y ago
Just my experience, but I bought a year's VPS from these guys during one of their previous sales. I quickly abandoned hope of using their servers -- over subscribed more than I expected (unusable CLI). Their support was a joke. I wan
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by theworst 12y ago
Poker has very little to do with reading other people's tells. If a player relies on reading another in order to play his game, the first player is probably not going to do too well.
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by theworst 12y ago
I recommend reading Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem". Arendt discusses this very issue WRT Nazis in WW2 -- in most cases, the systems are structured in such a way that there isn't an evil overlord making those de
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by theworst 12y ago
This thread has gotten way out of hand with the thought experiments that reveal more about the author than the subject... but I can't resist! If it took 100 people to make/sell/distribute, and you are the owner of the compan
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by theworst 12y ago
Do you have any evidence that supports the possibility of LED beings more labour or capital intensive, or is this a hypothetical, "well maybe it could be worse" in an effort to confirm your existing opinion?
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by theworst 12y ago
Let me first say that I am sympathetic to your situation. My startup was financially ruined by the Google penalties. However, I'm not sure that anchoring yourself to "they used to think I was good enough" is a valid argument
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by theworst 12y ago
Not every startup has to produce a "minimum viable" product. Treatments also do not have to start with human trials.
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by theworst 12y ago
I apologize if my tone led you to believe that -- it was not my intention. My critique has nothing to do with the topic (health care), and everything to do with how the author presented their case. If they were talking about how to raise t
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by theworst 12y ago
The takeaway from my comment is to consider the source and agenda for things you read, especially regarding controversial issues. The biases in how the author frames their points, as I outlined in my original comment, indicate to me that t
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by theworst 12y ago
Allow me to preface this by saying I think we are in agreement, but I want to make sure we understand each other. GP was just pointing out there is no law of nature that says the things worth having require effort. Your meditation anecdote
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by theworst 12y ago
With a shorter guarantee, consumer drives have less time in which to fail and be replaced without charge.
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by theworst 12y ago
Reasons I am dubious of the author's agenda, based on the structure of their arguments: 1. anchoring to high numbers, without contextualizing how big this issue is: "This contributes to the nation’s $2.8 trillion in annual health
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by theworst 12y ago
I'd like to sidestep the moral argument for a moment. One major assumption in your argument is that there wouldn't be unintended consequences. I think humanity should either stop increasing the population or should place a great e
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by theworst 12y ago
The first part of your sentence makes it sound like you strongly disagree with my understanding. Can you elaborate? My point wasn't that you can turn stock into cash, but that you can turn stock into some of the same things that large
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by theworst 12y ago
If you're going to count stuff invented before 1970 that didn't make it to market for 20+ years, then you also have to count all the technology that is being developed today but won't be market ready for 20 years. Carbon nan

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