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dkrafton U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

TIL; 30 Afghans killed today were not pine nut farmers, but its somehow insulting to the survivors.

dkrafton Vimeo deletes Project Veritas account after report highlighting Google AI bias

Are these comments for real? How can anyone be against the truth? The whole point to PV was taping facts. None of the content has ever been debunked.

dkrafton 'Completely secure' voting machines

can anyone tell me why we aren't using the mega-millions lottery to encode our vote with our private hash? We already have a completely reliable voting mechanism. If anyone thought that was insecure imagine the uproar.

dkrafton Apple applies to patent a paper bag with at least 60% post-consumer content

They had to find something to do with all the old batteries.

dkrafton Apple applies to patent a paper bag with at least 60% post-consumer content

Apple is officially a law office. RIP.

dkrafton MIT scientists find weird quantum effects over hundreds of miles

The only determination I can make is that there is no proof that the same neutrino was observed. All that was observed is neutrinos in two places. Probably are neutrinos everywhere you look.

dkrafton I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

The Expired Passport contained the valid visa, forgotten in a desk in USA and the Current Passport is in my possession in Bogota.

It Is a B2. I'm hoping the valid visa is in my "electronic footprint" with TSA/immigration?

or am I stuck / delayed with getting a temporary visa to re-enter ?

dkrafton I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

If I am a Colombian Citizen with a multivisit visa, and I don't have the actual visa because it is attached to an expired visa which is forgotten in the U.S. - What are the chances of re-entering USA? Is the visa information in the computer or is it useless without the physical stamp?

dkrafton Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

They don't live as far south as they would like, either.

dkrafton Request For Research: Basic Income

y'all are just using big words to express income redistribution. which. doesn't. work.

simply take the extreme case where everyone gets free resources. it is unsustainable.

natural selection is sustainable. that's how we got here.

anything else is just a deferment of the inevitable.

dkrafton Ask HN: A simple, low-tech way to reduce the package theft problem from homes?

to a condo with concierge

dkrafton Ask HN: A simple, low-tech way to reduce the package theft problem from homes?

then just be there or hire someone to stay for you.

dkrafton FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available

yeah, you showed them.

dkrafton Ask HN: Do you find reading increasingly challenging?

I only skimmed through these responses. same.

dkrafton How an 11-Year-Old Boy Invented the Popsicle

I haven't had a popsicle since I was 12

dkrafton What is the most ridiculous aircraft design?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTF5hGFJ3p4

EVERY NOW AND then a new aircraft design comes along that just makes you shake your head, wondering where to start. The Oliver Hexplane is one of those designs.

http://www.wired.com/2012/01/hexplane-oliver-vtol/

dkrafton PepsiCo to Drop Aspartame from Diet Pepsi

fucking paywall

dkrafton Poll: what smartphone do you use as your primary smartphone?

I have carried a 2nd "development" phone for more than 5 years. Currently an S3.

Not only provides sandbox to play in, it has twice provided an acceptable backup during repairs to primary with only a simcard swap.

dkrafton NBC just locked down Olympics coverage for the next 18 years

because fuck all that.

I am seriously burned out on timeshifting bullshit.

They should have 3 or so live channels to cover realtime, and one fluffer channel for the uncommitted clueless. Everything properly DVR'd enabled.

Until then I'm just youtubing on my own time.

dkrafton Will you drown?

It's a one way trip. it's inevitable.

More money. More Problems.

dkrafton If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?

head upwind gathering bottled water as you go. hint - prevailing winds are often from the northwest

dkrafton What are some tools you can't live without?

Drywall screws and power screw drivers.

dkrafton Ask HN: Who's hiring posters, how many emails do you get after a post?

Why would I hire a poster and poison the system? Organic human experience is rewarded, autonomy is punished. This is only going to get more intelligent as douche bags continue to attempt to game the system and create more security and performance headaches for us doing real honest work...