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easilyBoredon French election: Macron defeats Le Pen

The protest vote. Doesn't necessarily mean that they agree with her on most things, they just hate the status quo.

easilyBoredon French election: Macron defeats Le Pen

Had France "fallen," EU would have been toast. Together with Germany they are the main pillars of EU.

As bad as EU is, eventually they will get along just fine...or a least just as United States of America do.

easilyBoredon Japan Shows the Way to Affordable Megacities (2014)

Living in an apartment for your entire life is looked down upon, especially if you have a family.

Not sure about others but personally the yard, larger home, parking etc are a huge quality of life boost. I can sacrifice for a while, but eventually need to enjoy life a bit.

easilyBoredon The great British Brexit robbery

It should have required then (IMHO).

easilyBoredon The great British Brexit robbery

Direct democracy is dangerous. Major decisions, and joining /leaving EU is certainly one, should require e super-majority. Say 60% of the vote and 60% of the Parliament.

50%+1 just doesn't seem right. These are life-changing decisions and there needs to be a general consensus.

easilyBoredon Don’t Let Facebook Make You Miserable

Facebook is great to find out what family and friends are doing since virtually everyone is using it. That's all.

It will never make me miserable since I rarely post and don't care about "likes"

easilyBoredon Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community

On HN driving societal wedges? I really don;t understand your comments at all.

Let's start fresh:

1. Vaccines apparently are not mandatory. You can vaccinate your child or not.

2. Someone that's telling parents not to vaccinate, shouldn't be going to jail, because he's not doing anything illegal (see point 1).

3. The state should make vaccines mandatory first, which IMO is the correct choice.

There's no FUD or anti-vaccine thing, simply saying that as long as vaccines are optional, people should not go to jail for saying don't vaccinate.

easilyBoredon Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community

The key role of government is to represent community interest and not vaccinating your kids is very clearly endangering others.

Why hasn't the government made it mandatory then (IMO it should be) ?

easilyBoredon Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community

OK, I could use another example or a hundred ones, but eating a lot of red meat can cost us money. At e minimum increases our insurance rates or we have to pick up the tab if they can't afford.

My point still stands. If it was so ironclad, it would illegal to refuse to vaccinate. Refuse to "care" about your child and you go to jail and lose the child Yet, you can refuse to vaccinate him/her and suffer no consequences. So you have a choice. If I tell you that you do not have to vaccinate, why should I be sued or jailed?

easilyBoredon Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community

People should eat read meat No, red meat is bad for you.

Which one should we sue? Slippery slope. In the end no one was forced anyone not to vaccinate the kids.

If vaccines are made mandatory then the state can fine/jail the parents and do them even if the parents chose not to

easilyBoredon My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year

https://www.google.com/search?q=slashed+subway+initiation+ga...

easilyBoredon Why are crime victims being jailed?

I get the idea: you saw something and the state forces you to testify to what you saw to solve the crime. It's a noble idea to punish the perpetrator and make the country safer.

In reality, most of the time it's best not to see or hear anything.

easilyBoredon Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research Shows

Wild guessing: maybe it contained much less then the xx grams of (pure) aspirin? The rest could have been filler as the tech wasn't as precise as today.

easilyBoredon Long-dormant bacteria and viruses in ice are reviving as climate warms

The idea is that this might harm YOU, not a person in Libya or a poor person in Kentucky.

If it materializes, I'm sure you'll set you priorities straight

easilyBoredon Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

Here are a few: neighbor has terminal cancer. Giving him pot to ease his pain might be illegal but nothing else works or he has no money for expensive drugs. Now if you charge him $400 an ounce get ready for no sympathy.

Or you smuggle a persecuted across the US border it might still be illegal for you but you're breaking the law for a humanitarian reason. However, if you charge $5000 a person, any person from MS-13 to Isis to day laborers bring your toothbrush

easilyBoredon Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surveillance

Google's so big it needs to be mentioned twice :)

I meant Facebook. If they all stopped their UK services for a few days, they /us might win. FB + Google want to spy on us to sell ads, but I doubt they want the gov to do so. So we have a common enemy.

easilyBoredon My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year

The Mafia are scum, they are lowlife despicable murderers. They're unreservedly wretchedly scum. I agree. You should post this to the person that praised them.

The post I replied suggested that Italy is not safe because of Mafia. Yeah, Salvatore Riina did go into terror to force the state to settle some 20+ years ago, but how many people not related to their business were killed vs mafiosi? Things happen. People fall out of their beds too. USA and other countries have their own problems.

My point was that Italy is to be considered dangerous for tourists because of the mafia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

easilyBoredon My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year

Uh, huh. I am a very selfish person. By definition, it runs in the family

easilyBoredon Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surveillance

Apple stops iPhone sales to UK due to encryption backdoor requirement.

What would happen? Would the government back down? No doubt if Google, Microsoft and Google joined it would be easier. China wouldn't care but UK is different politically and much smaller to have it's own replacements.

easilyBoredon My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year

Wow, very gutsy.

Donating has its risks, after all there's a reason we have two, when only one does the job. I know a person who donated one kidney to his son and was told to essentially change his lifestyle at least when it came to physical work.

easilyBoredon My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year

The mafia, even if it is as once was, does not target "civilians." You have a much greater chance of being slashed by a 14 yo gang-member in USA

easilyBoredon Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

Time Machine: "Uber settles with DOJ. While admitting to no wrongdoing, Uber agrees to pay $1.2 million fine and $232 in investigation costs."

Until people that OK'd, knew and /or executed a certain action go to jail, nothing will change. Lawyer fees and fines now are a tiny cost of doing business for big corps.

easilyBoredon Leaving Apple Inc

I am now actively looking for a data analyst/software engineering job within San Francisco. If you are interested or if you know of companies who are looking for qualified people, please send me an email

He's probably worth more to a company if he works in marketing. What a brilliant way to market himself.

easilyBoredon Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities

2. Sure, corporations are people too, but, nonetheless, only people engage in civil disobedience. Related, for courts, a company that profits from violating of local laws is not a protester or freedom fighter battling injustice, it is criminal enterprise.

Why do people still argue that? It makes no sense to me, even as a non-lawyer (but I've watched People's Court :))

Otherwise El Chapo could be arguing the same, I believe in people's rights to use drugs so I'm breaking every law in the books and making billions "while fighting for their rights"

easilyBoredon Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV

I've been getting 90% of my calories from Joylent for about 5 months.

90% for 5 months? Any specific situation or just prefer it that way?

Personally, I'd prefer to get out of the home /office, stretch, clear my head and eat the (kinda) old fashion way. Everyone has the same 24 hours...

easilyBoredon Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturing jobs in the U.S

$1 billion. I wonder what % of their marketing PR a billion is. Because that's all this is. PR to buy a few good mentions and to enable Apple to say, "Yeah we're doing something..."

easilyBoredon Google accuses Uber of creating a fake company in order to steal its tech

Yeah but the laptop might be the nail in the coffin. This and that and your laptop has been tampered with to hide evidence? Guilty. Without the laptop he would have had one less thing against. Maybe I left the laptop unattended or whatever...

easilyBoredon Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs

I meant government rules and codes .

easilyBoredon Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs

On the _other_ hand, not accounting for companies in inheritance tax means that every family ever will shift all its possessions into a company.

No taxes if a company has an employee that makes at least x00% of minimum wage for every, say $500K of worth. So your parents leave you a company that has a $20mm value and you have 40 employees that average $35,000 a year, you pay no inheritance taxes. Of course you need you'd to set a reasonable timeable to discourage cheating, otherwise they'd sell /fire 50% as soon as the x year timeline expires.

easilyBoredon Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs

Or within two-three generations they might lose it all, or one of them pulls a Bill Gates and leave most to charity.

Personally I think that you earned your money, paid taxes on it and your kids shouldn't be being more than half (at least on paper, before scores of lawyers and accountants devise shelters.)

Your own kids are different, now as you go down the family free... Soon enough or maybe even now, the Kennedys, can marry each other in the church and without any genetic penalty. So Joe's money could be funding both sides of the family...