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Good points. Sucks that there aren't more facts available.

Contract of adhesion: Wow very interesting point. If Tinkov's offer is construed as a unilateral offer, acceptance was only possible by performance (signing and returning the offer).

Exactly. I think programmers assume that law is a simple application of rules to facts, and that a computer could do it better/faster/cheaper than humans.

But in fact there is so much subtlety and nuance to it that I don't understand how computers could ever do it. I mean, you're trying to persuade a human being that your version of the facts is more compelling than your opponents. Last time I checked computers were not very persuasive orators or writers....

I'm a law student and I'm learning about this stuff now so I'm genuinely curious:

If Tinkov gave him the unlimited line of credit that he asked for, then didn't they by their conduct consent to his variation of the terms?

https://www.rt.com/business/tinkoff-bank-agarkov-credit-299/ <- says here they approved his unlimited line of credit

I'm just starting law school so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt, but this is a pretty interesting case since I'm studying offer and acceptance right now in contracts class. It's a bit difficult to analyze this since the facts are scarce. A good case to look at for reference is Butler Machine Tool v. Ex-Cell-O Corporation.

The variations Arganov proposed in his counter-offer were pretty extreme: he made significant changes to the material terms. He also didn't appear to do anything to bring Tinkov's attention to these variations and made the counter-offer look very similar to the initial offer (i.e: it looked almost identical). I don't see any mention that he highlighted the variations, or included a note bringing Tinkov's attention to them, or asked Tinkov to initial beside them. At this point, I would say that Tinkov didn't consent to the variation and had assumed that Arganov had accepted their original offer.

BUT, since they apparently gave him the unlimited line of credit he had included in his counter-offer, it seems pretty conclusive that by their conduct they had in fact accepted Arganov's counter-offer.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Machine_Tool_Co_Ltd_v_E...]

I can't tell if you're trolling or not but I'll bite.

You're perverting the definition of "speech". Creation/dissemination of child pornography is not a statement of opinion (and its malicious too, which would exempt it from protection); creation/dissemination of child pornography is an act that directly and tangibly harms others. Same goes for pirated content. I know there's lots of HN readers who believe that libertarianism and meritocracy will solve the world's ills but cmon man, you really think child pornography should be protected speech????

American jurisprudence has taken a troubling tack on free speech, choosing to take it in a very libertarian direction. In fact the biggest loser of such libertarian free speech ideals is the American political system: shameless attack ads that cheapen political discourse, the fusion of money and political favour (PACs), and the rise of populist rightwing hate-mongers who routinely attack minorities and inspire intolerance. Funny, a piece of legislation originally created to protect the citizens from their government is now being used by citizens (politicians) to destroy the government....

I'm a firm believer in free speech but it made a lot more sense 300 years ago when the government could easily control your speech. In 2015, with the internet and mobile phones, the government would have an incredibly difficult time preventing people from expressing their unfavourable opinions. Maybe it's time to stop living in the past and instead create legislation that reflects the world we live in today.

I am reminded while reading this article, that there exists hundreds of thousands of "casual" cocaine users who are capable of using for short periods of time, even a single night, and then getting on with their lives. This is supported by statistics[1], but also my personal experience of knowing plenty of successful ambitious people who will occasionally take a weekend off and consume psychedelics, or MDMA, or split a gram of coke between friends for a night. In fact I think it's safe to say that the majority of cocaine users don't become regular users with expensive and costly habits. Of course no one ever writes lengthy exposés about the occasional users because that wouldn't fit the narrative that has been playing on loop for the last 40 years: "all drugs are bad and even one single use will lead to your ruin".

It's people who are suffering from mental illness or who live in conditions that cause them mental anguish who usually become addicted to drugs in general. It's a form of escape and the community that dulls their pain.

The sooner we can start having sane, even-handed discussions about drugs the sooner we can start solving the root of the problem, which is not drugs, but mental illness and mental wellbeing. Sensationalist stories such as this one that completely ignore >90% of drug users and focuses only on the ones' whose stories are worth exploiting for clicks are not helping.

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/drugs-c... He cites 12:1, casual to addicted, in the USA.

For a long time French people were mostly unconcerned with learning English. Maybe it's like that in other European countries too, I don't know, but I have lots of French friends so I know its true for them. The French have a lot of pride in their own language, although most of the ones I know wish they were <<bilingue>> (speak English).

Am I missing something? How is this on the 2nd page? A year-old article with a broken image?

Great idea and I hope it gains widespread adoption.

That being said, I've had two landlords who insist on being paid in cash so that there's no paper trail. Its not a convenience factor that they're looking for.

I couldn't get this to work and some googling seems to suggest that --enable-precise-memory-info is no longer an option?

"making his prior investment in his theater degree wasted money" !!!!!!!!!

Shoegaze is incredibly easy to make and incredibly hard to make well. I'm not surprised to hear that bands are stringing up a couple reverb/delay pedals and then trying to get some of that 90s no$talgia cachet.

I think that's why Mark Gardener comes off like such a prick in this article: Ride were really on another level technically and in their songwriting and then all these crappy knock-offs came along and watered down the genre until it was a joke. Seriously Ride's live shows were so tight. These guys could really play their instruments.

I don't think its that much of a stretch to say that. There was a huge backlash to the shoegaze aesthetic, shoegaze records stopped charting and the original bands broke up or made disastrous attempts to adapt to the new trends (cough Ride's last two albums cough).

As far as the Thames Valley scene was concerned it was DEAD in 1993. The Swirlies were doing a shoegaze-type sound over in Boston and you had Curve still retaining some shoegaze sounds up until 2001 but otherwise no one was selling any shoegaze records after 1993.

Also it should be noted that only ONE of the songs on mbv was recorded in 2012 and the rest were somewhere between 5-20 years old. So its not really new shoegaze.

Finally if anyone liked this article check out music critic Chris Ott's series Shallow Rewards on youtube. He devotes two episodes to shoegaze and although they're a bit obtuse and pretentious there's lot of great info in them.

If anyone's ever watched the documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*" they raise some interesting points questioning why steroids are demonized. Professional musicians take beta-blockers, athletes get laser eye surgery and take cortisone and opiate shots before/during competition, programmers take Adderall and Modafinil, male porn stars shot their penises full of drugs to stay erect for hours on end, etc. etc. Plenty of examples of professionals "cheating" without widespread media outcry and pearl-clutching about the sanctity of the profession.

Furthermore, taking steroids won't improve your muscle-memory, proprioception, agility, sports IQ, etc... In my opinion they should be allowed in sports in some limited cases, such as recovering from an injury, where it would be administered in a controlled environment by a licensed doctor to accelerate recovery. They're a very useful drug if used properly.

Apparently there's enough wrong with that to justify a 2716 word screed (and that's just part 1!!!)

He even trotted out that worn-out trope that woman use rape allegations as a tool against men. That argument should be taken out behind the barn and shot. Its old and it don't hunt no mo'.

I was really hoping for some thought-provoking counterpoints to feminism, but sadly there were none to be found. Just some anecdotal whinging and a couple quotes from the Ann Coulter of feminism.

I'm not really buying this. Look at the Nordic countries that rank highest in the world in gender equality[1]. They certainly don't have problems with men "checking out". In Sweden and Iceland the difference between male and female unemployment is a couple percentage points (< 5%)[2][3]. As with any major economic change (industrialization, technological revolution, etc..) there will be growing pains. Bringing women into the workforce is a massive change and of course there will be some casualties. But as with the industrial and technological revolutions, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone saying life was better before these events (environmental problems not withstanding)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report [2] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/sweden/long-term-unemploymen... [3] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/iceland/long-term-unemployme...

One of the most astonishing parts of dark markets is that it flips the drug-dealing paradigm. Instead of watered-down product sold by unsavory people only motivated by profit, we now have what are essentially drug aficionados who are earnestly interested in selling the best possible product.

Which isn't to say they're allergic to profit, but since its closer to an open-market they can no longer rely on being the only game in town. Testimony from buyers on the dark markets shows that some dealers even include free drugs, which is completely unheard of.

If the cocaine cowboys of the 70s and 80s were the first wave and the crack kingpins of the 90s were the second wave, then the cyber vendors are the third wave drug dealers.

Seems to load an image from a server. Maybe for identifying the user?

Remember kids, you only have a finite amount of connective tissue and cartilage and once its gone its gone. Unless you can pay for a 25000$ exotic platelet rich plasma transfusion or have a secret cache of bio-engineered body parts.

Low-weight high-rep exercises, like they do in Crossfit, will do very little to develop "power" (which I'm assuming you mean to refer to being able to apply a large amount of force across a distance in a very short amount of time, i.e: explosiveness).

Power comes from fast-twitch type 2b muscle fibers, and the amount you have varies based on your genetic makeup [2]. Its possible to recruit the other types of muscle fibers to become fast-twitch type 2b but that requires continuous retraining of fibers through plyometrics; as soon as you stop your body will regress to its natural ratio of muscle fiber types. Fast twitch type 2b muscle fiber tires extremely quickly (I remember reading ~10s but I can't find a source) and is not something that can be trained using high-rep exercises [1].

Doing hang-cleans (never do these [3]), sloppy squats, "chin-ups" and other Crossfit staples for time in rapid succession and in high volume will only really help you lose weight and slip a disc in your back, but it will do very little to develop "power". If you want real power and explosiveness train like an Olympic sprinter: high-weight low-rep complex exercises and low-rep plyometrics [1].

Sources:

[1] http://smscsqlx.sasktelwebhosting.com/services/exphys/wts%26...

[2] Arabatzi, F, and K Eleftherios. “Olympic weightlifting training causes different knee muscle-coactivation adaptations compared with traditional weight training.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 26.8 (2012): 2192-2201.

[3] http://www.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Art...

Has there ever been a company that covertly creates a virus and releases it into the wild, and then "catches" it and sells an anti-virus remedy?

CSS is like an old Alfa Romeo. There's only one mechanic within a 100 miles who actually knows how to properly fix it. The other mechanics can't be bothered to figure it out and just keep slapping more duct tape on top of the old stuff to keep it running.

Interesting how the poo icon is interpreted differently by different mobile developers. Looking at the iPhone, Android and Windows poos: Apple thinks poop is happy, Android thinks its smelly, and Windows thinks its purely utilitarian.

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There is a certain stigma associated with lifting weights. The trope of "jocks v. nerds" is far from dead. I will agree though that its a shame that the voice of dissent has to be "artofmanliness.com".

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