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Because people value collecting them more than they do smoking them. Would you smoke your 5 million dollar cigar collection? Probably not. It's burning money!

This format was very hard to read for me

Point being this is exactly what people were afraid of when Facebook tried to become an pseudo-ISP for India.

Summed up by the author's question "Would we really accept higher statistical safety, if that came with new risks and accident types that we could easily avoid today?"

Who would say no to this?

By term "physical lynching" doesn't make sense. The act of lynching is physical in and of itself.

It was answered in the post:

>Thiel just crucified the most notorious dissenter of Silicon Valley and called it ‘philanthropy.’ If this is how Silicon Valley billionaires are going to treat their dissenters, then dissenters have no choice but to go underground.

>If the price of dissent in Silicon Valley is too high, dissent will find a darker avenue. The next ValleyWag is likely to be more like WikiLeaks. It could be anonymous. It could be outside the jurisdiction of The United States. And it could use all the shiny tools of the web, Tor, bitcoin financing, Zeronet, the blockchain, to exist above the law.

The author is saying that if you legally shut down businesses through proxy lawsuits, the businesses will no longer operate on legal means to remain online and as such, the next Gawker can very well become something unstoppable.

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When's the last time Oracle has built "cool stuff"?

Ah yeah, you're right. Need to brush up on my understanding of rental laws.

From AirBNB: "Many countries, including the U.S., have laws preventing discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or age. In the U.S., anti-discrimination laws apply to discrimination by any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment that provides lodging to guests. The two main federal laws in this area are the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) (FHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."

Note that these protections do not apply if the landlord is living in the building (under 4 units).

> Yes it is their choice to either accept candidates regardless of race or delist their property and cease renting if they wish to be discriminatory in their rental practices.

You aren't agreeing with him, you're saying the exact opposite. It is the property owner's choice to be discriminatory to who they rent to - through racism or otherwise.

"You have 30 seconds to comply"

Yeah we're operating at a level never before seen in sociology. It's inevitable we'll have some hiccups and bumps along the way before we reach a system that uniformly benefits everyone. And even then, the ability for such a system to exist is debated.

If you're adding a projector and computer to your shower routine, you aren't too concerned about power usage.

I think it was a poor choice of words. "Caring for others" can include things like making food, washing cars, and cleaning. Essentially another way of saying "labor for others."

Really? This has to be the lowest quality submission I've seen on HN.

I think you're overblowing this. Sleep is not that complex of an issue. Many people get good sleep nowadays and it's due to maintaining a sleeping schedule and keeping your body healthy. However you're correct in the fact that many Americans fail at this.

They don't fail because they value activities and productivity over sleep, they fail because of a lack of self respect required to do good by their body. Oftentimes this leads towards other unhealthy habits such as overeating and drug use. The number one cause of sleep apnea? Being overweight. Along with that many people can't sleep without some form of drug (alcohol or otherwise).

A person can easily interact and thrive in this society without causing detriment to their health and/or sleep.

Obviously user friendly but businesses don't care when they can't get their metrics.

Not to mention not only did they get caught trying to scam Spotify - they were let off with a warning for it.

You don't have to assault someone for your weapon to become an "assault weapon". A semi-auto pistol grip rifle is an assault weapon. Especially when the clear purpose of them having these weapons are to be used in combat.

No it is not a defense to say that they are defending themselves. These people illegally encroached property that was not theirs.

Let's not forget these people had every intention to use those weapons against humans. This isn't some guns club hanging out.

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but you should be weary of the information you read on Reddit. A lot of people simply rehash untrue statements they've heard on Reddit before. I'd say this is true anywhere but Reddit seems to be exceeding prevalent.

New technology is always full of naysayers and people pointing out the obvious defects. Real innovation comes from recognizing and realizing the potential of it.

Oh yeah, didn't think about that aspect. Best of luck to you hwstar.

How public is your age? I found myself having a very difficult time getting interviews being an 18 year old (I was applying for above my age's average skill level). I stopped mentioning my age as well as removed my birth year from my online profiles. After that, interviews started coming in.

Your argument can be applied to minimum wage. How dare the government say I can't work for $5/hour if I want to? Labor regulations have a purpose and statistically reduce harm.

CNET and download used to be, sure. Maybe not so much anymore. I'm just saying official or not, if the checksum matches - it's not malicious. End of story.

You're correct though in that just randomly picking mirrors is a bad idea. I seriously doubt your average person is utilizing checksums.

By that logic, every mirror site with advertisements is malicious. Don't be ridiculous.

Because Github succeeded in being the Git repo host. I think you're on track with saying their complacency is an opportunity and I wouldn't doubt to see a Github killer born this year.

I feel like the whole thing is being oversold. They're making huge claims on this page and I have no idea whether or not they're true.

  > Never says no

  > Hits 100% of promises and expectations

I'm sure these are achievable...

It's definitely a touchy subject and disturbing to the general populace, but such experiments are necessary for the advancement of the human race.