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BlackDeath3
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Comment #17094518
I really love all of the things that I can do with my smartphone these days that I'd never have been able to do with an older device (trying to even browse the Internet on a phone …
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Comment #17094144
But ~$89,000 isn't six figures, so...? Also, I suppose it depends on the source and relevant area covered by the statistic. I've heard other (lower) figures elsewhere.
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Comment #17094128
>> ...they even went so far as to say it didn’t even matter what you studied!... > ...They weren't wrong. The sheer number of people who have had their resumes ignored simply becau…
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Comment #17093742
> Vets can easily make 100k+ in rural areas where the median wage is in the 20s or 30s... Eh... depends on the job. I don't think that most prospective veterinarians dream of worki…
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Comment #17093607
>> Veterinarian programs specific limit how many students they accept, because if they didn't, their graduates wouldn't be able to afford a living wage. > Are you sure that's the o…
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Comment #17032687
> Restrictions on how private parties can provide a private service are ubiquitous in every market... I'm speaking more about "ought" than "is" here. I don't see any reason why Fac…
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Comment #17031904
Right, I'm not talking about withdrawing from the market, I'm talking about remaining in the market and being allowed, as a private company providing a private service, to freely a…
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Comment #17031677
Personally, I'd really not like to see a precedent set for a company entering a market, doing very well, and then being legally compelled to provide their product as some sort of l…
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Comment #17031458
I find this distinction increasingly odd as time goes on. Or, at the very least, the use of the phrase "real life", as if interactions over the Internet are somehow cleanly separat…
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Comment #10853357
Appealing to authority is not always fallacious.
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Comment #9597212
>they treat it as an insult I treat that as an insult. As if their ego is more important than me not being launched through a fucking windshield.
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Comment #9589565
Do they not provide comparable functionality?
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Comment #9589535
As it should be! The ubiquity of the "funny == upvote" mentality is rather depressing, and I'm glad that HN (generally) tries to avoid that. It makes the comments section a much mo…
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Comment #8419918
>Everyone is saying the same thing. Registry Cleaning is unnecessary, won't improve performance, and really only offers you a chance of doing damage. Well, shit. I've been using th…
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Comment #8175666
I'd imagine just about anything that exists in any capacity can be tied to the physical in some way. I think that in this context, "tangible" means more than that.
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Comment #8175661
But if I were to do that, I'd have to go deeper. I'd have to start justifying everything that I do. And I mean everything . I'd have to justify my justifications, and justify those…
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Comment #8168205
I haven't suggested that general anarchy has erupted. I've suggested that "breaking the rules is part of being human" is a crappy justification for breaking rules.
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Comment #8166321
>Because breaking the rules (like what "fits HN") is part of being a hacker. Or a human. This sounds like justification for having no rules. I don't know if that's a good idea. >Pl…
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Comment #8166277
Agreed. I always find it odd when digital items are referred to as "non-existent", as though their intangibility makes them any less real or valuable.
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Comment #7316273
What are your means? What is "quite well"?
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Comment #7315919
How is that? Again, I don't really mean to press you too far with the questions, I'm just a young guy who hears $110,000 and thinks "gee, that's a lot of money".
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Comment #7315813
If you don't mind my asking, how far would you say that $110,000 has gotten you in Seattle?
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Comment #7315370
RES uses infinite scrolling of some sort, yes.
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Comment #7315174
Do you mind providing me with some examples of civilized honor killings?
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Comment #7313974
If you're avoiding press for security reasons, you may be doing it wrong.