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After reading your comment, I am very concerned. This is a very general law. Saying something is 'injurious to public health, safety, morals, or welfare' is such a broad category. …

The worst curse put upon us is XNA games engine, which was unable to distinguish primary from secondary clicks. So players who swapped mouse buttons at the OS level were out of luc…

There is a comment somewhere on HN where a person described implementing ads for a small, hobby website. Users complaied about the price to go ad-free (something like $25 per year)…

I just don't believe that can be effective. Cameras are legal and too useful to ban. Facial recognition is just software. And it's getting easier to make. There are open source sol…

Does Google get money for directing traffic to sites (barring sites that pay for ad placement, that is)? If I search for 'astronomy', Google doesnt earn any money whether i go to t…

It's sad how the snall web became invisible. I used to use all sorts of small websites in 2005. But by 2015 I used only about 10 large ones. Like many changes, I cannot pinpoint ex…

I am not sure about the legal implications. But, I do see the concern. Someone else mentioned the analogy of patients preferring physicians of a given sex. I would not be surprised…

From the article comments: > Add to this fatuous criminal charge the sad reality that the process is often the punishment. Even after Mr. Left's innocence gets determined by a jury…

There have been _3_ rabies transmissions in the IS in 50 years? The writer suggests this likes it is rare. But organ donation is rare. And rabies is even rarer. That it has happene…

I always thought this was applied to all celebrities as a way to feel superior. But, I am not really sure. Normal people despise being lectured by celebrities about social or polit…

Hmm, having read that, I am starting to sympathize with Google if they are going to be punished for being open. No one seems to care that Apple has never allowed freedom on their d…

We definitely are straining the rules. I think we actually want a federal government like this. The reality on the ground is that most people want things like FDA and FCC at the fe…

Hmm, I've never heard of this. My initial gut reaction is that this sounds good but the definition of 'single subject' is dubious. With enough leeway and creativity, anything can b…

Yes, that's a really good point!

This is going to be controversial because it steps into the shutdown blame game. I think I am more interested in the mechanics of how this happens. Why do we need to attach riders …

I just want to thank you for this nuanced comment. I had never considered #3. It seems to me that there are many conflicting interests. We want simple taxes but we also want specia…

Well we could just limit the _amount_ people gamble instead (say $1000 per year). I have no idea if this is feasible.

I just don't think those are good analogies. For one, we are just discussing financial ruin. Not deaths by guns or cars. And it does not impact you. Or else you would need to just …

Yes. I know it's incredibly selfish to push your laws on my body because you don't have self control. How do you sleep at night, knowing you're a nosy fascist?

I happen to enjoy sports gambling and would be sad to see it disappear. I'm writing this because I want you to know what you're depriving me of. Because _other_ people make poor de…

I don't even know where to _begin_ writing an operating system. If i wanted to learn just so i have a concept of what an os does, what would you recommend? I'm not trying to write …

Internally, do contraint solvers just do brute force? It's interesting how powerful contraint solvers are (Ive never used one). But actually all of these problems are fairly simple…

8T isnt really that much for America, especially over 24 years. And it's not like China does not spend on defense. I would be cautious applying broad statements and simple causes. …

And yet, people keep buying i Phones. They have a choice. And they are opting in to a closed platform. Likewise with PlayStations and Wiis versus computer games. Consumers largely …

I have some old crates, including the oroginal 'Weapons crate'. But looking at the steam store, it's only worth about $100 usd. Is there a more valuable one?