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Over2Chars

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    Comment #42926503

    I propose the death penalty for politicians who propose ineffective laws. (P.s. I'm not a politician)

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    Comment #42921100

    Real authoritarianism is easily found in Communist countries. You will be thrown in jail for six months for saying the wrong thing.

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    Comment #42764070

    The surveillance harms/thread of a Chinese state owned app need to be fully explained to really make sense. Unfortunately, going into the minutiae of app based surveillance technol…

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    Comment #42745443

    It says "The following is the dedication of James Lambert a soldier of the Revolutionary wars with the Americas." blah blah blah

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    Comment #42745377

    Indeed, I've seen "data center" maps, and was surprised they were just a tenant in some other guys data center.

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    Comment #42745359

    I guess we can always try to re-hire all those "Sys Admins" we thought we could live without. LOL?

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    Comment #42745080

    You aren't familiar with Software Defined Chainsaws (SDC)s? It's all the rage. I recommend against Rust.

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    Comment #42745072

    I suspect it might have something to do with the prevalence of earthquakes, the likelihood of said structures being damaged in earthquakes, and building codes (I've heard) that req…

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    Comment #42745047

    The topic was "is the world becoming uninsurable?" with some climate-panic being implied, oh gosh. If a country with 1/10th of the worlds seismic activity can have (earthquake) ins…

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    Comment #42745032

    I like how despite my comment on Japan, I'm characterized as a geographically challenged American. How about you take your stereotypes and go have a nice burger at McDonald's?

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    Comment #42737295

    In earthquake prone areas concrete and bricks fall over. You want that in hurricane prone areas.

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    Comment #42737268

    Its a country built on seismically active volcanoes. If there's earthquake insurance in japan, it should be do-able. "In and around Japan, one-tenth of earthquakes in the world occ…

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    Comment #42736955

    No matter what happens with Devin specifically, I think this is a really important topic and I enjoy reading updates on this kind of review every time. Please keep them coming.

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    Comment #42736604

    I would assume that earthquake insurance in japan is a reasonable model for "world insurance". It looks like it's a reinsurance program: https://www.mof.go.jp/english/policy/financ…

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    Comment #42736553

    It needs to give him a job :-)

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    Comment #42736544

    I think wandering in the desert is done because there is a promised land. Yes, it doesn't mean that it exists. But if you don't wander, you'll never find out. You gotta believe

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    Comment #42736485

    This is a duplicate of this identical post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41147651 Where's the "showing"? It looks just like link flogging to me. Here's a link for you. http…

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    Comment #42736456

    Trump says he wants to bring manufacturing back. Let's see what happens.

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    Comment #42736378

    Prove it please.

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    Comment #42736329

    If you had to write software to run the chain saw, and write software to coordinate socializing with your friends, and write software to enjoy the warm luxury of the fireplace, I s…

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    Comment #42736300

    I've found that a problem I've had is that a "2 minute task" is sometimes, for me, estimated to be a 20+ minute task. When I actually got out a watch and timed it, I was like "oh s…

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    Comment #42736185

    If you want to go into cybersecurity here's an idea (I haven't tried it, so ymmv) 1) look up people who claim to be in cybersecurity on some site like LinkedIn - see what their tit…

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    Comment #42735928

    Hilariously well written. "But the problem with checking if the user is a god, is that the user is a god. They can just tell you what you want to hear." NISUS: Good. Out of the doo…

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    Comment #42735836

    Google, the ad-monopoly pretending to be a competitive "tech company" to avoid scrutiny of it's monopoly [1] had a dizzying array of "tech products" it generated to maintain this s…