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TheLuddite

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    Comment #20717396

    How about introducing the following law: If an employee is aware of a breach in their company systems and they use the said breach to enrich themselves - they are protected by law …

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    Comment #20467760

    Too bad that he was not from a serious country like Russia or China. He could've taken the money and went home and the US cannot deport him.

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    Comment #20356497

    Perfect, you don't want someone to mistype the code when they have to send the commies to GlowLand.

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    Comment #20325075

    Maybe this will force them to start spending their money and enjoy life? If they don´t - someone else will take their stash and have fun with it. Win-win.

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    Comment #20209898

    How about we separate the phone network from the Internet. I see no reason why VoIP should exist to be honest.

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    Comment #20189805

    Good, serious measures should be taken against these Internet cesspools.

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    Comment #20159120

    Isn't this Would you feel differently argument goes both ways? Would you feel differently if you killed someone and the police found you only thanks to such dubious from privacy st…

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    Comment #19926540

    Make internet more expensive therefore limiting its impact among the stupidest members of society - the working class.

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    Comment #19894368

    Coding jobs in Appalachia...wow I've heard it all. The people living in these places are still semi-barbaric, they need a long civilizing process before they can cut it in the mode…

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    Comment #19891055

    It's a sad story that the East German Stasi and Communist party thugs avoided any type of punishment for their actions. They should've been arrested, tortured, crippled, blinded an…

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    Comment #19736525

    Kidnappings are a great way to redistribute wealth.

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    Comment #19717076

    Stallman is a nutter, he should be hospitalized for this own good.

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    Comment #19711532

    And what will happen if they do a bad work at this? Someone is going to die? No. Someones useless iPhone app will collapse on them? No.

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    Comment #19710766

    If you cannot detect a poor performer does it matter if they are a poor performer.

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    Comment #19708533

    I never understood why the hiring process in IT is so tedious compared to let's say...construction work or driving? Can you imagine that if on hiring a new truck driver the company…

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    Comment #19694722

    This is really irresponsible thing to do.

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    Comment #19658582

    The financial data of an individual should be protected the same way the health data is. If this means more fraud/scam/conmen so be it.

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    Comment #19598779

    USA is a civilized society, until the court sentences you - you are innocent.

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    Comment #19576033

    I always found the grueling training regimes a race to the bottom. Yes, the first one that introduces it has an edge and crushes everything for 3-4 years but then everyone else sta…

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    Comment #19490302

    Good, they should push this to all old account retroactively as well.

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    Comment #19475085

    Can't the local governments use the homeless population to track such AirBnBs - the homeless will have a place to stay, will earn money(like 20% from the fine given to the landlord…

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    Comment #19440067

    These are public companies, therefore they have to drive up their stock price by any means necessary.

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    Comment #19436753

    Wasn't this the way the Guilds were operating in the Medieval era?

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    Comment #19397400

    Break-it-up