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Aren't US citizens and corporations prohibited from paying anything to Iran due to sanctions?

I wish the protocol was to introduce your name about 5-15 minutes into the conversation because then I would have some other information to attach it to. When it's the first piece …

Personal cars also take up space on the road when they aren't being used. It would be much easier to build physically separated, safe biking lanes and drop off areas if we could us…

Mostly agree, but choosing not to risk a new collision in order to maybe get there slightly faster (what if you damage the ambulance and are unable to continue?) to maybe help some…

He never says "AI could lead to post-scarcity" in the entire piece. In fact, he says: > Before making this argument, I want to defend the topic. Utopia is not around the corner; th…

TBF, for the more popular shows, they are spending that money on an English dub (which is considerably more expensive).

This almost always means "security patches" but the general public almost always interprets this as "feature updates" and tech journalism never manages to draw the distinction.

If they really wanted to, they could offer two versions: one which includes a charger, and another which does not and donates $5 to an environmental charity.

Why do some people believe that deliberately and carefully trying to fix a problem and inadvertently introducing an unforeseen side-effect is worse than deliberately choosing not t…

I am a pretty big advocate for good faith communication and think the article is right that it is necessary. The thing that disheartens me though, is the asymmetric nature of the p…

Commercial property tax rates (incl rental) should be higher than residential. All things being equal, it would be preferable for someone to own the house they live in, rather than…

I guess you're going to volunteer to feed them the human blood they need to reproduce, then?

No it's not, it's looking to enshrine that standard by law for everyone. Nothing is stopping consumers from demanding phones that are self-serviceable, they just simply aren't will…

> To the extent that interpretive canons accurately describe how the English language is generally used, they are useful tools. … [But w]hen this Court describes canons as rules or…

Disagree. The abandonment of advertising in favor of paywalls in media is directly contributing to the increase in polarization and consumption of disinformation. Quality journalis…

If 401k contributions are included in earnings, why shouldn't pensions be?

I actually lost money when the first company I worked for sold. At settle, I received a wire transfer for $7.22. The bank charged me a $15 incoming wire transfer fee.

The NYT has been doing really, really well financially the last 4 years. Their stock price is up almost 300% since 2016--not the only metric, obviously, but it certainly gives some…

If you repeat the process many times will it reduce that error rate, or are the errors non-independent?

Pairing maybe?

Yeah, it's weird that the discussion has centered around censorship, rather than like... why didn't law enforcement shut this down sooner? Or at least properly prepare for it?

No, but it's automatically the right tradeoff for everyone. Security measures are always a tradeoff between convenience and security. Not everyone's tradeoffs work out evenly. Some…

Children are often placed in a caretaker position over dogs--they sometimes help feed it, take it out to the bathroom or on walks. They don't spend much mental energy thinking abou…

Right, and a willingness to experiment on new things inherently implies some of those things will be cancelled. If cancellation is an unacceptable outcome, they need to have a high…