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Exactly, the beauty of the law is that almost always, the outcome is decided on a case to case basis. It used to be less case-to-case when there were mandatory minimums. These were…

A tagger who has the nerve to tag a police station is more likely to be involved in violence than a fairly educated 17 year old adolescent who codes. Why is this not reasonably fai…

Good points, roel. I want to say something about my "logic." I compared two similar scenarios. You're comparing industrial sabotage to tagging a wall. It's not fair to say that bec…

"So long both teenagers are first time offenders, then the justice system should treat them the same." Once again, I can't agree. That is not the only consideration taken into acco…

Yeah. That. But let's make sure we understand the point of his example. The whole point of the law is to take trials on a case by case basis. More often than not there is no broadl…

Think about what you're writing. There's a huge difference. One is writing a few pieces of code. The other exists in the physical world. That means the person spray painting the po…

Wow...to think that he would be 27 before he ever got out. I wonder how it's possible for the government to penalize a 17 year old with 10 years of prison. That's the equivalent of…

Oops. Sorry. :)

I have to disagree. I don't like to think of this as a necessary evil. Given the OP's philosophy, I definitely don't think it's appropriate to describe what he should do as an "evi…

I have a feeling that if you have all of these other features (statuses, profiles, messages...), why not just stick in notes, groups and pages? I feel like (what you're saying) the…

As a side note (because your way of thinking is very interesting), here's a small thought exercise. I would love to know what you would do in this situation. (This might further co…

Dear jhjhjhjhj, 1. Not acting is hurting someone too. You can look at this from a psychological standpoint. I've read the other comments and I agree with some of them, especially m…

Weil es ein bisschen lustiger ist. :)

(b0ttler0cket): What's the next big thing? It may not be all that hard to perceive. You're on Hacker News so you may be biased immediately to think it has something directly to do …

(b0ttler0cket): This may be an interesting idea. I do not know too much about the music industry, except from what I've read and the people I've talked to. Here's a quote I remembe…

As I said before, I'd continue to look. Here is another outline provided by East Tennessee State University that I think is fairly worthwhile. ( http://math.etsu.edu/multicalc/prea…

(b0ttler0cket): I think this question has a lot to do with risk and reward. Graham addresses this (at this point, it's a bit of a blur. Whenever I hear something like this, I just …

(b0ttler0cket): This is a good question. I looked at mailboxapp.com and I noticed a few things right away. 1. It's beautiful to look at. 2. It's simple. It's easy to understand. 6 …

(b0ttler0cket): Bhargav, I want to start out by saying this is a cool idea. Other people have commented that it's not necessary or that you're building a platform on an industry th…

1. I think the MIT response is a very good place to start, as I also used it (along with Khan) to do well during high school exams. I would also recommend as a further study aid ( …