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djinnandtonic

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    Comment #45192213

    I guess that would be very typical, grabbing gov't assistance with both hands and whining about socialism the whole time

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    Comment #45192161

    Google the farm bill. Farmers are most successful when they work the system for handouts. Most farming is not economically viable otherwise

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    Comment #45192090

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    Comment #39751745

    I am a big fan of Hoxhunt; it keeps social engineering attacks in the forefront of everyone's mind

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    Comment #39735027

    What if there are hallucinations in the verification tool?

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    Comment #39674426

    Why does this notification say passwords were compromised and not password hashes? Certainly Roku engineers were better than that?

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    Comment #38558498

    It's kind of weird to see big corporations want to attract talent but then act surprised or salty when people don't like being treated like a line item in a budget. It's nothing pe…

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    Comment #38454478

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    Comment #37238375

    ngl I read this as "open source house plants" and immediately had some future shock

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    Ask HN: Best tool to archive a Facebook page?

    I've been ready to delete my Facebook page for years but what stops me is losing memories - all the photos, comments etc from people I knew. Anyone know of any tools that could gen…

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    Comment #34226799

    > Further, it's happening because of how they voted. [citation needed] Its happening because business-backed city leadership decided to deprioritize affordable housing in an effort…

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    Comment #34226722

    Its more useful to compare the violent crime rate per capita, not strictly homicides: https://www.areavibes.com/compare-results/?place1=Portland%2... By which measure Portland is s…

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    Comment #34219370

    There's a lot wrong here: 1. Don't conflate business interests with the interests of the population of a city. I don't doubt there is rising demand for private armed security from …

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    Comment #33707211

    Or use Kotlin, it's near perfectly interoperable with Java and the acclamation period is measured in weeks if you're a Java dev

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    Comment #33595375

    Would you imprison a burglar that jimmies your lock while you are away? If so, what is the difference?

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    Comment #33564089

    For someone that only dabbles in investing, what are the reasons people choose ultra-high-risk investments like crypto?

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    Comment #32434018

    Read the release log for Funny Number jokes, came away disappointed

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    Comment #30307876

    I don't understand why this is called an attack. Looks like just a (very cool!) communication protocol, over an unusual medium?

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    Comment #30063353

    mRNA-based vaccine technology was in development years before COVID-19 made it economically viable to release.

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    Comment #30063315

    VAERS is self-reported (and you can report for others) and not verified. We live in an age where a small segment of the population is highly motivated to cast doubt on vaccines. Al…

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    Comment #30062522

    Yawn. The lack of hard evidence demonstrating injuries from vaccines has led to a lot of this "lower order proof" conversation: "well here's something suspicious and here's somethi…

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    Comment #29626893

    I'm always floored by the rationalizations that people like this rely on to get through their day. "It's my job to carry out this order", "the law needs you to leave" ... just admi…

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    Comment #29262104

    I think you were being sarcastic but yes all your points are correct (except Bitcoin has still failed)