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n3rdy

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    Comment #7018276

    If someone has allodial title to their property then government cannot tax it. They can only tax property they own and rent out, which is almost all land in the U.S. that hasn't be…

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    Comment #7009642

    I'll second this. The whole tone of the article doesn't make much sense because to me a hacker has always been someone who strives to impress themselves rather than other people.

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    Comment #6918866

    if you click on the earth text some controls pop up and allow you to select the height

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    Comment #6911890

    I actually thought this was going to be an article about whether people with a smaller risk appetite have more stability, but nope, really is about chicken.

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    Comment #6790736

    Voting is already an act of violence. His father was suffering agony every day because government and its voters decided if anyone in that condition wants to end their life, that t…

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    Comment #6786741

    I've just started playing around piecing together one. I'm using node.js as the server, redis as the database and virtual file system, ace for the text editor, jquery and some jque…

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    Comment #6765299

    I would prefer government to spend money on feeding people, rather than killing them. For that reason, I don't think people should be ashamed of taking food stamps, they may be ind…

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    Comment #6765270

    This is a little different. Self-confidence is important when you are trying to accomplish something big, and feeling like someone else is bailing you out undermines that. Everybod…

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    Comment #6688532

    > If that guy did not have some kind of insurance like banks do, how can he refund anyone? Bitcoin is a relatively new thing, would not be surprised to start seeing bitcoin insuran…

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    Comment #6652437

    Looks like he may not have had enough variation in his replies. If you have only 20 different tweets, its easy for them to look like a typical bot to automated filters. Even if you…

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    Comment #6628982

    If were that simple then why wouldn't we just type it into our programming environment instead?

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    Comment #6504824

    Not to mention he himself took the job out of desperation. He admits he couldn't make a better life choice for himself but acts like he's superior to the people conducting business…

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    Comment #6468823

    1) Started with QBasic. Didn't have internet back then. Literally just read the help file for every single command listed and whatever wasn't explained about its usage I learned th…

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    Comment #6273246

    There is definitely a difference between "cold calling" and "spam" when it comes to b2b solicitation. I'm sure pharmaceutical reps show up to doctors offices often unannounced, but…

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    Comment #6269542

    Well they are demanding money that doesn't belong to them, and they threaten you with physical violence or death if you refuse to comply. I don't even think "rude" is a proper desc…

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    Comment #6215791

    Job well done, Youth Center Counselors.

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    Comment #6193272

    How does this have anything to do with capitalism? The same politicians banning people from using the only shelter they have left are the same politicians who prevent the same peop…

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    Comment #6130179

    or even a super modal?

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    Comment #6056605

    But restaurateurs, giddy at the prospect of passing labor costs directly to customers, They don't already do this when they charge you? If they had to pay their servers more, would…

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    Comment #6005065

    We exist for only a moment compared to how long the universe has existed, and how long it will exist. I don't intend to spend this short time worrying if someone else would approve…

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    Comment #6001127

    You may not make minimum wage recycling cans either, so lets shut down those bottle and can returns too!

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    Comment #5888991

    The post could just as easily describe the U.S military, law enforcement, religions, or any other highly competitive company. It's eerie how well this applies so broadly.

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    Comment #5879763

    I completely forgot about the original blog post about this and was thinking "they couldn't possibly mean".. I must need to catch up on sleep.

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    Comment #5854179

    Couldn't you use something like this on a small scale to implement a better random number generator for computers? Looks like all it would take is a tiny speaker, a thin metal plat…

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    Comment #5854133

    > To me, the real story is possibly how the government over pays contractors. That's the real story to you? An entity that prints its own money (and uses it to spy on everyone), pa…