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I guess that the legal framework that enables the orders was inherited by the Irish state. (according to wikipedia the orders can be made in Canada and Australia too)

Had to jump on to my desktop and log in to hn to say thanks for this comment! Its (very subjectively) one of the coolest comments I've ever read on this site. I've often fantasized…

The Economist does a good job of judging each case on its merits. A socially liberal, pro free-trade publication taking issue with Brexit or the actions of Donald Trump seems perfe…

Without these arrangements it could be (convincingly) argued that Ireland would be down 5000 jobs. (and iirc an estimated 18000 jobs created indirectly) I think I'd rather see lowe…

I don't think its being particularly cynical to say if the industries supported by slavery had not been supplanted somewhat (reducing their political power) then slavery would have…

Fair point. We need a better word to describe mass murder by coincidence. I would note however, that the goal of wiping out a people (in this case it could be argued that "a people…

No, it seems like the action of a government attempting to appear concerned when quite clearly humanitarian issues were a tertiary concern. If a genocide occurs as a result of a co…

Coca cola wasn't created for the purpose of providing a refreshing beverage.

Once the economic advantages were outweighed by the political disadvantages. "while nearly all other countries in the world at the time were totally fine with it". I guess this dep…

I keep seeing this in a lot of places, but Oracle are still releasing JDK6 and JDK7 updates every quarter. AFAIK TLSv1.2 is not supported on 6. Edit: ah, but only to customers payi…

Not that this should be considered proof, but I just compared nightly and 22 side by side on Ubuntu 12.10 (Unity) and I can certainly perceive an appreciable difference. Great stuf…

I highly recommend: http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Thing-Called-Science-Third/dp/0... You'd be surprised how difficult it is to nail down what constitutes a science.

Brian Lenihan converted the "bank debt" to sovereign debt when he guaranteed it. That never should have happened. To renege on that debt is a default now whatever way you slice it.…

I don't see any mention of the fact that I'm buying a license on the page. Whatever about the hacker news set, but you can't honestly expect average consumers to pick up on this di…

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fatal-fruitcake-mary-kay-and... Funny, the button clearly says "Buy now". Not "License now" or anything else. If retailers want to make that distinc…

"The internet will provide the alternative to the government/media complex that controls the news and most political propaganda. This is why it’s essential that the internet remain…

Fair enough. I must just be grumpy this morning.

That's a disturbing sense of entitlement. The creators spent 100+ hours on this work and you're asking them to cover the bandwidth costs of hosting it for you?

Should a teacher friend a student though? I'm not completely sure that's appropriate.

I think they mean in the context of his lifetime. My brain appended a suffix of "so far" to that first sentence.

Holy crap, its $25 a year. That is a bargain.

Jeez, did not know that. I was thinking of writing something like that myself with version control for page updates just to be safe.

I'd say I do too, even for stuff I have bookmarked. In fact 80% of my bookmarks provide nothing other than peace of mind for a person with a terrible memory. :)

I use them pretty heavily for reference/todo/toread type of stuff. And I have a terrible memory.

Looks great, but I'm happy with what I have now so I'm not too pushed about spending money on a service. I'm also old enough to worry about trusting a site to hang around for 10 ye…