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> For what it's worth, a lot of people like myself consider Snopes a source of leftist propo, not truth. Is this more "reality has a known liberal bias" sarcasm? Or as you saying t…

> It's a good strategy, if you can afford not to withdraw from the fund on the year (and for several years after) you 97% bet turns sour If the bet turns sour, you close the fund. …

The idea is that you can simultaneously be protected by the laws of nation-states that you like (protection from pirates), and are free to break the laws of nation-states that you …

I want to move to this libertarian paradise where I'm not affected by externalities and acting selfishly is always pareto efficient. I want to live in this magical place where we d…

> I think the EITC uniquely incentivizes those in the program to work themselves out of it, unlike other programs. That's why I like it so much, because I think other programs do f…

> I'm going to need a cite for that. You're going to need a citation for... employers seeking lower wages? And that these lower wages are subsidized by government benefits? The cit…

> My expectation would be that employers would offer lower wages so that employees will have roughly the same take-home pay. You are absolutely right, in the absence of a reasonabl…

> Objecting to the redistribution of wealth isn't the same as trying to do away with the rule of law. The rule of law depends on the redistribution of wealth. Courts, public defend…

> we as a society don't understand that the purpose of automation is humanitarian. The purpose of automation is humanitarian in the same way that politicians serve the needs of the…

> Lower the taxes and don't let government get their hands on it at any stage of the process. This smacks again of redistribution of wealth and I'm totally against this. Brilliant!…

I second this. It's usable.

You know, I think it would be a shorter list if the systemd guys were to enumerate the things they didn't want to control on a Linux system.

> So Netflix has a six year lead and attendant network effects in it's favor. I completely agree with you. I personally have a Netflix account, and do not subscribe to other servic…

Intel still has a good edge on single-core performance. And productivity software is about pushing lots of instructions through a single core.

> The original success of Netflix depended on being the first company with a fixed-price-no-ads streaming business model Actually, the original success involved putting DVDs in mai…

> [Netflix's] edge is in software alone, nothing that causes a huge barrier to entry like custom hardware. Actually, they are a media company. Their "edge" is in content creation a…

Why not get a modern (Haswell or later) Intel CPU and a motherboard with DisplayPort output? You don't need a discrete GPU unless you're MLing or gaming, and you can splurge a bit …

> Right here on HN is an example, where the comment reply chain is indicated with indentation. T-hawk Right here on HN is an example, where the comment reply chain is indicated wit…

> Over the last two days the major news sources have been pushing a blatantly false "truth" ("Muslim Ban"). Intention of this post is not to get into a political discussion of this…

> What city/state was this in? New Jersey. But it's fairly universal behavior. > Is there no place to report such behavior to? The manufacturer? The manufacturer is at the mercy of…

> it takes a ton of time and requires you to be willing to walk away and waste an evening if they pull any funny business. Can confirm, agreed on a price, the dealer wanted $3,500 …

> Actually, that case fits two full length cards Eyeballing that case, it looks like it might have the length to accommodate a modern GPU, but it doesn't have the width for a doubl…

Actually, the main problem is that you can't put 2x full length video cards in it. Cooling a mini-itx board with a 14mm processor with When I see an innovative design that maximize…

This is a problem that badly needs to be solved. Advertising revenue is the incentive for news organizations to provide a conduit for malware onto your computer, and there isn't an…

> Do we want every soldier, employee and contractor working in our government to use giant data dumps as a legit way to lodge their objections? Yes, that is exactly what we want th…