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A system can be owned using various exploits combined together. So if someone finds a way to alter the installation images, suddenly a mild trick that would normally just result in…

>>In general I've found the trope of "the rich don't pay taxes because of their fancy lawyers and accountants" generally turns out to be false. It's not that they don't pay taxes a…

In comparison to what? And exactly what income-levels paid what percentage of that? Did the poor & middle class paid 98% of of that? Did the rich & powerful use all kinds of crazy …

I'm assuming the OP is talking independent stores vs. Amazon as in "I don't wanna support the monolithic beast known as Amazon; I'd rather support mom&pop stores" .... and other va…

You need proof that a child growing up with quality care and a quality social/cultural environment is more likely to be able to function and "succeed" in life as an adult?

>>any non-pathological adolescent or adult can take care of children acceptably Define "acceptably". Some babysitters think it's acceptable to just chat on Facebook all day and pla…

It's only weird if the employee isn't directly responsible for creating that something. e.g., You can buy a Lambo for nearly one million but the cars salesman who sold it to you pr…

Because you never really know until you _really know_ . I know there have been times in my life that I was 100% sure of something and never thought there was a way I could be wrong…

The more things change, the more they stay the same :)

Just fyi, https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html ...still works! I bet there are some people on HN who never saw the original Gmail.

That's one translation. Another could be: "Our users are being innovate and using our services in ways we didn't completely anticipate, therefore we are trying to let our products …