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I'm not sure I follow this post. All cultures mimic, adopt and modify aspects of other cultures. See: New York pizza, Australian beer etc. It doesn't follow that the resulting outc…

"The police view it as a civil matter, but could they look at it differently? Is there an ordinance that could be passed locally?" This is more an issue with lazy or unmotivated po…

As far as I can tell the relevance to HN is that people who do less than wholesome things use secure communication tools to organise them. This is the necessary cost of not living …

That stage has already been reached. Hence why skinny/fat men (in the absence of compensating factors such as money) don't get girls.

Get a locally produced oil marked extra virgin. My family produces EVOO in small batches and the difference betwee imported and fresh is marked. Nobody would ever need specialised …

I'd add the USA to that list - plenty of evidence that National Security Letters have been used to stifle/gain access to/alter coding projects in the interests of US GOV. It's prob…

The guy simply expressed an opinion about where he doesn't want to live. You can't force him to agree with your opinion on the subject, and you're unlikely to convince anyone with …

When "frugal", "thrifty" and "prudent" became dirty words.

I think we agree on this point. My post was in response to the parent, which suggested that any property "solely" used for short-term leases should be regulated. I was not suggesti…

The guy in question stayed in the apartment himself and let friends stay for free. So he's off the hook; short-term rental wasn't the sole use of the property. Easy!

Check out the piracy heat-map posted elsewhere in this thread. Lots of piracy around Singapore/Malaysia, Ecuador/Colombia and Nigeria. The hits around Somalia probably account for …

There are many people who were and are wrong about certain things in life. Does that mean we should ignore their contributions in other areas out of spite? I can enjoy Polanksi's f…

For those who haven't read the book, you might consider editing out your second paragraph, or at least adding spoiler tags.

I think you missed the point of the article. What you are saying is literal and descriptive. Currently corporations are always resolvable to a natural person. I think the author's …

This certainly isn't a phenomenon exclusive to Japan either. I know plenty of western young people who have no interest in marriage, procreation or families. Maybe they're more int…

>> Since it's not an investment, it's not an investment the Chinese can lose faith in. And it's certainly not a favor to the United States of America. I have no formal background i…

I fail to see how that is a more simple solution. Teaching people how to think is both an educational and cultural challenge which far exceeds the trivial challenge of outsourcing …

Fair enough, I agree that these laws are a mess and you'll never get the final answer unless a disputed application of the Act is determined by the High Court. But these laws have …

Actually I am a lawyer. In the past I have even advised clients who received ACC notices (they are more common than most people would think). Needless to say I was staggered at the…

> Australia does not have any equivalent to the US National Security Letter, so we cannot be forced to do something without being allowed to disclose it. This is not true. The Aust…

This pretty much sums it up: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/21/melbourne-racis... There are some disgusting people here, I'd like to think they are the minority.

People in Yemen are painfully friendly. Hospitality is a point of pride for them. Most people there are quite poor by Western standards, to the extent that they might not be able t…

This seems very culturally specific and subjective. Is the suggestion that Latvians hate all foreigners more than any other nationality in the world? Or that Venezuelans are on ave…