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The attempt to excuse them is part and parcel of the new, hip, establishment HN. There is a very strong pro-law-enforcement mentality that has suffused HN in the last few years, pr…

How can these fellows sleep at night? You're proceeding under the popular delusion that law enforcement aren't a special kind of soulless evil. The people who choose this line of w…

No, the consensus of scientists who actually study this is pretty strong, and supports the parent's post. Jayman has collected a nice sequence of citations on the matter, most of w…

There's also the 130+ IQ group of neoreactionaries who like Trump from a perspective informed by history.

OP specifically asked if it was pursuant to an MLAT obligation. That alone makes it clear they were asking in earnest.

Huh? Unless your endpoint peers directly with your ISP, you always route over unknown third party networks.

Pretty sure Alzheimer's isn't good for you, either. I'd take any health risks over dementia, personally, and I'm sure most would, too. Looking forward to the FDA blocking this on "…

You missed the OP's point. Most of us unknowingly commit major crimes in the course of our day, just given the sheer volume of statutes arrayed against us. OP is referring to when …

Is it not illegal to not report a crime? Pretty sure this only applies to the ethics standards of psychiatrists, et. al. I don't think a normal citizen is required to report crime.…

It's amusing that you think an entity that needs to borrow more in order to service its existing debt is somehow not insolvent, and thus already in inevitable default.

Side note: peak oil is still very much a thing. Enhanced recovery and fracturing of source rocks bought us about another 15 years, but the Seneca cliff is still there.

The stock market on the other hand, indicates the overall health of the country. I think the parent's ultimate point is that no country (by which I mean under the same constitution…

It should be pointed out that traditional merchant gateway providers (larger, with more resources) are WORSE than stripe in this regard. Prior to stripe, we used cybersource. It wa…

You are likely not a Stripe customer, because this is patently false. They forward all disputed charges to you and give you a window to provide evidence that the dispute is invalid…