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iamjustin··on Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected
Honestly, fuck you. You're the idiot that thinks that it's better to jail people for weed than allow people to make their own decisions. Fuck you, Sudomal.

Just because it's legal doesn't mean anyone is encouraging it. Lots of things are legal that could possibly be dangerous. Guess in your opinion someone had better get that legislation ready to protect the ignorant masses, right?

iamjustin··on Uzbl – Web interface tools which adhere to the Unix philosophy
That sure is understating it. The last release states it's compatible with Firefox 4.0 - 14. Firefox 15 came out August 28, 2012.
iamjustin··on MtGox's Bitcoin price drops to $260 (others at $600+)
Greed is a powerful motivator, but I'm with you. If MtGox hasn't gotten their shit together in the year since they started having problems, I don't see why they would now.
iamjustin··on Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs
Thanks for the tip about Telegram. It's really slick! And it has desktop clients too! Unofficial ones, but still… definitely an improvement from WhatsApp or Hangouts.
iamjustin··on King.com, Maker of Candy Crush, files for IPO
Are you serious? You're comparing micro-transactions in Candy Crush to Versace/Starbucks/Cadillac. Do you honestly think that's a reasonable comparison?
iamjustin··on $30/year flat rate for shipping flowers
That is weird. I guess blind people don't send flowers.
iamjustin··on KitKat will make your SD Card useless
Has anyone seriously though about continuing where Palm left off with WebOS? It seems that at this point, WebOS would run just as well on the hardware that Mozilla is targeting with FirefoxOS, since the last WebOS phones came out what... 3 years ago?

From what I heard WebOS was awesome. It's surprising that nobody has picked up where Palm left off.

iamjustin··on Ham on Nye: The high cost of “winning” an evolution/creation debate
>and I wish bill nye hadn't given th the time of day.

Agreed. I loved Bill Nye's shows when I was a growing up, and I think he made a positive difference in my life. I don't know if participating in the debate will have had the same effect on anyone there.

I wish Bill would continue the kind of work he did when I was younger, instead of debating creationists, or going on FOX News to be the wacky scientist from that kids show that explains middle school science to the viewers.

Getting children interested in science. In discovery. Fostering a love of learning. That's what I think matters. That will be his legacy.

iamjustin··on The “Real World” is depressing me
>Find a job with a company you like, and get some proper job gratification and self respect, please.

It's so easy! I wonder why he hasn't just done that before!?

iamjustin··on Mt. Gox Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals, Price Drop Follows
It really isn't, it's down to around 0.12 cents per doge. When Bitcoin goes down, it usually drags the rest down with it.
iamjustin··on Bitcoin banned in Russia?
Why would a state choose to give up this control though? It's not often that governments concede previously held abilities.
iamjustin··on CVS Caremark pharmacies to halt tobacco sales
I really don't care. If you want to believe that you're not hurting yourself by smoking a cigarette a day, that's your prerogative. Ask any doctor and they'll tell you different though.
iamjustin··on Report: Fracking raising water supply worries
...or on snarky Hacker News comments.
iamjustin··on The Ocean is Broken (2013)
I'm not sure that affects the morality of it though.
iamjustin··on CVS Caremark pharmacies to halt tobacco sales
http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/14/5/315.full

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Healt...

You can find more with a simple search on Google. I used, "light smoking, dangerous".

iamjustin··on CVS Caremark pharmacies to halt tobacco sales
Even one cigarette a day is harmful to your health.
iamjustin··on CVS Caremark pharmacies to halt tobacco sales
It's not really anti-corporate when the same logic is used in defense of corporate actions. It's just incorrect.
iamjustin··on Scenes from a militarized America
Ah okay sorry, yeah I agree with that. I didn't realize what you were saying.
iamjustin··on Scenes from a militarized America
I'd say that sounds a little paranoid too, but then it turns out that his door gets busted down by a bunch of people with guns, so all the sudden it's not that paranoid. Just happened in this case to be the police, and not some other aggressor.

Not like it's any of your business what he does in his home anyway.

iamjustin··on Scenes from a militarized America
Are you completely unable to see it from the perspective of an arresting officer? I can imagine not wanting to go arrest certain people without a good amount of backup. I don't think they'd need something like this for most arrests of course, definitely not cc theft, but it's not like the idea is complete without merit.

If everybody tried a little bit harder to see things from the point of view of other folks, we'd have way fewer problems.

iamjustin··on Firefox 27 Released
Oh my god, that's ridiculous. Nobody spends half an hour a day waiting on auto updates. The update downloads in the background and takes just a few seconds to install after restarting the browser.
iamjustin··on The complete guide to centering a div
I was expecting this one:

http://inspectelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Q3cUg29...

iamjustin··on To www or not to www?
What do you lose by setting those up as example.com/app and example.com/dashboard instead?
iamjustin··on [dead]
Yeah both the reporter and the police officer that gave out the information are real assholes. Incredibly unprofessional.
iamjustin··on Are you a Real Libertarian, or a ROYAL Libertarian?
Where do you get your news?
iamjustin··on Google to Acquire Nest
It sure does. Hopefully they can find a way to optimize the backwards overflow which is sure accompany these changes.
iamjustin··on The “middle class” myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today
That's a good point.

It's frustrating that the people making these calculators don't state how many working individuals makes up one household. One of the problems I'm seeing in these comments is that some of us are talking about individual income, and some household/family income.

iamjustin··on The “middle class” myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today
Oh, you mean if you live in one of the two highest cost-of-living areas in the country? Give me a break. 100k puts you in the top 5%. If you choose to live somewhere with an astronomical cost of living, that's fine, you might not have much after rent, but you still have the ability to live there. Most of the country couldn't even afford to.
iamjustin··on The “middle class” myth: Here’s why wages are really so low today
>100-200k earners would be middle middle?

100-200k for households puts you in the top 10%. Individuals, maybe top 5%. How is that not upper class!?

I wish I was even low middle according to your scale...

For reference:

  Income in 1999

  Households..................................105,539,122 100.0
  Less than $10,000............................10,067,027   9.5
  $10,000 to $14,999............................6,657,228   6.3
  $15,000 to $24,999...........................13,536,965  12.8
  $25,000 to $34,999...........................13,519,242  12.8
  $35,000 to $49,999...........................17,446,272  16.5
  $50,000 to $74,999...........................20,540,604  19.5
  $75,000 to $99,999...........................10,799,245  10.2
  $100,000 to $149,999..........................8,147,826   7.7
  $150,000 to $199,999..........................2,322,038   2.2
  $200,000 or more............................. 2,502,675   2.4

  Median family income (dollars)..................50,046
  Per capita income (dollars).....................21,587

  Median earnings (dollars):
  Male full-time, year-round workers..............37,057
  Female full-time, year-round workers............27,194
http://censtats.census.gov/data/US/01000.pdf
iamjustin··on What I Didn't Say
21 were executed, 6 male. Regardless, in common use, when someone uses the term 'witch hunt', it's gender-neutral.
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