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j0ba··on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud
If you read a comment in here, and you see the words "obviously" or "clearly", and that's the whole argument... That person is likely experiencing cognitive dissonance.
j0ba··on EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf]
It's the infinite horse race. Black hats vs white hats. Neither holds the upper hand for long.

I hope that if we ever reach a steady state, it will be unbreakable privacy.

j0ba··on YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
The only thing that's lazy is imagining that all situations have obvious choices of what's right and wrong, and that people who don't agree with you are crazy, stupid, or bad people. What's much more likely is that you are highly ignorant to all the facts. Your "good conscience" would lead humanity into a hellish reality. Or was nazi germany an impossible "slippery slope"?
j0ba··on Citibank's $900M Blunder
Lol, it's not an economic loss, it's money paid back. Its not that hard to understand.

If the money doesn't get paid back, THEN it would be an economic loss. For the hedge fund.

j0ba··on British Museum makes 1.9M images available for free
I'd interpret it as being free to use for individual teachers, but if the school integrates it into their standard curriculum, then they've gotta pay.
j0ba··on Wealthy mortgage borrowers face cold shoulder from lenders
Try the temporary containers plugin ;-)
j0ba··on California passes bill that classifies gig economy workers as employees
Not in California, with mandatory payroll tax even for single owner corps.
j0ba··on 50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google
You also might want to look up the Sherman (R) antitrust act
j0ba··on 50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google
Were Obama and Clinton not friendly enough to big business for you? Obama bailed out the big banks without any real punishment and had Henry Paulson (ex CEO of Goldman Sachs) as Treasury secretary.
j0ba··on Sunsetting Mercurial Support in Bitbucket
Awesome, wasn't aware of git aliases. Thank you.
j0ba··on Sunsetting Mercurial Support in Bitbucket
This is disappointing. Bitbucket is the premier place to host free private mercurial repos. Just look at the hosting page on the mercurial website. There is literally not a single other place for free private hosting. There may be some smaller ones out there I'm not aware of.

Hacker news, question: Have you ever tried mercurial? Don't you like to save keystrokes? Isn't `hg com` easier than `git commit`? Isn't `hg pul` easier than `git pull`?

Is there any way to shorten the amount of keystrokes to use git?

j0ba··on African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone
Hillary Clinton seemed to think the US ousted him .. https://youtu.be/mlz3-OzcExI
j0ba··on Momentum is building to explore Venus
50 km from the surface, there are hurricane force winds, with temp and pressure similar to earth, but carbon dioxide atmosphere infused with sulfuric acid. Would be a bumpy ride. I wonder if there are tornadoes within that.
j0ba··on Malicious updates for Asus laptops – Kaspersky Lab official blog
ASUS is a Taiwanese company. Wouldn't be surprised if China is behind this.
j0ba··on California Has the Jobs but Not Enough Homes
Why would it be financial ruin? California is a non-recourse state. The highly paid engineer who bought the multi-million dollar home can easily stop paying on the home and live there "rent free" for several months, recouping their down payment. By the time they are foreclosed on, they will have a sizable nest egg to do what they want with. In your scenario, the person would be "financially ruined" presumably due to a downturn in housing. In my scenario, they would be in a better position to buy again in several years at more sane levels, while ridding themselves of all the downside on their bad real estate. The only cost is a relatively minor (you can still get credit cards, etc) hit to credit for about 3 years, and in general your interest rates will be higher. But you're also cash rich, so who cares.

If somebody is older with little income and goes through the exact same scenario, they would be ruined, assuming all their net worth is in real estate. However in that case I'd argue that's more about their own poor/risky financial choices. There would be less people acting like their primary residence is an investment if the market wasn't so absurd to begin with.

j0ba··on YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
5 - Stormtroopers on endor
j0ba··on A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency
> no recourse

Recourses:

- Backed up dat file - Backed up wallet password - Recovery phrase

There, now you have 3 separate ways to not lose your btc!

j0ba··on Changes to U.S. federal authorities relating to production and marketing of hemp
My mom in California has been buying hemp seeds for the past couple years at the local health food store, so I'd say no.
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