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Many people are against the death penalty not because there aren't people who deserve it, but because it's possible to make a mistake. I wonder if that's what PG means here by "mistake."

Even today, using intermediate libraries like Cygwin, I have an easier time building FOSS that was meant for Linux on Windows than I do on MacOS!

Now _everyone_ will have gull-wing doors.

Yeah, but most people don't "expect" to collect term life. And even if it does pay, you'll be dead!

You do expect to collect your annuity payments.

Another reason people are reluctant to use annuities is they don't trust the companies selling them to remain in business for 10 years or more....

I block ads for one reason--they can and have been used to deliver malicious content, quite frequently too, even on otherwise reputable sites who are using a third-party ad provider. It's not worth the risk.

I'd expect my Government to spy on other Governments. We have a need to. Any American who objects to this is short-sighted.

What we shouldn't do is spy on American citizens within our borders as a routine practice.

Maybe what's needed is something that _looks_ superficially like a social media site, but under the hood is just an email system, using the tried-and-true email protocols, maybe with white-lists enabled. Basically, you're not "friending" someone...you're adding him to your white list.

I've worked with Laser cutters and, unless they have fixed things, you really don't want to be cutting items--especially paper and cardboard--without industrial "shop" ventilation. And many times I've set my work on fire.

Bicyclists in Palo Alto kill pedestrians. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/04/22/pedestrian-str...

People who write songs and materials for Churches do it to make a living. It's actually a big problem for folks who write songs and arrangements for Church Choirs--many of their customers don't feel they should be paid! I've been to conferences at Music and Musician trade shows where this very issue is discussed.

Except Dr. King didn't write the speech. From Wikipedia:

"The speech was drafted with the assistance of Stanley Levison and Clarence Benjamin Jones[17] in Riverdale, New York City. Jones has said that "the logistical preparations for the march were so burdensome that the speech was not a priority for us" and that, "on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 27, [12 hours before the March] Martin still didn't know what he was going to say"."

I'm not so sure these people would appreciate the fact that you think they should work without being compensated for it, or that somehow, compensation and/or ownership isn't a good reason to do something.

It's amazing how in many jurisdictions, any claim by a woman against a man is accepted to be true. And many places assume women are so fragile that they need extra protection that would never be granted a man. This is what Feminism is about: special rights.

Whether its the frame or the glass, it's still impolite.

People still use Groupon?

They can use those discount haircut coupons to look neat for their job interviews.

This woman with her feet on the window bothers me. How rude!

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Being alone should be a respected lifestyle choice or affectional preference.

If a person would rather be partnered, then there's usually some issue with the "quirks." You can't swim out of your lane.

"Gay" is regularly used to mean "stupid" but we would call out someone on HN that uses it that way.

Why do you think the national parks are a great evil?

Why not link to the original news article instead of to a blog that quotes it?

It's Carly Fiorina's legacy! And Meg Whitman carries her torch.

Our company is solving a similar large-scale problem with very few engineers. And our answer, too, is Erlang! (And also, a few very smart, highly experienced, people with Math graduate degrees.)

Basically, I get good treatment for irrops

How can you say "these people are annoying?"

He seemed to have fun, and the staff at the rental car company enjoyed interacting with him.

And I don't think this man did his mileage run to "protest" anything. He's probably a big fan of air travel, airports, and car rental companies and enjoys traveling.

I do mileage runs one a year on a few different airlines and have a lot of fun plus get all my reading done! To each his own, I guess.

I'm a United Global Service (which is based on spend, not miles, ~$80K/year gets you that) from business travel that's paid for by my clients, but for other airlines (AA) if I'm on the border of making "status" I will do a mileage run if I can.

No it wouldn't. Tuitions would plummet. And we can certainly make sure we have a good, inexpensive (or free!) community college system with wide access so everyone can get a start with higher education.

This wouldn't be a concern of the Federal Government at all if they'd just stop funding student loans. And there would be a side-benefit of college costs dropping sharply. A win-win for everyone!

Ah yes! I remember way back in the day (1989 or so) you could tell who the _real_ Windows programmers were because they had a second monochrome monitor (and old Hercules card) in their computer so SoftIce could display on that screen while the main EGA screen had Windows.)

Or Quora! They're all about knee-jerk cop-hate!

The photos weren't really leaked. They were purposefully, proudly, and affirmatively held up by a senior TSA official so a news reporter could photograph them.

While these locks are so easily defeated that this really doesn't make anyone significantly less safe, it does demonstrate that the TSA knows absolutely nothing about security.