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This has been going on for as long as high school has existed. Hell even way before that. The only difference is social media has amplified it. When I was in highschool it wasn't naked pictures being posted or anything like that, but more just gossip by a guy saying he had sex with some girl or a girl saying a dude has a small dick. etc. People are shitty to one another. Social media helps their shitiness get broadcast in new and exciting ways.

If you've ever worked in a union shop in a state that isn't right to work, you have no say in the matter of union dues. If 50% + 1 vote to enact a union you're required to pay the dues.This is of course different in right to work states where you can have so called split shops.

Without getting too much into any sort of philosophical or religious discussion this is a really touching story. Merry Christmas everyone.

From my perspective God does love that axe wielding rapist as much as Mother Theresea. You can love someone while still being disappointed or even while punishing them. That's my perspective at least, although I don't even presume to begin to understand the complexity of God's love.

This just amplifies the fact that the conversation shouldn't be about gun control and should be about mental health.

Does anyone know if the rates are different based on whether you get a town car or a taxi?

I like the 20k from each. It's always good to have a diversity of opinions.

Absolutely reductio ad absurdum works for political arguments. If you didn't think that then why did you literally just use it on my comment? I would say discrimination based on some sort of inherent trait is completely wrong (race, religion, etc) but if a private company chooses to deny service to another private company what affront to civil rights has been committed? I'm sorry but there is no human right to the visa or mastercard network. If you want to support wikileaks send them government issued currency through the government run mail.

And so it goes. I have a feeling many people on here would be singing a different tune if the EU suddenly decided that it was a "right" for people to use their software no matter who they are. Think of it this way. Would anyone truly benefit if the EU decided that Hacker News was "a valve of free speech" so it must not discriminate who uses it? I think this is a terrible decision and a massive overstep of the state into private affairs. As an aside, I'm not so convinced that wikileaks is as noble an organization as many on here seem to think it is.

You guys planning on integrating with Dwolla?

Infikno looks sweet. I'd totally use that.

The truth is Democracy is a bitter pill. It's not all sunshine and rainbows. Like it or not it seems this group represents some of the Greek people and it's their right to elect these people. If you want to "do something" about the Golden Dawn, donate money or volunteer for an opposition party. You can't suppress opinions you find inconvenient or even offensive. Even in the US, there's tons of things that happen every single day that I'm completely outraged about, but I don't try and silence people I disagree with. Instead, I donate money and time to people who I feel will work to change these things.

The thing isn't that this show is necessarily inaccurate, but that it betrays the spirit of what startup culture is supposed to be. A large reason why I, and I suspect many other people, got into this is that it was seen as a true meritocracy. It's supposed to be about people building something other people love. Nothing else is supposed to matter. It's not about your dad's friend being the boss, or that you were both alums at the same Ivy league school, or brothers in the same fraternity. It's supposed to be about your ability to create real value.

This show makes it seem like what we're doing is the bad parts of Hollywood mixed with the movie the social network. Again, it's not that it's necessarily inaccurate to some, but, at least for me, it's not what it's about. I just wish that a show like this could have promoted startup culture as a kind of culture that promotes tearing down barriers and your merit being based on how hard you work and what you accomplish.

I suspect you had a hand in this too :)

These are just the general characteristics of any effective organization. I really don't see how Occupy Sandy is anything like a startup though. Steve Blank defines a startup as "a startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model."

Copying the tactics of existing disaster response organizations (albeit with a grass roots spin) Is hardly anything like a startup.

Jordan Lampe is a genius. This is exactly the sort of thing thay makes me miss Dwolla so much. I may actually head back to Des Moines for this.

Also anyone know if butchering services are included?

Does this include money donated during the primaries? If so, it could be a huge difference between money spent in the general election vs general election+primaries.

Definitely a problem that needs solving. Craigslist isn't getting the job done, so I took a few assumptions and put something out there. Curious what your thoughts are? I'm always looking for feedback.

That's actually a common misconception. The church teaches that for sex to "whole" it has to have both the formative (pleasure/love) aspect as well as the procreation aspect. You can certainly procreate outside of marriage (in the literal sense. This is also why they teach against birth control even for married couples. Only in marriage, with the purpose of child bearing is sex "whole".

As a practicing Catholic, no offense, but you're way off base. The point of making things like sex, gluttony, etc taboo is that it's a pleasure that you're putting above God that detracts from the worship of him. In many western societies people tend to think "victimless crimes" are of no consequence. I'd also like to point out that you seem to be working off the assumption that there is no God. If in fact you were operating under the assumption that there is in fact a God or deity, etc. simply this higher order being commanding it is enough to follow his word.

I would also say that on a personal (non-religious) note, I (and many others) consider sex a highly personal and special act that becomes less so the more people it's done with. Valuing modesty isn't such a bad thing, and I believe that being select about who you have sex with makes it more valuable of a gift to share with someone.

To me, this is the absolutely key phrase in the entire article.

" Some question the usefulness of the economic models the CPB uses, which (like all economic models) have never successfully predicted what the economy will do several years down the road."

The problem with any sort of fact checking agency in regards to economics, while useful, is far from a magic crystal ball. Economics is a pretty vague sort of thing that straddles the line between between the humanities and hard science. As a former economics student, I can tell you I've met very brilliant people who have adamantly disagree with one another, yet both have excellent insights. It's tough to definitely say that x plan is better than y plan, because there are so many what if scenarios and assumptions to rely on. That being said, I find it's generally better to trust whoever has articulated their plan better. Simply the act of extrapolating out their assumptions means that while they may be wrong, we can look and see if they've taken into account the metrics that matter.

Interesting. It's always important when talking about "rights" to distinguish between negative and positive rights. Thanks for giving me a more fleshed out version there.

I thought this was one of those negative rights, i.e. it doesn't have to be given to you, it just can't be taken from you.

Hmm missed that. Sorry for the repost.

I wonder if there's issues with his age and owning a business? Can anyone speak to this? Would his parents have to be involved?

Awesome, I'll check it out. (I'm the business co-founder in question btw)

Great minds think alike. My co-founders are teaching me to program. We're slowly going from 2 hackers and a biz dev guy to 3 progammers.

I loved this video. It seems like you guys have a really kick ass culture.

Awesome! Payment processing is probably one of our biggest headaches, and this just gave us enough of a reason to try you guys out. Excited to try it out.

Way to hustle! Keep on building.