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plcancel··on Why expat Americans are giving up their passports
Please consider reading the article again (and put some WD-40 on that dial, friend!)
plcancel··on Girls in California Are Latest to Seek to Become Boy Scouts
Isn't there a valuable lesson to teach here?

A group has become dissatisfied with a monopoly on girl scouting and created a more satisfying alternative. They've taken the responsibility upon themselves to create that which they desire.

Unfortunately, I don't think that's the lesson the Unicorns' parents are trying to encourage.

There's nothing wrong with co-ed scouting. There's nothing wrong with single-gender scouting. Really.

plcancel··on Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15
Albert, watch your kerning! This is far too legible.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3045994/albert-einsteins-handwri...

plcancel··on Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say
The question posed was:

"Can Suicide Bombing of Civilian Targets to Defend Islam be Justified?" (p. 53)

Not a lot of wiggle room in that one. Thought perhaps the question might've been a bit more vague or general. However, it states specifically "civilians". Really...? ...42%? That's astonishing.

plcancel··on The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head
Just keep skimming that chicken.
plcancel··on Rick Perry: The Pros Of Tesla Selling Direct To Customers Outweigh The Cons
A few?!
plcancel··on How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want To
Personally, ~80% of the time it's this one: "You are putting something off because you are afraid you will screw it up."
plcancel··on Silk Road 2 Hacked, All Bitcoins Stolen
Thanks for this comment. It's disheartening that some will always point and yell, "Hahahaha - all those guys on the blue team. Man, they're so dumb!" like an individual's political philosophy has absolutely no nuance. It's easier when your world view is all Libertarians are Anarchists, or all Democrats are Marxists and Socialists, or all Republicans are racist Teabaggers.
plcancel··on The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life
As someone who grew up in the South, I would humbly submit that you have nothing more to fear visiting the aforementioned states than any of the other 38. There are many beautiful places to visit and friendly people to meet.
plcancel··on 25Y Male making over $250K+ annually. Still stuck. Help?
"Like he hasn't accomplished what he was called to do in life. He's always working on some startup trying to become the next millionaire but continues to fail."

Is the calling to be the next millionaire or is being the next millionaire a substitute for what he thinks might be his calling?

plcancel··on Ask HN: Is it possible to get a tech job without a degree?
Absolutely. However, be mindful that along with a degree comes a certain amount of potential networking/professional relationships that you may need to push to replicate as well outside of the university environment.

Demonstrate you are a creative and tenacious problem solver and you will be valuable, degree or no degree.

plcancel··on Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300 million
Also, from the Enrollment Report:

"To date, 364,682 persons have selected a Marketplace plan during the first two months of the initial open enrollment period, including 227,478 in SBMs and 137,204 in the FFM (these numbers include those who have paid a premium and those who have not yet paid a premium)."

That parenthetical note is important and shouldn't be parenthetical. I wonder how many have actually completed the full selection -> payment process in the entire country...

plcancel··on Guy tries to sell chinese watch Z3 as his own work
This was a project I supported - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/796177777/tony. He's a talented, established artist so I trusted him from the get-go. $25 and I got a signed DVD and CD. I thought this was a fun way to produce a product that connects the artist to the fan and vice versa.
plcancel··on Show HN: Houston – Zero-config Admin for Meteor
I love the name choice.
plcancel··on Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL
So true. He's not even the worst. My team would be rocking a fantasy hospital league right now.

Yeah. Suppose so. Maybe next year we can get one going. Good to know there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, though.

plcancel··on Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL
Nice! A great resource for anyone who has bloody Ersan "The Turkish Teacup" Ilyasova on their team. Always giving me fits.

Push notifications to my mobile device on a status change would be most excellent.

(Ask HN: HNBA fantasy bball league anyone?)

plcancel··on No security ever built into Obamacare site: Hacker
The bit about the federal government not being required to alert users to any security breaches is alarming as well.

I guess that's not surprising. But, "monitor your own credit" isn't a risk I'm willing to take just to use a barely functioning website.

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