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It's utterly amazing what nationalism can cause people to do and say in the face of criticism.

It's also very disappointing that, for quite some time, Snowden was labeled a "traitor". Even now, although the polls are showing that the majority of Americans surveyed state he is a whistleblower and not a traitor, that what he did was bad for, or an action against, America.

If what Snowden has said is true regarding the level of access he had when working in the CIA, then it is absolute proof, if any more is ever needed, that his actions were taken in the interest of the public and not himself, and especially not against America.

It's likewise very disappointing how little has come about as a result of what was shown by his leaks through the Guardian.

Very interesting, thank you very much.

>Any assassination attempt at this point would create such a political backlash in the US that he is essentially untouchable

I'm not so sure about this. If he was assassinated, it would be reported as a suicide or an accident, and there would be a concerted effort online to label anything that questioned this narrative as being in the same realm as conspiracies about lizard people.

I don't know whether I find it astonishing or a bleak reminder of reality that what has come from Snowden's leaks has mostly either fallen on deaf ears, or met harsh resistance in deeming him a "traitor" for what he has done.

When you couple the most powerful military in the world with a system of absolute un-accountability - as we're seeing with officials lying to congress to no redress - there is certainly a massive issue not just for Americans but for the entire world.

But then, one must ask, how much of it is acceptance undermined by a sheer feeling of dis-empowerment? It's easier to pretend everything is right, and that Snowden is a traitor, than trying to tackle the issues highlighted through the means we're given.

> But Uber ought to be working to change the law, not breaking it in the hopes that the government eventually just gives up.

Very good point and well made.

Although, could one say this model has worked with regards to the legalisation of marijuana in Colorado and elsewhere? I.e. it's illegal, but we're going to do it anyway, so we may as well legalise it and regulate it?

Indeed, internationally London taxi drivers far outrank their competitors.

The only issue, I suppose, is that their base of knowledge - the studying they do, the tests they pass to be licensed, etc. - is already irrelevant in a time of modern GPS and Sat Nav, and will become increasingly so as we begin to move to an era of self-driving vehicles.

Out of interest, could you give examples?

Because abandoning Uber operators at a time of transition, or industry revolution as it could be called, would in many ways undermine its expansion if potential operators have abandonment to fear.

What is involved in becoming a cab driver in Philly? Is it medallion costs, vehicle costs (buying or renting), tests, etc.?

Another example of backlash to Uber/Hailo etc. has been the London black taxis. Their operators study for years for very difficult tests in order to be licensed operators, and pay significant costs in doing so, and as such I can understand why they would be irritated by competition coming in without these conditions, but if these conditions don't exist then it's market protectionism at a cost to the consumer.

Strong statement and fair play to them for standing behind their operators.

So the conclusion that can be drawn from the article is that if you can't control your portions, eat early. If you can control your portions, as she says Europeans do, then it's fine to eat late.

So then the issue really at hand isn't eating time, it's portion size.

Yeah the earnings certainly aren't too bad, although realistically how far will $4k per month pre-tax go in somewhere like NYC?

It does offer more benefits than just pay though. I mean you get to choose your own hours, can work as much overtime as you like, comparatively low responsibility, etc. If one could get $90k-$100k out of it with 40-50 hours a week, it would certainly be attractive.

>That said: doing this stunt in what looks like a suburban park strikes me as shockingly irresponsible. This thing can easily kill someone, wreck a vehicle or puncture a roof if control is lost...

What makes you think that someone who can:

1: Build this plane

2: Demonstrably fly it very well, with clearly a significant amount of experience in flying RC planes, and probably other high speed RC planes

will overlook all safety precautions and take what is likely the highest powered plane they've flown, where something is comparatively likely to go wrong vs traditional RC planes, and go fly it in their local park with people/houses/etc. around?

>(sorry, don't find the source but correct me if I'm wrong).

I had a quick look myself, as I found the figure interesting.

According to Uber[1] an UberX driver in NYC averages almost $91k per year based on driving a 40 hour week. However, in a follow up by BI[2], this figure seems to be widely refuted by Uber drivers across a number of states. For example, one in NYC says he drives 40 hours a week and doesn't expect to take in $50k this year, but that you can clear $4k a month after Uber expenses, gas, etc. doing 40 hours without too much hassle.

1. http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-drivers-salary-90000-201...

2. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-uber-drivers-r...

Could this be ShellShock?

The article does say "They found that the most stressed men drew 21 percent more cards from the risky decks than from the safe ones, compared to the most stressed women, losing more over all."

I took this to refer to both "games", although I can see its ambiguity could mean only the latter or both.

>Many people just take it at face value because it suits their ideology.

Summarising the relationship between politics and science succinctly.

I wholly agree.

How about this one:

Girls are doing worse than boys in school, they're not entering college at an equal rate and not graduating at an equal rate? Crisis. Misogyny. Patriarchy.

Fast forward to 2014. Girls are doing better than boys in school. They're entering college at a much higher rate than their male counterparts and graduating also. Crisis? Misandry? Matriarchy? No, this has been deemed success. A triumph. Something to be celebrated.

Somewhere along the line, the push for equality took a turn down a very wrong road. Would we be hearing about this study if its results suggested that men are better at handling risk under stress than women? I very, very much doubt so.

This study also stripped knowledge or skill from the decision making process, instead relying on a silly gambling game. I would like to see them take a game of skill, such as poker perhaps, and redo the test with say the world's highest ranking male players and female players, and then see the results.

Business, investing, relationships, things concerning the household such as family crisis, etc. are not at all akin to drawing cards from a deck, but that is what this article is likening it to with its inherent suggestions.

I'm really starting to tire of this narrative that we're constantly being fed.

Ok, we get it, women are fantastic and much better at men than everything. Let's change the laws so it's illegal for a man to work, and we'll all retire to being house husbands raising the kids.

Oh wait, the same narrative dictates that we're all worse with kids than women and that we're all potentially sexual predators to the same children.

Men are shit. All Hail Women. Here's to our relegation to sperm farms and/or genocide.

Does the above suffice? Are we happy now?

That is because men are seen as disposable, throughout the Western World.

~80% of those 40,000 suicides were men. I've a feeling if it were 80% female there would be a lot more attention given to it.

I posted the guidelines, this submission contravenes them.

Back to Tumblr.

The original post I made is at -4, yet there is not a single comment discussing the article itself. How transparent.

From the guidelines:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Go back to Tumblr.

Yet more social justice clickbait flooding HN.

From the guidelines:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Go back to Tumblr.

Seriously, what is this trash doing on HN?

From the guidelines:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Please, you have Reddit and Tumblr for this crap, please just stay there.

I would be interested to see if Apple have covered themselves against liability here in the Terms & Conditions associated with iCloud.

What is this absolute trash doing on HN?

HN posting guidelines:

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

Please stop trying to drag SJW issues onto HN, there are enough outlets online for that as it is.

>1 app, 2 apps, 10 apps? Did it matter either way? I could have posted 50 apps if I wanted

>So I was using the app store as my beta testing platform.

>I was planning on taking all these apps down in a few weeks anyway.

>I thought I could get maybe 20-30 apps suspended without repercussions

>In this age of Google, it’s now “obey or face an instant lifetime ban.” This is progress? What does the future hold if we are forced to strictly obey and understand every legal gotcha in Google’s terms of service? I believe in freedom, not blind obedience. I made some mistakes and would have removed all my apps if I had known the true consequences.

He spammed the Google Play store with multiple unfinished versions of the same applications for "beta testing", received warnings which he chose to ignore and then got banned for his gross abuse of the service.

Instead of "I messed up, here's a warning to others" it's a case of "why don't Google let me mess around with their service as much as I like? This is oppression, this is America goddamnit, where's muh freedom?!?"

Zero sympathy. Well done to Google on taking down one of the many people spamming the Play store with junk.

A lot of "I don't like your post so I'm downvoting it", Reddit-esque behaviour in this thread.

>Are you willing to see them suffer for your anarchist pipe dreams? If you are then how are you any better than the privacy violators?

What complete and utter nonsense. Someone willing to pay a price now for a better future tomorrow is the same as corrupted governments prying into the private lives of their citizens. What a brilliant comparison you've drawn.

It's this fear of change and desire to protect the status quo that has our societies in the rotting state that they're in, by the way, so while you may take comfort in knowing your parents and grandparents are ok now, and that your pockets are moderately protected, that it's your choices in protecting this status quo that is making the future look very bleak for our children.

>This would allow everyone to make all exchanges publish at once so people with fast cable between exchanges can't beat out those that don't.

Why is one actor paying for an advantage that is available to anyone who should desire it, and have the means to pay for it, an issue?

Keep Reddit on Reddit.