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tjfl··on When George Soros Broke the British Pound (2014)
> If you build a house on rotten stilts, and some neighborhood kid comes and kicks one of them, it's not the kid's fault when the house collapses.

It's at least partially the kid's fault. Don't go kicking stilts under houses.

tjfl··on Scott Adams’ Financial Advice (2014)
What's a PUA type?
tjfl··on The DEA and ICE are hiding surveillance cameras in streetlights
> All of which require a warrant before they can be used as evidence against you.

Only if law enforcement wants to seize them. If the owner or representative of the business shares them no warrant is needed.

tjfl··on How we rolled out one of the largest Python 3 migrations
He’s still the creator.
tjfl··on Bank of America questions customer’s citizenship, freezes accounts
He set the bar very high.
tjfl··on A California mall operator is sharing license plate tracking data with ICE
It's at least a far cry from an _advertised_ national gun show surveillance program. The only time I've been able to confidently identify license plate recognition is on the tollway. I don't think all of the setups are as obvious.
tjfl··on Mirroring US climate data
What would a reliable source be for "never"?
tjfl··on U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote
> Obama telling Putin to "cut it out" isn't enough. No matter what is happening behind the scenes. Our next president might not even go that far.

The article states, "Eventually they discovered that the Russian-speaking hacker..." I'd like to see more than a Russian-speaking hacker before attributing this to the Russian government.

tjfl··on IQ is only a minor factor in success
> Bill Gates, for example, had a trust fund from his grandfather that gave him a cushion in case he failed.

Do you happen to have a source? I'd not heard this and was curious as to the amount.

tjfl··on More states confirm suspected cyberattacks sourced to DHS
> Are they reporting what is a mis-identification of automated vulnerability scanning?

If DHS doesn't have approval/authority, isn't an automated vulnerability scan a cyberattack?

tjfl··on Ask HN: I joined a big co, like the team, hate some policies, what should I do?
Aren't they?

> They are in an industry where the leader has a big natural advantage, and they are in that lead by a large margin.

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