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> Without historical context this analysis is meaningless. Is this one election the exception or the norm? Why is it meaningless? It is still interesting and important to look for fraud during a si…
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> That sounds like something different (or maybe the airline lets random people into TSA Pre-check?). It is not something different, but I think some airlines do automatically sign some of their cl…
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The post links to the wikipedia pages for two of the problms, so it is pretty easy to get the background on them. At any rate, the point of the post was not those particular problems, but how the inst…
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> That way, if you make an account on somesellout.com with youremail+somesellout@mail.com, when you start getting loads of unwanted messages at that address you know who sold your information to sp…
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Taking your argument to its logical extension, it then just be optimal to not have carpool-specific lanes at all, and have those be normal lanes. Practically speaking, that might very well be true. I …
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> What do you honestly think is a bigger risk for you? Getting murdered by a criminal or the US government via drone. Cause it's like 40k:2 for the past couple year. The fact that there are ba…
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They may have meant in contrast to other jewerly men could wear, not in contrast to women wearing watches.
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There was some conversation on this release announcement a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9467990 …
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Fair enough, my analysis wasn't sufficiently specific. I agree that gov't employees should be free from government-imposed consequences if they are critizing policy. In contrast directly dis…
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It appears that it is only necessary when there is going to be questioning/interrogation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning Though, it seems as though the police…
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Yes, they should be free to express their opinions. But free speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. One could make a case that that sort of behavior could be considered insubordination an…
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> and will it be publicly available? Yes, though I do not know where/how, yet. It's worth noting that data from existing radio telescopes are freely available. The National Radio Astronom…
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> We have non-violent means to redress problems with the political and civil leadership. I am not advocating violence, but in your mind, what should people do when (many of) those non-violent means…
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The Amatur Radio Relay Leage (ARRL) has a page with overview on ham radio and information on how to get licensed[0]. The wikipedia page also provides a nice overview[1]. The ARRL sells books which can…