Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by drb91 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:34PM
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This is such a tired argument when alcohol is legal, far more toxic of a substance, far more addictive, and it actively kills people daily. People can and should make decisions for themselves about what they put in their bodies.
It’s natural to balk at doing drugs. It’s harmful, however, to talk about weed without comparing it to harder substances, especially when it has been a prime reason for imprisoning people for decades. Even if weed is physiologically harmful at all, prohibition is socially a crippling disease.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by toomanybeersies on Thursday March 22, 2018 @11:15PM
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Anything that provides happiness can kill motivation, hopes, and dreams.
Whether it's weed, alcohol, harder drugs, gambling, or even video games like DoTA and WoW.
Obviously if someone is high at work, that's a problem. Same as someone being drunk, or playing games at work. But what we do in our own time is our own business.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by gehwartzen on Friday March 23, 2018 @12:45AM
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Why is it obvious that someone being high at work is a problem? We're not all airline pilots, neurosurgeons, and bomb techs.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by qume on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:53PM
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I know a lot of computer science folk who could do with trading a few IQ points (in plentiful supply) for some of the other more positive side effects it provides.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by verylittlemeat on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:25AM
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Anyone who goes after weed as being the "life killer" before even making a casual mention to alcohol can usually be safely dismissed as moralizing.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by Nomentatus on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:55PM
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You know your audience, well: they supplied the downvotes, but no contrary bibliography.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by sakuronto on Friday March 23, 2018 @12:15AM
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What can be asserted without a bibliography can be dismissed without a bibliography.
Re:The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They A...
by kjdsiheioahef on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:17AM
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Numerous studies suggest clearly that long-term marijuana use reduces IQ.
Perhaps in the future we'll have customized DNA-derived profiles that accurately tell whether someone is better doing no weed, lots of weed, some weed, and so on and so forth for all chemicals. We all have unique chemical makeups, after all.
Some background: My father was an extensively published pharmaceutical (toxicology, pharmacology, brain expert) academic researcher. Drugs are entirely about dosage. The logic applies here.
FBI policy may be antiquated but does exist for a good reason. Perhaps that reason needs refinement at a societal level, through technological progress.
I do expect this comment to get downvoted. HN'ed.