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Re:Illegal drugs: The wars don’t work
on Friday May 01, 2015 @05:42AM (#9470345)
Drug usage goes hand in hand with theft. Once you're addicted to drugs, you have to steal to pay for that habit. It's hardly a victimless crime.
Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)
on Sunday April 12, 2015 @04:20AM (#9362605)
IMHO It's more usually bad developers who get promoted into management, so they can do less damage.
Re:Google Prediction API
on Saturday April 11, 2015 @02:14PM (#9360099)
The other worry of course is that google suddenly decide to shut it down like they did with quite a few APIs such as the translation API (After some back and forth they actually kept translation API but charge quite a lot for it).
Re:Facebook use linked to depressive symptoms
on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:21AM (#9333156)
Poor people are likely to have other issues to make them depressed - bad upbringing, lack of education and skills, etc
Also a lot of people just haven't found something that they truly love doing.
There's plenty of rich miserable people, and plenty of miserable poor people. If you have very little, you've got very little to worry about...
Re:Facebook use linked to depressive symptoms
on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @05:36AM (#9332784)
Make sure you read all the news stories about rich people who are depressed, and have horrible lives. Probably a lot more common than you think.
Re:Ask HN: How do you do home security?
on Thursday April 02, 2015 @03:52AM (#9309178)
Not to be rude, but why do you chose to live there? If you value your health and friends, why live in a war zone.
Re:Ask HN: How do you do home security?
on Thursday April 02, 2015 @03:52AM (#9309176)
From http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/c...
In 2011, there were an estimated 2,188,005 burglaries
Victims of burglary offenses suffered an estimated $4.8 billion in lost property in 2011
Seems pretty high to me.
Re:Ask HN: How do you do home security?
on Thursday April 02, 2015 @03:34AM (#9309123)
Location is everything - move somewhere there is no crime.
Failing that, get some IP cams setup and archive the footage offsite.