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I wish the article linked to the original decision. Maybe my Hebrew skills are too basic, but I don’t think that emojis were needed to show the intent of the buyer. The party said: ‏רוצים את הבית Or “(we) want the house” not “we’re interesting in the house”.

Someone with better Hebrew will likely say that I don’t know the nuance of the root word, but my counter argument would be that Israel is a country of immigrants and that the plain language shows their interest without even addressing the emojis.

I’m not a lawyer, but this seems like an insane ruling, especially in rental law. I’ve learned never to trust anything until a contract is signed. This may be an offer to make a contract, but how long should that offer be considered? When can either party withdraw the offer?

I really hope they can do something to improve the lives of their customers. Your average hackernews reader knows nothing of the indignities of not being able to get banking services and having to rely on using services from check cashing/title loan companies, rent to own furniture companies, and having to rent from slum lords. I really hope Will Smith and Jay-Z take only a modest return on their investments.

Yes, I’ve noticed several articles in the past week on the subject. The resurgence of this topic has me looking for a presentation I watched perhaps 5-10 years ago where the presenter suggested humorously that the Victorians popularized and normalized cat pet ownership at the level we now know (having cats indoors) because they were afflicted with toxoplasmosis. The presenter suggested that icanhazcheeseburger and pictures of cats on the internet are a symptom of mass infection of people with toxoplasmosis and that people who are infected are more likely to give comfort to crying cats which have learned, or had their behavior modified by the parasite, to mimic the cries of human babies.

If anyone can find me this presentation I’d be grateful. I fear a pro-cat conspiracy drove this video off the internet.

Contracts are not immutable nor eternal. By raising the issue now, she is setting the stage for her future contract negotiations and garnering support for this point in advance. I imagine that if she had followed through with all the interviews for this season and waited to raise this until her next contract negotiations that she would not win this concession. Now she has a much better chance of getting this flexibility.

She’s already become an icon; last year she had a few pieces on CNN which were quite wholesome. Plus, these pieces were not done in the shadow of a loss - they were reversed, scripted, and well thought out. I think it’s fair for her to want control of her image off the court given the current cultural climate in the United States. Plus, I think this is what these leagues would want more of - less controversy, especially if they are angry that a judge made a ruling which cost them the match.

There are things she probably doesn’t want to comment on and she’s probably had to deal with a lot of trolls due to her heritage. edit for grammar Also, I remember a few years ago an issue with Venus or Serena Williams and a line judge. Things get really heated, talking to the press immediately after a match in such heated situations is probably not smart and if I were running a league, I wouldn’t want that sort of bad publicity nor would I want to tarnish one of my star’s reputation.

I’d also like mention that sports interviews are really an American/Western phenomenon. Channels which buy sports rights in non-English speaking countries usually play competitions non-stop, with breaks only showing scores. Rarely will you ever see a post game press conference in countries like Korea, Japan, or China. There’s just too much other content to show. Fans in these countries just want to see the action and accept commentary in their native language.

I wish Naomi the best of luck.

Great post.

I would also encourage people to contribute to original project documentation, bug trackers, or mailing lists.

It’s unfortunate that Stack Overflow is the first destination people end up going to. I guess it’s to be expected since many projects only offer static pages and offer minimalist code examples.

The original poster is lucky that they have a blog and their own platform to voice their opinions.

No, not stupid at all. The author was pursuing her dream of being an author. Without AirBnB this would not have been possible. 12-16k would definitely support an international life style in much cheaper countries.

Not everyone can be a millionaire software engineer in Silicon Valley coming up with apps to pitch to venture capitalists.