saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: What's a Gallon?
But could you change it to km-per-litre?
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saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: What is Silverblue?
Are flatpaks not all sandboxed? I thought the concept of flatpak and snap was that it offered sandboxing in a way what was never implemented to normal repo packages
saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: Apple iCloud Experiencing Issues
Attackers and state actors sometimes appear to behave indiscriminately
saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust
Are you saying that I should be required to execute all code on a web page?
That's the eventual point this train of thought will lead you to.
saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: Girl flooded with beauty ads on Instagram
You use obfuscation software for instagram? Im intrigued
saltedshiv | 6 years ago | on: New Social Media Question on DS-160 and DS-260 Visa Applications
Do nonresidents that are not presently in the United States have constitutional rights?
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?
I've had a Dell Precision 5510 and now I'm using a Precision 5520. Ive run Ubuntu, but am currently running Fedora 29 on the 5520.
Fantastic machine. Best Linux on laptop experience I've ever had.
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: How Facebook tracks you on Android [video]
Ive been meaning to make a PR of feature request to add individual URLs to the blocklist
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss reports
If you're not opposed to non-free software and like quality products, I highly recommend you check out Crossover[0]. It allows you to run Microsoft Office on your linux machine.
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: California governor signs overhaul of bail system
Everytime bail comes up I see the same comments. Like, nearly word for word. The more I let that set in, the more uncomfortable I feel
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: Introducing Telegram Passport
Keybase has chat. Available on desktop and at least Android
saltedshiv | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone else using Hacker News as a `dopamine hit`?
What are you using to convert articles to audio? Is that a feature of the pocket app?
saltedshiv | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Play multiplayer and singleplayer NES games online
Licensing
saltedshiv | 9 years ago | on: Facebook accepts slightly mis-typed passwords
also Chase.com
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: How to access the Darknet. The safe way
Do you have a source for this?
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: MTN telecom chief executive quits after Nigeria fine
I'm sure that this fine is designed to effectively bankrupt the company so that it can be nationalized by the state.
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: What PostgreSQL has over other open source SQL databases: Part II
I use Navicat, its fantastic.
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: Thresholds of Violence: How School Shootings Spread
I don't even know how to begin to search for sources about "when in the late '40's/early '50s lots of kids took a gun to school and stored it in their locker..."
I'm not questioning your own validity, I'd just love to know how pervasive this was and where it was happening.
I was able to find references about Justice Scalia in the Heller arguments.
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: The Real Price of Oil
I'll counter that illustration. Let's assume that there is no oil left that doesn't have claim by an oil company and therefore you are unable to compete directly in the oil manufacturing business. But, what you are really saying is that you think that the price for what utilization oil brings is too high, and thus you can compete with oil with another resource. This means that you could invest in whale oil, coal, solar, wind, natural gas, or nuclear, or something else. If the price of oil is too high, then there is large amounts of incentive to invest in something that might not even exist.
By offering those resources to the same spaces that utilize oil, you are competing with oil. If you are able to take customers from oil, oil will be forced to reduce their prices.
As I mentioned in the previous comment, you should check out the keywords I mentioned. And if you are thinking that I'm missing something, please direct some resources my way.
saltedshiv | 10 years ago | on: The Real Price of Oil
That's a mischaracterization. Many libertarians believe that perpetual monopolies cannot exist in a free market due to competition. So even though a cartel might form for some time or a company may hold a monopoly on a product, if the prices are not at true market value (too high, inflated, not competitive enough), a competitor will enter the space and undercut the monopoly.
If you're interested in reading more on the topic, search for keywords: rothbard, myth of natural monopoly
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