throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Safety Check for Brussels
I wish I could automatically block any account that has SF in its bio
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throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Safety Check for Brussels
Using gun deaths in the united states as against global terrorism is a flawed comparison. The US has more gun deaths than the united kingdom but it also has more guns and more people. When you expand the scope of terrorism related deaths to the entire world of course it is low, nobody in iceland has to worry about being bombed but someone in brussles, turkey, iraq or syria might disagree.
I will take accidental gun deaths in the US over terrorism any day. I invite anyone on HN to go stand in northern iraq and I will stand at a shooting range all day.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Safety Check for Brussels
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Safety Check for Brussels
Im sure statistics helped the people who died today
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
I dont have a good reason to go to london but you bet your ass im going to fly on this
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Why we should fear a cashless world
It is all about control. If you remove the independence of cash and you end up with government regulation deciding how much, what and where you spend your money. Such regulation can be used to put stress on businesses that the state deems 'unsuitable'[1] as well as punish those with differing opinions than the state[2].
Cashless society would essentially turn the world into one giant PayPal.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Being a Female Developer
Oh boy another "I worked so hard because im a woman in tech" post. Everyone in tech works hard regardless of gender but some people choose to brag less than others.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who else uses adblockers for safety?
I run an adblocker to protect myself from "the latest steroid taking GNC by storm" and "This website sells apple products for cheap!". Its an eyesore and ruins my user experience.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Liberstad, a new private city within Norway
But who will build the roads?
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: After Cash: All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses a Bank Account
Yeah just convert all of your excess labor into bits, now they dont even have to print money and distribute it.
Unlimited inflation time!
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: As US Passports for Domestic Flights Loom, IRS Can Now Revoke Passports
>Passport for domestic flights
And now the airlines will get even less money
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Cover (YC W16) Helps You Insure Anything with the Snap of a Photo
>2. What kinds of things do millenials tend to insure other than cars and health? I, like most of my friends, don't own very much else worth insuring.
Why do you spend your money on?
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anonymous p2p possible?
VPN + Torrent client
Seedbox
Remote Desktop
USB drives on the back of pigeons
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: A third of Netflix watchers in the US don’t pay for Netflix
>Kids use parents accounts
No way!
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: FBI argues it can force Apple to turn over iPhone source code
>no more iphones
Now if that isnt the easiest way to start a civil war, I dont know what is.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Job offer in SFyes? no?
>From the midwest
Everything will cost way more than expected.
The VC "culture" (and I use that term very loosely) is going to pop when investors get tired of disruptive washing machine sharing apps and that entire area is just going to be an expensive wasteland. If you have a job currently avoid the bay area like the plague it is. Any major "tech town" is going to have similar issues but SF is the nexus of the problem
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Toddlers Kill More People in the USA (with guns) Than Terrorists Do
France has roughly the same permitting system and storage regulations as Switzerland but you may not posses given types of rifles/handguns. Furthermore there is a limit on ammunition you can purchase per year.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Toddlers Kill More People in the USA (with guns) Than Terrorists Do
Everything can be used in a destructive fashion, if a society is mature enough then it can enjoy them. Alcohol, private planes, cars, knives, food,etc all carry the same risk of abuse as guns.
More americans die of eating too much food each year than in all gun deaths ,let alone mass shootings.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Toddlers Kill More People in the USA (with guns) Than Terrorists Do
> but who in the world needs an assault rifle?
Ignoring the "assault rifle" part of this. Semi-automatic carbines are great fun to shoot, they have a lower recoil impulse than traditional larger rifles and military surplus ammunition and parts generally creates a cheap and easy way to enjoy firearms. You can get an AR-15 for $600 or so and spend an afternoon enjoying it without a hurt shoulder or a bloody nose.
throwaway21816 | 10 years ago | on: Toddlers Kill More People in the USA (with guns) Than Terrorists Do
>And part of the reason why cops are armed to the teeth is because the citizens are.
The vast majority of deaths from firearms result from handguns not AR15s. You dont have criminals in Level 4 hard plates roaming around down town LA with shoulder fired rockets.
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