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I meant that he built the business out of attaching sandy hook parents and similar actions. I think that's the obvious reading for anyone who knows anything about Jones.

I sure could have been clearer. But what exactly are you saying? That he didn't build his business this way? Or are you just trying to attack the words I used.

What are you hoping to accomplish by parsing my words technically?

>> Whatever you think about Jones, it doesn't do anyone any good to portray the Sandy Hook case as being about other things.

What do you mean? My whole point is that Sandy Hook is not different from what Jones did every single day, and you don't seem willing to disagree with me. You just seem to want to parse my words.

Why? What exactly is your point here? Why are you arguing this specific turn of phrase? Unless you think that Alex Jones is a voice you want to hear and protect. Why don't you just say that?

The poster suggested that Jones actions on Sandy Hook were an outlier. One 'bad' action. They were not. He built his business on Sandy Hook and similar actions, and that's clearly what my original post intended and I stand by it.

I think it's intellectually dishonest to suggest Jones faced consequences because of one bad action. I have stronger words for it honestly but I'm trying to stick to the rules of this forum.

This whole thread only shows me it's time for me to leave HN. You're welcome to it.

That is exactly what he built his business on - attacking people with bald face lies and using the generated outrage to sell snake oil.

The amount of folks here supporting Alex Jones is completely shocking to me.

He built a business out of attacking and re-victimizing parents whose children were murdered. He's scum of the earth.

That business was taken away from him, and folks think that's too much? What the actual fuck.

This answer is the only intuitive one for me, thanks.

Futures markets serve an important role outside of speculation, i.e. producers managing their future price risk. Betting markets do not.

My parents transferred an old car to my older brother and insured me and him on it and signed something saying we were not permitted to drive the other cars.

Not sure if that is permitted/possible everywhere, but the problem is if the parents drive nice cars the insurer presumes the kids will also drive them (and crash them).

You can desire the police cooperate with the hostage takers, without taking the side of the hostage takers.

The proof is in the pudding - the police ended the hostage taking with no lives lost. To after the fact continue to take the side of the hostage takers is pretty terrible to me. All of this is Olsson's fault.

But the hostage takers are the ones who created the hostage situation, not the police. They are the ones that caused the risk to the lives of the hostages - in fact that it the whole purpose of hostage taking, to use human lives as bargaining chips.

I understand it is rational to want the police to cooperate with hostage takers if you are a hostage. But if the police successfully orchestrate a rescue, how is it rational to prefer the hostage takers to the police? One created the problem, one solved it?

I don't feel the need to pay a commission for a digital storefront. I know a lot of folks find value in app store/steam etc... but I find almost no value. At the same price, I would rather the money go to the seller of the product and I definitely don't want to pay more for a storefront.

I find the normal reasons people like digital storefronts not very compelling: safety, reviews, all in one place, etc...

I also worry about everything being in one account. If I lose my epic games account, I'm not going to worry too much. If Valve locks me out, I'm in trouble, so I would rather diversify away from Valve if I can.

I am a fan of fidelity. They have a cash management account with checking features. You can choose between a bank sweep at ~2.5% or a money market at almost 5%.

Edit: There are always non-checking accounts that do better than the above, but I think there is real value in focusing on your checking account -- if you have to move money back and forth to get good rates, is that worth the effort and what's the opportunity cost of the funds that sit in the low paying checking account.

Why do we have interoperable email but not interoperable text? Actually we do now, thanks to regulatory action forcing Apple.

>I like it. If I didn’t, I just wouldn’t buy Apple products. I’m not sure why that’s so hard for people.

Because Apple is so aggressive about lock-in that it excludes reasonable interaction between people with Apple and people without. The texting situation with pictures and videos is the most glaring example. You are not forced to purchase Apple products, except that you are.

There is a rather large difference to having plans and dealing with an actual incident. Not to bicker, but a dedicated command room sounds like a fun plan but the opposite of what was needed in the incident described in this story.

Camera's don't have to be hidden to prevent guests. It is allowed and becoming very common to have cameras at entrances and becoming common to restrict guests during the day as well as overnight.