GabrielF00

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Marion Pritchard, rescuer of Jewish children during the Holocaust, dies at 96(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by GabrielF00 10y ago|0 comments
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
IANAL but skimming through the complaint, they're basically acting as a "private attorney general". The lawsuit alleges that Google's policies violate state law. Normally, the state would sue the company, but in this cas
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Poker pro with ‘remarkable’ $9.6M scheme has to pay it back, judge rules(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by GabrielF00 10y ago|0 comments
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Mercury levels drop in Atlantic bluefin tuna(arstechnica.com)
10 points by GabrielF00 10y ago|0 comments
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Actually a lot has changed since the NYT article (I don't know whether any of it is related to the article): 1. Much better parental leave 2. Easier to transfer internally (no longer need to wait 6 months, transfer can't be blocke
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
To be clear, my point isn't that central planning is good. My point is that people may prefer centralized control for certain things even though they understand what non-directed processes can accomplish. To use the author's examp
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
This piece gets posted here occasionally, and I really disagree with the conclusion that people think that we have to have government because they don't understand the capabilities of non-directed, bottom-up systems. > Now, in the a
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Oh come on. I just watched the video again. He says "now the poor guy, you've got to see this guy" and then he starts flailing his hands around and imitating the reporter in a strange voice: "'uh uh uh I don't
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I think Google risks taking a huge hit to its credibility if the most prominent result for a topic is an outright lie. I'd guess that the loss of credibility/constant PR problems would more than offset the revenue.
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Researchers find fake data in Olympic anti-doping, Guccifer 2.0 Clinton dumps(arstechnica.com)
7 points by GabrielF00 10y ago|2 comments
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
What about the problem of some people freaking out if they feel like they're being filmed?
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Small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco(nytimes.com)
61 points by GabrielF00 10y ago|63 comments
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I'm guessing "broadly targeted spearphishing" means that you're targeting a lot of people, but you know who they are and you're sending them something that's crafted to their interests and social network.
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Probably their usual supplier is slower. I haven't had a bookstore order something for me in a few years, but it used to take more than 2 days to get the item. I'm guessing that the distributors that supply bookstores are optimize
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I'm really curious what sort of company you work for (industry, small/medium/large, and country).
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Like Perri-Air? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Bank of America paid $16.65 billion.[ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bank-america-pay-1665-billion... ] The tobacco industry is paying over $200 billion (although that's split between a number of companies). [
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
FWIW the domain is in a smaller font with lower contrast than the title. I would guess that a lot of people automatically skip over the domain when they read hacker news headlines, because it's less legible than the title and feels dis
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
How much of that has to do with the fact that Alibaba had an IPO in 2014? People were using Yahoo as a vehicle to invest in Alibaba. Given that, the stock would have risen regardless of who was CEO.
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
What is Microsoft hoping to gain from this?
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I have heard of cases where increasing contrast to meet accessibility standards resulted in significant boosts to sales. Proper contrast is beneficial to people with vision impairments, but it also seems to help people without vision impair
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
If you go into the companion app and set your location, it should give you the weather for your city automatically when you say "Alexa, what's the weather".
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I don't see that at all. He's wearing it around his neck, not on his head. The material is completely different. The pattern is also different.
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
Lots of very strong claims made without any evidence. The fact that voting machines are insecure does not mean that fraud occurred. > When an exit poll or two is outside the margin of error, it denotes failure in the polling; when eight
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I heard Bill Clinton speak at a fundraiser for a healthcare non-profit (see my comment above for a more detailed description). The organization paid Clinton $100,000+ to speak (this was 10 years ago at least) and then sold tickets for $100+
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
That's not how it works, or at the very least, it's a lot less black and white than that. There are enough people who will pay money to get a picture with Bill Clinton, or to hear Clinton speak, that it's completely worth it
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I think by Bridgeport they actually mean Fairfield County. The city of Bridgeport is relatively poor. Fairfield County is one of the wealthiest areas in America.
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
When management starts tracking metrics on how fast major or higher bugs are resolved, most of your issues will magically become minor.
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by GabrielF00 10y ago
I think the premise of the writer's concern is that people who would otherwise be doing more critical reading (looking seriously at the source of the information they're getting, exploring different sources, etc.) are just going t

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