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811.
by HillRat 11y ago
I also like the subdued flag patch and ACUPAT trousers. Really sells the hipster "Ramadi 2006" vintage look.
812.
Silk Road: DOJ subpoenas info on Reason.com commenters(slate.com)
2 points by HillRat 11y ago|0 comments
813.
by HillRat 11y ago
To be a bit pedantic, stealing classified documents is a violation of 18 USC § 1924 ("Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material") and publicly sharing them is a violation of 18 USC § 798 ("Disclos
814.
by HillRat 11y ago
Excellent points! I'd also note that these kinds of policies often have to start out with a hair trigger due to the fundamental asymmetry between the parties; the more powerful have many avenues to shut down the weak, so the weak need
815.
by HillRat 11y ago
[T]hat would be like being able to copyright ... how books are organised on shelves in a Library Probably not the best example to give, since the Dewey Decimal System is actually a copyrighted product( http://cocatalog.loc.gov&#
816.
by HillRat 11y ago
Depends on the location; there were slightly more PAVN battalions in the field than VC, and some on-paper VC units were actually reflagged NVA (e.g., the 808th battalion). Actions in Saigon and other southern battles were with infiltrated V
817.
by HillRat 11y ago
Well, Tet showed that the USG had either consistently lied or was consistently misinformed about the actual strength of the North Vietnamese forces, so it shook public confidence in Washington; the US casualties were far higher than confide
818.
by HillRat 11y ago
Which FOAs are you funded under? Pharm is a terrible market to get funded in, if only because it's highly speculative, has very long lead times, and uncertain returns. Have you looked into angel funding instead of VC? For example, so
819.
by HillRat 11y ago
Self-incrimination does not apply in civil cases. This is actually a pretty standard warning against spoilation of evidence in a potential civil case -- if a party doesn't convey such a warning, then, in the event of ensuing litigati
820.
by HillRat 11y ago
About a decade ago, Boeing came up with the idea of reprogramming the old Iridium sat-comm constellation to turn it into a high-fidelity, jam-resistant GNSS. Coherent is big in developing receivers that use multiple geolocation sources -- G
821.
by HillRat 11y ago
Actually, honey prices have doubled since 2006 ( http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/honey-industry-statistic... ). That doesn't invalidate your other points, but there's definitely a sustained, long-term rise
822.
by HillRat 11y ago
Unfortunately, Sy Hersh has built a reputation for both breaking big stories but also getting big claims wrong. Personally, I find his description of his primary source a bit worrying: "(a retired senior intelligence official) ... (kno
823.
by HillRat 12y ago
A punch against a hard surface -- like a skull -- not only conducts point impacts to fragile bone, but shear loads the proximal-interphalangeal joints, making it a good way to break bone and dislocate joints. The padding of a boxing glove p
824.
by HillRat 12y ago
"Back channels" are exceptionally rare between HR departments -- I've only heard of one significant network of HR departments willing to back-channel pejorative data about possible employees, and that was a set of industrial
825.
by HillRat 12y ago
Also, while there are many languages in Africa, the number of coherent families isn't necessarily that large. For example, Bambara is part of a larger family of languages that are more like highly-divergent dialects (or so I'm giv
826.
by HillRat 12y ago
[T]he GOP ... increasingly looks like internecine warfare between wealthy paternalism and eschatonic populism. I've taken to calling the modern right-wing movement "post-Voegelinian conservatism" -- as bad as old Buckley wa
827.
by HillRat 12y ago
The unspoken corollary is that many if not most politicians, like attorneys conducting a voir dire , actually depend on their constituents having an unwarranted faith in their comprehension of complex topics, and use their rhetoric to ma
828.
by HillRat 12y ago
The Mojave had extensive low-altitude conifer forests during the Boreal Holocene age, but took on its current characteristics (IIRC) about 8,000 years ago. Poster might be thinking of the cold and wet conditions of the Little Ice Age, whi
829.
by HillRat 12y ago
There just aren't that many available water sources to draw large amounts of water from, and El Paso is going to be pretty much at the bottom of the list when it comes to irrigation supply. The Colorado is already oversubscribed, and t
830.
by HillRat 12y ago
There are plenty of research opportunities that are speculative, or niche, enough that they wouldn't overcome the net present value of any third-party commercial investment. Of these, a not-insignificant number are likely to become key
831.
by HillRat 12y ago
Few municipalities and counties do a lot of bespoke software work -- most of their contracting hours go either to configuring and integrating COTS systems that handle specific aspects of their operations, or doing reporting out of those sys
832.
by HillRat 12y ago
The only thing worse than a creepy panopticon that knows everything about you is a creepy panopticon that just thinks it knows everything about you.
833.
by HillRat 12y ago
Even one of its adherents agrees that Holacracy's inability to address compensation is “like buying Microsoft Office without Microsoft Word” ( http://recode.net/2014/10/03/holacracy-or-hella-crazy-the-fr..
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Orbit: Bioware's open-source server framework(orbit.bioware.com)
4 points by HillRat 12y ago|0 comments
835.
by HillRat 12y ago
I do think the real issue is not whether the NSA can fill cubes, but whether they can stay ahead of the threat curve. NSA competes with, but not for, the employees of foreign intelligence services; likewise, they used to compete for the sam
836.
by HillRat 12y ago
I love Guadalajara -- one of my favorite cities to do business in, though it's not really a tourist-friendly city, unless you want to day-trip to Tequila or the Primavera Forest. I agree that it feels like it's ready to go big, ki
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Congress Wants to Eliminate Protections for Some of Your Most Sensitive Records(slate.com)
7 points by HillRat 12y ago|0 comments
838.
by HillRat 12y ago
There's a lovely Spanish term of art, "democradura," used to characterize these sorts of illiberal democracies (which are not, contra the article, limited to anti-Atlanticist regimes -- there are plenty of Western allies, a
839.
by HillRat 12y ago
"Right to work" undermines collective bargaining -- which itself is an attempt to redress the structural imbalance of employer-employee negotiations -- by introducing free-rider incentives to employees. In short, it's an end-
840.
by HillRat 12y ago
As I told a developer earlier this week, trying to disrupt healthcare is like starting an avalanche by tossing pebbles at a boulder. Between institutions, carriers, and the godawful state of interoperability technologies (I've been on

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