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by __z 11y ago
From what I have experienced personally the older members of the team are often the most valuable.
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by __z 11y ago
Marjorie and Gerald Selbee also figured out this flaw in the Cash Winfall game, presumably independently of the MIT team. Somehow they managed to buy $600,000 worth of lottery tickets over a three-day period by themselves. That's a lot
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by __z 11y ago
You are totally missing the point. This one lottery game was set up in a way that if you spend enough money at exactly the right time you are mathematically guaranteed to make more money than you spent. You can't guarantee success in t
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by __z 11y ago
Every (non-local) bus I've ever been on (Greyhound, Megabus, BoltBus, smaller local companies, etc... I've been on a lot over the years) has had a bathroom.
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by __z 11y ago
>Do we have any meaningful HSR in this country? We have the Acela which isn't quite high speed rail (it is higher speed rail - up to 150mph in some areas but a lower speed limits in others). The Acela is very popular and actually pr
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by __z 11y ago
Sounds like lottery officials didn't "get their pants in a bunch" - they were actually complacent in the scheme. >A recent report by the state’s inspector general reveals more details about the scheme, including the fact t
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by __z 11y ago
Al Gore's net worth is about $200 million, for the people who don't want to google.
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by __z 11y ago
There was a story on HN about a month ago saying Texas was cracking down on these illegal freight hauling startups.
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by __z 11y ago
Pro Baseball players (especially pitchers) frequently need surgery.
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by __z 11y ago
Most (?) robberies are not sophisticated attacks but are simply crimes of opportunity.
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by __z 11y ago
Government contracting.
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by __z 11y ago
There is a facebook page called My Stealthy Freedom that is for Iranian women to send in pictures of themselves without the mandatory hijab. Please go there and read some of the women's stories. https://www.facebook.com&#x2F
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by __z 11y ago
Facebook basically got pwned when firesheep came out. I think that ordeal basically made them more security minded.
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by __z 11y ago
I dont facebook very often so every few days they send me a notification email "myname you have notifications pending." even when i dont.
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by __z 11y ago
Read the text of COPPA - http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm Its all about collecting personal information from a child, not allowing them to see lego dongs.
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by __z 11y ago
Facebook also doesn't allow violent content so I assume you meant selective enforcement?
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by __z 11y ago
I suspect the boy was saved by the mammalian diving reflex. It is what allows whales to hold their breath for so long. It exists in a much weaker form in humans especially young ones. It kicks in when the face is submerged in cold water. 40
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by __z 11y ago
Things that have their origins in defense: GPS Siri The Internet Tor Not saying pork isn't a huge problem but saying no awesome technology comes out of defense spending is untrue.
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by __z 11y ago
I guess Mtgox originally sent passwords in the query string... http://i.imgur.com/xMeW43a.jpg https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=444.0
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by __z 11y ago
Many people find security bugs because they think it is fun and exciting and get intrinsic pleasure from finding one. Same reason why lockpicking is a hobby. Of course these people should stick to the companies who ask you to find their bug
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by __z 11y ago
Dunkin Donuts is so clustered thoough. It is one of those places that is really popular and common in some areas and almost unheard of in others. Dunkin Donuts across from another Dunkin Donuts http://www.reddit.com/r/
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by __z 11y ago
Sounds like the technique that uses CSS to "brute force" your browser history. http://davidwalsh.name/jquery-spyjax
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by __z 11y ago
That's a totally out of context. You omitted the rest of what was said which was "It should be here in a secure place so that it can be used for ballistics." The whole context of what was said was the weapon was in police cus
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by __z 11y ago
You would think you would want to know but that leads to a lot of overtreatment which is not only bad for you personally it is bad for everyone because it raises healthcare costs. >So it could be a great way to convince people to live
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by __z 11y ago
Whoops! Accidental double negative!
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by __z 11y ago
In the US every ramen place I've ever been to has had a vegetarian alternative. If you simply don't like the taste of meat (as opposed to religious or philosophical purposes) you can ask for it without the meat - you are likely to
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by __z 11y ago
I am neither a sailor nor into classic cars but I refer to all boats and all vehicles (not just ones I own or feel affinity towards) as "she." Always, always, always. "She's my baby" is a common expression for
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by __z 11y ago
1) People aren't dying of other stuff. Stuff that used to cause massive amounts of death just isn't as likely anymore. Infections are now routinely cured with antibiotics. Vaccines prevent deadly disease. Hygiene and health and sa
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by __z 11y ago
Even if it were true it doesn't differ in meaning at all from what I said. I put the caveat it was a very simplistic explication - there is shared sovereignty which is defined in the US Constitution, that's the important part. If
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by __z 11y ago
>why is something like this decided at the state level? The US Constitution is set up to give states some power and the feds other power. Simplistic explanation - There are two kinds of courts in the US - federal courts and state courts.

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