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by _cudgel 12y ago
The reporting on this story has been pretty terrible. Wired just running with the AP story without spending the couple of minutes it takes to verify the details is shameful. Agreed. But, in my opinion, the point of the story isn't to
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by _cudgel 12y ago
At some point, you'd think we'd have the sense to legalize all these substances that the cartels trade in to cut crime and drain them of their money and power.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Let's get this Butlerian Jihad started already!
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by _cudgel 12y ago
A shortened version of the title at Salon would be, to me, more accurate and neutral: "America's First Drug Dealer: Arnold Rothstein" I don't particularly care for Salon's subtitle, though. It paints a picture of
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I'm in the process of reading this book, and am well past the excerpted part. I think this headline is very misleading. Rothstein didn't start anything -- he responded to a situation created by Harry Anslinger. Anslinger creat
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I had this problem as well. Finally someone said to me "What the hell makes you think you shouldn't be a little bit hungry all the time?" That hunger is the drive that pushes me to do things now. I don't want to fully
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Agreed; this doesn't deserve down votes.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
How about filling up on meat and vegetables, so there's no trick involved, and you get the nutrition you need?
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Here's a thought: Journalism and Marketing are not the same thing -- though those lines are blurrier all the time, what with "native advertising". But on to my point... Marketing is really the science of fooling people. Wh
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by _cudgel 12y ago
If you take it as a given that the NSA is spying on all parties, that includes those supposedly providing oversight. Those providing oversight can then be coerced into rubber-stamping whatever the NSA wishes. Therefore, "increased ov
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I didn't see mention of the thing that always bothered me most: eye strain. I'm not sure if this is still an issue with newer "Retina"-style displays, but if I recall correctly, the human eye will constantly try and re
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Mild interruptions don't seem like a big deal to managers, and the nature of their jobs means that they'll place constant communication far above quiet, focused, uninterrupted work. The above is the case for flipping the "c
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I continue to fail to see how connecting appliances or small electronics to a network adds actual value. Simply throwing technology at a thing doesn't automatically make it better. Yet, here we are, rushing headlong into the "IoT
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I obviously don't have a silver bullet. Some steps I've personally taken include things like canceling television service and canceling subscriptions to infotainment publications, whether in print or online. I've taken step
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by _cudgel 12y ago
It is very important to remember, particularly to those of us who "live" online, that all news and entertainment media -- not just static images, but video, audio, text, human interactions -- are tightly controlled, manipulated, a
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Laws only apply to people without power in the United States.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
You should forward her this as well: http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127...
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I've been very happy with Ghostery on Safari.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
> A bit disappointing that a hacker community's first reaction is to position against smart TVs. I emphatically disagree. "Smart TVs" are recognized as a bad idea, and as such are shunned. It would be disappointing _to m
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by _cudgel 12y ago
This made me do a spit-take. No sane individual should take advice or direction on _integrity_ from Zuckerberg.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Do people not realize that _all_ names are "made up" by someone?
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I agree completely!
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by _cudgel 12y ago
While I think this is a very valuable resource, and patterns are always welcome by me, it should be noted that the Apache docs recommend against using .htaccess files due to the performance penalty. From the docs ( http://httpd.ap
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by _cudgel 12y ago
I loathe the caps lock key. The first thing I'll do with a brand-new Mac is remap it to Control (SysPrefs -> Keybd -> Modifier Keys). Because thats where the control key belongs, dammit! Still, from time to time I do type thing
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Perhaps.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Buggy Whips.
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by _cudgel 12y ago
> Why did they not try to improve it themself? What makes you think they haven't tried to improve it in a thousand years? Or that every other person that makes their own pole doesn't have some little tweak to improve it only f
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Does joining the US Digital Service require a clearance, and if so does occasional marijuana consumption automatically disqualify you?
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by _cudgel 12y ago
This was exactly my concern as well. The "party first, country second" mindset on "both sides of the aisle" is the most absurd and counter-productive thing in US politics, and the most likely thing IMO to derail any pro
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by _cudgel 12y ago
Cities old enough they were designed for foot-traffic, not car-traffic; modern-ish train systems and other public transit; the high price of fuel... My guess is less need.

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