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by ajays 13y ago
I read the TC article, bought the app, and came here in the hope that the developer would be here. I was not disappointed!
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by ajays 13y ago
That's a good idea: crowdfunded elections for the underdogs.
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by ajays 13y ago
People can bitch and moan all they want on HN, but how many actually took the time to call her office? I did and the aide wrote down my support of the amendment. If the 1000s of readers of HN had all called, she probably may not have voted
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by ajays 13y ago
> incumbents have a greater than 90% reelection rate Which is mind-boggling, considering that the Congress' approval rating is 12% ! Thing about it: only 12% of the people think that the Congress is doing a good job, and these peop
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by ajays 13y ago
Because the SF people vote her in like sheep, again and again. She knows her seat is not threatened, so she'll vote in her _own_ interests. I refuse to vote for her. I'll vote for the Republican challenger every time.
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by ajays 13y ago
This. The general public has no idea how much posturing is involved in such votes. These people will even trade votes: the Dem says "Please, I want to appear strong on defence, so I'll vote no, while you (the Republican) can vote
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by ajays 13y ago
It's not the programs that prevented attacks; it's this magic stone that I have and pray to. It keeps "terrorists and other groups" at bay. But now, since I've divulged its existence, it may not be as effective.
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by ajays 13y ago
Once in a while, there's a scandal about the Whitehouse pulling up IRS records of opponents (or so it is claimed). Just wait till the day some jerk in the WH decides to pull up ALL communications of opponents: every phone call, eve
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by ajays 13y ago
Thanks! I was thinking of asking the reporters for the data. Though there's an error in the data. Starting at row #1001 ("Caldwell"), the "base" column seems to have disappeared.
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by ajays 13y ago
By law, salaries of public sector employees are public knowledge. I think this is the same data that is seen here: http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area?Entity=Bay%20Ar...
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by ajays 13y ago
Don't get me wrong! I am saying that we need a huge turnout to effect change.
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by ajays 13y ago
I wish they (FF) would also spend some time on the small annoyances: Lack of a restart button. Now when I upgrade FF, I have to "kill -9" it from my terminal to get it to restore windows upon restart Memory leaks. Leave yoursel
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by ajays 13y ago
I don't mean to sound like a cynic, but: I don't think much will happen unless the number of protesters is in the many millions. Here's why: think back to Occupy. What did that movement want? A simple prosecution of the crim
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by ajays 13y ago
Now that Motorola is owned by Google, I wonder what Google has to say about this?
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by ajays 13y ago
Why is this? Why is historical data so hard to find, when in fact the stock market is one of the most computer-heavy operations? These are numerical facts, so I don't think copyright applies either. It just surprises me that the data i
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by ajays 13y ago
11 years just stops short of the chaos of Feb 2000, where the NASDAQ lost 50% of value over the course of the year. Every dip, and people bought more thinking it was the bottom; and then lost it all.
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by ajays 13y ago
1. It's just chalk. Children all over the country grew up drawing with chalk on sidewalks, etc. 2. Paint-based (and hence, more permanent) graffiti is a real problem in big cities. But till date I have not heard of a single case where
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by ajays 13y ago
FTA: "One can’t help but infer that the US Department of Justice has become just another security contractor, working [...] on behalf of corporate bidders, with no sense at all for the justness of their actions; they are working to pro
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by ajays 13y ago
And in 2008, (candidate) Obama said there should be no warrantless wiretapping. Then he started doing it himself. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html
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by ajays 13y ago
That was a tough one. Finally, at gen 669, one of the cars managed to jump it. #1: 200.72 d:195.95 h:-5.38/6.55m (gen 669)
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by ajays 13y ago
True; but this is a PopSci article. Most people who read such media are probably not familiar with the term. They'll probably think of a petting zoo when they read "petabyte".
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by ajays 13y ago
Also: Firefox seems to discourage you from messing with cookies. For example: I can't select cookies by TLD. I have to painstakingly go through the list, clicking each host and clicking "Remove". Compare the cooking managemen
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by ajays 13y ago
"... there is very little income redistribution ... " Non-Brazilian here, but: doesn't Brazil basically _give_ you money if you're poor[1]? [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-m
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by ajays 13y ago
It's obvious. Those who know the details don't feel like they need to attend. They know they'll learn nothing new; why waste their time? Which begs the question: why didn't they speak up earlier? They probably would have
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by ajays 13y ago
Mozilla seems to have lost focus. Firefox still has massive memory leaks; it's not uncommon for me to come home at the end of the day to find FF using 3.8GB out of the 4GB I have, and my Linux box thrashing like crazy. Typically the cu
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by ajays 13y ago
So while on the one hand Congress, NSA, etc. are denying what Snowden is claiming; on the other hand, they're calling him a traitor and guilty of treason. If he's lying, _how_ can he be guilty of "treason"? Don't yo
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by ajays 13y ago
Not to fork the discussion, but: I'm thinking of putting together a new (Linux) PC for my needs (which are mainly number-crunching, photo processing, etc.). How much of the tech in this Mac Pro is available today to build one? I'm
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by ajays 13y ago
This is a great overview (assuming it's based on some knowledge, and not a total work of fiction). It puts things in context, and asks the right questions.
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by ajays 13y ago
A photocopier is a (scanner+printer), so the problem remains. Your best bet is large flea markets, where you can buy stuff like WiFi dongles, etc. with cash. Then wait a while before you use them. I can't believe I'm having to wri
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by ajays 13y ago
FTA: "There’s another option I didn’t originally mention here — leaking over mail. Investigative journalist Julia Angwin of the Wall Street Journal points out that physical mail, dropped in a random post-box with a bogus return address

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