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by alva 10y ago
Yup. Significant signals amongst the noise. Lots of references to primary sources.
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by alva 10y ago
"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises (1) of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations (2)" 1. Covers any tim
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by alva 10y ago
> this is totally unambiguous > "including from US political organizations" edit: saw your edit. I can see why it is easy to believe what they are saying is totally unambiguous. I would suggest to anyone reading the joint st
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by alva 10y ago
>The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. At what point in that sentence do th
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by alva 10y ago
> Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails That is not an accusation that the Russians are behind the DNC/Podesta leaks. Read carefully. These statements are constructed with the utmost care.
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by alva 10y ago
>Such activity is not new to Moscow—the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that on
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by alva 10y ago
>U.S. intelligence services and the Obama administration have explicitly accused Russia of the leaks No they have not. Read the statement [0] very, very carefully. [0] https://www.dhs.gov/node/23199
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by alva 10y ago
Read the statement very carefully. At no point do they actually say, or directly suggest that Russia is behind the Podesta and DNC leaks. The media and some politicians are full force memeing this, saying USG blames Russia for the hack and
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by alva 10y ago
Not to mention the UK Foreign Office checksum [0]. UK has so far been relatively unscathed by wikileaks. If the 3 pre-commits refer to the 2013 insurance files, then the Foreign office could be royally buggered. The corresponding file is 32
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by alva 10y ago
>The US has been pretty blunt and public about the fact that they think the DNC hack was performed by Russian hackers. The way the joint statement has been covered by the media you can easily be led to believe that the US 1. has actually
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by alva 10y ago
Spend some time looking at some of the most well respected and researched philosophers in history. Many of their views are far more extreme that that quote, yet they are embraced by the mainstream and high academia.
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by alva 10y ago
Indeed a couple of posts made in the last few months have been prescient of serious and highly secretive information. The motivation behind such posters is likely explained below. I think what a lot of people don't get about /pol&
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Ask HN: Auto 'web' link for paywall?
1 points by alva 10y ago|0 comments
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by alva 10y ago
Hijacking live broadcasts seems to be one of the ultimate hacker accomplishments. There is something about it that is far more disconcerting than just defacing a webpage. Seems like it would feel far more invasive, popping on your living ro
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by alva 10y ago
Fantastic. I would love to do what you are doing. A long term goal of mine is to have a few acres in the UK, raising animals for meat in my spare time. 1. So I know I can give the animals an peaceful and happy life 2. The quality of well ra
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An Open Letter From Elizabeth Holmes(news.theranos.com)
287 points by alva 10y ago|206 comments
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by alva 10y ago
I thought you had accidentally pasted some of your genetic code from your clipboard. future internet problems
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by alva 10y ago
Not a criticism! Replace benefitting party as you wish. It is interesting when these initiatives present themselves as non-partisan. If you target a demographic that polling suggests will go for your preferred party, plough tons of money to
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by alva 10y ago
I mostly find the odd places when searching on and for discussions of old stomping grounds. That usually leads me down a long path of links. Sometimes I discover by joining oddly named and sparsely visited IRC rooms. Occasionally great site
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by alva 10y ago
The joys of the world wild west are still out there for curious surfers. Admittedly it does require a lot more effort, especially for a younger generation who may not remember what the early web is like and how you would traverse it. I stil
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by alva 10y ago
Tokyo has to be in there
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by alva 10y ago
All good points and I appreciate you including [2], I had not come across it before. [1] was a good set of laws introduced to curtail some of the issues you have raised. The libel suits that I have read about tend to be "A publicly cla
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by alva 10y ago
100% agree with you regarding "hate speech", but I can't help but feel the US public have the wrong end of the stick when it comes to libel laws. Seems to be a current issue as Trump brought it up recently. As far as I unders
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by alva 10y ago
I have 2 pairs of expensive headphones that I use on the go and in the studio. Bought the SE recently having been an iPhone user for the last 5 years. What a shame it will be my last one if they continue to not supply a headphone jack. Alth
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Ask HN: SaaS Stack advice for non web-dev
1 points by alva 10y ago|0 comments
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The numbers speak for themselves http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/nenkan/1431-02.htm Section 2-14 http://www.dir.co.jp/english/research/report/others/20150529... But you
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by alva 10y ago
The warning itself, over concerns that their investments will suffer is totally fair. The hypocrisy however as I see it is that Japan is asking us to make a specific sacrifice for economic growth, that it absolutely will not do itself on pr
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by alva 10y ago
"The UK has some of the worst infrastructure, least effective education, most unaffordable housing, least secure jobs.." Which is why we are one of the most popular work and living destinations for the most educated people in Euro
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by alva 10y ago
"With regard to unskilled workers, Japanese businesses rely on inexpensive labour from Eastern Europe in the manufacturing and agricultural industries in the UK" What a hypocritical demand from the Japanese. They have one of the s
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by alva 10y ago
It is actually a fairly recent, systematic campaign across all industries. These actions are taking place across medicine, the scientific community and many others.

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