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by alva 9y ago
> Political campaigns, outside of the States, are very much bootstrapped Get real. edit: Considering the response perhaps I should qualify. The major parties in most developed countries have permanent election teams with multi-million po
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by alva 9y ago
Great news. Being able to purchase BTC, ETH and now LTC easily by card is why I eventually dipped my toes in the water.
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by alva 9y ago
You should check out the new Calyos case http://www.calyos-tm.com/calyos-fanless-pc-workstation/
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by alva 9y ago
> The second paper suggests that immigration is needed to bring more highly-skilled and highly-educated workers to the U.S. That aspect is indeed covered, however you will notice is a small constituent of what was proposed. Much of the b
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by alva 9y ago
> Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/12/20/artific... Summary: AI and automation will "disrupt" millions of low paying jobs &
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by alva 9y ago
It is interesting seeing how hard this assertion is being pushed in some area for political purposes. Especially as it counters another message coming from the same groups. I am not sure how the two can be reconciled. (note: I am neither ad
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by alva 9y ago
absolutely. it is just that WikiTribune is not presenting itself that way at all
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by alva 9y ago
"Facts can be presented with bias, taken out of context and most recently a lot of facts are just plain…made-up. Supporting Wikitribune means ensuring that that journalists only write articles based on facts that they can verify."
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Ask HN: Hacker News Census
3 points by alva 9y ago|1 comments
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by alva 9y ago
Intuitively it sounds quite sensible. The more a nation can sustain itself on its internal market, the longer they can hold out through negative external circumstances. Much like energy. When everything is going rosy, relying on high % impo
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by alva 10y ago
The approach of the UK government has been to provide aid and safety to the refugees near to their country of origin. The main justification is that by allowing the people to find temporary safety and assistance there, they will hopefully s
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by alva 10y ago
I was one of those who was ripping into the specific IH submission. I did so because the quality of IH is usually so high and I wanted to see that continue. This one example fell short. I am very happy for Courtland and hope IH keeps it up!
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by alva 10y ago
This could just be something very odd going on with my computer, but Warning! Going to https://www.intelligentvoice.com/ as linked leads me to a spam page "Birthday Lottery". Without the https I get to your real p
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by alva 10y ago
> I didn't see much pandering from her at all This one was hilarious and disgusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ESQvJ-qlsk H: "I always carry hot sauce in my bag" (referencing a lyric in a recent Bey
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by alva 10y ago
No, but I could now quote you in the news saying you wrote "Death to Jews" online. And that is pretty much what all of this is about.
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by alva 10y ago
If you have a short-let in NYC I would suggest considering international travel for a bit. Can help clear the head, give you a new perspective on your depression and perhaps more importantly, give you some sense of agency. It doesn't s
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by alva 10y ago
> could have backed out of this disaster in a politically acceptable way I don't think any retreat would have ever been politically acceptable. The general public saw through the "hard/soft" Brexit angle, it was clear
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by alva 10y ago
I agree that "shilling" really comes down to intent and transparency. Are you presenting the information and disclosing (this can be implicit if connection is obvious) your interests? I don't think most have a problem with th
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by alva 10y ago
Twitter is worth joining if only to follow Naval's timeline (@naval). Many thought provoking insights and questions on a wide range of issues including philosophy and technology. He appears to be a true visionary to me. Thanks Naval!
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Facebook Unveils Big Basin – GPU Server(code.facebook.com)
1 points by alva 10y ago|0 comments
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by alva 10y ago
13 out of 15 senior positions are men. https://andela.com/about-us/meet-the-team
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by alva 10y ago
It seems to have been implemented after the 2016 election threads. I remember dang being frustrated at the page loading times on threads with thousands of comments.
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by alva 10y ago
Quite a lot of the twitter security scene seem to be pointing towards Hal Martin. Apparently timeline and level of classification is consistent. https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-nsa-contractor-indicted-...
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by alva 10y ago
They have stated this is part 1 of a long series of Vault7 releases, so it might be possible.
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by alva 10y ago
VLC 2.1.5 compromised https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_15729066.html edit: please see response below from remlov edit: this post was premature, see below posts
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Wikileaks: Disclosure of Dozens of CIA ZeroDays(twitter.com)
35 points by alva 10y ago|1 comments
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Wikileaks: Vault7. Year Zero. 9am EST(twitter.com)
8 points by alva 10y ago|0 comments
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by alva 10y ago
What a nice response :) I think identifying these differences between countries will bring governments a step closer to finding some sort of solution. Not exactly an easy one though when it comes to culture though. How do you break strong c
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by alva 10y ago
In some ways I find the drug policy hilarious. If you cannot stop drugs being used in what arguably should be the most secure, closed system, how on earth do governments expect to stop in outside? I would love to know how prisons are so inc
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by alva 10y ago
You can't stop all the drug abuse but the extent of use is not a given. Amphetamine use of UK students appears to be extremely rare compared to the US, its never really been a cultural thing here. I suspect it is due to very few amphet

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