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by bas 10y ago
So?
62.
by bas 11y ago
Did... not... know... this. Very cool.
63.
by bas 11y ago
For instance, "100 boys and girls in the class". I read that as 100 students total, not 100 of each.
64.
by bas 11y ago
Remember that SWATting is a thing.
65.
by bas 11y ago
1998 is calling: http://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html Also, from 1999, "You have zero privacy anyway, ... Get over it." (Scott McNealy - http://archive.wired.com/politics/law/
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by bas 12y ago
At SIGGRAPH a few years ago in New Orleans, I saw this concept demonstrated by a Japanese group: http://phys.org/news168797748.html
67.
by bas 12y ago
This is a beautifully-named project.
68.
by bas 12y ago
Where did you find a GTX 980 in stock?
69.
by bas 12y ago
Perhaps a decade ago, I was roped into maintaining Palm apps written in VB and deployed with AppForge ( http://www.techrepublic.com/article/appforge-palm-developmen... ). In a sense, tools like these were the precursors
70.
by bas 12y ago
Ever venture to the colorized history subreddit? http://www.reddit.com/r/colorizedhistory
71.
by bas 13y ago
Looks great! I love the lighting on the inn/house.
72.
by bas 13y ago
Yes! One of my pet peeves (philosophy major).
73.
by bas 13y ago
"We will be closely monitoring the situation and will react accordingly." No doubt written from an undisclosed beach.
74.
by bas 13y ago
Talking to or knowing someone from Eastern Europe may disabuse you of this notion.
75.
by bas 13y ago
Presumably, the intelligence community would not make it known that it knew such things; they could then use these lines in disinformative ways.
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What the Gates kerfuffle says about the post-WWII military | The People's View(thepeoplesview.net)
2 points by bas 13y ago|0 comments
77.
by bas 13y ago
The moral of the story is that there is always a bigger fish.
78.
by bas 13y ago
Not to mention a certain Fort Meade-based agency that had them apoplectic with rage.
79.
by bas 13y ago
I don't see them cutting Booz off. I do see them enforcing stricter standards for employing contractors. Prospects lacking either an elite degree or distinguished military service are likely to encounter significant resistance to emplo
80.
by bas 13y ago
> It just seems like you don't get how people ACTUALLY use your product. Exactly. Well said.
81.
by bas 13y ago
I enjoy eating meat. Deal with it.
82.
by bas 13y ago
Well said. At least there are a few islands of sanity on HN.
83.
by bas 13y ago
She has a Forbes "site", which is not exactly the same thing as being a writer "for Forbes". She's really a blogger, not an editor or staff member at Forbes per se.
84.
by bas 13y ago
forked. 80+
85.
by bas 13y ago
How DARE he compare this to Omaha Beach, even obliquely! Many of the men in this picture, fighting one of the greatest land armies ever assembled (the Wehrmacht), died on this shore, never to return home: http://upload.wikimedia.
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by bas 13y ago
I am certain (seriously) that is supported by neither the German government nor its people, but it's worth noting that German firms have illegally (according to German law) supplied Iran's nuclear program with embargoed technology
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Edward Snowden's Half-Baked Revolution(nsfwcorp.com)
4 points by bas 13y ago|2 comments
88.
by bas 13y ago
Precisely. How is this not espionage?
89.
by bas 13y ago
You can't be serious. If a 9/11 were to happen every year, then the police state you dream of would obtain.
90.
by bas 13y ago
Welcome to Hacker News, where things that were obvious ten years ago require blog posts (and page traffic) today. Sigh.

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