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Google Buys Zync, Maker of Visual Effects Software(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by batguano 12y ago|0 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
There are not many people who's death I'd celebrate, but for this guy: yippee!
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Fred Phelps, Founder of Westboro Baptist Church, Dies at 84(nytimes.com)
1 points by batguano 13y ago|2 comments
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One Laptop Per Child may be done(venturebeat.com)
1 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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Waiting for the Black Box(nytimes.com)
1 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Do Airlines Keep 'Black Box' Flight Data Trapped on Planes?(businessweek.com)
4 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
> I realize I'm probably supposed to be outraged about this. As the person who posted the link to HN, I posted because there have been other discussions of "lasing" here. If you mean "outraged at the 14 year sentence,
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Man gets 14 years for ‘lasing’ helicopter(blog.sfgate.com)
29 points by batguano 13y ago|71 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
I would be worried that the "politics of management" would be substituted by the "politics of marketing." Did you not find this to be the case?
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PonziCoin(businessinsider.com)
4 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
O. M. G. That is so awesome.... (Yes, so this probably counts as the kind of "+1" post that should be downvoted. But check out the link and if you don't think it's the most amazing quaternion explanation, then I will hu
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Journalist Behind Bitcoin Story Speaks Out(newsweek.com)
6 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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S.E.C.'s Review of Stock Trading Will See Some of Its Own Work(dealbook.nytimes.com)
1 points by batguano 13y ago|0 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
What really bugs me is when spaces and tabs get mixed together in the same file. That's godawful.
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by batguano 13y ago
Excellent point, and well phrased. Still, I find the whole stack exchange system to be incredibly useful, including the original post. (Edit: And it looks like you do, too, since you point out the information is factual.)
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by batguano 13y ago
When I first saw the new flags on another site, I thought they were horrible: Too bland, too corporate, too similar. I still hate the new flags--but I thought the guy's analysis was interesting.
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State Flags Redesigned(accelerator.bresslergroup.com)
3 points by batguano 13y ago|1 comments
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by batguano 13y ago
That was my gut reaction too--but I'm not sure that it's a fair one. It may very well be true; but it's too harsh to say he's incompetent just because he found trouble finding the right job. Sadly, even the tech world
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by batguano 13y ago
Reminds me of the classic joke: A surgeon has a backed up sink, and he calls a plumber. The plumber comes, works for 15 minutes, fixes the drain, and gives the surgeon his bill. "Six hundred dollars?!?," the surgeon exclaims. &q
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by batguano 13y ago
> there's a 68% chance that the person you're about to hire is a schizophrenic kleptomaniac Sorry, I don't believe "psychometric tests" can do that either. At least not at the level that we're talking about
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by batguano 13y ago
> I wonder why blame shifting seems so central to american way of thinking. FWIW, the story the OP told took place in the UK.
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by batguano 13y ago
Could you explain what you mean by full-blown coroutines? Thanks!
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by batguano 13y ago
I am amazed and humbled to hear that India has 880 languages. I am a stereotypically monolingual American--years of study allow me to mumble a few sentences of Spanish, German, and an even smaller amount of Japanese. I cannot even conceive
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by batguano 13y ago
> Do you see any other professions having to do that in order to stay employable? Yes, most professionals do. Licensed professionals--doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, civil engineers, teachers, etc.--are usually required to get a certai
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by batguano 13y ago
Unless you're one of the asshats at Prenda Law: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/identity-theft-la...
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by batguano 13y ago
I love this bit at the end: "I am not a lawyer and I am sure as hell not your lawyer."
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by batguano 13y ago
An interesting anecdote, but from the headline, I expected a completely different story: That Steve had "capped" them in the sense of "busted some caps into their [behinds]."