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by car 13y ago
After reading the WSJ article from 2001, it's become clear that the FAZ/FAS article is largely based on it. Interesting quote from the WSJ article, in light of the fact that it was written 3 months before 9/11: The NSA long
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by car 13y ago
The intelligence experts admit there is much that is open to speculation, such as how the information recorded at a fiber-optic tap would get to analysts at the National Security Agency for review. How about another fiber in the same bund
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by car 13y ago
This was published in the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" this weekend. It's behind a paywall. They make it really hard to find, this is the only link I could come up with: http://fazarchiv.faz.net/?q
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How the NSA taps fiber at the bottom of the oceans(pastebin.com)
196 points by car 13y ago|68 comments
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by car 13y ago
Next up: 3D printed nuclear warhead. Only the plutonium is made from metal. As the saying goes: Hydrogen bombs don't kill people, people do.
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by car 14y ago
Thanks for your reply, most helpful!
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by car 14y ago
Who makes these, and where can I order one?
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by car 14y ago
Thanks for the reply, but of course this question was in the context of the parent. Just fyi, mammalian genes are usually expressed in mammalian cells, not bacteria, because of posttranslational modification.
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by car 14y ago
Does anyone know how to 3D-print protein structures?
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by car 14y ago
Strong word of warning! These antibodies are not human, but most likely mouse. They will illicit a strong immune response, since they are foreign to the human immune system. Furthermore, antibodies can be directed against many different loc
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by car 14y ago
So Twilio currently only offers SIP origination (DID/gateway from POTS -> IP/SIP), also known as inbound SIP trunking. I think this needs to be made more clear on their site. Android has a native SIP client (so do Nokia phones), which m
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Supreme Court to Wiley publishers: your insane theory of copyright is wrong(boingboing.net)
2 points by car 14y ago|0 comments
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by car 14y ago
So many moving parts and cables. Raspberry Pi, an old phone, FreePBX, Asterisk, Obi100. Let's outcomplex the POTS. Seriously, how about you show us how to register an Android phone with your SIP service?
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by car 14y ago
Shouldn't that read "...unless you are rich enough that your life wouldn't be changed by losing lots of money."?
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by car 14y ago
<sarcasm> But why would you replace the huge, powerful Diesel engines that blow large billowing clouds of exhaust fumes with wimpy electric trains? And would we still have the crazy searchlights and blaring horns that scare the catt
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by car 14y ago
Irony of ironies, the son (grandson?) of the developer is now complaining about too much traffic in his hometown. "I think developers represent change, and change is difficult," he says. "A lot of people in Menlo Park don't want change, so
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by car 14y ago
It was not the county that voted against a BART system that would go around the Bay, it were the interests of a real estate devloper and Caltrain that fucked this up for the rest of us. It never even got to be voted on. Seeing the pathetic
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Programmer behind YouPorn empire arrested in Belgium(translate.google.com)
122 points by car 14y ago|83 comments
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by car 14y ago
Well, let's face it, the N4 is probably subsidized at Googles prices, so no wonder everyone wants one. But Google, if you want to play this game, take a page from Amazons book. In comparison to my recent black friday experience there, the P
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by car 14y ago
What is your point? Schizophrenia already horribly changed the patients personality, medication just helps them deal with the symptoms. Before we had these drugs, schizophrenic patients were basically tortured (e.g. Lobotomy) because there
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by car 14y ago
This german company is using silicagel in an air conditioning unit to cool with heat: http://www.sortech.de/sortech/forschung/ (site unfortunately in german). Edit: I just found another german company using heat for cooling, this one is u
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by car 15y ago
If you want to improve the returns on your 401k, a buddy of mine runs http://kivalia.com , where they provide advice on allocating the money to funds available in many companies 401k's. If your company is not listed, you can easily create
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by car 15y ago
An important measure to change the skewed dynamics of political financing in the US would be the additional funding of political parties with money from the government. An example of this is Germany, where parties receive money from the sta
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by car 15y ago
If you are so inclined, you could take the DIY route and go straight to the source: http://voxbone.com
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by car 15y ago
Just a side note: like many Yiddish words, 'schlep' originates from the german verb 'schleppen', which translates to 'haul','tow','drag','carry' or 'tug'.
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Awesome: Industrial Design For The Rest Of Us(gogetawesome.com)
2 points by car 15y ago|0 comments
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by car 15y ago
Fair enough; just wanted to point this out, as it would be a drawback in a scenario as above, or driving on the german Autobahn.
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by car 15y ago
To counter your anecdote with another, a good friend who is weekend racing his Boxster at Laguna Seca was seriously considering buying a Tesla Roadster. But when he dug deeper, he found out that the Tesla can only be driven at full speed fo
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by car 15y ago
It seems that the author is confusing placement agencies with recruiters working directly for a company (also see pg's comment). I've had great experiences with experienced recruiters at a startup, to help us find candidates, while at the s
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Show HN: Providing investment advice for every 401k retirement plan in the US(kivalia.com)
2 points by car 15y ago|0 comments

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