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by clarkm 13y ago
If you don't want to look like a conspiracy theorist, you should probably stop making such hyperbolic claims about gerrymandering. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/17&#x2F
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Low-Hanging Fruit: Consider the Ant(westhunt.wordpress.com)
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Compound Aggregates in Hadoop/Scalding(chrisstucchio.com)
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Well, it's no different than Unix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_and_false_(Unix)
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Someone earlier in this thread mentioned his apparent disdain for PL research. If you want some background on his experiences, as well as some great musings on the current state of CS grad programs, I recommend these two articles: http:&#x
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If you're interested in how a simple version of unix works, I highly recommend checking out Xv6, a teaching OS based on UNIX version 6: https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2012/xv6/book-rev7.pdf
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It's actually a pretty remarkable claim. Anyone know where these numbers come from? Or why they use the phrase "the past few years" instead of something more precise? I'd like to use this fact in the future, but first I
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I really wish articles would stop repeating the blanket claim that Bitcoin payments have lower fees than traditional transactions. While true in many cases, it is definitely not true with regard to micropayments. At the protocol level, Bitc
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It doesn't work for ACH transfers though.
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Do you not consider Cyprus a developed country? Just a few months ago, many of its citizens had their deposits garnished, some at rates of 40%. How about Greece? There were talks of doing the same there.
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Silk Road competitor Atlantis Market shuts down for "security reasons"(arstechnica.com)
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If you're looking for a notebook that's made specifically for this kind of thing, I'd check out the Action Method series from Creative's Outfitter. They all use high-quality materials, and many of them have task lists bu
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In the US, jails are run by cities and counties and are usually for offenders with sentences of less than 5 years. Longer, more serious sentences are served in prisons, which are sometimes called penitentiaries (or more euphemistically, cor
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How to Keep A Library Of (Physical) Books(thoughtcatalog.com)
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The New Turbo Button(hanselman.com)
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Software Development Estimates: Where Do I Start?(diegobasch.com)
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CoinDesk launches proprietary Bitcoin Price Index(coindesk.com)
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Exploding college tuitions might be a terrifying sign(michaelochurch.wordpress.com)
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I use the YubiKey NEO: http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-hardware/yubikey-neo/ It does a lot more than just a standard smart card though. Here's a good post on how it interacts with OpenPGP: http:&
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Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change(online.wsj.com)
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Why is calling something a "human right" and pointing to some UN declaration any different than calling something a "God-given right" and pointing to the Bible?
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What about names like Sarah Saint John or Sarah Saint Clair? And I'm not sure the abbreviated versions (with St.) are any easier to deal with. Or how about Joran van der Sloot?
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I owned the Atrix and I think the fingerprint scanner was perfectly placed. All you had to do is hold the phone normally and swipe your index finger across the back -- much more convenient the than the iPhone thumb press, in my opinion. Am
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Which seems to be confirmed by Snowden's leaks, according to the NYT article from earlier this week. > Cryptographers have long suspected that the agency planted vulnerabilities in a standard adopted in 2006 by the National Institut
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Here you go: Frank L. Schmidt and John E. Hunter, "The Validity and Utility of Selection Models in Personnel Psychology: Practical and Theoretical Implications of 85 Years of Research Findings," Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 124, N
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NIST curves backdoored(blog.jim.com)
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The problem with that comparison is that I can easily imagine some spoof "Racial Profiler!" app being showcased as a joke. Perhaps an app that allows Atherton residents to report "suspicious" behavior. But I guess the la
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NSA: Still bound by laws of computational complexity(scottaaronson.com)
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No, the NSA can't spy on smartphone data(blog.erratasec.com)
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The Router Review: From nmap to firmware(codeinsecurity.wordpress.com)
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