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541.
by codex 13y ago
Someone murdered your parents, to 100% certainty. They're found not guilty in court, and cannot be retried. They are 100% certain to kill again. You kill them and are found guilty of murder. You've performed both a service and
542.
by codex 13y ago
Lack of an extradition treaty does not prevent Russia from handing Snowden over, or expelling him; it would merely obligate them to.
543.
by codex 13y ago
Likely nobody has been fired because the investigation is still underway.
544.
by codex 13y ago
"In 2010, Google estimated that it had indexed just 0.004% of the internet." I don't believe this. Does anyone else?
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Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection(en.m.wikipedia.org)
2 points by codex 13y ago|0 comments
546.
by codex 13y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the C&D were blanket. That said, when you Google for "Bitcoin Foundation" you see an "About" section in the #1 result (your website) which begins, "Our mission is to help people
547.
by codex 13y ago
Indeed--at this point he must be conservatively considered a de facto agent of a foreign government.
548.
by codex 13y ago
In the past Snowden has leaked to journalists, but what happens in the following scenario? Russia: "Snowden, the U.S. has requested that we detain you. We could hand your over to the U.S., but we'd be happy to offer you political
549.
by codex 13y ago
Snowden's choice of helper countries is a national security risk to the United States. Here you have someone in possession of (still undisclosed) state secrets from his work at the NSA, and who needs help from a foreign government. T
550.
by codex 13y ago
It's possible the press would not portray his trial fairly, but the proceedings are public, and a trial would draw continued press, whereas if Snowden successfully seeks asylum, the story goes cold. I should elaborate on Snowden's
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Nissan to Offer Battery Upgrade Option for Leaf(bloomberg.com)
1 points by codex 13y ago|1 comments
552.
by codex 13y ago
Incidents like this one don't help, where bank robbers wore full suits of body armor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout ... probably because they expected SWAT. It's a bit of an arms race
553.
by codex 13y ago
It's ironic that Snowden's destination, Venezuela, is fairly authoritarian itself: the 2008 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index rated Venezuela as a "Hybrid Regime", and as the least democratic state in South Ame
554.
by codex 13y ago
State money transmission laws are very strict, requiring, among other things, a bond to be posted to protect the public. Accoring to FinCEN, anyone selling units of a decentralised virtual currency to another person for real currency is a m
555.
by codex 13y ago
Another perspective is that the rules of war are different from the rules of Main Street, USA. The NSA is on a continual war footing. Its job is to help defend the United States from its enemies. Until war (and terrorism) is abolished, t
556.
by codex 13y ago
No, that's not what the NSA is saying. The regulations only apply to material inadvertently collected while targeting a specific foreign target (who, presumably, might be routing their traffic through the U.S. to evade surveillance).
557.
by codex 13y ago
It's not that encrypted information is itself suspicious. If a communication is encrypted, the NSA simply can't tell if it's a legitimate foreign target intercept or some inadvertently picked up communication until the NSA i
558.
by codex 13y ago
It looks like this charge can carry the death penalty because it involves "communications intelligence". From http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/794 : "(a) Whoever, with intent or reaso
559.
by codex 13y ago
Yes, they did--just not recently. According to Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google, "We found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time." How did they determine that without asking candidates an
560.
by codex 13y ago
Tesla uses a mechanically modified version of the commodity Panasonic 18650 battery, similar to an AA, ganged together in large quantities in a thermal and safety optimized enclosure. They are in fact very similar to cell phone batteries,
561.
by codex 13y ago
They can store inadvertently collected US data without a warrant (with a written letter from the NSA director outlinig the reaons), but can they listen or read it without a warrant? That key bit of data is missing from this article. I
562.
by codex 13y ago
The "fallacy" described here is a non-issue. Medical tests have the same characteristics but are still incredibly useful. HIV testing is roughly 99% accurate, but given the large number of tests performed, a very large percentag
563.
by codex 13y ago
Other manufacturers have a dealer network. Presumably the official Tesla service center is in California; a bit unreasonable to expect every owner in the world to be able to drive there. Likely they will have a local contractor do the wor
564.
by codex 13y ago
www.greencarcongress.com/2013/05/zev-20130502.html Looks liken California is thinking of closing this loophole; nothing a little lobbying can't fix.
565.
by codex 13y ago
I wonder if this is motivated by ZEV credits; I think rapid refill zero emission vehicles qualify for a lot more credits--possibly even if no owners take advantage of the feature. So just having a few rapid recharge stations that nobody us
566.
by codex 13y ago
Have these particular programs been ruled illegal?
567.
by codex 13y ago
It's a bit ironic that the same technological "inevitabilities" that make piracy possible and DRM hard are the ones which make spying possible and privacy hard. Personally, I don't think either are inevitable (regulatio
568.
by codex 13y ago
Ah, the partisan downvotes arrive sans open debate.
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by codex 13y ago
Does it set a good example to pardon someone who leaked classified information and endangered national security (i.e. treason)? Possibly. I would pardon them only if they had whistleblower status--i.e. the leaked programs were illegal. Mo
570.
by codex 13y ago
Can you elaborate? How do you feel PyCharm removes control? Does it setup your environment in a way which prevents customization?

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