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by conover 13y ago
I seem to remember reading somewhere that there are extra procedures in the Justice Department when issuing search warrants involving members of the press. Namely, that the AG has to sign off personally. I'll see if I can find a source. Edi
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by conover 13y ago
"Interestingly, Mr Packer takes all this to be a sign that the tech industry may be showing signs of maturity. Rather than airily rise above the fray, or, worse, try to produce a technological fix to a political problem, it, or at least tho
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by conover 13y ago
The dig at "big data" was interesting. The article contends that their are "subtler, wiser ways of thinking in fields that it may not be suited (such as politics)". I wonder what "subtler and wiser" ways the article is referring to? Later o
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by conover 13y ago
The answer is definitely "no" if they are embarking on a somewhat exclusive partnership with EA. Because EA has FIFA. And FIFA has sold 14.5 million copies mostly outside the US.
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by conover 13y ago
Wouldn't if be the difference between fraud and a violation of a game's terms of service?
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ChallengePost: Optimize "Personal" Fuel Economy Using OpenXC(ford.challengepost.com)
1 points by conover 13y ago|0 comments
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by conover 14y ago
Why not build a tool that takes in a set of JavaScript files, analyzes them, and outputs a stripped down, compressed version of jQuery with only the features used in the input?
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What Can Tech, nay, People Do Against Such Senseless Violence?(telegraph.co.uk)
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by conover 14y ago
Public corruption in Africa? Shocking. Sarcasm aside, this is a press release put out by a political party (The Democratic Alliance) that opposes the current premier (edit: of Free State). I'm not saying it's untrue, but the source definit
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by conover 14y ago
"That looks great. Just one thing – get rid of the duck."
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by conover 14y ago
Off topic - I like how if you have JavaScript disabled, you are served a 404 page. Actually, it seems to flash the content briefly then redirect.
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by conover 14y ago
At least at state university system in Florida, there is something called Veterans' Preference: http://www.hr.ucf.edu/web/forms/recruitment/VeteransPreferen... edit: Veterans' not Veteran's
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New Github Status Page(status.github.com)
1 points by conover 14y ago|0 comments
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by conover 14y ago
A man named Joe Ades used to do something somewhat similar in Union Square. Apparently he was well known. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUct4NlxE0
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Annual iTunes Connect Shutdown: Dec. 22 - 29(developer.apple.com)
1 points by conover 14y ago|0 comments
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by conover 14y ago
The colonies were an ocean away during the age of sail. I imagine things would have turned out quite differently if Britain was on our southern border.
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IBM Brings the U.S. Back to Top of List of Fastest Supercomputers(eweek.com)
2 points by conover 14y ago|1 comments
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by conover 14y ago
There is a good XKCD comic that explains this: http://xkcd.com/936/
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by conover 14y ago
"We've got a dragon by the tail..."
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Stanford's Long Delayed Online HCI Class is Finally Starting on May 28(coursera.org)
5 points by conover 14y ago|1 comments
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by conover 14y ago
Accounting and practicing law is a waste?
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by conover 14y ago
I wonder how the introduction of Google Analytics' Real-Time beta has affected their business. While it doesn't have all of the social features that Chartbeat does, it does cover a lot of their ground.
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by conover 15y ago
Usually ADA
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by conover 15y ago
More pictures: http://www.cryptome.org/2012-info/nsa-utah/nsa-utah.htm
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by conover 15y ago
Wire fraud is a big one. Maximum of $1000000 fine and/or 30 years in prison.
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by conover 15y ago
From what I've read, the signals from these probes are so weak that you need large receivers coupled with extremely low temperature electronics to detect them. That puts it out of the reach of everyone except the extremely well funded. In t
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by conover 15y ago
For me, it has always been about creating unified interface across all the different browsers. While getElementID is universally supported, many things are different (see all the remarks about setting the `name` attribute on elements in Int
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by conover 15y ago
I agree that downvotes shouldn't be used to indicate disagreement. The article satisfied my intellectual curiosity about a small aspect of a system that I find fascinating; that is why I submitted it. It's purpose was not to relay legal adv
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Be Careful when Speaking to Federal Agents - 18 U.S.C. Section 1001(library.findlaw.com)
390 points by conover 15y ago|176 comments
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by conover 15y ago
Solely addressing number 2, I think the factor here is time. The strike window for this weapon as I understand it is 1 hour anywhere in the world. Navy SEAL operations on the order of killing Bin Laden have lead times measured in months. Ev

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