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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
The best kind of hack: The victim pays you in exchange for them trusting you with their information; you are then free to use and misuse that information in ways the victim did not intend and will not be told about. These days, even if you
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History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin (Seabed Mining)(theatlantic.com)
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The Rise and Fall of an All-Star Crew of Jewel Thieves(theatlantic.com)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
Those cups remind me of this piece on the radio on disposable clay cups in modern India. Apparently the clay cups were being replaced in India by plastic at the time of the report (2011). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi&#x2F
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Shutdown likely at Boeing Renton as 737 MAX crisis extends(seattletimes.com)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
I liked the Pry Minister poster: https://mobile.twitter.com/richard_littler/status/7531695137... and, along those lines, "Win your human rights": https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2016/0
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
It's been reported that an FAA analysis after the first crash concluded that - without modification - MCAS was expected to cause an additional 15 crashes over the service life of the 737 MAX. It seems that when the second aircraft cras
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
See also "Look Around You," a pitch perfect send up of 70s and 80s educational TV.
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Chilean air force says missing plane with 38 onboard has crashed(theguardian.com)
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Thousands were paid to use extra renewable electricity on windy weekend(theguardian.com)
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Giant 'kraken' lair: Cunning sea monster that preyed on ichthyosaurs (2011)(sciencedaily.com)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
The UK has been testing the reverse strategy to that described in the article. As well as the forty year war on public housing [1], the last decade has seen cuts to safety nets, social services, social care for the elderly and other '
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Valentine's Day text glitch causes mass confusion(bbc.co.uk)
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NSA: Our spy programs don’t work or get use; can you permanently authorize them?(theregister.co.uk)
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Do six per cent of financial transactions sent via the Swift system fail?(blogs.lse.ac.uk)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
This might be wrong but it was reported in some publications at the time: "In March health workers administered the vaccine in a poor neighbourhood on the edge of Abbottabad called Nawa Sher. The hepatitis B vaccine is usually given in
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
> "I'd imagine the major intelligence agencies have already started their own genetic databases, right?" > The gig is up. Absolutely. Also the Pentagon has another excellent source: It stores DNA fingerprinting for US a
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
ISTR that the vaccines offered needed several applications spaced over days or weeks; and that the CIA agent did not return to administer the follow up shots. So the vaccines were real but ineffectively administered. You could create a cult
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NTSB releases documents for Uber self-driving crash in Tempe, Arizona(dms.ntsb.gov)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
> Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, German prosecutors have charged VW's former CEO and some other executives [1]. I think it's very rare for bigwigs to be held personally responsible for pollution anywhere
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
I think the domestic applications are partly covered by phase change materials: waxes selected for a melting point at the desired temperature. So, for example, you can embed a 23C phase change material in the plaster of a room - giving the
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A Population-Specific HTR2B Stop Codon Predisposes to Severe Impulsivity(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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This Time, There Are No IPv4 Internet Addresses Left(ispreview.co.uk)
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Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons(nationalgeographic.com)
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by daddylonglegs 7y ago
I was driving in Britain with a friend from New Zealand and he said how shocked his family was at the litter in Britain. He mentioned a UK tourist family who were rude and uncouth and became notorious for their "rampage" through N
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A Code Glitch May Have Caused Errors in More Than a Hundred Published Studies(vice.com)
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Boeing’s 737 in another pickle, Part 2(leehamnews.com)
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Remember the FBI's promise it wasn’t abusing the NSA’s data on US citizens?(theregister.co.uk)
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Lego collect and redistribute old bricks (in the US)(lego.com)
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2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record(nasa.gov)
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