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by docdeek 8y ago
>> He was found guilty of the second charge; but on the first, he received the peculiarly Scottish verdict of “not proven.” This is an interesting alternative to the binary guilty/not guilty verdict. Notably, Senator Arlen Specte
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Joshua Schulte Charged with Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information(justice.gov)
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For $1B, Elon Musk’s Tunnel to O’Hare Would Be a Miracle(citylab.com)
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James Patterson, Inc. (2010)(nytimes.com)
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by docdeek 8y ago
This could be a silly question but how does this: >> In the second half of 2017 alone Apple received 2,601 requests for access to devices from Australian law enforcement agencies and granted them in 87% of cases. …align with the famed
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by docdeek 8y ago
PNG has some form when it comes to closing down online speech. One blogger found himself under court injunction for referring to a government official named Mr. Gamato as Mr. Tomato: >> The Electoral Commission obtained a court order
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Smart business from Microsoft, and a gauntlet of sorts for other global tech firms.
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by docdeek 8y ago
Previous reporting by the author of this piece also inspired a great episode of the Reply All podcast last week. [0] [0] https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/121-pain-funnel
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by docdeek 9y ago
> Be the customer not the product. Didn't someone from the Facebook executive float a paid version of Facebook in an interview recently? I'm not on Facebook but what would be a reasonable price for the services they provide rig
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What Bitcoin Is Really Worth May No Longer Be Such a Mystery(bloomberg.com)
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A bill introduced by a State Senator (not yet law, perhaps not even likely to become law) to regulate internet speech. Note that despite being titled "social media' the law proposed would apply to a lot more than just social netwo
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California SB-1424 Internet: social media: false information: strategic plan(leginfo.legislature.ca.gov)
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I wasn't aware of that. I know of places where it is popular and a reflex for quick communication but I didn't think it would be a/the primary tool.
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> Many – though by no means all – of us are privileged enough to #DeleteFacebook, or at least reduce the time we spend there. What privilege is being referenced here?
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Missing from this letter is any indication of action if Google does not agree to the demands. Are these 3000 people going to quit? Somehow I feel it is unlikely.
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I wrote my doctorate thesis in international relations theory and taught Intro to IR courses where the difference between country, state, nation, and nation state were covered in week one. You're right that there's a difference be
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Encrypted.Google.com is going away(support.google.com)
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> Live Science...Business Insider...CNN...Daily Mail They all got this horribly wrong, but a lot of people who understand enough about biology to know why will still trust their coverage of other areas they are less expert in. Michael Cr
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A revered rocket scientist set in motion China’s mass surveillance(sciencemag.org)
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A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”(technologyreview.com)
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The Illinois Republican who catfished Guccifer 2.0(axios.com)
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United States vs. Microsoft Corp.: Argument Preview(scotusblog.com)
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I live in Lyon and I use (and love) the Velov system of docked bikes here. I was interested when the Gobee bikes arrived not too long ago and spotted a few around the city, but the convenience and numerical advantage of the Velov bikes mean
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I was relieved to find that this was not a particularly disturbing Black Mirror episode coming to life.
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I guess it is more a feeling that it'll start with a pancreas and then we'll figure out a way to make other organs, and maybe some human life after that. Perhaps it shouldn't concern me - if I would be fine with a pancreas or
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I’m equal parts fascinated and concerned about this sort of thing. It’s incredible what science is capable of while, at the same time, I wonder if there are adequate limits on such advances. These researchers seem to be responsible (limitin
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by docdeek 9y ago
FTA: In 2014, the most recent year that a county level breakdown is available, 54% of counties (with 11% of the population) have no murders. 69% of counties have no more than one murder, and about 20% of the population. These counties acco
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by docdeek 9y ago
Reasonably regular occurance in France, too.
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In some parts of Europe it is huge. I remember friends in Romania and Hungary using it in the same way that friends in the US use Facebook Messenger, for example: the default messaging application to be sure to be able to contact everyone t
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Apple takes French tax activists to court over store protest(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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