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by exegete 8y ago
I see the value in not allowing another party in on the transaction data. You're correct that there are other parties that by their nature have to have that information (the merchant, the bank issuing the card, and Mastercard). But, it
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by exegete 8y ago
I don't think "opponents of global warming" are concerned about the higher temperatures of that time period.
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This is a well-known situation for international adoptions. Many countries have mandatory military service for males, so often a male child who has been adopted from such a country will renounce his birth country's citizenship to avoid
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by exegete 8y ago
The first two links you posted have 1 and 0 comments respectively. The third one is helpful though with lots of discussion.
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by exegete 8y ago
There was a good Planet Money episode on how it got to be this way. [1] The SSN maybe originally was not meant to be used this way, but starting around 1943, government agencies were required to use it when possible. [2] That's less th
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by exegete 8y ago
Yes, there are legal protections for the contents of your (USPS) mail, but I don't think there is much of an expectation of privacy when it comes to information on the outside of your mail (the "metadata").
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by exegete 8y ago
Yes, that's true. Most people who work in a state use some of that state's services (e.g., public transit, emergency services, etc.) and hopefully the state they do reside in gives some kind of credit for those payments.
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by exegete 8y ago
At least in the case of New York they still tax non-residents on income earned from New York. (I realize it may be less for non-residents than residents). It seems strange that I am legally obligated to pay taxes to a State but have no vote
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by exegete 8y ago
It's interesting that each State can choose its electors in whatever way they want and have all (with a few exceptions) converged on the winner-take-all popular vote of the State's voters. I think if a State gives the electors to
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by exegete 8y ago
>The researchers point out that the gain in greenness seen around the world, which is dominated by India and China, does not offset the damage from loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions, such as Brazil and Indonesia. So is it a
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by exegete 8y ago
Found the guy from Jersey! Kidding... But, I agree. Obviously NYC is an important city, but to say it is the most important city in the history of world civilization is a bit outlandish and US-centric.
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by exegete 8y ago
Example code that goes with the book is also freely available: https://github.com/cloudnativedevops/demo
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by exegete 8y ago
No, it's a strict subset of emojis, and they are not part of the actual plate number used for identification.
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by exegete 8y ago
What domain or discipline (specifically undergraduate major) does infosec fall under if not electrical engineering or computer science?
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by exegete 8y ago
The TrickURI tool mentioned in the article: https://github.com/chromium/trickuri
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by exegete 8y ago
It would be really neat to have a timeline of key events during the shutdown like when certain employees stopped getting paid, etc.
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by exegete 8y ago
I wonder if you could just collect them and bring them to the sheriff since they are blocking a public right-of-way, etc.
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by exegete 8y ago
80 certs have been expired. Let's assume that certs are registered evenly across the year. We're 22 days into the shutdown, which is about 6% of the year. So if that's accurate, then there are about 1300 .gov sites. That seem
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by exegete 8y ago
Would an alternative be to use version control and use descriptive commits and commit often?
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Care to summarize your conclusion so we all don't have to download the PDF?
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I wonder what the costs are of the plan in the article and how it compares to digging more tunnels for subway (down) or adding some kind of elevated rail (up).
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I think it's the same people who call the ground floor the first floor. Coincidentally, I often have an off-by-one error in elevators.
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by exegete 8y ago
Can't read the article. Will students be obligated to pay anything to the school in the future after they start earning? Who is funding this?
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We already have surveillance devices that we pay for ourselves (i.e., cell phones, etc.)
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I'm wondering how much the companies who make these things lobby/donate to Congress. I think these scanner technologies are good for two applications: medicine and surveillance. I imagine the medical field is already saturated, bu
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by exegete 8y ago
Devil's advocate: You are being searched/scanned before you get on someone else's property (i.e., an airplane). I understand that the government is running this (TSA), but I imagine if the airports/airlines were running
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by exegete 8y ago
I wonder if they could detect cancer with these scanners. Maybe have them automatically scan for it and send it to my doctor.
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by exegete 8y ago
The intent here is if you lost your ID, but I guess if you're willing to have additional screening and waste your time, go for it. It's also a risk that they can't confirm your identity. "If we can confirm your identity,
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by exegete 8y ago
Since when? You actually need a REAL ID approved by the federal government. If it's a federally regulated aircraft, you need a federally-approved ID. https://www.dhs.gov/real-id Edit: It's not completely enforced
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by exegete 8y ago
Also "National Emergency" without end and without oversight. The National Emergencies Act [0] allows the President to declare emergency powers, but it must be renewed annually, and he must give a report to Congress on how much has

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