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by farseer 9y ago
Facebook, while registered in the United States is a truly global multi-national with a majority of the users based outside the US. Users and legislators from other countries would soon start demanding similar treatment to protect their own
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by farseer 9y ago
Does this apply to all countries or only the United States? Doesn't seem fair if American orgs are allowed to purchase ads to influence foreign elections.
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Samsung enters crypto-currency chips business(bbc.com)
2 points by farseer 9y ago|0 comments
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by farseer 9y ago
So if North Korea launches one of their ICBMs into LEO with a billion metal pellets, would it be the end of the space age?
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Inspector general accuses Pentagon of censoring Afghanistan data(nbcnews.com)
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by farseer 9y ago
Did it work the next time around as well? I am curious to know.
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by farseer 9y ago
The study is from 2004. If the claims are as described i.e. symptom relief 4 days earlier. This would be better efficacy than tamiflu.
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The growing danger of great-power conflict(economist.com)
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by farseer 9y ago
It's an age old remedy for an upset stomach caused by salmonella due to it's anti bacterial properties. If you have the courage to drink it of course.
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India has a hole where its middle class should be(economist.com)
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How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea(mobile.nytimes.com)
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$850,000 price drug's maker will offer partial rebates if the drug doesn't work(washingtonpost.com)
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How the Rohingya Escaped(nytimes.com)
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Theranos Somehow Manages to Snag $100M Lifeline(gizmodo.com)
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by farseer 9y ago
Burma was a British colony during WWII. Are you really going to call someone the enemy for not siding with the murderous regime of imperial Japan?
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by farseer 9y ago
>>Following independence in 1948, the newly formed union government of the predominantly-Buddhist country denied citizenship to the Rohingyas, subjecting them to extensive systematic discrimination in the country. From the Wikipedia a
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The Pentagon’s U.F.O. Program(nytimes.com)
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Pentagon sees no imminent reason to pay for space debris removal(janes.com)
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Berlin police find radioactive iodine on playing cards(bbc.com)
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State Department openly funding certain media outlets in Hungary(state.gov)
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CBO: US nuclear forces to cost USD1.2 trillion over next 30 years(janes.com)
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North Korean defector found to have 'enormous parasites'(bbc.com)
43 points by farseer 9y ago|55 comments
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by farseer 9y ago
I would have thought, by now Anti Ageing related research and products would be mainstream but most of that area is still fringe research and the products seem like snake oil.
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by farseer 9y ago
>>Is it the threat of torture/execution (and perhaps the same being done to their family)? That is probably the primary reason. Along with perhaps bringing dishonor to your family (in Asian culture i.e. China's case)
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Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm(bbc.com)
140 points by farseer 9y ago|8 comments
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Iraq War: Gordon Brown Says UK 'misled' Over WMDs(bbc.com)
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Venezuela debt restructuring could unleash crisis(ft.com)
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by farseer 9y ago
You are bound to get down voted for this comment, however I do agree with you. I am one of those people who managed to realize by a good stroke of luck that perusing a Phd in my field would severely limit my earning potential. It was all th
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by farseer 9y ago
Its never a good idea if your business model relies on the generosity of someone else's platform.
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by farseer 9y ago
This is a potentially lucrative sales channel for Apple if it takes off. It could mean for Apple Watch what AT&T meant for the iPhone

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