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by finid 11y ago
> The majority is fine with surveillance, because the majority believes it will decide the usage of the surveillance. And to a first approximation, it's correct. Wishful thinking. Just keep dreaming. If by "first approximation&
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by finid 11y ago
If you're expecting that pile to topple any time soon or if ever, I think you're going to be very disappointed. You see, the modern police state has learned from the mistakes of Stazi, and technology has made the police-state surv
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by finid 11y ago
From the article > "We've seen him enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalising those who he doesn't view as friends using state assets. Whether that's Russia's energy wealth, whether it's othe
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US Treasury says 'Putin is corrupt'(bbc.com)
2 points by finid 11y ago|1 comments
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by finid 11y ago
That your comment and @cryoshon were down-voted shows how some of us feel about these things The CIA and others like it, like our elected officials, is a reflection of who we are. They are a mirror.
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How mutton flaps are killing Tonga(bbc.com)
17 points by finid 11y ago|23 comments
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FBI ran website sharing thousands of child porn images(usatoday.com)
2 points by finid 11y ago|0 comments
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US authorities distorting tests to downplay lead content of water(theguardian.com)
9 points by finid 11y ago|3 comments
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What can you develop with Actbulb? It fits in any light socket(actbulb.idein.jp)
3 points by finid 11y ago|0 comments
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Why I Challenged My Kids to Start Companies Before College(hbr.org)
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by finid 11y ago
Your questions make it appear as if we have any compunction about killing anybody or anything. We've become jaded to such things. As long as the guys frame it in terms of protecting the homeland, national security or some other vague e
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by finid 11y ago
BMW has one. M. Benz, too. At this rate, every auto manufacturer will have its own car-sharing service. Traditional taxi and car rental companies are about to go the way of the dodo.
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by finid 11y ago
> As usual, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab communicated this issue according to our responsible disclosure policy. Initial contact and exchange of the security advisory was performed through the European sales team at AMX. My stance with
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The fastest form and api workflow – anywhere(form.io)
6 points by finid 11y ago|3 comments
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How we fought bad ads in 2015(googleblog.blogspot.com)
108 points by finid 11y ago|132 comments
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by finid 11y ago
Whites, like blacks, have always been shooting dope. The racism implied in your comment is rooted in having harsher jail sentences for using/possessing drugs preferred by blacks. That's a fact. Obama and Holder tried to address th
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by finid 11y ago
> After a few decades of globalization life sucks for rural poor whites in much the same way it sucked for inner city blacks in the 70's. That may be interpreted as, live for inner city blacks is now better than for rural poor white
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by finid 11y ago
From my recollection, just before the invasion, meth and one other drug that I've forgotten the name where real popular, not the H. So you may be on to something, but I'll need to see real data before I subscribe.
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by finid 11y ago
> not because it was forced upon us against our will. In a sense it was forced upon us. You see, we were whipped into a frenzy where the most likely thing to do, given our emotional states, was support whatever the perpetrators wanted in
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Study that said Diet Coke can help you lose weight was funded by Coca-Cola(independent.co.uk)
3 points by finid 11y ago|3 comments
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by finid 11y ago
Bias is a built-in human feature. In fact, all living things are hard-wired to discriminate. So your "implicit bias" is right. Most of the time we engage in it unconsciously. Sometimes that "implicit bias shows up as racism,
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by finid 11y ago
> Or, basically, white people don't believe black people's pain If a guy is rushed into the ER, you, as a doctor or nurse, don't have to believe anything. Just run the patient through the proper protocols, regardless of ra
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by finid 11y ago
A case of unintended consequences, though, in this case, good. In other situations, confirmed by many studies, racism in emergency rooms (and hospitals in general) have been very bad for blacks.
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by finid 11y ago
> Ten years ago, the modern smartphone did not exist, and now I bet you don’t want to live without one. The smartphone example does not fit. Very few needed to be manipulated into buying one. You've got to have a phone, whether it&#
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by finid 11y ago
The real problem, is that shepherds (politicians) know how to play the game, while the sheep (citizens) are too stupid to realize that they're being played. All the politicians do is stir up emotional issues like "they're try
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by finid 11y ago
> The police are breaking the law. No, they're not breaking the law. They're just taking advantage of laws your elected officials wrote. So if you want to stop the cops from stealing from you, get your elected official to chang
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by finid 11y ago
Work is not were you want to send private messages that are not work-related from. Keep that simple rule in mind and you'll save yourself a lot of heartache.
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by finid 11y ago
> That didn't work out so well for Edward Snowden. And that's the whole point of making a sacrifice. Not everything has to work out in your favor. If a man cannot sacrifice even his life and well being for a greater good, what
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by finid 11y ago
If you know what they do in your name outside this country, I'm not so sure you'll be asking that question. It's really not pretty.
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by finid 11y ago
Maybe he's the CIA type, believes in what they do and considers working for them a badge of honor. There are many, many, many people just like that. You might as well be asking why people join the mob or why some women love mobsters.

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