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by genwin 13y ago
The actual letter requests the "records of every phone call". That should include the conversations, not just the logs. Of course this is grandstanding (but I support). The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee will simp
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by genwin 13y ago
Not by that logic. It's a safe bet that American citizens who haven't made such a promise are less likely to leave the US than are foreign PhD students who've stated their intention to stay in the US and have been cleared for
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by genwin 13y ago
One day we'll have the teenage posts of a major presidential candidate. Should be interesting.
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by genwin 13y ago
I'm fine with spending public money for research done by domestic students or those foreign students who have stated their intention to stay in the US and have their path to citizenship approved in advance. For other students the unive
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by genwin 13y ago
But not nearly as much gain as investing directly in things for the general public.
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Are these Edward Snowden’s ARSTechnica posts?(soupsoup.net)
6 points by genwin 13y ago|2 comments
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by genwin 13y ago
> has delivered $178 [in private dollars] to the US economy for every public dollar spent Fixed it for them. The report writer, Battelle Memorial Institute, can't be trusted to calculate the public benefit due to conflict of interes
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by genwin 13y ago
They might've realized when they saw the big shiny "D O T C O M" sculpture on the grounds. You can see part of it in the video.
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by genwin 13y ago
I'd want the universities to fund the students out of their $multi-billion endowments, rather than get my kids to work longer to pay for it.
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by genwin 13y ago
A prospective future employer will likely be concerned he'll openly write about that employer too. Thus, passed over.
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by genwin 13y ago
Better to speak one's mind anonymously to avoid becoming unemployable in the process.
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by genwin 13y ago
I understand the comment. We need only find Snowden credible enough to ask the NSA about the truthfulness of his claims (and then assess their credibility). To me the bar would be little higher than someone leaving a cushy job to seek asy
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by genwin 13y ago
Yes, just like not all startups are successful for VCs. The revenue generated by some of the research can pay for all the research, and patents are just one of many revenue sources for them. Johns Hopkins has an endowment of $2.5 billion. M
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by genwin 13y ago
Yes there's value in that, but it's surely a net loss to pay more for a single foreigner's education than 5 average Americans have in assets put together.
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by genwin 13y ago
The link says "The US government invested more than $250,000 in Omar's education [at Johns Hopkins] through DARPA grants."
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by genwin 13y ago
The ones who leave are a drain compared to students who spend money in the local economy and pay US taxes the rest of their lives. We shouldn't push them away or educate the ones who have no stated intention of staying here. There will
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by genwin 13y ago
So we educate them at large expense and then end up living in tents when we're unemployable? Sub-optimal I say. I'm fine with (b) as long as US taxpayers aren't footing the students' bills. Otherwise I see money wasted.
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by genwin 13y ago
I don't have a problem with educating foreign students, only those who have no intention of staying here, or those who won't be allowed to stay here. Top universities can stay top when we educate only those foreign students who ca
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by genwin 13y ago
If they are a net benefit to US taxpayers even when they plan to leave the US, that's a good point. We should give them a green card in advance though, plus ask their intention. There's got to be plenty of supply of worthy foreign
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by genwin 13y ago
I'm not angry, I'm concerned that taxpayer money is being wasted. If a foreign student is so worthy that we'll pay for their education then we should get some indication that they intend to stay here, plus roll out the welcom
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by genwin 13y ago
I shouldn't be concerned about wastage in one area because there's wastage in another area? Doesn't compute. > Not to mention the fact that many foreign PhD students have strong desires to live and work here...but Uncle Sa
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by genwin 13y ago
Can you knock off the straw man arguments? Not wanting my taxes to be wasted isn't a valueless point just because I'm one of many taxpayers, or because the US doesn't compensate Germany when a German-educated person moves to
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by genwin 13y ago
Then let MIT pay for that, not me, when there's no likelihood the student will be paying me back in the form of US taxes. The research leads to patents that MIT gets compensated for, not me. My taxes are likely being wasted here, worki
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by genwin 13y ago
I suggest the paragraph be more clear on that, then. "We may however receive orders unrelated to FISA, in which case we are legally allowed to challenge the order." It might be best to be completely forthcoming. Let the customers
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by genwin 13y ago
It's hardly being a jackass to wish that my taxes weren't wasted, in any way whatsoever.
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by genwin 13y ago
> To date, CloudFlare has never received an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court. ... As part of these challenges, we always request the right to disclose at least the fact that we received such an order but
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by genwin 13y ago
With no public oversight there's no guarantee the procedure is in accordance with the law.
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by genwin 13y ago
Nice to know my taxes pay for the lofty education of people who may have no intention of working in my country.
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by genwin 13y ago
My taxes pay for the expensive university education of foreigners, without guarantee they can stay? Great.
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by genwin 13y ago
At least change it to "Free NSA monitoring!"

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