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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Speaking personally, two things have kept me from permanently deleting my Facebook account: my contact list, and apps that require FB sign-in. Facebook's core utility as the web's primary identity provider, and the network effects
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
I got my license (KE0RYU) a few months ago partly out of curiosity and partly because I wanted to mess around with software-defined radio. So far I've volunteered for communications at a major half-marathon and done a little bit of sto
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
The iconic "1984" Apple ad was about as abstract as anything on today's screens. It did tell users about the product, indirectly, by telling them about the values of the Apple brand and company. And I'd much prefer to wa
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
There have been a handful of prosecutions (and many hundreds of firings) for misuse of the FBI's NCIC database by law enforcement officials. For instance, ex-NYPD Sergeant Joseph Dwyer was convicted of conspiracy in federal court in 20
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Failure to disclose a significant data breach isn't just about deceit against users, it's also about defrauding investors. To borrow a phrase from Matt Levine (Bloomberg), "everything is securities fraud," including fail
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Total anonymity for accusers is indeed a concerning policy, but partial anonymity (i.e. from one's own team) isn't unreasonable. It ought to be possible to properly investigate misconduct allegations while minimizing the potential
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Maybe they're referencing something like Callisto (YC Nonprofit W18): "Founders will be able to use Callisto to securely store the identities of perpetrators of sexual coercion and assault. These identities will be encrypted in a
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
We don't do them often, but there have been at least a couple of AMAs on here. Alan Kay https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851 Michael Siebel https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13895362 Ny AG
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Kind of a tangent, but it was really cool to see a picture of the author's Schiit Jotunheim headphone amp in the article. One of the founders wrote an amazing book on building a hardware startup: http://lucasbosch.de/
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Went back and re-read the second line of the article; thank you for clarifying.
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
SQLite also has a more-traditional Code of Conduct that includes by reference the Mozilla Developer Guidelines. "The original document we put here was more of a Code of Ethics of the Project Founder. While we stand by those principles,
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
> There might be a bare minimum amount of CO2 allowed, it's fixed. I'm not sure I understand, are you suggesting an individual "carbon-quota" as a more radical way of slashing emissions than the "incentives"
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
An obvious step towards reducing CO2 emissions in the US would be raising taxes on gasoline. Americans are driving ever larger and less fuel-efficient cars in part because gas prices have remained steady or fallen in real terms since the 70
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
"Gates continues to serve on Microsoft’s board of directors and as an advisor on key development projects." https://news.microsoft.com/exec/bill-gates/
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WA ISP Pocket iNet exposed passwords, network schematics on an unsecured server(upguard.com)
2 points by gingerbread-man 8y ago|0 comments
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WA ISP Pocket iNet exposed passwords, network schematics on an unsecured server(techcrunch.com)
1 points by gingerbread-man 8y ago|0 comments
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
They definitely do surveillance, but the risk of somebody (officer or suspect) getting shot is much lower if the cops go in when everyone else is asleep. Of course, it leads to some interesting conversations: "Ok buddy, you're und
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
You'd be surprised by how many SWAT calls are anticlimactic: basically all of them. The #1 thing SWAT teams do is serve high-risk search warrants on drug houses at 4am when everyone inside is asleep. Contrast that with a rookie officer
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
It depends on how large the town is. Even in medium-sized cities (pop. <1M), it's rare to have a dedicated full-time tactical team. Usually it's a group of 6-20 patrol officers who get a few days each month to train together fo
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
This is VERY true, particularly when it comes to the #1 use of tactical teams: "high-risk" warrant service. When judges issue search warrants, they rarely if ever specify how that warrant is to be executed: uniformed officers knoc
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Former cop here: I think the biggest misconception about SWAT teams is that what makes them different is that they carry rifles instead of handguns. (In fact, in most departments every officer carries a rifle in his/her patrol car.) A
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Former cop here: many departments get those vehicles from the DOD for free. (They bought thousands of them to protect troops in Iraq+Afghanistan from IEDs.) Everyone knows MRAPs weren't designed for law enforcement, but you just can&#x
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by gingerbread-man 8y ago
Voting on the schedule might be a good idea, especially if voting power was weighted based on how much each user has engaged.
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by gingerbread-man 9y ago
Are you guys initially focusing on a specific subset of those awaiting trial? I imagine the needs of those charged with, say, drug offenses, would be very different from the needs of those charged with, say, domestic assault.
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by gingerbread-man 9y ago
A more interesting question: which stocks will compose the Dow in 100 years time?
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Allergan Gives Drug Patent to Mohawk Tribe, Claims Sovereign Immunity(nytimes.com)
25 points by gingerbread-man 9y ago|7 comments
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How Federal Flood Insurance Puts Homes at Risk(nytimes.com)
1 points by gingerbread-man 9y ago|0 comments
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The EU punishes Google – for no real crime(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by gingerbread-man 9y ago|1 comments
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by gingerbread-man 9y ago
Fallacy could confuse either side of that bet: the gambler's fallacy if he lost, the hot hand fallacy if he won. It seems like he had a reasonable justification for expecting a reversal of fortune in this case-- the US bull market cann

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