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by glesica 13y ago
I think it's because only a limited number of people have the ability to do so. There are probably a number of other methods of "cheating" in similar situations that would also be viewed poorly for the same reason. A few exam
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by glesica 13y ago
I've thought for some time now that corporate inflexibility was part of the cause. More of us work for large, bureaucratic companies than in the past. These sorts of companies often won't employ someone on a flexible or part-time
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by glesica 13y ago
Well, federal disaster funds are pretty commonly used to pay for things like blizzards and hurricanes. So, while I agree with you that no one specifically mentioned it, I can understand how it would be an issue if we were to really dig into
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by glesica 13y ago
If you want to go back to the point where we decided to be socialist and try to undo it, you're going to have to kill most of the people on the planet who depend on the current system for sustenance. And like it or not, that probably
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by glesica 13y ago
This may be true for a few of the largest universities, but it is certainly not true for middle schools and high schools, which is really what this discussion is about.
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by glesica 13y ago
My second point addresses that. The money is often spent poorly (frankly, nowadays too much money is spent on "technology", but I suppose that's another discussion). If parents are concerned, they should go to school board me
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by glesica 13y ago
That's why I only addressed local property taxes. Local people have more control when the scope of government in question is smaller. A single town raising its own taxes to pay for its own schools is unlikely to run into as many proble
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by glesica 13y ago
I like this idea as a general concept, but I just don't know how well it would work in the US. Schools in the US are already locally controlled to a great extent, yet most are still under-funded. If people really wanted to spend more o
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by glesica 13y ago
It's a great quote, until you read further and get to this one... "They don't have benefits or even a guaranteed base salary; their pay is based on their performance, and most of them work long hours and earn less than public
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by glesica 13y ago
I don't think anyone is suggesting that he would let it fail and then reintroduce it later. From what Canonical has said, if it fails, it fails. They specifically say in the video that they are not getting into the hardware business.
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by glesica 13y ago
Yep, doesn't stop NYPD from stopping and frisking random minorities (including a 3 star NYPD police chief who was not very happy about having guns pulled on him while sitting in his NYPD vehicle with a badge around his neck). Looks lik
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by glesica 13y ago
> most people don't consider the police an armed gang Actually a significant portion of the population DO consider the police an armed gang, and have done so for quite some time. For starters, poor people in urban areas. The differe
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by glesica 13y ago
Interesting, well there we go, another thing I had to know about the Ruby ecosystem in order to use Octopress properly. :)
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by glesica 13y ago
The reason many people care about the language is because of the install method (at least that's been my issue). I don't use Ruby, so when I tried to use Octopress the other day I found myself installing a bunch of packages, then
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by glesica 13y ago
I would absolutely not do what they have done. But at the same time, I will probably never be the CEO of a large company. I suspect there is at least a weak causal relationship at work here...
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by glesica 13y ago
I will grant that the specific mention of Guantanamo is a little off. AFAIK there aren't any US citizens there. On the other hand, Bradley Manning has spent, what, two years being tortured (solitary confinement, forced nudity, sleep de
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by glesica 13y ago
I think that this... > One of the most admirable things about hackers is their ability to accomplish great things without - or in spite of government. ... is really a pretty sad, small statement. If anything, government is of mor
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by glesica 13y ago
Do they check every machine? From TFA: > A technology expert at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, Professor John Villasenor, said the globalisation of the semi-conductor market has “made it not only possible but inevitab
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by glesica 13y ago
I don't know for certain, but having dealt with Dell before (as an institutional customer), I know the government buys off-the-shelf Dells. Now, maybe the intelligence agencies have special arrangements, I don't know, but it seems
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by glesica 13y ago
How can Dell check for back doors when the entire design and manufacturing process is done by Chinese subcontractors? That makes no sense...
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by glesica 13y ago
Wait, so they'll still buy a Dell or HP that is manufactured in China, by a Chinese company, but has the nameplate of an American company slapped on the front, but they won't buy a Lenovo? I'm so confused.
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by glesica 13y ago
Actually I think the stretch was the other way around. We already knew, from a long history, that the US intelligence establishment kills people. We only recently found out that they ALSO record all our phone calls. Just sayin...
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by glesica 13y ago
Which is, of course, an excellent reason such projects should never be tolerated in the first place. Government-mandated filters simply should not exist. Full stop. It's an easy question: Does the law in question require that access to
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by glesica 13y ago
Have military prisoners ever been subjected to torture while awaiting trial? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/10/bradley-manning-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Man
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by glesica 13y ago
Since all of the companies fingered as cooperating actively with PRISM were American companies, the assumption is that while the NSA may spy on foreign companies those companies are not actively cooperating with the NSA and it is therefore
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by glesica 13y ago
The Internet wasn't a thing. The link isn't in terms of the specific things they do, it's the attitude. The Stasi were known for wanting to know everything about everyone and using questionable tactics to do so. That is exact
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by glesica 13y ago
And this makes it reasonable for them to want to introduce Stasi/KGB-style tactics to the US?
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by glesica 13y ago
You completely misunderstood his point, did you even read the article? His point is that the popular consensus that Washington is gridlocked by partisan warfare is a myth. In reality, the Democrats and Republicans aren't at war with ea
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by glesica 13y ago
Why does it matter how a discriminated-against minority group got to a place? Russian Balts are treated poorly. African Americans are treated poorly. Both groups suffer from lack of opportunities, institutional discrimination at various poi
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by glesica 13y ago
They sure are Americans, but try telling that to a good portion of the US population and you'll get some push back, unfortunately... Racism is alive and well in America, just like anti-Russian sentiments are alive and well in the Balti

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