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   MIT Media Lab members launch tool for US open data(datausa.io)

   10 points by gregshap 11y ago|0 comments
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   by gregshap 11y ago

   Thats a fine argument for why you might choose to make your data available. But the question is whether the government shall limit by force my ability to use, or contract with another private party to provide me with non-backdoored encrypti
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   by gregshap 11y ago

   risky!
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   by gregshap 11y ago

   Nifty idea. Key question missing for my team: "Is any of your work blocked by someone else?"
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   by gregshap 11y ago

   So if this interpretation sticks, seems like there's a risky but effective new anti-surveillance method in town: 1) Draft law expanding surveillance for criminal cases 2) bring the law for a congressional vote 3) make sure the vote
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   by gregshap 11y ago

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   by gregshap 11y ago

   The values for those fields would usually be a boolean indicating whether you voted or not. For a primary it might have the party, meaning which party's primary you voted in. For a Get Out the Vote operation it's very valuable to
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   by gregshap 11y ago

   In addition to using the Gregorian calendar, China has a couple thousand McDonalds and people there are well aware of major world currencies.
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   by gregshap 11y ago

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    by gregshap 11y ago

    thanks, you're right
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    by gregshap 11y ago

    Interesting investment insight. I assume you have amassed fantastic wealth by now given your ability to predict market collapses.
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    by gregshap 11y ago

    The article had 1.35b as an estimate for cyber monday online sales. Black friday is a lot bigger overall - on the order of 50 billion for the weekend. Of course in the US there is no single retailer capturing such a huge share of the sales
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    by gregshap 11y ago

    Or you put it in late november and call it "Black Friday" or "Cyber Monday"
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    by gregshap 11y ago

    The problem with this article is that the author is claiming that all this outrage is over one email, and thus the reaction is disproportionate and damaging. The outrage might be over the top for a single email, but that is not the context
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    by gregshap 11y ago

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    by gregshap 11y ago

    "casualties" includes injuries
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    by gregshap 11y ago

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