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by haasted 7y ago
The Finns are not particularly peaceful when it counts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War
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Alan Turing's degree, medal and memorabilia recovered in Colorado(theguardian.com)
2 points by haasted 7y ago|0 comments
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OyoMFG(profgalloway.com)
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by haasted 7y ago
Definitely agree, although it’s important to clarify that Cosmos is not permissioned. Anyone can start a validator and join the validating set.
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by haasted 7y ago
Cosmos is PoS and released its mainnet in March.
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by haasted 7y ago
They are pretending to be official outlets, according to the article. > EU Disinfo Lab's investigation started by looking at EP Today, a website which claimed to be an online magazine for the European Parliament in Brussels. > EU
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Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Leaves Board, Severing Last Tie(nytimes.com)
2 points by haasted 7y ago|0 comments
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You Can Try Miss America’s Science Experiment at Home(nytimes.com)
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Edward Snowden’s book profits must go to the government, judge rules(theverge.com)
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by haasted 7y ago
Did anyone ever get caught by surprise when training on grass and doing the actual bullfighting on the mud that remained after training and initial fights?
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by haasted 7y ago
He’s a resident of Singapore, so “looking to leave the US” was not really relevant. Seems he should have stayed away, though.
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by haasted 7y ago
I’m in a similar situation. Does anyone know of a service that can be made to automatically pick up a Twitter name as it becomes available?
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by haasted 7y ago
Actually a bit odd that the robot doesn’t have a 100% success rate given enough time and unlimited tries.
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by haasted 7y ago
I would argue that one of the foremost responsibilities of a journalist is to make a condensed and correct retelling of a story. If any part of the story could be wrong and requires readers to second-guess and look up stuff for themselves,
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by haasted 7y ago
The phrase "coding system" provides a good hint of the level of insight possessed by the journalist.
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by haasted 7y ago
There are some technical details here, albeit in an advertorial format: http://www.volund.dk/Waste_to_Energy/References/ARC_Amager_B... The plant is located very close to downtown Copenhagen, and there is no ash i
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by haasted 7y ago
That IS pretty lame. Didn't know that had been introduced when I made the recommendation. An alternative is to directly to github and download one of the releases: https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote/releases
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by haasted 7y ago
If you’re searching for functionality like this, I recommend you also check out Boostnote. ( https://boostnote.io/ )
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by haasted 7y ago
This blog post is in dire need of some sources to support the horrendous things it describes.
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Spyware Maker NSO Group Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping(nytimes.com)
86 points by haasted 7y ago|29 comments
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The Market for Voting Machines Is Broken. This Company Has Thrived in It(propublica.org)
2 points by haasted 7y ago|0 comments
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by haasted 7y ago
> For years I’ve had a silent policy that I won’t go on any of his shows. I’ve turned down or ignored multiple invitations. I’m making that policy un-silent now. It is an important, general point that staying "neutral" when see
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Australia Proposes Face Scans for Watching Online Pornography(nytimes.com)
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by haasted 7y ago
Me too! Until reading this article, I hadn't found the other commands. I had been missing "Save image" and "Set as wallpaper" and wondered why they had become so difficult to access. FYI, it's also possible to
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by haasted 7y ago
Yeah, there are plenty of ways to abuse and misuse those as well. On the positive side, it's possible to make one piece of error handling for e.g. opening a file and writing to it. Just handle IOException. In Go, I have to do manual er
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by haasted 7y ago
I love Go, but error handling feels like hand-carried, checked exceptions. And now they figured adding a “cause” field is practical. I’m getting deja-vu with Java exceptions 15-20 years ago.
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by haasted 7y ago
Another example is the Wool series by Hugh Howey. That was one of the first big self-publishing success stories. The books are incredibly entertaining and actually spawned a number of short stories and novels by other self-publishing author
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by haasted 7y ago
A crash won’t hurt anyone? Did you see the size of that drone in the article? Having that land on top of your car or MC could very well cause significant damage, I should think.
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A glitch in India's biometric welfare system can lead to starvation(theguardian.com)
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by haasted 7y ago
Based on the bar-chatter, it sounds like the boy was being held against his will. There’s probably also a case of negligence to be made. Keeping children in basements for a long time is likely to impede their development.

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