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by ims 14y ago
It sounds like you may have read it, but you would probably enjoy this essay by William Deresiewicz: http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-...
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by ims 14y ago
> The managers' job is to take cleverness out of our jobs, not because they're assholes or don't trust us (usually not the case) but because if our work relied on our cleverness or creativity, then they wouldn't be doing their jobs, wh
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by ims 14y ago
> The way you reach monetary/economic success as a musician is usually about non-music-related stuff you do, which is strange because in most professions, the way you become successful is by practicing your art and honing your skills. S
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by ims 14y ago
Very interesting to hear that about New York. Are international disputes an exception to the general preference for Delaware?
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by ims 15y ago
This is an idiom. http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20010312
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by ims 15y ago
I would say it's not very accurate on a per-tweet basis, but when you analyze a bunch and you look at the breakdown of positive:neutral:negative and the different keywords, it can be pretty telling. The best results obviously come with thin
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by ims 15y ago
Funny you should mention it, I actually made an Android app that does basic sentiment analysis on tweets given a search term. Not very sophisticated, but it uses large corpuses assembled by text mining researchers. Shameless plug: https://
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by ims 15y ago
I'm very wary of this sort of tracking, and I do take it seriously... but I just want to point out that this number could make the tracking sound more widespread than it actually is. The article implies that certain targets are pinged con
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by ims 15y ago
You're probably thinking of the National Marine Fisheries Service under NOAA for recreational fishing (under Dept. of Commerce, not Homeland Security). The Coast Guard, under DHS, enforces Magnuson-Stevens and the other conservation acts fa
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by ims 15y ago
This article makes some big leaps. It says in the fourth paragraph: "Since 9/11, the U.S. has spent more than $1.1 trillion on homeland security." It seems to imply that this is mostly because of wasteful TSA-like spending. The Department o
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by ims 15y ago
Keep in mind that the United States, while observing UNCLOS in many of its particulars, has not ratified it.
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by ims 15y ago
If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104348/ ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: www.youtube.com
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by ims 15y ago
This just occurred to me -- sites that use CAPTCHA are probably difficult for blind and/or elderly users. How are sites dealing with this, if at all?
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> One is an effort by the White House Communications Office to move the executive branch from BlackBerry devices to Android-based phones. The reason is because Android devices with the new kernel can be secured at a higher clearance lev
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by ims 15y ago
One reason that the Fed Gov spends more in the short term on contractors (in addition to all those reasons in common with most private employers, like insurance) is to avoid pension costs. It is also very hard to fire a GS employee.
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Don't Come to the Dark Side(dau.mil)
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by ims 15y ago
Right but we're not talking about lawsuits. We're talking about criminal law and government agents being bound by laws.
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by ims 15y ago
How so? I can't think of where that would hold true, aside from certain liability issues and other circumstances where it would be impractical or contrary to the public interest.
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by ims 15y ago
This looks really well done. I wonder what the motivation is to do this when R is so mature (especially in the availability of specialized packages), and available through RPy.