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by j2d3 13y ago
I thought he exposed the identity of an undercover CIA agent. That seems like a fact that was supposed to be secret, which he leaked (supposedly.)
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by j2d3 13y ago
Some ways to take comfort here: 1) This is not the final word on Bradley Manning's fate. His supporters, who have already raised over $300,000 in his defense thus far, will not stop here. 2) 35 years is bad, but not as bad as it could
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by j2d3 13y ago
There is just a huge divide between what any politician will say to get elected and what he believes he is compelled to actually do once elected. I don't think he's "beginning to understand" anything. I think he fully un
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by j2d3 13y ago
It may be that one set of rules (the UCMJ) requires him to lie (about this particular topic), while another set of rules make lying to congress illegal. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" often put people into paradoxes where they
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by j2d3 13y ago
I have been wanting to do this, hadn't gotten around to detailing all the pieces I'd need to put together, and also I've been wanting to check out ansible. Thanks for this writeup!
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by j2d3 13y ago
Just to pile on here, I interviewed at Google in Santa Monica in 2007. I didn't get hired. The experience was okay, not awful and not incredibly drawn out. Anyway, I brushed it off and moved on. Then, just this April, I received an ema
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by j2d3 13y ago
funny-ish. I mean - this is clearly not real - I guess it's a snarky response to the criticism that "some of this generations best minds" are being wasted on creating apps to share pictures of our food with each other.
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by j2d3 13y ago
Yes, I agree. That's a large part of why I found this particular quadcopter project attractive. I am interested in a fairly specific project that is much more about how the quadcopter is used than about the science of keeping it stable
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by j2d3 13y ago
I was pretty close to contributing to this kickstarter, and the comment is at odds with what I could find about the guy whose company it is (a Canadian guy who seems pretty interesting), following his personal links, etc. That comment on te
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Spiri - Autonomous Quadcopter on Kickstarter - Innovation or Scam?
1 points by j2d3 13y ago|3 comments
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by j2d3 13y ago
I guess I didn't read Hyperloop documents correctly, but I thought that the solution proposed for thermal expansion as well as earthquake mitigation was tube in tube expansion system at EACH joint, and dampers in X, Y, and Z axis under
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by j2d3 13y ago
This is odd - I was interested to read more but all the links are broken.
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by j2d3 13y ago
I mean - I too call that working, or at least "working" :) I don't mean to criticize!
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by j2d3 13y ago
Wait, are you working, or reading and commenting on HN?
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by j2d3 13y ago
I love this and know what I'll be doing all day tomorrow at work!
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by j2d3 13y ago
She's a he.
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by j2d3 13y ago
I think she's a he.
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by j2d3 13y ago
The article is spot on when it observes the strong correlation between effective lawyers and sociopathic personalities.
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by j2d3 13y ago
I disagree about a few things you said... first - that Bakersfield and Fresno are unimportant. Each has a population of around 1 million. (Bakersfield city limits has 362k, but the metro area is nearly 1 million.) That's pretty signifi
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by j2d3 13y ago
It is primarily a political manifesto, as he presents it as an alternative (cheaper, faster to build, faster at moving people) to CA's HSR project. However, in my view, there's nothing that makes Hyperloop and CA's already st
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by j2d3 13y ago
This is interesting, I didn't view this article the same way. "No, this country has decided it's beyond the state's responsibility to provide food, shelter, and medicine to everyone." - this does seem to be true, an
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by j2d3 13y ago
This depends a lot on whether or not you have pre-existing conditions. If you have none and are young (I assume you are), then you can shop individual plans from the major providers and should be able to get one at a reasonable cost. If you
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by j2d3 13y ago
It is presented to provoke and I think you're right, it does look like an attempt to derail CA HSR. Instead, I think of it this way... if it's so cheaply do-able, then - do it! Sounds like an easy money making idea if you can buil
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by j2d3 13y ago
Why not go ahead and build the Hyperloop, and when CA HSR gets around to actually building the links into downtown LA and SF, design them to connect up to the Hyperloop, which will surely be complete and running by the time HSR is projected
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by j2d3 13y ago
"especially with prison guard union - of course huge prison population resulting from "toughness on crime" may not be viewed as government waste by some" - what if the prison guard union got in on the contract to have th
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by j2d3 13y ago
I'm not going to argue with you either, but you are terribly naive if you think the circumstances around Michael Hastings death are not incredibly suspicious ;)
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by j2d3 13y ago
Yeah I'll go with the "gut" feeling of someone who couldn't possibly have been pressured by anyone to say anything in particular when she goes on a TV show that will be seen internationally.
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by j2d3 13y ago
That's great for you, obviously you have no documented chronic health conditions that would exclude you entirely from private insurance. Unfortunately for me, I do, and am considered uninsurable as am individual, leaving only empl
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by j2d3 13y ago
Any references to support any of your claims?
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by j2d3 13y ago
I'm in pretty much the same situation, and it's absurd and also should be obvious.

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