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by jobu 12y ago
When you look at it from the perspective of the officers, this plan was a win-win proposition. Even if it gets thrown out it court, they stopped the allegedly illegal operation. When there is no consequence to the officers themselves for th
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by jobu 12y ago
Wow, the MNPD should be applauded for doing their job and following the rules, despite pressure from Federal Agents: "In fact, the chief said that, as soon as officers arrived, they realized that the Secret Service agents did not have
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by jobu 12y ago
The "Activity" screen on the original TestFlight was also a key feature when working with outside beta testers. It made it easy to see where users got stuck in the process and coach/prod them through it.
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by jobu 12y ago
"...tech growth in cities like Seattle has been the same to San Francisco relative to its size, but the rise in the cost of living is less than a third of that experienced in San Francisco. This is largely attributed to the city build
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by jobu 12y ago
" For instance, leaf shape changes with soil water and chemistry. SET views this plasticity as merely fine-tuning, or even noise. The EES sees it as a plausible first step in adaptive evolution." So the EES model believes these
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by jobu 12y ago
It wasn't until after having a kid and getting very conflicting advice from different doctors for the same issues that I realized doctors are mostly making educated guesses on treatment. Fortunately, there's a significant placebo
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by jobu 12y ago
The article is here: http://www.naturalhealthstrategies.com/coconut-oil-and-weigh... Unfortunately there isn't any actual science cited there, so it may simply be a good story. There is some evidence that medium chai
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by jobu 12y ago
Agreed. There are some really sad stories of people getting screwed by payday lenders to get their car fixed so they can get to work, but this is not one of those stories. These people were being stupid and getting a new couch when they cou
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by jobu 12y ago
Very linkbait title. "Only one-fifth of people surveyed by Gallup this week said they preferred a female boss over a man. One-third preferred a male boss, and the rest had no preference." That means nearly half (47%) didn't
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by jobu 12y ago
Also, no football: "In a notable carve-out, National Football League games will not be available on the service."
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by jobu 12y ago
People are also remarkably adept at rationalizing their actions to fit their self perception. Dale Carnegie talked about this in "How to Win Friends and Influence People": http://books.google.com/books?id=1rW-QpIA
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by jobu 12y ago
Damn, I was hoping they would finally improve the speaker positioning as well. "Stereo" speakers right next to each other on the bottom is so pointless.
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by jobu 12y ago
copy of the relevant image: http://imgur.com/jwke2GS
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by jobu 12y ago
From the Aviation Week article that flexie linked: "The team acknowledges that the project is in its earliest stages, and many key challenges remain before a viable prototype can be built." They don't actually say it, but i
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by jobu 12y ago
Planet Money recently did a show about this as well, called "The Buffalo Talk-Off" http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/08/354591198/episode-...
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by jobu 12y ago
If it's approved then it may actually spur some action to fix the market. TWC and Comcast are the two most hated companies in the U.S. Once they merge it won't take long before some politician or attorney general figures out they
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by jobu 12y ago
The big deal appears to be that the're using hydraulic cylinders with what's called a rolling diaphragm: http://machinedesign.com/hydraulics/rolling-diaphragm-seals-... It doesn't look like a particular
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by jobu 12y ago
Hanlon's Razor seems to fit this debacle fairly well: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
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by jobu 12y ago
After so many years of hype around fusion it's hard to take press releases seriously. This bit at least offers some hope: "The researchers have successfully tested the prototype’s ability to sustain a plasma efficiently, and as t
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by jobu 12y ago
"Less than a year ago, many were shocked when arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tears performed no better than sham surgery. This procedure was the most common orthopedic procedure performed in the United States." Earlier this y
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The government’s position, the complaint said, “forces Twitter either to engage in speech that has been preapproved by government officials or else to refrain from speaking altogether.” Isn't that the definition of censorship? I&#x27
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by jobu 12y ago
"Prosecutors have explained publicly that banks would earn credit for exposing their misbehaving employees or face charges for protecting them." Hopefully they offer extra credit for exposing C-Suite level involvement. Also, whe
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Side note: bacon wrapped shark is pretty tasty: http://finsmediagroup.com/bacon-wrapped-sharkscallop-kebabs-...
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by jobu 12y ago
The HN title is "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of productivity and jobs", but the economist title seems more realistic: "The digital revolution has yet to fulfil its promise of higher productivity and
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by jobu 12y ago
That's a little hyperbolic. Sure, that script stops your Mac from automatically going to sleep, but it's not like it changes the CPU usage or power usage (and it will still sleep when you close the lid). Most of the settings in th
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One more bit that seemed important: His laboratory has found evidence that Alzheimer’s disease stems from an imbalance in nerve cell signaling: in the normal brain, specific signals foster nerve connections and memory making, while balanci
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by jobu 12y ago
> On the other hand, the question of what all those folks will/should do once their economic value plummets... We as a society need to figure this out quickly. There's a video called Humans Need Not Apply that everyone should
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by jobu 12y ago
The problem, as I understand it, is that the dioramas were dehumanizing to the point that registered members of the tribes depicted were offended. At the end of the article they mention the alternative being full-size recreations that the v
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Based on the xkcd link I'm sure he meant plutonium decays quickly.
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Yes, and he's said that in a few blog posts as well: http://herbsutter.com/2013/06/07/gotw-92-solution-auto-varia... http://herbsutter.com/2013/06/07/gotw-93-auto-variables

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