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by knz 10y ago
I don't disagree. I'm not sure that the firearm should be out of it's holster by default though? Even if the shooting in MN was just a tragic accident, there needs to be some reform that addresses why people are pulled over a
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by knz 10y ago
Absolute numbers are useless. The US population is significantly larger than many OECD countries. Assuming a large number of those deaths are suicides - the suicide rate per capita should be factored in as well.
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by knz 10y ago
What role does a land border with Mexico play in that though? Many of these shootings happen near the southern border - are the police more aggressive because of the proximity to the cartel violence?
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by knz 10y ago
> When approaching Philando Castile's car to inquire about the broken tail light, the officer was by default no more than 20-30 seconds away from being able to fire a bullet into Castile. Smarter public policy can increase that dela
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by knz 10y ago
Is that because you are using a "Google Apps" account? Apps has always lagged behind the "free" accounts in terms of functionality. Google Now works almost flawlessly for me with a Gmail account - appointment reminders,
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by knz 10y ago
From the perspective of a GIS professional, I would add the PostGIS extension for PostgreSQL. The depth of spatial analysis options in PostGIS combined with the reliability and performance of PostgreSQL make a great combination. Throw in th
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by knz 10y ago
> From US companies paying less tax than European counterparts to blatant spying or kidnapping. It's a little naive to assume that European countries do not have similar banking issues. Between Switzerland, London, the Channel Islan
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by knz 10y ago
> The European histrionics are mostly yank-bashing with a side of whistling in the dark If I recall correctly, there was much in the media around the time of the Arab Spring about UK and German companies selling the tools of mass surveil
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by knz 10y ago
They did something similar in the 1950's - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray
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by knz 10y ago
It's not an image in the sense that you can run updates/installs and strip out the crap associated with that but it's so trivial to run "images" that the benefits far outweigh the additional disk space for our use c
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by knz 10y ago
I feel the exact opposite! The Dockerfile is a simple way to define my environment and it's trivial to run the app in either development, QA, or production. Throw in some of the other functionality such as being able to deploy from an
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by knz 10y ago
We were quoted 10M minimum geocodes @ $2.50/1,000 if we store any of the data. If my sleep deprived brain is doing that math correctly, the minimum buy would be $25,000/year. Our monthly geocode needs are ~ 5,000/month so the
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by knz 10y ago
If I recall correctly MapBox used to have better pricing when they first started. The government agency I worked for was quoted a reasonable rate per 1,000 addresses but the minimum required usage to use it was too prohibitive (paying tens
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by knz 10y ago
Target VISAs switched to chip and pin recently. I assume related to their data leak.
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by knz 10y ago
New Zealand is the same. Processing is almost instant. It's infuriatingly slow in the US.
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by knz 10y ago
Lack of demand or lack of interest from the banks to invest in the technology/security? I'd love to know why the US adopted "Chip and Signature" rather than "Chip and Pin". Requiring a signature is essentially
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by knz 10y ago
I think the effectiveness of any gun control measures in the US will be determined by what any legislation is trying to stop. Is it these (relatively?) rare incidents of mass murder, is it gun violence related to drugs/gangs/pover
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by knz 10y ago
This reminds me of Leonid Rogozov performing a self appendectomy in Antarctica in 1961. If I recall correctly there are requirements now that any doctor who winters over must have had theirs removed. More information, including photos - ht
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by knz 10y ago
An interesting idea. Any thoughts on how to use this on websites that force a password change periodically? Using a versioned salt maybe, although that could get tricky after a few iterations.
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by knz 10y ago
> Last time I arrived back into the States, the immigration officers checking passports were full on wearing bullet proof vests. I assume it's because they are full officers of US Customs and Border control. They are usually armed a
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by knz 10y ago
> Japanese cars rust? I've been in a climate known for being hard on vehicles (Minnesota) for ten years and the only rust buckets I ever see on the roads are older American vehicles (Dodge SUV's and minivans in particular). I&#
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by knz 10y ago
I've contacted them ~ 5 times for minor issues with multiple accounts (getting a discount when they dropped the nexus 5, minor number porting issues, a billing question etc) and it has been fantastic. I've never had to wait, alway
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by knz 10y ago
Agreed. Why would you need another UI when you can either use Hangouts in gmail or through https://hangouts.google.com ?
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by knz 10y ago
IoT is a perfect use for notifying you if the furnace fails and you are not home since IoT temperature sensors operate independently of the thermostat. I've put a Nest Thermostat in multiple houses now and been very happy with them - t
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by knz 10y ago
Couldn't they solve this by just having a drop down to toggle display of public or private commits?
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by knz 10y ago
Thanks for the feedback.
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by knz 10y ago
Perhaps they will rebrand Nest?
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by knz 10y ago
Have your encountered any major bugs with Docker for OSX? I've been running docker-machine without any major issues for months but have noticed in the last few weeks that I need to reboot the VM lately due to weird caching issues.
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by knz 10y ago
Having basic supplies on hand is just as important as building standards and drills. As I mentioned in another comment my family and friends lived through the Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 that destroyed much of the
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by knz 10y ago
Good luck with that. My family lived through the Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 (and the 12,000+ aftershocks). Most of the CBD has been cleared and rebuilding is underway but there was/is a huge political fight o

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