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by koops 13y ago
"...the petition requires us to weigh the nation's security interests against the Fourth Amendment privacy interests of United States persons." The text Fourth Amendment doesn't narrow itself to "United States Pers
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by koops 13y ago
With his column David Brooks loses his title of "The Liberals' Favorite Conservative." New title: "Betrayer of a Genuine American Hero." And I can think of worse.
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U.S. Preparing Charges Against Leaker of Data(nytimes.com)
2 points by koops 13y ago|0 comments
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by koops 13y ago
I agree, it was beautifully written. I'll be looking for Mr. Rich's novel on the strength of it.
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by koops 13y ago
Best headline I've seen on HN in years.
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Fed economists propose patents be abolished(huffingtonpost.com)
6 points by koops 14y ago|1 comments
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by koops 14y ago
The Atlantic? Here's the answer: I went to David Miscavige and he fixed my DC-10 engrams! Seriously, this magazine has lost so much credibility over their advertorial I think HN'ers should take a long break from upvoting their links. See:
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by koops 14y ago
Some of the Kaiser doctors are more evidence-based than others. But none of them take home more money if, for example, they operate on your rather than not. That is still true in many plans, even high-end ones, though they're not going to t
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by koops 14y ago
I would recommend Kaiser coverage to anyone thinking about switching from one of those plans with big increases. Their doctors don't get extra money for performing extra procedures as is the case in a lot of plans, so there is more incentiv
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by koops 14y ago
Sure, but they are still essentially a Chicago company. http://37signals.com/svn/writers/ How about a company with principals/co-founders in different regions?
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by koops 14y ago
This argument will carry a lot more weight when there is a successful company (say, Instagram-successful) build and run by remote collaboration.
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by koops 14y ago
I've written a lot of JavaScript, including large-scale projects, and never once have thought, "Gee, I wish I had type checking." Haven't we come to a consensus that types are more trouble than they're worth? They hurt clarity and catch few
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by koops 14y ago
I started using Ruby because I heard the inventor of the language also wrote the Emacs mode. I haven't regretted the choice.
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Matz on Emacs(slideshare.net)
6 points by koops 14y ago|1 comments
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by koops 15y ago
All the blackout banners should link to this video.
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by koops 15y ago
Add this to the fact that they steal others' ideas, and it's a tough company to like.
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"Whatever you do, don't tell my parents"(thenational.ae)
1 points by koops 15y ago|0 comments
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by koops 15y ago
Just because we are bereaved does not make us saps!
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by koops 16y ago
It won't take long before this gets weaponized. Then safety as well as privacy will suffer mightily.
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by koops 16y ago
Oh, yes, literally too. There were more people in Japan (return of imperial forces and families) and less food. Millions were hungry, and some starved to death.
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Amazing mobile phone concept(sparkfun.com)
3 points by koops 16y ago|0 comments
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by koops 16y ago
"In the Central Valley, for instance, regulations designed to save certain fish species have required 450,000 acres to go fallow." Who could support "impoverishing whole regions" this way? Those who understand ecology. If the Delta Smelt
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CoffeeScript 0.9 released(jashkenas.github.com)
1 points by koops 16y ago|0 comments
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by koops 16y ago
Give the subjunctive some love: "If It Were My Home"
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Nexus one vs Nexus six(news.cnet.com)
1 points by koops 17y ago|0 comments
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by koops 17y ago
I've been trying to change hostnames for >30 minutes now. They've progressed from completely out from interminable delays now.
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by koops 17y ago
Take Startup School. Did you hear anybody mention anything about scarcity?
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by koops 17y ago
The community of hackers seems to be in as much denial about impending energy shortages as classical economists. A shame, because hackers are good at finding novel solutions.
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by koops 17y ago
There's some secret practicality in there: select and start typing, and it will write over.
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by koops 17y ago
It is possible to see what other editors have done--it's a checkbox that the document owner sets. There's version control here, but not git/svn.

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