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by millerski150 14y ago
The article says "Restrictions on Internet gambling in the U.S. may also ease." Both Bloomberg citing the "U.S." as a whole and these states bucking the anti-gambling trend (historically states have been pioneers for trends in federal legis
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Hackers Steal, Encrypt Health Records and Hold Data for Ransom(go.bloomberg.com)
36 points by millerski150 14y ago|14 comments
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by millerski150 14y ago
Yes. But it's interesting because the US is considering legalizing it: "Restrictions on Internet gambling in the U.S. may also ease, as several states, including California, Nevada and New Jersey, are considering legislation to legalize the
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by millerski150 14y ago
Well now you never have to leave the casino
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iPhones Become Mobile Casinos By Adding Real-Money Bets(bloomberg.com)
8 points by millerski150 14y ago|6 comments
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by millerski150 14y ago
I wasn't trying to focus on energy consumption as much as the fact warming is happening in general, which isn't good. My point was the article title and data set (March - Jan) could mislead one to think global warming is reversing because o
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by millerski150 14y ago
I agree global warming does imply warmer winters and summers. I'm not sure if you're addressing the article or what I wrote, but if you look at C02 emissions over a full year, I doubt the warmer winter would result in a reduction of total
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by millerski150 14y ago
I'm reading between the lines a bit. The theory of global warming is that the world's average temperatures are rising. The warming has been attributed in part to rising C02 levels. Because winters consume the most energy of any season (in t
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by millerski150 14y ago
I'm not sure the "13 years of average global temperatures have all occurred in the 15 years since 1997" is "normal. [ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/8... ]
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by millerski150 14y ago
The headline, while certainly nice to hear, doesn't fully capture the reality that this is not all good news (while the use of "cleaner" fuels is). Global warming has caused our winters to be warmer, which reduces energy demand (and thus em
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by millerski150 14y ago
I'm nowhere near Ben's experience and don't fully understand the challenges of layers of management yet, but positive energy (clear objectives and highlighting success to the group) has always worked better for me than negative energy (thre
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India To Biometrically Identify All Of Its 1.2 Billion Citizens(singularityhub.com)
84 points by millerski150 14y ago|66 comments
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Bill Gates & Vinod Khosla: Investing in Toilets(thegatesnotes.com)
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NAO Robots Releases Mashed-Up Video Highlighting Our Robot Future(singularityhub.com)
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Diagnose Disease with a Drop of Blood Before Symptoms(singularityhub.com)
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by millerski150 14y ago
Good point. In the really early stages of a startup, it would seem best err on the side of focusing on maximizing the potential / value of "what makes you win" given the danger at that stage tends to be doing too many (unfocused) things. I