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by moo 14y ago
A Chinese daily reported as a real story an Onion spoof about Kim Jong Un being 'sexiest man'. http://rt.com/news/kim-korea-sexiest-onion-700/ "With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, t
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by moo 14y ago
30 years ago Afghanistan had a strong secular tradition. The West, CIA, armed and supported the Mujahideen tribal warlords of Afghanistan which has ushered in the tribal religious extremism. They've done the same recently in Lybia and are d
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by moo 14y ago
Easiest way to read my comments on HN. After I've been down-voted.
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by moo 14y ago
If Stallman took a compromised path then his organization would fill with people who agreed with this compromised path. They would mouth Stallman's Free Software position knowing in action the agenda is different. People would claim to supp
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by moo 14y ago
In 2011 Louisiana passed a law prohibiting using cash for selling or buying used goods.
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by moo 14y ago
It's called redistribution of wealth.
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by moo 14y ago
I've read nothing about there having been torture. Bahari claims the interview with Press TV was under duress. The journalist was held a total of 4 months. Bahari claims he had to condemn the west to gain release. The 10 second clip Ofcom u
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by moo 14y ago
The West also censors. My understanding is Britain censored Press TV for spurious reasons using front organization Ofcom. French embassy refused visas for Iranian reporters. Germany also blocks Iranian news. Noam Chomsky, an old man who pre
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by moo 14y ago
Hacker News articles are usually related to: Internet startup business news/ideas/management. STEM news/discovery/training. Software tools for web applications. Also allowed but generates complaints is: Civil liberties issues like freedom o
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by moo 14y ago
I still use ODBC. Didn't find the argument convincing."off-putting" describes that blog you linked. The hipster/programmer attitude is like smelly feet.
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by moo 14y ago
here is a Reuter's quote: "Kasparov and his Other Russia dissident movement are not standing in Sunday's parliamentary election because they could not get registered as a party. They enjoy little public support among Russians but have a big
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by moo 14y ago
Ganjawana Land.
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Homeland Security warns: Hackers targeting popular Niagara software(rt.com)
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Space scavenger attack: Pentagon builds cannibal satellite(rt.com)
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US military surveillance future: Drones now come in swarms? (rt.com)
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Google Street View Trekker - Virtual Wilderness Travel(youtube.com)
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Indiana Legalizes Shooting Cops(rt.com)
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Why did Bell Labs create phone numbers of 7 digits - 10 digits?(quora.com)
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by moo 14y ago
I immediately rethought my assertion when I submitted but left it for argument. Like Picasso saying "computers are useless" to encourage deeper discussion. Mathematics lends rigorous proof, like with an induction proof. It takes a level of
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by moo 14y ago
Reading and writing code does not teach you recursion. Certain abstract ideas fall into the domain of mathematics even if you can pick up some of them outside of a formal mathematical education.
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by moo 14y ago
Ever hear about King Leopold and the Congo. Belgium has a nasty history (U.S. estimates up to 15 million Congolese killed). Wikipedia shows "wiped off the map" propaganda by the west is just that. The real statement was a hope for regime ch
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by moo 14y ago
Related HN article is "Hubble to use moon as mirror to see Venus transit." URL is http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3936071
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Transit of Venus June 5th, 2012(venustransit.nasa.gov)
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by moo 14y ago
Yeah, the Internet is the saving grace for many of these Gnu/Linux distributions for finding bug fixes. The OS should be Gnu/Linux/Internet as it would be a cripple without it.
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by moo 14y ago
Not fun. Upgrading my PC from 11.10 to 12.04 resulted in not being able to boot. Grub giving error "no such partition." LiveCD + running boot-repair seems to have fixed it. I think the devs tinker with the OS too much resulting in breaking
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by moo 15y ago
You know you're Australian when you are amused by a website called youknowyouraustralianwhen.com.
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by moo 15y ago
I hear Yakov Smirnoff is going to return to Russia and tell jokes about how bad the police state is in the U.S.
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TSA to start searching ground transportation(rt.com)
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by moo 15y ago
Under the NPT Treaty Iran has a right to develop nuclear energy. As for the Western canard about Iran's nuclear weapons, that dog won't hunt. It is also a double unfair standard for the imperialist U.S. and Israel to have nuclear weapons an
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by moo 15y ago
Are you a running dog for the CIA?

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