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by phlux 16y ago
Lobbyists. How do you think laws are written so fast in response to events? Surely there has not been a single law in a very long time that was actually, truly, written by the sponsors in congress pushing for them. They are written by aides
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by phlux 16y ago
The Fed?
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by phlux 16y ago
Unless those you're keeping account of are willing to pay you.... This is how Congress works.
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by phlux 16y ago
LINK?
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by phlux 16y ago
They are! but the ones who are, are looking for way to kill you with that robot.
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by phlux 16y ago
My Creative Spark Comes from keen observation, and asking "How Come..."
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by phlux 16y ago
Group txt is not about mobile as much as it is social. It is social activity that is enabled by mobile - the data you get from it is more informative about how groups communicate. Beluga being bought by FB shows that enabling that group com
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by phlux 16y ago
Because this is an affront to Beluga, not so much a mobile play - this is a social play. Though I think that the marketing on it is a little week "Where the party at?!"
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by phlux 16y ago
Isnt that genius? SHouldnt any app store let you do this? Apple should have VMs with all their apps for testing.
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by phlux 16y ago
It would be interesting if they had a "I lost my device" feature that would allow you to follow/track your device if the app is used after you tell the system your device is lost.
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by phlux 16y ago
I LOVE the fact that I live in a world that I get to read some hackers manifesto online: My Rules as I rule to internet, you should know it already... Although, I do have to agree with his points about Echelon. EDIT: His command of the En
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by phlux 16y ago
I am a healthcare systems designer -- I design various technology aspects used in a hospital from the physical cable plant, the way technologies interact and information is displayed and consult on how data is accessed and consumed. I desig
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by phlux 16y ago
What I dont understand is the way we build nuclear plants - why are they not built in very large pits, with huge silos that hold a concrete slurry mix that can be realeased to flood the pit and encase the whole thing in concrete should the
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by phlux 16y ago
Wait, so he comes to HN looking for a hacker to steal money for him, which you (rightly) point out is wrong and are interested in forwarding his email address to the FBI - yet you yourself are posting on HN looking for a hacker to find an F
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by phlux 16y ago
No. EDIT: There should be the ability to be more granular in posting. More topic options, subscribability etc. I've said it before - and I'll keep saying it - take the best aspects of Reddit and apply them here. Why can I easily see top, ne
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by phlux 16y ago
See my link here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2373681 I just had a great thought; Couple your resumatic with my mechanical turk idea - have people submit their resumes and then your service get mechanical turk to job hunt for them
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by phlux 16y ago
> HOW on earth did they lose money... Cocaine is a hell of a drug
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Ask HN: Mechanical Turk the job hunt?
7 points by phlux 16y ago|1 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
Based on your comment then, do you believe that the only thing anyone should be really interested in is stock? Here is why I ask, my salary ranges between 110K and 175K depending on the project, position, how interested I am in it etc... I
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by phlux 16y ago
http://docs.google.com/gview?url=https%3A%2F%2Finformation-t...
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by phlux 16y ago
assuming there is a bubble, and it bursts in the next 6-12 months... what would be the fallout. I was a part of the first .com bust - but that was different. Technology, # and quality of devs, amount of $ -- all different. But I cant reall
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by phlux 16y ago
Why cant I DL the whole set yet as a single zip. Why are there no icons for SERVER, DISK, STORAGE etc.. I make a lot of icons for work, maybe ill contribute them.
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by phlux 16y ago
Actually I disagree - the poaching between FB and Google actually sets difficult precedents for pretty much everyone else. You get FB enticing talent from google, and google giving raises to keep people and this makes all other companies at
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by phlux 16y ago
"Imagine if all the cameras are pointing at a player that just hit a grand slam, Color.com sees that and bring you ads for the player's jersey from the gift shop." Thats the stupidest use of technology I can think of. Why dont we figure o
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by phlux 16y ago
OMG THERE IS OFFENSIVE MATERIAL ON TEH TUBES!!! Jesus, BI - of course there is material that you dont like, one it is the interenet - two it is free speech!.
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Ask HN: COLORSNIFFER - sniff of the data leaving our devices to the color cloud?
2 points by phlux 16y ago|0 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
I was going to say also - THEY KNOW YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
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by phlux 16y ago
except narrowcasters... I prefer the term Slimcasting... but they are basically bloggers and podcasts.
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by phlux 16y ago
Look around a bit, its an attempt at big brother disguising low orbit intelligence camera network as a mobile social picture sharing application. It will be used against you, either in court or by your girlfriend to embarrass you.
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by phlux 16y ago
Interesting thought: How about a reverse color -- in which you DO NOT own (meaning get associated with) any of the pics you take -- they ONLY get plotted to and left on a map using simpleGEO. Basically, you pull out your camera, snap a pic

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