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by privateprofile 9y ago
I can't help but finding it sad that the prize is a meager 10K, especially for projects that are so relevant for the Internet at large.
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by privateprofile 9y ago
The park is now adjacent to at least one geothermal plant - the smell of sulfur around it is nauseating - which is operated by a chinese company (or at least, it's almost exclusively chinese people who work there)
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How Trump walked into Putin’s web(theguardian.com)
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Uber drivers strike during Web Summit 2017 in Portugal(businessinsider.com)
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Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens(wired.co.uk)
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by privateprofile 9y ago
> Government can improve infrastructure, but cannot literally hand out cash to build a factory, or anything like that. Yes, because such "subsidies" would create competition for companies from more developed EU countries, the
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by privateprofile 9y ago
I'd venture in saying that under any dictatorship, dissidents are referred to as enemies of the state/party/country/society, to justify their silencing. Still, I have no idea where you get Stalin out of my previous post.
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Regulation isn't binary, as in something is either "regulated" or "unregulated". The quality, timeliness and enforcement of the laws that establish regulation will determine the outcome. Current regulation is weak,
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by privateprofile 9y ago
It is a private entity causing harm to society by facilitating the dissemination of lies and hate speech. The point is that this should be regulated and/or disallowed, much in the same way that you (fortunately) can't go on TV to
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Exactly, the "correct solution" would be my first attempt as it uses the (clustered) index scan to count pages/records, it's likely to be the fastest option whereas the first method should not even be an option. This sho
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Azerbaijan revelations could herald shake-up at Council of Europe(theguardian.com)
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by privateprofile 9y ago
The day I saw this post get buried under the traditional sheep-y "tap in the back" posts like 'This makes my heart happy to hear!' was the day I was finally convinced of how biased (censored?) HN really is...
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Facebook’s AI accidentally created its own language(thenextweb.com)
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by privateprofile 9y ago
"The Intercept" is a journalistic project started by people with proven interest in civil liberties and a demonstrated adherence to ethics and fact-based journalism, such as Glenn Greenwald: https://theintercept.com&#x2
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by privateprofile 9y ago
> This is an incredibly strong statement. Back it up please. "The eight-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement, also known as the short-time movement, was started by James Deb and had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in
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by privateprofile 9y ago
There is a growing body of research [1] that questions the usefulness of drugs for mental health. I personally know a case at a local hospital (in Europe) where a switch off meds and into therapy brought serious improvements in elderly pati
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Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-Billion-Dollar Bailout from Qatar(theintercept.com)
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by privateprofile 9y ago
I was under the impression that silver was what the chinese emperor/government imposed as a means of payment for the most sought chinese exports: tea and silk. But the "rest of the world" (meaning mostly the UK in that time p
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by privateprofile 9y ago
No one is asking fb to "police the internet", they are being asked to abide by the law and stop disregarding the distribution of illegal content within their property.
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by privateprofile 9y ago
"From October, Facebook, YouTube, and other sites with more that two million users in Germany must take down posts containing hate speech or other criminal material within 24 hours. Content that is not obviously unlawful must be assess
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Are you a professional working in the IT industry, or in industries where LinkedIn has a lot of candidates (e.g. media, advertising, etc)? I'm asking because I'm curious of how job hunting and networking goes for you without Linke
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by privateprofile 9y ago
>> It's gross-negligence at the very least. It's probably the basis of their business model, in order to monetize conversations people have with the chatbot. It's even more absurd given the fact that conversations betw
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by privateprofile 9y ago
What about taking a step back to really think about why the US has such an absurd (and the largest) number of people on lockup? [1][2] Someone certainly stands to gain from it and it certainly isn't society at large, as you can easily
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Exactly what happens in Portugal and Greece with most of the money from the EU and the IMF, sadly...
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Actually, I remember service oriented architectures were in use long before this became popular in today's blogosphere and picked up by the constant stream of startup hype/BS, albeit with some minor differences. [1] [1] https:&#x
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Handheld device transforms dirty air into energy(springwise.com)
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Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance(propublica.org)
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by privateprofile 9y ago
Care to explain why?
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Trump’s plutocracy doesn’t come cheap(washingtonpost.com)
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by privateprofile 10y ago
One thing I don't understand: why was this person contacting prospects using a deliberately fake name? Did his name carry so much clout that customers would reply 'shut up and take my money', therefore invalidating the &quot

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