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by recondite 12y ago
It seems with all the media that's been produced about heroin addiction (movies like Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Traffic, etc...) that the risks of shooting up are fairly well known. Yet, people still continue to use and get ad
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by recondite 12y ago
Ah, I hadn't seen that. It looks like they've updated the post with links to actual news articles to satisfy Reddit's requirement of posting personal information.
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by recondite 12y ago
You should post this at http://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco as well.
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by recondite 12y ago
The reason why I ask is because I was surprised to see tradecraft/methods posted here. I've personally sat through many iterations of this training, and have also taught this course a few times to beginner analysts as well. If you
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by recondite 12y ago
FYI, a more comprehensive treatment of these can be found in Heuer's book: http://www.amazon.com/Structured-Analytic-Techniques-Intelli... I'm curious, why post this to Hacker News?
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by recondite 12y ago
Not refuting your point, but it's not quite that simple. Current desalination techniques are very energy costly, and the state has actually decreased its energy capacity in the past few years. For example, the San Onofre nuclear statio
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by recondite 12y ago
The system is working exactly as it is meant to - it's the one we elected, put in place, and are all a part of. You seem to be defining the system as one where the government bends to the will of the people at every moment (true democr
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by recondite 12y ago
People have longer memories than you're giving them credit for. Are you ever going to forget this about the NSA? I know I won't. At some point, a tipping point will be reached. See my comment above about slow change. It's f
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by recondite 12y ago
So the problem with revolutions is that there is usually little thought given to the system of order that will replace the current system - people are unhappy with the current one and they want change now . Historically, the result is some
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by recondite 12y ago
Really? Greenwald, Gellman, and Poitras were awarded the Pulitzer for their coverage, and my elderly parents now know who Edward Snowden is and what the NSA was up to (even though they vehemently label him a traitor). The lack of an immedia
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by recondite 12y ago
"had" - I was referring to when he first blew the whistle, not conducting this interview.
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by recondite 12y ago
It's all the same ;) http://xkcd.com/435/
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by recondite 12y ago
Less of an interview and more of a platform for Snowden to reiterate his views, but still good to hear directly from the horse's mouth. He says he's no good at public speaking, but it's clear that he is very articulate, very
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by recondite 12y ago
This story has gotten a lot of play over the past year, but one aspect I haven't really seen covered are what, if any, longer-term plans are being proposed to mitigate future water supply issues for the state as a whole. This article m