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by sehugg 11y ago
There was an old 8-bit game called The Halley Project that aimed to teach you constellations by having you navigate through the solar system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Halley_Project
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by sehugg 11y ago
I've had good luck with OSM apps like MAPS.ME, and it lets you download entire states or countries if you wish: http://maps.me/en/home You're probably not going to get the same detailed place/business da
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by sehugg 11y ago
An outsourcing firm was fined by the DOJ in 2013 for alleged visa fraud: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-10-companies-request-visa... Note also how some of these companies spend millions of dollars in lobbying each
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The Okinawa missiles of October 1962(thebulletin.org)
278 points by sehugg 11y ago|71 comments
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by sehugg 11y ago
I wouldn't go that far. This is ODNI's General Counsel saying that they would prefer to defer public attacks -- er, debate -- on any specific plan until a crisis occurs, at which point opposition will be muted. They can then take
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by sehugg 11y ago
“Rather than sparking more discussion, government-proposed technical approaches would almost certainly be perceived as proposals to introduce ‘backdoors’ or vulnerabilities in technology products and services and increase tensions rather [
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by sehugg 11y ago
Section 6(b): No cause of action shall lie or be maintained in any court against any entity, and such action shall be promptly dismissed, for the sharing or receipt of cyber threat indicators or defensive measures under section 4(c) if ..
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by sehugg 11y ago
DNA sequencing is currently done in batches, dozens of samples to a plate. It's cheaper that way.
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by sehugg 11y ago
My favorite scam is when the pharma industry became pro-environment lobbyists to get the government to ban generic inhalers: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/heres-why-your...
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by sehugg 11y ago
Looks like the DOJ is very probably looking into antitrust violations in the generic drug industry: http://www.troutmansanders.com/the-dojs-generic-drug-antitru... We'll see if any of this survives our current Presiden
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by sehugg 11y ago
One could also ask the question of whether humans need to behave in such a way as to bring about the extinction of so many species. Certainly the passenger pigeon wasn't made extinct for the common good. Biodiversity is the only answer
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Symantec caught issuing rogue Google.com certificates(boingboing.net)
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by sehugg 11y ago
I take issue with the characterizations of industries as "Big X" They are Big. It's a word that describes how they can shape policy and public opinion in a way that smaller businesses can not, and that competitors' int
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by sehugg 11y ago
I'm guessing it's because San Jose and Calgary have over 1M population -- the cities of SFO and Seattle proper do not.
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by sehugg 11y ago
I think you've got it wrong; Bolden is mad at Congress for funding SLS at the expense of Commercial Crew, which includes SpaceX and Boeing's new CST-100 vehicle: http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/06/11/
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by sehugg 11y ago
And Graham Nelson's Inform 7 compiles to two different editions of the Z-machine: http://inform7.com/
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by sehugg 11y ago
Wikipedia has a couple of ideas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_%28software%29#Rec... But in 1985, dBase and its clones were ascendant, and they were plentiful and programmable and somewhat language-compatib
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by sehugg 11y ago
I picked up Cornerstone at a going-out-of-business computer store in 2000 or so. They had probably had it on the shelf for 15 years.
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by sehugg 11y ago
It's a lucky thing for a few that the Ashley Madison lat/long is only an approximation based on zip code, yes?
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by sehugg 11y ago
Grid-tied power inverters are implemented this way.
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by sehugg 11y ago
I like being able to click web links without wondering if it's going to load a bunch of 3 MB images or autoplay a video. I agree that LTE is usually orders more reliable than 95% of wifi hotspots, unfortunately.
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by sehugg 11y ago
I love the giant banner font used in the printouts on Matt McConaughey's desk. And the Trash-80s.
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by sehugg 11y ago
I'm wondering how much this is skewed by playlists -- i.e. a popular song's stats are amplified by its inclusion on popular playlists and Spotify radio. It'd be fun to see if these stats would change if you included only song
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by sehugg 11y ago
In the last cross-country trip I took, the interstates were bumpy and the country roads were smooth, no doubt in part due to semi traffic.
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by sehugg 11y ago
Spotify did this for years. I don't think it's right to be opaque, but it's not radical.
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by sehugg 11y ago
There are other considerations, like how stall speed and critical Mach intersect as you go higher ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_%28aerodynamics%... ). So any plane that can fly above 60,000 feet is likely
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by sehugg 11y ago
The first article stalls out when I try to load it. Here you go: Use of marijuana for chronic pain, neuropathic pain, and spasticity due to multiple sclerosis is supported by high-quality evidence. Six trials that included 325 patients e
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by sehugg 11y ago
Usually with property rentals you're looking to just cover mortgage, taxes, maintenance, insurance and hope that you make money on appreciation.
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by sehugg 11y ago
Yep, at 3 am and had to do the drunk walk despite not having drunk a drop that night. I've also heard of the "license plate light was too dim" excuse.
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by sehugg 11y ago
Mobile use is pretty bad too. Every time I see someone who's not used their signal or has failed to turn their head before cutting me off in my lane it seems they have a phone pressed against their ear. And I don't want to even me

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