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by spiek 13y ago
I'm confused by this reply: when was Manning locked away in a foreign country? Wasn't he in Fort Meade since his arrest in Iraq? Is there any indication that if convicted by the military tribunal he will be incarcerated in another
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by spiek 13y ago
This is such a great and thorough explanation. Thank you!
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by spiek 13y ago
Interesting. It does seem far less crazy than the '7 minutes of terror' from the recent mars rover. Thank you for the explanation.
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by spiek 13y ago
Could anyone explain why this is a good way to fly a spacecraft/what they are aiming for with this? It seems somewhat inelegant, considering the challenges having to do with stabilizing a vertical rocket.
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by spiek 13y ago
A wikileaks activist flew out to Hong Kong to advise him. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/offering-snowden-aid...
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by spiek 13y ago
America's culture does differ from place to place, but it's all under the same umbrella, and has only been growing for a few hundred years. It lacks the long span of history and conflict that a lot of the rest of the world has. I
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by spiek 13y ago
Is anyone else amused by the idea of choosing your travel destinations according to an HDR photoblog? It seems somewhat absurd to base your travel destinations on some doctored photographs, and to ignore the cultural and historical context
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by spiek 13y ago
It may differ for you, as an experienced traveler. For someone who hasn't gotten out of the country, ever, it could be a highly instructive experience. Both in terms of mutual understanding with the wider world, and in terms of indepen
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by spiek 13y ago
And, IIRC, it was worth a whole heck of a lot less (like $300 mil less) because of the Facebook IPO disaster.
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by spiek 13y ago
This is ridiculous, racist garbage. You cannot extrapolate the actions of a group of people based on their percentage of the population. Furthermore, the "Muslim population" is not a single mass, it is split into numerous sects. This kind o
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by spiek 13y ago
My reaction to this article: "That'd be nice, but I live in New York". That's why that Onion headline is so brilliant: you HAVE to do the thing you love on nights and weekends until you get good enough at it to attempt to do it full time. I
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by spiek 13y ago
Probably a photo editing app. Adobe Lightroom has a Flickr plugin and I think a 30 day free trial. Import everything into Lightroom, and then set up the Flickr plugin, and then push everything to your account.
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by spiek 13y ago
Did you read the article? This is an article about a Canadian issue. In Canada. Your comment is almost entirely irrelevant.
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by spiek 13y ago
iPhoto is the worst, just a straight up terrible photo management program. Adobe Lightroom is not that expensive and is far and away better - mainly for the fact that it actually allows you to manage your photo files, instead of hiding them
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by spiek 13y ago
Here's the EFF's FAQ on it: https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq