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by suprgeek 11y ago
Here is the CSIRO joker aka CEO endorsing water divining ... http://www.skeptics.com.au/2014/12/04/bent-spoon-to-csiro-he... Which such a firm grasp on pushing the "envelope" one wonders what other B
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Dridex malware exploit distributes antivirus installer–hack suspected(arstechnica.com)
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All those celebrating this event - don't. If you think these guys were using shady and scummy tactics before to spam you and steal your contacts, what do you think they are going to do when their share price sinks? Suddenly reform and
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by suprgeek 11y ago
I think the biggest bit of positive news in this fascinating study is mentioned just in passing...that the treated mice "developed Cancer later". In a lot of Aging related research tinkering, very often there are steep costs to im
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Facebook tried to game the "Invited comments" system in an amateurish way and got spanked. GOOD! But this should not distract from the fact the there needs to be a substantive debate about the merits/otherwise of their Free B
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by suprgeek 11y ago
So the company that was one of lead bad actors in a global crisis that wiped out lots of little folks gets - No execs (or anybody else) go to Jail Continues to do business as usual Pays a small fraction of its profits in fines (but gets to
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Somehow this "Product Guy" misses the fact that popular OSS devs that evangelize your product are also "Paying Customers" - they help you Grow & spread in a fashion that is next to impossible by buying advertising. P
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by suprgeek 11y ago
MIT Failed him - spectacularly so. If they had declared that they had no wish to see him in prison and used their (considerable) influence he would be alive. Instead, this political, vindictive creature http://wgbhnews.org/
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by suprgeek 11y ago
No. oldbar integration is the issue, disabling it gives me the ghastly very large address that do work.
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Just updated and hit a stupid bug right away (oldbar plugin is installed on Mac OSX Yosemite) Open new tab-> in address bar start typing some previously visited site->list of suggestions appears-> use down arrow key to highlight fi
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by suprgeek 11y ago
The flexibility of Jenkins continually impresses me. Given : 1) Simple UI (for simple usecases) 2) Easy setup on single node or multi-node scenarios 3)Automation capabilities Unfortunately there are some gaps that make it just enough of a p
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Ceres' Bright Spots Likely Made of Salt(space.com)
2 points by suprgeek 11y ago|0 comments
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Putin may have come off as angry in his reactions after the shoot down but this plays very much into his hands. The Russian economy is in trouble and avg. russians are feeling the pinch. so nothing like some military engagements and patriot
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by suprgeek 11y ago
This is probably the first real test of the "Unconventional" car maker. Tesla scoffs at the Dealership model, hates Gas stations and champions disruption in general. Now a somewhat massive issue forces a recall...Traditional Car M
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by suprgeek 11y ago
A fun exercise in 'constrained' writing about a complex topic. However making that claim that it 'explained' Relativity is not valid in any reasonable sense. I found the reliance on keeping to the 1000 most commonly used
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by suprgeek 11y ago
That is because "Preventing terrorist attacks" is used only to SELL the program to the populace. Its real goal is to make it so that the status-quo is not disturbed. These programs will be used and are being used to monitor and ar
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by suprgeek 11y ago
The French24 TV feed in English is pretty upto date http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed/ These look very much like the Mumbai attacks from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks Ba
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Russian plans for massive nuclear undersea attack drone revealed by newscast(arstechnica.com)
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by suprgeek 11y ago
HERE Maps - Has all of the Offline capabilities and is available Multi-Platform. In addition it has Speed limits and warnings, all for free on Android. The one reason to use the Google Maps app is the updated Traffic info and slightly nicer
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by suprgeek 11y ago
This is a very well known issue that has been brought up before. The NYT Piece has a basic error: the case highlighted of Mr. Négri - His H1-B Visa was not Denied (which would imply that his case was processed), it was returned without bein
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NASA LiveStream of New Mars Findings(ustream.tv)
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by suprgeek 11y ago
I remember when I had first read the gushing profile of "Mike Pearson" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazi... It contained the all important paragraph: "Pearson’s next suggestion
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Classic misdirection move. The fundamental issue with this Sham company is that people claim their Testing Methodology gives inaccurate results - How do we fix that? By changing the irrelevant board to a sightly smaller size. I think this k
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Very good! Kill the big dog by infecting the body with a smaller disease that is lethal to the big dog but (slightly) less lethal to the host. So this can either go the "World war Z" way or the "I am legend" way - that&#
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by suprgeek 11y ago
What is alarming and missing from the BI story is that there were two documents issued by the FDA - one which covers the issues mentioned (more of pre-market and conduct) the second one listed here: http://www.fda.gov/ucm&#x
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by suprgeek 11y ago
This is a very good first step - now we need more research into whether this holds for non-obese kids who are not Hispanic or black. I.e. does cutting out almost all added sugars from the diet of a normal weight kid improve health outcomes?
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Research shows antioxidants protect cancer cells from free radicals, too(arstechnica.com)
1 points by suprgeek 11y ago|0 comments
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I think the REAL story here is that the Direct of the Frickin CIA has an AOL e-mail address & AOL e-mail is not the first thing that comes to your mind when you think Security. Also he thought it was Ok to forward Sensitive Govt. Docs t
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by suprgeek 11y ago
Can we ask for a Test and once we get the Results optionally have them destroy all records except the financial transaction ones? From their privacy policy: >How is my privacy protected? >We will not share your individual-level inform
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Lifting Weights, Twice a Week, May Aid the Brain(well.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by suprgeek 11y ago|0 comments

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