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by t0dd 13y ago
The position of a camera and people in a room is patentable now! What next. Where does this obscene urge come from to file absurd, obnoxious, predatory patents that do absolutely nothing except stifle innovation? Why can't businesses c
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GTMO Clock: Holding President Obama to his promise(gtmoclock.com)
2 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
Check out https://weworkremotely.com/
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I accuse! (1898)(marxists.org)
5 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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The quest to turn computers into creative artists(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by t0dd 13y ago|1 comments
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Last Words (1926)(xroads.virginia.edu)
1 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ "Low-tech Magazine refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution. A simple, sensible, but nevertheless controversial message; high-tech has become the idol of our society
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by t0dd 13y ago
Some recent research suggests the primary factor is "residential instability": "Put another way, the very traits associated with the West (and romanticized in American culture)—individualism and independence, stoicism and sol
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by t0dd 13y ago
I'm happy to hear you've had the same reaction to it I've always had. The words flow with some supernatural precision. I always return to it, for the beautiful writing, for reminders of her lifelong commitment to an ideal. If
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Was My Life Worth Living? (1934)(ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu)
132 points by t0dd 13y ago|101 comments
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How a Cabal Keeps Generic Drugs Scarce(nytimes.com)
22 points by t0dd 13y ago|1 comments
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South Carolina City Takes Steps to Evict Homeless From Downtown(nytimes.com)
1 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
Is this the article you refer to? "How the medical supply industry blocks device startups from selling to hospitals" http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.blake.ht...
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Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance (nytimes.com)
6 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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Time for Answers from the NSA(nationalreview.com)
80 points by t0dd 13y ago|12 comments
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Network transparency: How future mobile networks could be built in glass windows(gigaom.com)
2 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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Dolphins have 'longest social memory' among non-humans(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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The Computer for the 21st Century (1991)(ubiq.com)
8 points by t0dd 13y ago|2 comments
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What I learned pretending to be homeless (2011)(salon.com)
6 points by t0dd 13y ago|1 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
Pretty convincing analysis. Many of the one star reviews follow a similar template: "I am a [profession X here]" (a jeweler, a freelance video editor, a professional truck driver, a pharmacy technician, etc.). Weird all of them, u
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German president says whistleblowers like Snowden merit respect(reuters.com)
28 points by t0dd 13y ago|9 comments
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Google Engineer Wins NSA Award, Then Says NSA Should Be Abolished(alternet.org)
4 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
Very impressive. It reminds one that complaining about "too much work" is often just a poor excuse for petrifying in a niche of self-satisfaction and comfort. I can't read all of this, browse what you've accomplished in
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NSA Says It Can’t Search Its Own Emails(propublica.org)
3 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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From Big Brother to Electronic Panopticon (1994)(home.fnal.gov)
1 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
Yep. Or it's for "national security purposes". One of many beautiful euphemisms they employ. This is completely absurd. Do people believe in a free and open Internet, or do they not? Government asking us to make "declar
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Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe cannot survive an era of Internet openness(telegraph.co.uk)
3 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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New surgical knife can instantly detect cancer(usatoday.com)
2 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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August Landmesser, The Man Behind The Crossed Arms(all-that-is-interesting.com)
1 points by t0dd 13y ago|0 comments
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by t0dd 13y ago
I'm afraid your understanding of justice and my own differ greatly. It's probably an insurmountable impasse. To me, exposing a massive surveillance apparatus is a laudable act of heroism, and he doesn't deserve this kind of c

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