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Suit says feds using immigration marriage interviews as trap(apnews.com)
1 points by tareqak 7y ago|0 comments
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by tareqak 7y ago
One could argue that this moment in history being a moment to pause and reflect. If corporations and their officers are forced to confront the question "What is more important: money or values?" and start picking values, then mayb
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by tareqak 7y ago
The picture for "8) Experts think about what they are not designing:" looks like an optical illusion, but I can only see the two people with their arms on either side. What is the other picture? My guess would be some kind of Love
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by tareqak 7y ago
Make Azeroth Great Again [0]? You could by them at https://shop.esfand.tv/ before, but it’s currently under construction (the website’s <title></title> still has it in the name). [0] https://m.yo
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by tareqak 7y ago
You could pick the letters that correspond to the way you want it to be sound since it is your name. I suppose there are people who may prefer the difference between the spelling and naïve pronunciation. Maybe an alphabet altogether separat
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by tareqak 7y ago
What about https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools ? Would this tool be problematic too?
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by tareqak 7y ago
I’m not familiar with the Phonetic alphabet or IPA beyond what they are conceptually. Ideally, what I want is a bijective function between sounds and letters in some alphabet.
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by tareqak 7y ago
I’ve mentioned the idea of using the Phonetic alphabet for proper names to people around me. I think having an alphabet where human beings can communicate sounds in an exact form irrespective of any underlying associated meaning is valuable
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by tareqak 7y ago
Here is the thread about the same/similar topic from a different source six days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21086866 .
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Academics find eight vulnerabilities in Android's VoIP components(zdnet.com)
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Uber is testing “Record Audio” in case the rider is uncomfortable with the ride(twitter.com)
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by tareqak 7y ago
Do the admission statistics also have the representation further broken down by how they were admitted (affirmative-action, scholarship, legacy-admission, normal, etc.)?
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by tareqak 7y ago
Your dad's story reminds of my experience with the Krispy Kreme machine [0]. They have one at Daly City [1]. I remember going to see the first Krispy Kreme that opened in Canada since I lived within driving distance from it at the time
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by tareqak 7y ago
I don’t have a solution for the general case. I do think I have a solution for the specific case: Mustelier would have to get a Canadian lawyer and sue for damages plus lawyer and court fees. Square Canada would settle for this amount and a
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by tareqak 7y ago
By operating in Canada, Square Canada is subject to Canadian federal law: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-92-584/p... .
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by tareqak 7y ago
It was Square Canada’s choice to route her money through a US bank. If her merchant account agreement has no mention of this possibility, then she is totally in the clear. Some other commenters have already linked the relevant Canadian law
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by tareqak 7y ago
She’s transacting with Square Canada: that Square Canada transacts with a US bank is not her problem unless it is spelled out in her merchant agreement.
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Facebook to Exempt Opinion and Satire from Fact-Checking(wsj.com)
2 points by tareqak 7y ago|2 comments
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by tareqak 7y ago
I was able to read the article without hitting a paywall and I am not a subscriber, so I was not aware.
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Changes to Our Policy Against Bullying and Harassment(reddit.com)
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On Nextdoor, the Homeless Are the Enemy(onezero.medium.com)
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Ad tech companies fund misinformation(poynter.org)
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by tareqak 7y ago
Why not have a general checklist with a minimum set of requirements for scientific papers that are relevant across all branches of science? The people putting their names on the paper would have to show that they followed everything or give
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by tareqak 7y ago
Please consider this news in relation to this post yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21086866 . What's to stop people from dumpster-diving to gather both personally-identifiable information and DNA to bui
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Feds crack Medicare gene test fraud that peddled cheek swabs(apnews.com)
1 points by tareqak 7y ago|1 comments
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by tareqak 7y ago
I really liked reading this post. The most profound part for me was this: > "Normal" is another way of saying, "What is considered acceptable within my in-group." I very frequently tell people that I have trouble unde
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by tareqak 7y ago
One thing I realized now after thinking about the impact of DNA databases is the long-term impact. We already live in a world where law enforcement and the criminal justice system as a whole can be biased for or against different kinds of p
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by tareqak 7y ago
However, the list of suspects can still lack the actual criminal(s), but still contain an innocent with poor, but true alibi.
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by tareqak 7y ago
But also a hard to discover part and a hard to fight part.
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by tareqak 7y ago
I think if law enforcement uses these DNA databases then their entire department should be required to submit each officer’s DNA and that of their immediate family members too. If prosecutors or defending attorneys want to use these databas

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