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Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract(bloomberg.com)
147 points by us0r 9y ago|131 comments
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Falling Transit Ridership: CA and Southern California [pdf](scag.ca.gov)
1 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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by us0r 9y ago
That's the maximum. They didn't mention what they will recommend. If I had to guess I would say 10 years.
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by us0r 9y ago
Up to 30 years.
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What Amazon Does to Poor Cities(routefifty.com)
2 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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by us0r 9y ago
2001 - 22.96 billion / 11.01 operating income 2017 - 90 billion / 22.3 operating income I would love getting the crap beat out of me with my legacy junk and these figures.
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by us0r 9y ago
or parallel constructing a 1 person coke smuggling ring
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by us0r 9y ago
Personally I have no doubt someone has a job offer at oracle or two people are exchanging envelopes. If the vendor suggested Oracle maybe not but since it was someone at the DMV, 100%. I'm about 90% sure Oracle isn't even fully
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by us0r 9y ago
My problem is the tax payer is paying $195 an hour and the Indian guy is maybe getting $5? Nevermind the tax payer getting ripped off, it just seems wrong.
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by us0r 9y ago
EDIT: NV always responds really fast to info requests but this one is taking a while. I specifically asked for reference letters with everything else. Who ever filled in the info on the BOE meeting clearly lied. They've had a contra
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by us0r 9y ago
Read the audit i posted above. The contractor didn't even show up LOL
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by us0r 9y ago
Audit: http://budget.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/budgetnvgov/content/IAudi... This one is extra bad. Not even a communication plan? They did manage to spend $13 MILLION on Oracle shit though. The best part is the
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After alleged 'bait and switch,' Nevada DMV cancels $78M IT contract(statescoop.com)
120 points by us0r 9y ago|114 comments
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by us0r 9y ago
> Is the premium you'd pay equal to or greater than the sum of the 15 services you'd subscribe to Probably not but I would be happy to do $30-$50 depending on whats included. I prob only read a couple of articles on each which
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by us0r 9y ago
Just today I was going to go skiing but my foot hurt so I'm home. Let's pretend it was something bigger and I've been home and being paid on an insurance claim. My family makes a new facebook post of last years trip with all
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Allstate uses social media to check claims(tearsheet.co)
55 points by us0r 9y ago|50 comments
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by us0r 9y ago
Banks are a great example of this: "Mastercard, originally known as Interbank/Master Charge, was created by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became the Visa credi
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by us0r 9y ago
I don't want 15 different subscriptions. I'll pay a premium for 1. I think a lot of people would do the same. Why haven't they figured this out yet and formed some kind of group/alliance?
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ICE to gain access to database that tracks license plates(thehill.com)
2 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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by us0r 9y ago
> If Microsoft does something in the interest of their users it is suddenly "for marketing purposes"? If Microsoft gave a shit about its users it wouldn't put key loggers in its products, explicitly state that spell check
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by us0r 9y ago
>can't be stripping our law enforcement officers completely of the right to investigate what a person did or is doing. Oh they are far from stripped. https://theintercept.com/series/the-fbis-secret-rules/
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by us0r 9y ago
Pick up a newspaper. Classified info is leaked practically daily. When you lose a billion dollars you are pointing the finger at someone else. This is true in general business and especially with government money.
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by us0r 9y ago
I don't see why its so far fetched that a republican staffer who is anti SpaceX would leak a report (or contents of it) to an anti SpaceX journalist. Northrop is trying to save face so of course they are going to point the finger at Sp
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by us0r 9y ago
>The payload was suspected to have burned up in the atmosphere after failing to separate perfectly from the upper part of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket >A SpaceX spokesman told the news service: "We do not comment on missions of thi
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by us0r 9y ago
> The bigger issue is that Congress hasn't issued a specific mandate for this collection (by a private entity) and spending authority for the apparently ~$1B program. The article's concerns are for a more intrusive security sta
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by us0r 9y ago
thats not even close to the final price. they'll probably drop another $250 mil then cancel the project. they dont even have this running in 1 VISN and there are over 20.
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Pentagon Watchdog Cites Top U.S. Space Contractors for Quality-Control Lapses(bloomberg.com)
3 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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What happens when a Google Street View car meets a Bing car on the road?(bgr.com)
5 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco(foreignpolicy.com)
2 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments
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Blood-Testing Firm Theranos Gets $100M Lifeline from Fortress(wsj.com)
3 points by us0r 9y ago|0 comments

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