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by wdr1 13y ago
Interesting to note that if Akamai hadn't open sourced their modifications, they never would have realized their certs actually had been compromised.
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by wdr1 13y ago
What I've learned is that complex political issues -- essentially anything that isn't a universal "no-brainer" -- comes down to tradeoffs. In fact, I've found a good political test to see if the person I'm spea
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by wdr1 13y ago
Isn't Al Gore on a few boards? But I get it. He's okay because he agrees with Your Politics. And Condi is bad because she agrees with Not Your Politics.
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by wdr1 13y ago
> By comparison, Microsoft asks for explicit permission for any information sharing in their OS and software. By comparison, no, Microsoft doesn't stand up very well. That's what none of the Microsoft apologists don't see
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by wdr1 13y ago
I feel bad for her, but if you wouldn't leave $2,000 in cash on a table at a coffee shop, you shouldn't leave it in electronics either.
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by wdr1 13y ago
Curious. They left off everyone who contributed to Obama in 2008. Obama was on record openly opposing gay marriage, explicitly stating "I am not in favor of gay marriage."[1] As we all know, he's since changed his mind (whic
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by wdr1 13y ago
On behalf of the community, thanks PG!
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by wdr1 13y ago
To that effect, it's worth consider the same product has 188 reviews on Amazon.com with a 4 star rating: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Magsafe-Portable-Adapter-MacBook...
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by wdr1 13y ago
Why is it becoming so fashionable in the US for both political parties to reject science? The Right rejects evolution & climate change, etc. and the Left rejects GMOs, nuclear power, vaccinations, etc. It's infuriating . I wish
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by wdr1 13y ago
Scroogled!
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by wdr1 13y ago
Yet, we still lack rail on routes that would likely prove to be popular in West. E.g., between LA & SF or LA & Vegas.
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by wdr1 13y ago
That doesn't really explain why there should be a $55 minimum.
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by wdr1 13y ago
I thought the cornerstone was everything is public & can be verified?
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by wdr1 13y ago
Actually, it was Bush, via a consultant from Fox News, that changed the language from "global warming" to "climate change." (No joke.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz#Global_warming
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by wdr1 13y ago
> Google hires generalists: jacks of all trades, masters of none. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norvig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by wdr1 13y ago
Honestly, I don't get this. I remember working in a computer lab in the 90s and talking to one of the graduate students I really respected. She had interrupted a discussion some of us were having about compiler errors & warnings,
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by wdr1 13y ago
Microsoft likes to bring out the number of apps in their store, especially so it looks competitive to the Apple App store. Unfortunately, cleaning junk out of the store is counter to that goal.
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by wdr1 13y ago
D'oh, you're right. There's the torrent link over on the left.
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by wdr1 13y ago
I wish they shared this a torrent. Their server is clearing getting hammered as I'm getting 10k down, which will take 9+ days to complete...
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by wdr1 13y ago
> It is deplorable that he used the word "evil" to describe Bitcoin. Krugman is clearly an intelligent man, but in his public writing he has a habit of declaring things he doesn't like as "evil." Given we know he
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by wdr1 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_retargeting
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by wdr1 13y ago
This remains as true as it ever was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo
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by wdr1 13y ago
Popular Mechanics did a mesmerizing writeup of the Air France transcript. Worth a read: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/...
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by wdr1 13y ago
It's true. Getting a "cold one" with employees is somewhat common place.
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by wdr1 13y ago
This is also a common social engineering trick. If you ask someone for their password, alarm bells usually go off. However, if you tell someone their password is XYZ, they'll potentially correct you (esp. if there's some degre
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by wdr1 13y ago
By "high price point" you mean roughly half of a typical Xbox game?
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by wdr1 13y ago
They did have another option this year: Get NFL Sunday Ticket for ~$90 dollars.
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by wdr1 13y ago
Well, this explains the Amazon package on my porch this morning. I didn't expect it until later today.
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by wdr1 13y ago
"granddaddy" doesn't mean first. Given a lot of sites are the 2nd or 3rd generation derivatives of FB, I think it's a reasonable use of the term.
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by wdr1 13y ago
> At some point, people realize that corporations exist to maximize profit and not necessarily for the good of the customer. Trite, but disputed by many (most?) leading authorities, including Peter Drucker. http://www.humanres

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